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John George Baxter, Jr. (1826-1885) —
also known as John G. Baxter —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., December
12, 1826.
Democrat. Mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1870-73, 1879-81; defeated, 1875.
Scottish ancestry.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., March 30,
1885 (age 58 years, 108
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Samuel Wesley Fordyce (1840-1919) —
also known as S. W. Fordyce —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, February
7, 1840.
Son of John Fordyce and Mary (Houseman) Fordyce.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder, builder,
president, receiver, and director of many railroads;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884,
1892;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Arkansas, 1896.
Scottish and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August 3,
1919 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Andrew Scott (1789-1851) —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., August 6,
1789.
Lawyer;
justice
of Arkansas territorial supreme court, 1819-25; member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1831.
Scottish ancestry.
Killed Joseph
Selden, another Arkansas Territory judge, in a duel
on an island in the Mississippi River near Helena, Ark., May 26, 1824.
Died in Norristown, Pope
County, Ark., March 13,
1851 (age 61 years, 219
days).
Original interment at Dover
Cemetery, Pope County, Ark.; reinterment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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John Rice Homer Scott (b. 1813) —
also known as John R. Homer Scott —
of Arkansas.
Born in Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., October
16, 1813.
Son of Andrew
Scott.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1873; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Arkansas
Democratic state chair, 1878.
Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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