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Armistead Inge Selden, Jr. (1921-1985) —
also known as Armistead I. Selden, Jr. —
of Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., February
20, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1953-69 (6th District 1953-63,
at-large 1963-65, 5th District 1965-69); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1968 (Democratic primary), 1980 (Republican
primary); U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, 1974-79; New Zealand, 1974-79; Tonga, 1974-79; Western Samoa, 1974-79.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; American Bar
Association; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
14, 1985 (age 64 years, 267
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Israel Pickens (1780-1827) —
Born near Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C., January
30, 1780.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state senate, 1809; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1811-17 (11th District
1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 12th District 1815-17); Governor of
Alabama, 1821-25; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1826.
Died in Cuba, April 24,
1827 (age 47 years, 84
days).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Hale County, Ala.; reinterment at City Cemetery.
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Thomas Seay (1846-1896) —
of Alabama.
Born November
20, 1846.
Governor
of Alabama, 1886-90.
Died March 30,
1896 (age 49 years, 131
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Louis Washington Turpin (1849-1903) —
of Alabama.
Born in Virginia, 1849.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1889-95 (4th District 1889-93, 9th
District 1893-95).
Died in 1903
(age about
54 years).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Sydenham Moore (1817-1862) —
of Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala.
Born in Rutherford
County, Tenn., May 25,
1817.
Democrat. State court judge in Alabama, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1857-61; defeated,
1855; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died
from wounds received in the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31,
1862 (age 45 years, 6
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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