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Dallas County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Dallas County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Selma Live Oak Cemetery Selma Valley Creek Cemetery Private or family graveyards Dallas County, Alabama Politicians buried here:   Samuel W. Oliver (1796-1838) — of Alabama. Born in Charlotte County, Va., June 8, 1796. Member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1821-28, 1831-36; member of Alabama state senate, 1836-37; candidate for Governor of Alabama, 1837. Died in Dallas County, Ala., January 18, 1838 (age 41 years, 224 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians formerly buried here:   William Rufus de Vane King (1786-1853) — also known as William R. King — of Cahaba, Dallas County, Ala.; Selma, Dallas County, Ala. Born in Sampson County, N.C., April 7, 1786. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1807; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1811-16 (5th District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 5th District 1815-16); U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1819-44, 1848-52; U.S. Minister to France, 1844-46; Vice President of the United States, 1853; died in office 1853. Member, Freemasons. Slaveowner. Took oath of office as Vice President in Havana, Cuba, where he had gone for his health; died the next month, at his plantation near Cahaba, Dallas County, Ala., April 18, 1853 (age 67 years, 11 days). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment at Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.   Cross-reference: Samuel Sherman   King County, Wash. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier Live Oak Cemetery Selma, Dallas County, Alabama Politicians buried here:   William Rufus de Vane King (1786-1853) — also known as William R. King — of Cahaba, Dallas County, Ala.; Selma, Dallas County, Ala. Born in Sampson County, N.C., April 7, 1786. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1807; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1811-16 (5th District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 5th District 1815-16); U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1819-44, 1848-52; U.S. Minister to France, 1844-46; Vice President of the United States, 1853; died in office 1853. Member, Freemasons. Slaveowner. Took oath of office as Vice President in Havana, Cuba, where he had gone for his health; died the next month, at his plantation near Cahaba, Dallas County, Ala., April 18, 1853 (age 67 years, 11 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Dallas County, Ala.; reinterment at Live Oak Cemetery.   Cross-reference: Samuel Sherman   King County, Wash. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907) — also known as John T. Morgan — of Selma, Dallas County, Ala. Born in Athens, McMinn County, Tenn., June 20, 1824. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1860; delegate to Alabama secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1876, 1900; Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1876; U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1877-1907; died in office 1907. Southern Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., June 11, 1907 (age 82 years, 356 days). Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Washington Morgan and Frances (Irby) Morgan; brother of Mary Catherine Morgan (who married William Parish Chilton); married, February 11, 1846, to Cornelia G. Willis; granduncle of Arthur Bounds Chilton.   Political family: Chilton #1 family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS John Morgan (built 1943 at Baltimore, Maryland; collided, exploded, and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1943) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Men of Mark in America (1906)   Edmund Winston Pettus (1821-1907) — also known as Edmund W. Pettus — of Selma, Dallas County, Ala. Born in Limestone County, Ala., July 6, 1821. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; circuit judge in Alabama, 1855-58; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892 (speaker); U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1897-1907; died in office 1907. Member, Ku Klux Klan. Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs, Madison County, N.C., July 27, 1907 (age 86 years, 21 days). Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of John Jones Pettus; married, June 27, 1844, to Mary S. Chapman.   The Edmund Pettus Bridge (opened 1940), which takes U.S. Route 80 Business over the Alabama River at Selma, Alabama, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Samuel Francis Hobbs (1887-1952) — also known as Sam Hobbs — of Selma, Dallas County, Ala. Born in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., October 5, 1887. Democrat. State court judge in Alabama, 1921-26; U.S. Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1935-51. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died May 31, 1952 (age 64 years, 239 days). Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   George Henry Craig (1845-1923) — also known as George H. Craig — of Alabama. Born in Cahaba, Dallas County, Ala., December 25, 1845. Republican. U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1885; U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1885; U.S. Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1885. Died in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., January 26, 1923 (age 77 years, 32 days). Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Benjamin Sterling Turner (1825-1894) — also known as Ben Turner — of Alabama. Born in slavery near Weldon, Halifax County, N.C., March 17, 1825. Republican. U.S. Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1871-73; defeated, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1880. African ancestry. Died in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., March 21, 1894 (age 69 years, 4 days). Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William Benjamin Craig (1877-1925) — also known as William B. Craig — of Selma, Dallas County, Ala. Born in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., November 2, 1877. Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1900; U.S. Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912. Died in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., November 27, 1925 (age 48 years, 25 days). Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson (1829-1895) — also known as N. H. R. Dawson — of Selma, Dallas County, Ala. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., February 14, 1829. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1860; Speaker of the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1880. Episcopalian. Died in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., February 1, 1895 (age 65 years, 352 days). Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Lawrence E. Dawson and Mary Wilkinson (Rhodes) Dawson; married to Elodie Breck Todd (half-sister-in-law of Abraham Lincoln and Ninian Wirt Edwards; sister-in-law of Benjamin Hardin Helm; sister of Emilie Pariet Todd).   Political families: Walker-Edwards family of North Carolina and Georgia; Lincoln #1 family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Hugh Shepperd Darby Mallory (1848-1920) — also known as H. S. D. Mallory — of Selma, Dallas County, Ala. Born in Talladega County, Ala., February 6, 1848. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Selma, Ala., 1885-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1904, 1912. Baptist. Scottish, English, and Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Honor; Odd Fellows. Died in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., March 10, 1920 (age 72 years, 33 days). Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Mallory and Ann Maria (Darby) Mallory; married, October 15, 1872, to Jacqueline Louisa Billingslea. Valley Creek Cemetery Selma, Dallas County, Alabama Politicians buried here:   Thomas Kenan (1771-1843) — of Kenansville, Duplin County, N.C. Born in Kenansville, Duplin County, N.C., February 26, 1771. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1799; member of North Carolina state senate, 1804; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1805-11 (at-large 1805-07, 5th District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11); member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1810. Slaveowner. Died October 22, 1843 (age 72 years, 238 days). Interment at Valley Creek Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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