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Daniel Laurens Barringer (1788-1852) —
also known as Daniel L. Barringer —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn.
Born in Cabarrus
County, N.C., October
1, 1788.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1813-14, 1819-22; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1826-35; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1843-45;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1844.
Died in Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn., October
16, 1852 (age 64 years, 15
days).
Interment at Willow Mount Cemetery.
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Lewis Tillman (1816-1886) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Tennessee, 1816.
Republican. State court judge in Tennessee, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1869-71.
Died in 1886
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Willow Mount Cemetery.
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Edmund Cooper (1821-1911) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., September
11, 1821.
Member of Tennessee state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1865-67.
Died in Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn., July 21,
1911 (age 89 years, 313
days).
Interment at Willow Mount Cemetery.
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