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Elise Varner Winter (May 9, 1926 - July 17, 2021) was an American civic leader and activist who served as the Second Lady of Mississippi from 1972 to 1976 and as the First Lady of Mississippi from 1980 to 1984. She was an advocate for public education, affordable housing, prison reform, and advancement of the arts.
Virginia's bird fauna comprises 422 counted species, of which 359 are regularly occurring and 214 have bred in Virginia, while the rest are mostly winter residents or transients. [139] Water birds include sandpipers, wood ducks, and Virginia rail , while common inland examples include warblers, woodpeckers, and cardinals, the state bird .
As for sunlight, Virginia is about average in state rankings. [31] Areas on the Chesapeake Coast and Eastern Shore are brightest, while the west and north of the state is more cloudy. On the Winter Solstice, Virginia gets between 9 and 10 hours of sunlight. On the summer solstice, it gets between 14.5 and 15 hours.
The Dictionary of Virginia Biography (DVB) is a multivolume biographical reference work published by the Library of Virginia that covers aspects of Virginia's history and culture since 1607. The work was intended to run for a projected fourteen volumes, but only three volumes were published, the last in 2006.
William Winter Payne (January 2, 1807 – September 2, 1874) ... Payne returned to Virginia in 1847 and engaged in planting near Warrenton. He served as chairman of ...
Benjamin Jackson (January 2, 1835 – August 20, 1915) was a Canadian sailor and farmer who was a decorated veteran of the American Civil War.He began his career as a commercial seaman at the age of 16 and started a farm in his mid-twenties.
Virginia Carr: Profession: Politician: Elisha I. Winter (July 15, 1781 – June 30, ... Winter was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1814 to the Fourteenth ...
Wintergreen is a census-designated place (CDP) in Augusta and Nelson counties, Virginia, United States, located near Wintergreen Resort. The population as of the 2010 Census was 165. River Bluff was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [ 1 ]