Index to Locations
Clayton City Cemetery
Eufaula Fairview Cemetery
Eufaula Shorter Cemetery
City
Cemetery
Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama
Fairview
Cemetery
Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama
Politicians buried
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James Lawrence Pugh (1820-1907) —
also known as James L. Pugh —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Born in Burke
County, Ga., December
12, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1859-61; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 8th District, 1862-65;
delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1880-97.
Slaveowner.
Died March 9,
1907 (age 86 years, 87
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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William Dorsey Jelks (1855-1931) —
also known as William D. Jelks —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Russell
County, Ala., November
7, 1855.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Alabama
state senate, 1890; Governor of
Alabama, 1900, 1901-04, 1905-07; president, Protective Life
Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama, 1912-16.
Died in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., December
13, 1931 (age 76 years, 36
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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George Chauncey Sparks (1884-1968) —
also known as Chauncey Sparks —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Born in Barbour
County, Ala., October
8, 1884.
Democrat. State court judge in Alabama, 1911-15; member of Alabama
state legislature, 1919-23, 1931-39; Governor of
Alabama, 1943-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1944
(speaker),
1948.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died November
6, 1968 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Henry De Lamar Clayton (1857-1929) —
also known as Henry D. Clayton —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Born near Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala., February
10, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama, 1888; Presidential Elector for
Alabama, 1889;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1890-91; Presidential Elector for
Alabama, 1893;
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1893-96; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1897-1914; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1908,
1912
(speaker);
U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, 1914.
Author of the Clayton Antitrust Act.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
21, 1929 (age 72 years, 314
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. (1869-1938) —
also known as S. Hubert Dent, Jr. —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., August
16, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1902-09; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1909-21; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen;
Woodmen.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
6, 1938 (age 69 years, 51
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Eli Sims Shorter (1823-1879) —
also known as Eli S. Shorter —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Born in Monticello, Jasper
County, Ga., March
15, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1855-59; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1872,
1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., April
29, 1879 (age 56 years, 45
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Charles Samuel McDowell Jr. —
also known as Charles S. McDowell, Jr. —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912,
1924,
1936;
Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1923-27.
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Hiram Hawkins (1826-1914) —
of Bath
County, Ky.; Barbour
County, Ala.
Born near Owingsville, Bath
County, Ky., 1826.
Farmer;
member of Kentucky state legislature, 1860; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama state
legislature, 1870.
Died in 1914
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Shorter
Cemetery
Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama
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John Gill Shorter (1818-1872) —
of Alabama.
Born in Monticello, Jasper
County, Ga., April
23, 1818.
Member of Alabama
state senate, 1845; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1851; state court judge in
Alabama, 1852; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; Governor of
Alabama, 1861-63.
Died in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., May 29,
1872 (age 54 years, 36
days).
Interment at Shorter Cemetery.
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