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DeKalb County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in DeKalb County

Index to Locations Fort Payne Glenwood Cemetery Lebanon Lebanon Cemetery Mentone Sallie Howard Memorial Chapel Valley Head Valley Head Cemetery Glenwood Cemetery Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Alabama Politicians buried here:   Lilius Bratton Rainey (1876-1959) — also known as Lilius B. Rainey — of Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala. Born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Ala., July 27, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1919-23. Died in Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala., September 27, 1959 (age 83 years, 62 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John Birdwell Isbell (1872-1960) — also known as John B. Isbell — of Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Ala. Born in Asbury, Marshall County, Ala., April 16, 1872. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1920 (alternate), 1932; candidate for U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1930; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1931-33. Died in Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Ala., September 5, 1960 (age 88 years, 142 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Elijah Miller Isbell and Elizabeth Jane (Dowdy) Isbell; brother of Arthur Levi Isbell and Leander Isbell; married to Arizona Melissa Berry.   Political family: Isbell family of Asbury, Alabama.   Isbell Field Airport, at Fort Payne, Alabama, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Lebanon Cemetery Lebanon, DeKalb County, Alabama Politicians buried here:   Wallace M. Sloane (1884-1947) — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in 1884. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1940 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee). Died in 1947 (age about 63 years). Interment at Lebanon Cemetery.   Epitaph: "God Is Love."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Sallie Howard Memorial Chapel Mentone, DeKalb County, Alabama Politicians buried here: Milford Wriarson Howard (1862-1937) — also known as Milford W. Howard — of Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Ala.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Rome, Floyd County, Ga., February 18, 1862. U.S. Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1895-99; novelist; appeared as an actor in a silent movie based on one of his novels; one of the editors of the conservative magazine The Awakener in the 1930s. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 28, 1937 (age 75 years, 313 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Sallie Howard Memorial Chapel.   Relatives: Married, December 23, 1883, to Sarah A. 'Sallie' Lankford.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) Valley Head Cemetery Valley Head, DeKalb County, Alabama Politicians buried here:   Miles Clayton Allgood (1878-1977) — also known as Miles C. Allgood; "Simon" — of Allgood, Blount County, Ala. Born in Chapultepec (now Allgood), Blount County, Ala., February 22, 1878. Democrat. School teacher; farmer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1920; U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1923-35 (7th District 1923-33, 5th District 1933-35). Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Died in Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Ala., March 4, 1977 (age 99 years, 10 days). Interment at Valley Head Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Barnett Allgood and Mary Matilda (Ingram) Allgood; married, February 1, 1917, to Willie Randall Fox; cousin *** of Clarence William Allgood.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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