He helped found Fairfax Academy in Culpeper in 1844 . Three years later his son John S. Barbour Jr. was elected to represent Culpeper County in the Virginia House of Delegates , continuing his father 's tradition . Barbour Sr. was chairman of the Democratic National Convention in 1852 and afterward resumed practicing law Barbour died at his estate called " Fleetwood " near Culpeper , Virginia , on January 12 , 1855 . He was interred on the estate in the family cemetery . In 2000 , Virginia erected a historical marker noting the former family mansion , Catalpa , the birthplace of his son discussed below
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1852 Democratic National Convention
John S. Barbour