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David Abner (1826-1902) —
of Texas.
Born in slavery
in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., 1826.
Farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1874; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1902
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Old
Powder Mill Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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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, Valley Head, Ala.
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Alva Elgin Ashford (1834-1904) —
also known as A. E. Ashford —
Born in Alabama, July 10,
1834.
Farmer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1866.
Slaveowner.
Died in Courtland, Lawrence
County, Ala., July 7,
1904 (age 69 years, 363
days).
Interment at Ashford
Cemetery, Lawrence County, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Harrison Ashford; married 1871 to
Caroline Fletcher. |
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Willis Brewer (1844-1912) —
of Hayneville, Lowndes
County, Ala.
Born near Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., March
15, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; journalist;
lawyer;
planter; Lowndes
County Treasurer, 1871; Alabama
state auditor, 1876-80; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1880-82, 1890-94; member of Alabama
state senate, 1882-90, 1894-97; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Alabama; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1897-1901.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
30, 1912 (age 68 years, 229
days).
Entombed at Cedars
Plantation, Montgomery, Ala.
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John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891) —
of Gilmer, Upshur
County, Tex.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ala., February
20, 1828.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1872;
member of Texas
state senate, 1875-78; district judge in Texas, 1878-84.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 16,
1891 (age 63 years, 146
days).
Interment at Dignowitty
Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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Thomas Wilkes Coleman (b. 1834) —
also known as Thomas W. Coleman —
of Eutaw, Greene
County, Ala.
Born in Eutaw, Greene
County, Ala., March
31, 1834.
Lawyer;
planter; banker;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865, 1901; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1890-98; appointed 1890.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James C. Coleman and Martha (Anderson) Coleman. |
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Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1927) —
also known as Braxton B. Comer —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Old Spring Hill, Barbour
County, Ala., November
7, 1848.
Democrat. Farmer; miller; cotton
manufacturer; Governor of
Alabama, 1907-11; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1920.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
15, 1927 (age 78 years, 281
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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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, Sylacauga, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of Beasant Crumpler and Elizabeth (Wright) Crumpler; married, March 9,
1832, to Maria Zeigler. |
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Elisha Young Fair (1809-1886) —
also known as Elisha Y. Fair —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Prosperity, Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., July 4,
1809.
Lawyer;
planter; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1858-61.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
23, 1886 (age 77 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Timothy Souls Faulk (1866-1939) —
also known as T. S. Faulk —
of Samson, Geneva
County, Ala.
Born near Troy, Pike
County, Ala., September
15, 1866.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Alabama
state senate, 1919-39; died in office 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1928.
Primitive
Baptist.
Died July 19,
1939 (age 72 years, 307
days).
Interment at Travelers
Rest Cemetery, Samson, Ala.
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Daniel Munroe Forney (1784-1847) —
also known as Daniel M. Forney —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.; Lowndes
County, Ala.
Born near Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., May, 1784.
Farmer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 1815-19; member
of North
Carolina state senate from Lincoln County, 1823-27.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lowndes
County, Ala., October
15, 1847 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Lowndes County, Ala.
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Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) —
also known as "Wizard of the Saddle" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Chapel Hill, Bedford County (now Marshall
County), Tenn., July 13,
1821.
Democrat. Cotton
planter; slave
trader; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; in
April 1864, after the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederate
troops under his command massacred
African-American Union soldiers, not accepting them as prisoners,
since the Confederacy refused to
recognize ex-slaves as legitimate combatants; this event, seen as
a war
crime, sparked outrage
across the North, and a congressional inquiry;
in 1867, he became involved in the Ku Klux
Klan and was elected Grand Wizard; the organization used violent
tactics to intimidate
Black voters and suppress
their votes; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1868;
in 1869, he had a change of heart, and issued a letter ordering that
the Klan be dissolved and its costumes destroyed; he went on to
denounce the group and its crimes; in 1875, he gave a "friendly
speech" to a meeting of an African-American organization in Memphis,
calling for peace, harmony, and economic advancement of former
slaves; for this speech, he was vehemently denounced in the Southern
press.
English
ancestry. Member, Ku Klux Klan.
After his death, he became a folk hero among white Southerners,
particularly during the imposition of Jim Crow segregation laws in
the early 20th century, and later, in reaction to the Civil Rights
movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
Slaveowner.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
29, 1877 (age 56 years, 108
days).
Original interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 1904 at Health Sciences Park, Memphis, Tenn.; memorial monument at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.; memorial monument at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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Lyman Gibbons (1808-1879) —
Born in Dormansville, Albany
County, N.Y., June 3,
1808.
Lawyer;
planter; circuit judge in Alabama, 1851-52; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1852-54; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861.
Died in Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala., June 27,
1879 (age 71 years, 24
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Taylor Goodwyn (1842-1931) —
also known as Albert T. Goodwyn —
of Robinson Springs, Elmore
County, Ala.
Born in Robinson Springs, Elmore
County, Ala., December
17, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
farmer; state inspector of convicts, 1874-80; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1886-87; member of Alabama
state senate, 1892-96; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1896-97;
commander-in-chief, United Confederate Veterans, 1928-29.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., July 1,
1931 (age 88 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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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, Eufaula, Ala.
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John Middleton Huger (1809-1894) —
also known as John M. Huger —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., 1809.
