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George Washington Darden (b. 1865) —
also known as George W. Darden —
of Oneonta, Blount
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Alabama, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: George
Washington |
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Darden and Caroline Elizabeth (Holston) Darden; married to Vaden A.
Pratt; first cousin twice removed of Stephen
Heard Darden. |
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James Sanford Davenport (1864-1940) —
also known as James S. Davenport —
of Vinita, Craig
County, Okla.
Born near Gaylesville, Cherokee
County, Ala., September
21, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1907-09, 1911-17 (3rd District
1907-09, 1911-15, 1st District 1915-17); Judge, Oklahoma Criminal
Court of Appeals, 1927-31.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., January
3, 1940 (age 75 years, 104
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Vinita, Okla.
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Artur Genestre Davis (b. 1967) —
also known as Artur Davis —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
9, 1967.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 2003-11; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 2004,
2008;
candidate in Democratic primary for Governor of
Alabama, 2010; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2012.
Lutheran.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Nimrod Davis Denson (1856-1927) —
also known as N. D. Denson —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.; Opelika, Lee
County, Ala.
Born in Russell
County, Ala., June 20,
1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state senate, 1884-88; circuit judge in Alabama, 1892-1904;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1916;
associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1904-09.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., March
25, 1927 (age 70 years, 278
days).
Interment at Rosemere
Cemetery, Opelika, Ala.
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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, Eufaula, Ala.
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William Louis Dickinson (1925-2008) —
also known as William L. Dickinson; Bill
Dickinson —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Opelika, Lee
County, Ala., June 5,
1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; common pleas court judge in Alabama, 1953-59; circuit
judge in Alabama, 1959-63; assistant vice president, Southern Railway
System, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1965-93.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Died, from colon
cancer, in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March
31, 2008 (age 82 years, 300
days).
Interment at Rosemere
Cemetery, Opelika, Ala.
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Frank Murray Dixon (1892-1965) —
also known as Frank M. Dixon —
of Alabama.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 25,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
injured during the war and lost his
right leg; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933; Governor of
Alabama, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
11, 1965 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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James Ferguson Dowdell (1818-1871) —
also known as James F. Dowdell —
of Chambers Court House (now Lafayette), Chambers
County, Ala.
Born near Monticello, Jasper
County, Ga., November
26, 1818.
Lawyer; candidate for Alabama
state house of representatives, 1849, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1853-59 (7th District 1853-55, 3rd
District 1855-59); colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; president,
East Alabama College at Auburn, 1868-70.
Slaveowner.
Died near Auburn, Lee
County, Ala., September
6, 1871 (age 52 years, 284
days).
Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Ala.
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James Render Dowdell (1847-1921) —
also known as James R. Dowdell —
of Alabama.
Born near Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala., April 2,
1847.
Served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War; lawyer;
associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1898-1909; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1909-14; appointed 1909.
Died in Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala., June 28,
1921 (age 74 years, 87
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ala.
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Peter Myndert Dox (1813-1891) —
also known as Peter M. Dox —
of Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., September
11, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1842; county judge in New
York, 1855-56; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1869-73; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1872.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., April 2,
1891 (age 77 years, 203
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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Joel Fredrick Dubina (b. 1947) —
also known as Joel F. Dubina —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind., 1947.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, 1986-90; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1990-2013; took
senior status 2013.
Still living as of 2014.
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Clifford Judkins Durr (b. 1899) —
also known as Clifford J. Durr —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March 2,
1899.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission,
1941-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Durr and Lucy (Judkins) Durr; married, April 5,
1926, to Virginia Hurd Foster. |
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William Jackson Edwards (b. 1928) —
also known as Jack Edwards —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
20, 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; lawyer; general attorney for Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
Railroad,
1958-64; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1965-85; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Still living as of 1998.
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Carl Atwood Elliott (1913-1999) —
also known as Carl Elliott —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Vina, Franklin
County, Ala., December
20, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1942-50; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1949-65 (7th District 1949-63,
at-large 1963-65); candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1966; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Methodist.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Amvets;
Disabled
American Veterans; Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died January
5, 1999 (age 85 years, 16
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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Rush Elmore (1819-1864) —
of Kansas.
Born in Autauga
County, Ala., February
27, 1819.
Lawyer; justice of
Kansas territorial supreme court, 1854-55, 1858-61.
