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Alfred Armstrong Adams (b. 1865) —
also known as A. A. Adams —
of Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn.
Born in Mt. Juliet, Wilson
County, Tenn., April 9,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901-02, 1929-30; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1903-05, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Armstrong Adams and Margaret Jarman (Gleaves) Adams;
married, August
29, 1889, to Mary Dove Albright. |
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Edwin Crawford Alexander (b. 1879) —
also known as E. C. Alexander —
of Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn., February
23, 1879.
Republican. Banker; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James H. Alexander and Senorita V. (Lutz) Alexander; married,
February
6, 1915, to Lillian Gardner. |
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Hugh Crump Anderson (1851-1915) —
also known as Hu C. Anderson —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in McNairy
County, Tenn., February
2, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1879-81, 1881-83; mayor
of Jackson, Tenn., 1884-1908; president, Peoples Savings
Bank, 1889-1915; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1915; died in office 1915; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1915; died in office 1915.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March 1,
1915 (age 64 years, 27
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Taylor Anderson and Mahala (Wisdom) Anderson; married to
Helen Bond, Emma Burdette and Ellen Bond; father of Hugh
Carmack Anderson. |
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Charles R. Anthony (1885-1976) —
also known as C. R. Anthony —
of Edmond, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Trenton, Gibson
County, Tenn., August
10, 1885.
Democrat. Merchant;
banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Oklahoma, 1956.
Member, Rotary.
Named to Oklahoma Hall of
Fame.
Died in June, 1976
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Zachary Cicero Anthony and Elvira Ann (Pennington) Anthony;
married, July 10,
1910, to Lutie L. Mauldin. |
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Howard Henry Baker (1902-1964) —
also known as Howard H. Baker —
of Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., January
12, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1929-30; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(delegation chair); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1940; board chairman, First National
Bank of Oneida; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1951-64; died in
office 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Fort Sanders Presbyterian Hospital,
Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., January
7, 1964 (age 61 years, 360
days).
Interment at Sherwood
Memorial Gardens, Alcoa, Tenn.
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Albert Alexander Banks (1923-2001) —
also known as A. A. Banks;
"Shug" —
of Blytheville, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 7,
1923.
Democrat. Farmer;
banker; county judge in Arkansas, 1961-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1964,
1968.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at Blytheville, Mississippi
County, Ark., October
10, 2001 (age 78 years, 217
days).
Interment at Bassett
Cemetery, Bassett, Ark.
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Jesse Cox Beesley —
also known as Jesse Beesley —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1910-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1924;
manager and part owner, Murfreesboro Light &
Power Co.; vice-president, First National Bank; director,
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Beesley and Jordan Beesley. |
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Vincent Boreing (1839-1903) —
of London, Laurel
County, Ky.
Born near Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., November
24, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; banker; county judge in Kentucky, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1899-1903; died in
office 1903.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in London, Laurel
County, Ky., September
16, 1903 (age 63 years, 296
days).
Interment at A.R.
Dyche Memorial Park, London, Ky.
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Gordon Weaver Browning (1889-1976) —
also known as Gordon Browning —
of Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn.
Born near Atwood, Carroll
County, Tenn., November
22, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney and director, Bank of Huntingdon; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1923-35 (8th District 1923-33, 7th
District 1933-35); defeated, 1920; Governor of
Tennessee, 1937-39, 1949-53; defeated, 1938, 1952, 1954; served
in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., May 23,
1976 (age 86 years, 183
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Huntingdon, Tenn.
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Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807-1895) —
also known as Peter H. Burnett —
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., November
15, 1807.
Banker; justice of
Oregon territorial supreme court, 1848-49; Governor of
California, 1849-51; justice of
California state supreme court, 1857-58.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 17,
1895 (age 87 years, 183
days).
Interment at Santa
Clara Mission Cemetery, Santa Clara, Calif.
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Edward Hull Crump (1874-1954) —
also known as Edward H. Crump; Ed Crump; "Boss
Crump" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., October
2, 1874.
Democrat. Head, E. H. Crump Buggy
Manufacturing Co.; president, E. H. Crump & Co. (involved in
banking, real
estate, and insurance);
mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1910-16, 1940; resigned 1916; proceedings were
brought for his ouster
as mayor in 1915-16, based on charges
that he failed to
enforce state liquor
laws; when the ouster suit was upheld by the state supreme court,
he resigned;
Shelby
County Treasurer, 1917-23; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1931-35 (10th District 1931-33,
9th District 1933-35); member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1936-45.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
16, 1954 (age 80 years, 14
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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James Alexander Daugherty (1847-1920) —
also known as James A. Daugherty —
of Carterville, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Athens, McMinn
County, Tenn., August
30, 1847.
Democrat. Farmer; livestock
raiser; mining
business; banker; Jasper
County Presiding Judge, 1892-96, 1919-20; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County Western
District, 1897-98; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1911-13.
Died in Carterville, Jasper
County, Mo., January
26, 1920 (age 72 years, 149
days).
Interment at Webb
City Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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Norman Hezekiah Davis (1878-1944) —
also known as Norman Davis —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Tullahoma, Coffee
County, Tenn.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., August
9, 1878.
