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John Elvis Miller (1888-1981) —
also known as John E. Miller —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.; Melbourne, Izard
County, Ark.
Born in Aid, Stoddard
County, Mo., May 15,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1931-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1937-41; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1941-67.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died January
30, 1981 (age 92 years, 260
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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H. Heartsill Ragon (1885-1940) —
of Clarksville, Johnson
County, Ark.
Born in Logan
County, Ark., March 20,
1885.
Son of A. J. Ragon and Ann (Heartsill) Ragon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1923-33; resigned
1933; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1933-40;
died in office 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., September
15, 1940 (age 55 years, 179
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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William Fadjo Cravens (1899-1974) —
also known as Fadjo Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., February
15, 1899.
Son of William
Ben Cravens and Carolyn (Dyal) Cravens.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., April 16,
1974 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Mathew C. Moore (1837-1877) —
Born near Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark., April 24,
1837.
Son of Elizabeth Moore.
Member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1875.
Died in Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark., April 24,
1877 (age 40 years, 0
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Crawford County, Ark.; reinterment
in 1915 at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Horace Clyde Hiatt (1885-1967) —
also known as H. Clyde Hiatt —
of Charleston, Franklin
County, Ark.
Born in Vesta, Franklin
County, Ark., October
8, 1885.
Son of Charles Henry Hiatt and Emma Hiatt.
Republican. Postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1956
(alternate), 1964.
Died in Charleston, Franklin
County, Ark., October
3, 1967 (age 81 years, 360
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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Hiram Heartsill Ragon (1917-1975) —
also known as H. Heartsill Ragon —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born June 14,
1917.
Son of H.
Heartsill Ragon.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1944.
Died in August, 1975
(age 58
years, 0 days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
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William Ben Cravens (1872-1939) —
also known as William B. Cravens; Ben
Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., January
17, 1872.
Son of William Murphy Cravens and Mary Eloise (Rutherford) Cravens.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton grower; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1907-13, 1933-39; died
in office 1939.
Christian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
13, 1939 (age 66 years, 361
days).
Interment at Oak Cemetery.
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John Henry Rogers (1845-1911) —
also known as John H. Rogers —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in North Carolina, 1845.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1883-91 (3rd District 1883-85, 4th
District 1885-91); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1892.
Died in 1911
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Oak Cemetery.
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Elias Cornelius Boudinot (1835-1890) —
of Arkansas.
Born near Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., August 1,
1835.
Democrat. Delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Tribal
Representative to Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1868.
Cherokee
Indian ancestry.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., September
27, 1890 (age 55 years, 57
days).
Interment at Oak Cemetery.
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