Died August
14, 1864 (age 45 years, 169
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ben Erdreich (b. 1938) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
9, 1938.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1971-74; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1983-93; defeated,
1972, 1992.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Aurelius Augustus Evans (b. 1862) —
also known as A. A. Evans —
of Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Russell
County, Ala., December
24, 1862.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; mayor of Clayton, Ala., 1895-98;
circuit judge in Alabama, 1898-1909; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1904;
associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1909-11; appointed 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Evans and Frances Elizabeth (Collier) Evans; married,
December
27, 1888, to Lessie Victoria Waddell. |
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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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Lester A. Farmer (1890-1962) —
of Dothan, Houston
County, Ala.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., August
6, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1948.
Died in November, 1962
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Williams Walker Fearn (1832-1899) —
also known as Walker Fearn —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., January
13, 1832.
Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
U.S. Minister to Romania, 1885-89; Serbia, 1885-89; Greece, 1885-89; U.S. Consul General in Athens, as of 1885-89.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., April 7,
1899 (age 67 years, 84
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Harvey Butler Fergusson (1848-1915) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born near Pickensville, Pickens
County, Ala., September
9, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Mexico Territory, 1894-1908; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1897-99; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1912-15.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., June 10,
1915 (age 66 years, 274
days).
Cremated.
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William Cochrane Fitts (1866-1954) —
also known as William C. Fitts —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born January
29, 1866.
Lawyer; Alabama
state attorney general, 1894-98; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1954 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) —
also known as Henry S. Foote; "Hangman
Foote" —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., February
28, 1804.
Lawyer; co-founder
of LaGrange College, which later became the University of North
Alabama; fought four duels;
fled
Alabama in 1830 to escape
prosecution for dueling;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-52; exchanged blows with Thomas
Hart Benton on the floor of the U.S. Senate; Governor of
Mississippi, 1852-54; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; expelled
from the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on an unauthorized
peace mission; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 19,
1880 (age 76 years, 81
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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William Henry Forney (1823-1894) —
also known as William H. Forney —
of Jacksonville, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., November
9, 1823.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1859-60; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama
state senate, 1865-66; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1875-93 (at-large 1875-77, 7th
District 1877-93); member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama, 1880.
Slaveowner.
Died in Jacksonville, Calhoun
County, Ala., January
16, 1894 (age 70 years, 68
days).
Interment at Jacksonville
City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ala.
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Andrew Fuller Fox (1849-1926) —
also known as Andrew F. Fox —
of West Point, Clay
County, Miss.
Born in Reform, Pickens
County, Ala., April
26, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Mississippi
state senate, 1891-93; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1893-96; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1897-1903.
Died in West Point, Clay
County, Miss., August
29, 1926 (age 77 years, 125
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, West Point, Miss.
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Reuben Reid Gaines (b. 1836) —
Born in Sumter
County, Ala., October
30, 1836.
Lawyer; district judge in Texas 6th District, 1877-85; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1885-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob G. Gaines; married 1859 to Louisa
Shortridge. |
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William Willis Garth (1828-1912) —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Morgan
County, Ala., October
28, 1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1877-79.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., February
25, 1912 (age 83 years, 120
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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John Gayle (1792-1859) —
of Alabama.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., September
11, 1792.
Lawyer; member
Alabama territorial council, 1817; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1822-23, 1829; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1829; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1823-28; Governor of
Alabama, 1831-35; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1847-49; U.S.
District Judge for Louisiana, 1849-59.
Slaveowner.
Died near Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., July 21,
1859 (age 66 years, 313
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, 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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Robert D. Glass (c.1923-2001) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Wetumpka, Elmore
County, Ala., about 1923.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; superior
court judge in Connecticut, 1978-86; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1987-92.
African
ancestry.
First
Black member of Connecticut's highest court.
Died November
27, 2001 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Cooper Godbold (1920-2009) —
also known as John C. Godbold —
Born in Coy, Wilcox
County, Ala., March
24, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; law
professor; author; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-81; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-87; took
senior status 1987.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
22, 2009 (age 89 years, 273
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Anderson Gordon (1885-1959) —
also known as George A. Gordon —
of New York.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., November
19, 1885.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1935-37; Netherlands, 1937-40.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died May 11,
1959 (age 73 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George McInvale Grant (1897-1982) —
also known as George M. Grant —
of Troy, Pike
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Barbour
County, Ala., July 11,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
chair
of Pike County Democratic Party, 1927-37; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1935-38; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1938-65 (2nd District 1938-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Phi; Kiwanis.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a cruise aboard
the Queen Elizabeth II, en route to New York, probably in the
North
Atlantic Ocean, November
4, 1982 (age 85 years, 116
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Whitaker McDonough Grant (1851-1927) —
also known as Whit M. Grant —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa; Sitka,
Alaska; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Seale, Russell
County, Ala., April
26, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1884-85; U.S.