Sugar
cane planter; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Consul
for Turkey in New
Orleans, La., 1872-82.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
24, 1894 (age about 84
years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Robert Fulwood Ligon (1823-1901) —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Watkinsville, Oconee
County, Ga., December
16, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1849; member of Alabama
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1872; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1874-76; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1877-79.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
11, 1901 (age 77 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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John Van McDuffie (1841-1896) —
also known as John V. McDuffie —
of Hayneville, Lowndes
County, Ala.
Born in Addison, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 16,
1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
planter; probate judge in Alabama, 1868-80; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1872,
1876,
1880
(alternate), 1892
(alternate); delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1890-91; defeated, 1886.
Died November
18, 1896 (age 55 years, 186
days).
Interment at Pines
Cemetery, Hayneville, Ala.
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DeForest Richards (1846-1903) —
of Wilcox
County, Ala.; Chadron, Dawes
County, Neb.; Douglas, Converse
County, Wyo.
Born in Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H., August
6, 1846.
Republican. Farmer; banker; Governor of
Wyoming, 1899-1903; died in office 1903; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1900.
Died April
28, 1903 (age 56 years, 265
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Robert Renfroe Riley (b. 1944) —
also known as Bob Riley —
of Ashland, Clay
County, Ala.
Born in Ashland, Clay
County, Ala., October
3, 1944.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; farmer; real estate
agent; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1997-2003; Governor of
Alabama, 2003-11.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2014.
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Benjamin Glover Shields (b. 1808) —
also known as Benjamin G. Shields —
of Marengo
County, Ala.; Falls
County, Tex.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., 1808.
Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1841-43; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1845; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1851; planter; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1874-77.
Slaveowner.
Died in Texas.
Burial location unknown.
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John Reid Silliman (1855-1919) —
also known as John R. Silliman —
Born in Greene
County, Ala., December
7, 1855.
Insurance
agent; farmer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Saltillo, 1907-14; U.S. Consul in Saltillo, as of 1916; Guadalajara, as of 1917.
Died January
17, 1919 (age 63 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Smith (1762-1840) —
of Yorkville, York District (now York, York
County), S.C.
Born in South Carolina, 1762.
Democrat. Planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from York, 1796-97,
1824-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from York, 1803-08, 1831-32; common pleas
court judge in South Carolina, 1808-16; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1816-23, 1826-31; received 7
electoral votes for Vice-President, 1828;
received 23 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1836;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., June 26,
1840 (age about 77
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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James Adams Stallworth (1822-1861) —
also known as James A. Stallworth —
of Evergreen, Conecuh
County, Ala.
Born in Evergreen, Conecuh
County, Ala., April 7,
1822.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1845-48; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1857-61; defeated, 1856.
Slaveowner.
Died near Evergreen, Conecuh
County, Ala., August
31, 1861 (age 39 years, 146
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Evergreen, Ala.
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James Bennett Stone (1823-1895) —
also known as James B. Stone —
of Calhoun
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ala., November
29, 1823.
Farmer; sawmill
owner; Calhoun
County Sheriff, 1855-59; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1868-70, 1877; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885.
He lost a
leg in a sawmill accident.
Died in Calhoun
County, Fla., February
25, 1895 (age 71 years, 88
days).
Interment at Old
Shiloh Cemetery, Calhoun County, Fla.
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William Henry Haywood Tison (1822-1882) —
also known as W. H. H. Tison —
of Carrollville, Prentiss
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson
County, Ala., November
6, 1822.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer; postmaster;
dry goods
merchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1860,
1880;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Murdered,
in Baldwyn, Lee
County, Miss., December
4, 1882 (age 60 years, 28
days).
Interment at Baldwyn
Masonic Cemetery, Baldwyn, Miss.
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Louis Washington Turpin (1849-1903) —
also known as Louis W. Turpin —
of Newbern, Hale
County, Ala.
Born in Charlottesville,
Va., February
22, 1849.
Democrat. Farmer; Hale
County Tax Assessor, 1873-80; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1889-95 (4th District 1889-93, 9th
District 1893-95).
Died in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., February
3, 1903 (age 53 years, 346
days).
Interment at Greensboro
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ala.
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James S. Wallace (b. 1893) —
of Morehouse, New Madrid
County, Mo.; Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., November
4, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
farmer; mayor of Morehouse, Mo.; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1933-36, 1939-48, 1951-60 (New
Madrid County 1933-36, Scott County 1939-48, 1951-60).
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) —
also known as "Fighting Joe" —
of Wheeler, Lawrence
County, Ala.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1836.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
planter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1881-82, 1885-1900;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the War of 1812.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
25, 1906 (age 69 years, 137
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Wheeler and Julia Knox (Hull) Wheeler; married, February
6, 1866, to Daniella Jones (granddaughter of Peter
Early); father of Thomas Harrison Wheeler. |
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Ga. is named for him. |
| | | Wheeler Dam
(built 1933-36), on the Tennessee River in Lauderdale
and Lawrence
counties, Alabama, and the Wheeler Lake
reservoir, which extends into Limestone,
Morgan,
and Madison
counties, are named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in America
(1906) |
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Nathan Bryan Whitfield (1799-1868) —
also known as Nathan B. Whitfield —
of Lenoir
County, N.C.; Marengo
County, Ala.
Born in Lenoir
County, N.C., September
19, 1799.
General of the North Carolina Militia; planter; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Lenoir County, 1821; member of North
Carolina state senate from Lenoir County, 1822-23, 1825, 1827.
Died in Demopolis, Marengo
County, Ala., December
27, 1868 (age 69 years, 99
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Demopolis, Ala.
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