John Hampden Pleasants

John Hampden Pleasants
Born(1797-01-04)January 4, 1797
Goochland County, Virginia
DiedMarch 1, 1846(1846-03-01) (aged 49)
Virginia
Occupation(s)Journalist, businessman
Spouses
  • Ann Elizabeth Irvine
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    (m. 1818; died 1819)​
  • Mary Massie
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    (m. 1829)​
Children1 (with Mary Massie)
Parents

John Hampden Pleasants (January 4, 1797 – March 1, 1846) was an American journalist and businessman.[1] He is known as the editor and founder of the Richmond Whig, a daily newspaper that was later active during the Civil War. Pleasants died on March 1, 1846, after participating in a duel with Thomas Ritchie, who was the editor of a rival newspaper, the Richmond Enquirer.[2]

  1. ^ Dabney, Virginius (1990). Richmond: The Story of a City. University of Virginia Press. pp. 129, 130, 109. ISBN 9780813934303. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Pleasants family Papers, 1745-1898". Library of Virginia. Retrieved 7 October 2015.