Attorney for Alaska Territory, 1887-89; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1896-99; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1911-15.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., December
10, 1927 (age 76 years, 228
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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David Bibb Graves (1873-1942) —
also known as Bibb Graves —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 1,
1873.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Alabama
Democratic state chair, 1914-18; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Governor of
Alabama, 1927-31, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March
14, 1942 (age 68 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Fred David Gray —
also known as Fred D. Gray —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1970-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 2000,
2004,
2008;
chair
of Macon County Democratic Party, 2003.
Church
of Christ. African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; NAACP; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 2008.
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Relatives:
Married to Carol Porter. |
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Oscar Lee Gray (1865-1936) —
also known as Oscar L. Gray —
of Butler, Choctaw
County, Ala.
Born in Mississippi, July 2,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1915-19; circuit judge
in Alabama, 1935-36.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., January
2, 1936 (age 70 years, 184
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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John Edgar Green Jr. (b. 1880) —
also known as John E. Green, Jr. —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., April
19, 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 1914-19; attorney
for oil
companies.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Edgar Green and Susan Morgan (Bridges) Green; married, April
29, 1914, to Anne Gentry Skinner. |
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Ashley Greene (b. 1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Lake Grove, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Ashville, St. Clair
County, Ala., January
15, 1898.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon,
1948
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
American Bar
Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Junius Foy Guin (born c.1883) —
also known as J. Foy Guin —
of Russellville, Franklin
County, Ala.
Born in Russellville, Franklin
County, Ala., about 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Alabama
Republican State Executive Committee, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Church
of Christ.
Interment somewhere
in Russellville, Ala.
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Junius Foy Guin Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as J. Foy Guin, Jr. —
of Russellville, Franklin
County, Ala.
Born in Russellville, Franklin
County, Ala., February
2, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1954; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1973.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2010.
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Robert William Hagood (1867-1940) —
also known as Robert W. Hagood —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., January
22, 1867.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oregon, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
29, 1940 (age 73 years, 7
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Charles Hall (1854-1927) —
of Bay Minette, Baldwin
County, Ala.
Born in Montpelier (now Blackshire), Baldwin
County, Ala., September
1, 1854.
Democrat. Baldwin
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1886-92; probate judge in Alabama,
1892-1904; lawyer.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died August
23, 1927 (age 72 years, 356
days).
Interment at Bay
Minette Cemetery, Bay Minette, Ala.
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Claude Harris Jr. (1940-1994) —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Bessemer, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 29,
1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Alabama, 1977-85; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1987-93; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1993-94.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
2, 1994 (age 54 years, 65
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Gardens, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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George Copeland Hawkins Jr. (1918-1991) —
also known as George C. Hawkins, Jr. —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Elora, Lincoln
County, Tenn., December
4, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1948;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives; elected 1950, 1954; candidate for
Governor
of Alabama, 1958; member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1962; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney
failure, August
9, 1991 (age 72 years, 248
days).
Interment at Forrest
Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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Asa Brindley Hays (1842-1899) —
also known as Asa B. Hays —
of Winston
County, Ala.; Cullman, Cullman
County, Ala.
Born in Blount
County, Ala., May 17,
1842.
Lawyer; Winston
County Probate Judge, 1871-78; mayor
of Cullman, Ala., 1879-80; Cullman
County Probate Judge, 1880-88.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Cullman, Cullman
County, Ala., December
24, 1899 (age 57 years, 221
days).
Interment at Cullman
Cemetery, Cullman, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of Ruben Hays and Tabitha (Cornelius) Hays; married 1867 to
Minerva C. Williams. |
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memorial |
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Howell Thomas Heflin (1921-2005) —
also known as Howell T. Heflin —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.
Born in Poulan, Worth
County, Ga., June 19,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1971-77; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1979-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1996.
Methodist.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Died in Sheffield, Colbert
County, Ala., March
29, 2005 (age 83 years, 283
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.; statue at Colbert
County Courthouse Grounds, Tuscumbia, Ala.
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James Thomas Heflin (1869-1951) —
also known as J. Thomas Heflin —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.
Born in Louina, Randolph
County, Ala., April 9,
1869.
