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Index to Locations
Fayetteville Pursell Family
Cemetery
Sylacauga Unknown location
Sylacauga Evergreen Cemetery
Sylacauga Fort Williams Cemetery
Sylacauga Marble City Cemetery
Sylacauga Old City Cemetery
Talladega Clark Hill Cemetery
Talladega Oak Hill Cemetery
Pursell Family
Cemetery
Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama
Unknown
Location
Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama
Evergreen
Cemetery
Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama
Founded 1951
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Murray P. McCluskey (1915-2003) —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., December
29, 1915.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; co-owned Clean Cleaners,
Inc. with Bill
Nichols; owned motels;
lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1970-78.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died June 18,
2003 (age 87 years, 171
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Decker Andrew McCluskey and Annie (Ogletree) McCluskey; first
cousin once removed of Thomas
Avery Ogletree. |
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Fort Williams
Cemetery
Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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James Benjamin Payton (1943-1994) —
also known as James Payton —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born June 12,
1943.
Mayor
of Sylacauga, Ala., 1984-94; died in office 1994.
Drowned
while swimming
to retrieve a radio-controlled miniature boat, in Lake Howard,
Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala., July 28,
1994 (age 51 years, 46
days).
Interment at Fort Williams Cemetery.
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Marble City
Cemetery
Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama
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William Flynt Nichols (1918-1988) —
also known as Bill Nichols —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born near Becker, Monroe
County, Miss., October
16, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1959-63; member of Alabama
state senate, 1963-67; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1967-88 (4th District 1967-73, 3rd
District 1973-88); died in office 1988.
Methodist.
Died December
13, 1988 (age 70 years, 58
days).
Interment at Marble City Cemetery.
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Thomas Avery Ogletree (1890-1958) —
also known as Tom Ogletree —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala., May 31,
1890.
Democrat. Mayor
of Sylacauga, Ala., 1934-40.
Died in Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala., January
13, 1958 (age 67 years, 227
days).
Interment at Marble City Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Aaron Ogletree and Samantha Elizabeth (Lee) Ogletree;
married to Mamie Stuart; first cousin once removed of Murray
P. McCluskey. |
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William Peeples Oden (1849-1898) —
Born in Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala., May 31,
1849.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state senate, 1890.
Died in Childersburg, Talladega
County, Ala., October
14, 1898 (age 49 years, 136
days).
Interment at Marble City Cemetery.
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Howard Arrington Parker (b. 1896) —
of Sylacauga, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in 1896.
Mayor
of Sylacauga, Ala., 1940-41; resigned 1941.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Original interment at Marble City Cemetery; reinterment at Pursell Family Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of Dewitt Arrington Parker and Lutitia Maude (Oden) Parker; nephew of
William
Peeples Oden. |
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Old City
Cemetery
Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama
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Albert C. Crumpler (1808-1882) —
Born in Nottoway Parish, Southampton
County, Va., November
29, 1808.
Tanner;
planter;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1850; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861.
Died in Crumpler's Mountain, Talladega
County, Ala., November
29, 1882 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Beasant Crumpler and Elizabeth (Wright) Crumpler; married, March 9,
1832, to Maria Zeigler. |
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Clark Hill
Cemetery
Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama
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Marcus Henderson Cruikshank (1826-1881) —
also known as Marcus H. Cruikshank —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Autauga
County, Ala., December
12, 1826.
Mayor
of Talladega, Ala., 1850; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1864-65.
While riding, he was thrown
from his horse and
killed, October
10, 1881 (age 54 years, 302
days).
Interment at Clark Hill Cemetery.
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Oak Hill
Cemetery
Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama
Founded 1831
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Lewis Eliphalet Parsons (1817-1895) —
also known as Lewis E. Parsons —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born April
28, 1817.
Governor
of Alabama, 1865; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1868;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1872.
Died June 8,
1895 (age 78 years, 41
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel Wright Mardis (1800-1836) —
also known as Samuel W. Mardis —
of Montevallo, Shelby
County, Ala.
Born in Fayetteville, Lincoln
County, Tenn., June 12,
1800.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1823-25, 1828-30; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1831-35 (2nd District 1831-33, 3rd
District 1833-35).
Slaveowner.
Died in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., November
14, 1836 (age 36 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Miller Shelley (1833-1907) —
also known as Charles M. Shelley —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Tennessee, 1833.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1877-81, 1882-85.
Slaveowner.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., 1907
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Joseph Addison Woodward (1806-1885) —
also known as Joseph A. Woodward —
of South Carolina.
Born in Winnsboro, Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., April
11, 1806.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1834-35, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1843-53.
Slaveowner.
Died in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., August
3, 1885 (age 79 years, 114
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Taul Bradford (1835-1883) —
of Alabama.
Born in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., January
20, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1871-72; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1875-77.
Slaveowner.
Died October
28, 1883 (age 48 years, 281
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Scales Plowman (1843-1919) —
also known as Thomas S. Plowman —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., June 8,
1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Talladega, Ala., 1872; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1897-99; member of Alabama
state senate, 1912; president, First National Bank of
Talladega.
Died in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., July 26,
1919 (age 76 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John A. Bingham (1855-1932) —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., May 7,
1855.
Republican. Postmaster at Talladega,
Ala., 1897-1914; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1908
(alternate), 1912,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1918; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., October
9, 1932 (age 77 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Young Abernethy (1908-1968) —
also known as Tom Abernethy —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Brookwood, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., April
19, 1908.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Alabama; Republican candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1956,
1960
(alternate); Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1962; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Presbyterian.
Died, in Baptist Medical
Center, Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March 7,
1968 (age 59 years, 323
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Louise Wallis Abernethy (1909-1998) —
also known as Louise W. Abernethy; Louise Wallis;
Mrs. Tom Abernethy; "Ludie" —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., September
23, 1909.
Republican. School
teacher; city
editor, Talladega Daily Home, 1936-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alabama, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1964;
member of Republican
National Committee from Alabama, 1956-68.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died January
13, 1998 (age 88 years, 112
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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