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Hale County
Alabama

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Hale County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Greensboro Greensboro Cemetery Private or family graveyard Hale County, Alabama Politicians formerly buried here:   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. Slaveowner. Died in Cuba, April 24, 1827 (age 47 years, 84 days). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment at Greensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, Ala.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article Greensboro Cemetery Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   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 Greensboro Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1948 to Mary Jane Wright.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   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. Slaveowner. Died in Cuba, April 24, 1827 (age 47 years, 84 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Hale County, Ala.; reinterment at Greensboro Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Thomas Seay (1846-1896) — of Alabama. Born November 20, 1846. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1880; Governor of Alabama, 1886-90. Died March 30, 1896 (age 49 years, 131 days). Interment at Greensboro Cemetery.   See also National Governors Association biography   Louis Washington Turpin (1849-1903) — also known as Louis W. Turpin — of Newbern, Hale County, Ala. Born in Charlottesville, Va., February 22, 1849. Democrat. Farmer; Hale County Tax Assessor, 1873-80; U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1889-95 (4th District 1889-93, 9th District 1893-95). Died in Greensboro, Hale County, Ala., February 3, 1903 (age 53 years, 346 days). Interment at Greensboro Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1870 to Sarah Archer Christian.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   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. Slaveowner. Died from wounds received in the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia, May 31, 1862 (age 45 years, 6 days). Interment at Greensboro Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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