Democrat. Banker; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
1919-20; Undersecretary of State, 1920-21; U.S. delegate to
international conferences; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1928;
U.S. Ambassador to , 1933-38; chairman, American Red Cross, 1938-44, and also of
International Red Cross, 1939-44.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., July 2,
1944 (age 65 years, 328
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tullahoma, Tenn.
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Thomas Allison Embrey (1861-1931) —
also known as Thomas A. Embrey —
of Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn., February
27, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1904,
1924
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a stroke,
in Florida State Hospital for
the Insane, Chattahoochee, Gadsden
County, Fla., April
11, 1931 (age 70 years, 43
days).
Interment at Florida State Hospital Cemetery, Chattahoochee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Simmons Embrey and Louisa Summers (Cain) Embrey;
married, October
19, 1883, to Fannie Lindsay. |
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memorial |
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Times, April 17, 1931 |
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James R. Fain —
of Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in Tennessee.
Banker; mayor
of Winston-Salem, N.C., 1939-41.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Parry Wayne Humphreys (1778-1839) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss.
Born in Staunton,
Va., 1778.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Tennessee, 1807-09; circuit judge in
Tennessee, 1809-13, 1818-36; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1813-15; banker.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss., February
12, 1839 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Methodist
Cemetery, Hernando, Miss.
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Joseph Jacques (1825-1883) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in England,
1825.
Manufacturer;
banker; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1858, 1878.
Died in 1883
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Cave Johnson (1793-1866) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., January
11, 1793.
Democrat. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1817; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1829-37, 1839-45 (8th District
1829-33, 11th District 1833-37, 1839-43, 9th District 1843-45); U.S.
Postmaster General, 1845-49; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1850-51;
banker.
Slaveowner.
Died in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., November
23, 1866 (age 73 years, 316
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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Jesse Holman Jones (1874-1956) —
also known as Jesse H. Jones —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., April 5,
1874.
Democrat. Lumber
business; builder;
banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1940-45.
Methodist.
Died June 1,
1956 (age 82 years, 57
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Alfred T. Lacey (c.1821-1878) —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born about 1821.
Banker; mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1851-52.
Died in 1878
(age about
57 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Oscar Byrd Lovette (1871-1934) —
also known as O. B. Lovette —
of Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn.
Born in Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn., December
20, 1871.
Republican. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1895-97; lawyer;
bank president; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1931-33; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1932.
Died in Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn., July 6,
1934 (age 62 years, 198
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
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Joseph Dominic Montedonico (1852-1909) —
also known as Joseph D. Montedonico —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 4,
1852.
Banker; insurance
business; Consular
Agent for Italy in Memphis,
Tenn., 1875-77, 1892-96; member of Tennessee
state senate; elected 1884.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease and malaria,
in Hotel
Pilgrim, Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
8, 1909 (age 57 years, 157
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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James Carroll Napier (1845-1940) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 9,
1845.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1884;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1898.
African
ancestry.
Founder of Nashville One-Cent Savings Bank; Register of the
U.S. Treasury, 1911-13.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April
21, 1940 (age 94 years, 317
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Reuben S. Payne (1844-1896) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Davidson
County, Tenn., 1844.
Hat
merchant; banker; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1882.
Died in 1896
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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James Henry Quillen (1916-2003) —
also known as James H. Quillen; Jimmy
Quillen —
of Kingsport, Sullivan
County, Tenn.
Born near Gate City, Scott
County, Va., January
11, 1916.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of
Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1956
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1992;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1963-97.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose.
Director, Kingsport National Bank, 1961-82.
Died November
2, 2003 (age 87 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) —
also known as B. Carroll Reece —
of Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin near Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1889.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
banker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,
1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932,
1936,
1944,
1948
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1946-48; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1948; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1958.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Sigma Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
19, 1961 (age 71 years, 87
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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Henry Hulme Sevier (1878-1940) —
also known as Hal H. Sevier —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., March
16, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; vice-president, Corpus
Christi Bank and Trust Co.; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1933-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in 1940
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George N. Tillman (b. 1851) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., January
23, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president, Merchants' Bank, Nashville; general counsel,
Nashville & Decatur Railroad;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1873-74; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1896, 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Tennessee, 1900.
Christian.
Burial location unknown.
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John S. Van Gilder (1825-1902) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in New Jersey, 1825.
Manufacturer;
banker; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1870-72.
Died in 1902
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Frank Veltri (b. 1912) —
of Plantation, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April 8,
1912.
Accountant;
volunteer
fire fighter; savings and loan executive; mayor
of Plantation, Fla., 1975-99.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Sanford Walters (1891-1973) —
also known as Herbert S. Walters —
of Morristown, Hamblen
County, Tenn.
Born in Leadvale, Jefferson
County, Tenn., November
17, 1891.
Democrat. Engineer
for railroads;
general
contractor; banker; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1933; member of Tennessee
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1934-47; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1936,
1940,
1944;
Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1940-44, 1953-55; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1945-47, 1956-67; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1963-65; appointed 1963.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., August
17, 1973 (age 81 years, 273
days).
Interment at Emma
Jarnagin Cemetery, Morristown, Tenn.
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Thomas Murray Wilson (1881-1967) —
also known as Thomas M. Wilson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 29,
1881.
Farmer;
banker; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Consul in Hankow, 1919-20; Madras, 1921-22; Bombay, 1922-23; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, as of 1938-40; U.S. Minister to Iraq, 1942.
Died in 1967
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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