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Truman Heminway Aldrich (1848-1932) —
also known as Truman H. Aldrich —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
17, 1848.
Son of William F. Aldrich.
Republican. Banker; mining engineer;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1896-97; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1904;
postmaster.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 28,
1932 (age 83 years, 194
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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William Farrington Aldrich (1853-1925) —
also known as William F. Aldrich —
of Aldrich, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., March 11,
1853.
Son of William F. Aldrich and Louisa Maria (Klapp) Aldrich.
Republican. Civil
engineer; mining
business; manufacturer;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1896-97, 1898-99,
1900-01; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1904.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
30, 1925 (age 72 years, 233
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Prelate Demick Barker (1835-1928) —
also known as Prelate D. Barker —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., September
29, 1835.
Son of Jonathan Brooks Barker (1801-1886) and Frances Jane (Appell)
Barker (1808-1886).
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
secretary-treasurer, Alabama & Mississippi Railroad,
1866-71; U.S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for the 2nd Alabama District, 1871-78; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1888,
1892,
1896,
1900
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
postmaster; member of Republican
National Committee from Alabama, 1908-16.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., March 29,
1928 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Brooks Barker (1801-1886) and Frances Jane (Appell)
Barker (1808-1886); married, August 1,
1865, to Joanna Elizabeth Ferguson (died 1910); married, April 29,
1914, to Grace Salome Pettit. |
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Charles Waldron Buckley (1835-1906) —
also known as C. W. Buckley —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
18, 1835.
Republican. Chaplain in Union Army, Civil War; banker; insurance
business; mining
business; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1868-73; probate judge
in Alabama, 1874-78; postmaster; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alabama, 1896,
1900.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
4, 1906 (age 71 years, 289
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Henry Haywood Tison (1822-1882) —
also known as W. H. H. Tison —
of Carrollville, Prentiss
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson
County, Ala., November
6, 1822.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer;
postmaster; dry goods
merchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Murdered,
in Baldwyn, Lee
County, Miss., December
4, 1882 (age 60 years, 28
days).
Interment at Baldwyn
Masonic Cemetery, Baldwyn, Miss.
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William Ora Walton (b. 1892) —
of Waverly, Lee
County, Ala.; Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.
Born in Waverly, Lee
County, Ala., December
6, 1892.
Son of Thomas Ora Walton and Susie Emma (Trimble) Walton.
Democrat. Postmaster; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; school
teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1923-27.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Exchange
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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