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William H. Abington (1870-1951) —
also known as W. H. Abington —
of Beebe, White
County, Ark.
Born in Tennessee, January
2, 1870.
Son of William Thomas Abington and Mary Jane (Plant) Abington.
Democrat. Physician; member of Arkansas
state senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1928.
Died in Beebe, White
County, Ark., March 19,
1951 (age 81 years, 76
days).
Interment at Beebe Cemetery, Beebe, Ark.
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Relatives: Son
of William Thomas Abington and Mary Jane (Plant) Abington; married,
March
31, 1896, to Minnie Mae Herndon (1874-1901); married 1902 to Sarah
Ann Sands (1876-1962). |
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Fay Boozman —
of Arkansas.
Republican. Physician; member of Arkansas
state senate; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
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Matthew Cunningham (1782-1851) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born July 5,
1782.
Physician; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1832.
Died June 15,
1851 (age 68 years, 345
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Relatives:
Married to Eliza Bertrand Cunningham; father of Chester Cunningham
(first white child born in Little Rock). |
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David Dickson (d. 1836) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Georgia.
Physician; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1817, 1832; member
of Mississippi
state senate, 1820-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1821; secretary of
state of Mississippi, 1835; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1835-36; died in office
1836.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., 1836.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Walter John Giller (1938-2003) —
also known as John Giller —
of El Dorado, Union
County, Ark.
Born in El Dorado, Union
County, Ark., December
28, 1938.
Republican. Orthopedic surgeon; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1979; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1980.
Episcopalian.
Died, of cancer, in
Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., March 13,
2003 (age 64 years, 75
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Norman R. Saliba —
Physician; Presidential Elector for Arkansas, 1968.
Still living as of 1968.
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Victor F. Snyder (b. 1947) —
also known as Vic Snyder —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Medford, Jackson
County, Ore., September
27, 1947.
Democrat. Physician; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1991-96; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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William James Yerby (1867-1950) —
also known as William J. Yerby —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Oldtown, Phillips
County, Ark., September
22, 1867.
Son of Robert Milton Yerby and Clementine Yerby.
Physician; U.S. Consul in Sierra Leone, 1906-15; Dakar, 1915-25; La Rochelle, 1925-26; Oporto, 1926-30; Nantes, 1930-32.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1950
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Cecilia Carolyn Kennedy (1880-1953). |
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