Beverly Munford

Beverly Bland Munford (1856 - 1910) was an American lawyer, politician, social reformer, speaker, and author in Richmond, Virginia. He served six years in the Virginia House of Delegates and four years in the Virginia Senate.[1] He wrote a book about the causes of the American Civil War.[2]

He graduated from College of William and Mary in 1877.[1]

Mumford married Mary-Cooke Branch Munford on November 22, 1893. They had a daughter Mary Safford, born 1895 and a son, Beverly Bland Munford Jr born 1899.[3]

Beverly Munford was a member of the Richmond Education Association.[4]

He was a partner with Waller Redd Staples at the law firm Staples & Munford. At the time of his death he was with Munford, Hunton, Williams and Anderson.[1]

Extant documents include a letter he wrote to John Allen Watts June 18, 1874 about his commencement speaking engagements and activities at Fincastle.[5] James Branch Cabell's From the Hidden Way was dedicated to Munford.[6]

His grandson, B. B. Munford III, was an executive at the Richmond investment firm Davenport & Co..[7]

Bibliography
  • Virginia's attitude toward slavery and secession by Beverley B. Munford, 50 editions published between 1909 and 2013.
  • Random recollections by Beverly B. Munford (1905)
  • Address of B.B. Munford before the Euzelian and Euepian Societies at Hollins Institute, June 16, 1886 by Beverley B Munford
  • "Our times and the men for the times"; address of Beverley B. Munford before the Association of the Alumni of the College of William and Mary, on the occasion of the one hundred and ninety-fifth commencement exercises, July 4th, 1889 by Beverley B Munford[8]

References
  1. http://www.pikearchive.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PKA_SD_1910_JUN.pdf
  2. "New Light on Civil War". Webb City Register. Webb City, Jasper, Missouri. 15 Oct 1909. p. 7. Retrieved 9 March 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Leonard, John William (February 28, 1914). "Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada". American Commonwealth Company – via Google Books.
  4. Cutler, William W. (May 1, 2015). "Parents and Schools: The 150-Year Struggle for Control in American Education". University of Chicago Press – via Google Books.
  5. "Letter from Beverly Bland Mumford to John Allen Watts - June 18, 1874". hswv.pastperfectonline.com.
  6. "FHW-A1". www.silverstallion.karkeeweb.com.
  7. Ramsey, John (Jun 4, 2016). "Beverley "B.B" Munford III, retired executive VP at Davenport & Co., dies at 89". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
  8. "Munford, Beverley B. 1856-1910 (Beverley Bland) [WorldCat Identities]".
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