Lawyer; mayor of Lafayette, Ala., 1893-94; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1896-1902; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1897-1900; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; secretary
of state of Alabama, 1903-04; resigned 1904; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1904-20; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1908;
speaker, 1912;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1920-31; defeated (Independent), 1930.
Died April
22, 1951 (age 82 years, 13
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ala.
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Robert Harwell Henley (1843-1873) —
also known as Robert Henley —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Demopolis, Marengo
County, Ala., January
20, 1843.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1871-73; appointed 1871; died in office 1873.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., April
22, 1873 (age 30 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Hilary Abner Herbert (1834-1919) —
also known as Hilary A. Herbert —
of Greenville, Butler
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Laurensville, Laurens District (now Laurens, Laurens
County), S.C., March
12, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1877-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1893-97.
Slaveowner.
Died March 6,
1919 (age 84 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Philemon Thomas Herbert (1825-1864) —
also known as Philemon T. Herbert —
of Mariposa, Mariposa
County, Calif.; El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Pine Apple, Wilcox
County, Ala., November
1, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1853-55 (10th District 1853-54, 6th District
1854-55); U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1855-57; in 1856, drunk
at breakfast, he shot
and killed Thomas Keating, a waiter at the Willard Hotel in
Washington; charged
with murder,
twice tried,
and eventually acquitted; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Wounded at the Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864, and died
in Kingston, DeSoto
Parish, La., July 23,
1864 (age 38 years, 265
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Kingston, La.
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Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. (1909-1995) —
also known as Albert S. Herlong, Jr. —
of Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla.
Born in Manistee, Monroe
County, Ala., February
14, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Florida, 1936-48; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1949-69 (5th District 1949-67, 4th
District 1967-69); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Pi
Kappa Phi.
Died in Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla., December
27, 1995 (age 86 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Hord Herndon (1828-1883) —
also known as Thomas H. Herndon —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Hale
County, Ala., July 1,
1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1857-58, 1876-77; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; candidate for Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 5th District, 1861;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; candidate for
Governor
of Alabama, 1872; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1879-83; died in office
1883.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., March
28, 1883 (age 54 years, 270
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (1834-1895) —
also known as Goldsmith W. Hewitt —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Elyton (now part of Birmingham), Jefferson
County, Ala., February
14, 1834.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1870-71, 1886-88; member of Alabama
state senate, 1872-74; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1875-79, 1881-85.
Slaveowner.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 27,
1895 (age 61 years, 102
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Joseph Lister Hill (1894-1984) —
also known as Lister Hill —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
29, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1923-38; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924,
1940,
1948,
1952;
speaker, 1944;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1938-69.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
21, 1984 (age 89 years, 358
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Earl Frederick Hilliard (b. 1942) —
also known as Earl F. Hilliard —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 9,
1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1975-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1981-93; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1993-2003; defeated in
primary, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1996,
2000,
2008.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Rebuked
by the House Ethics Committee in June, 2001 over three campaign
finance violations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Hitchcock (1792-1839) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., September
11, 1792.
Lawyer; secretary
of Alabama Territory, 1818-19; Alabama
state attorney general, 1819; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1825-30.
Presbyterian.
Died, in a yellow
fever epidemic, in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., August
11, 1839 (age 46 years, 334
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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J. Courtney Hixson (born c.1863) —
of Alabama.
Born about 1863.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Ningpo, 1893.
Burial location unknown.
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Robertson Honey (1870-1941) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Montevallo, Shelby
County, Ala., August
17, 1870.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1914-16; Catania, 1916-18; Bristol, 1918-24; Hamilton, 1924-29; Nice, 1929-32; Monaco, 1932; Calgary, 1933-36.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
30, 1941 (age 71 years, 13
days).
Interment at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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George Smith Houston (1811-1879) —
also known as George S. Houston —
of Athens, Limestone
County, Ala.
Born near Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., January
17, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1832; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1841-49, 1851-61 (at-large 1841-43,
5th District 1843-49, 1851-61); Governor of
Alabama, 1874-78; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1879; died in office 1879.
Slaveowner.
Died in Athens, Limestone
County, Ala., December
31, 1879 (age 68 years, 348
days).
Interment at Athens
City Cemetery, Athens, Ala.
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George Huddleston (1869-1960) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born near Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., November
11, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1915-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; United
Spanish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died February
29, 1960 (age 90 years, 110
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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George Huddleston Jr. (1920-1971) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
19, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1955-65 (9th District 1955-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
14, 1971 (age 51 years, 179
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Oscar Richard Hundley (1855-1921) —
also known as Oscar R. Hundley —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Limestone
County, Ala., October
30, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; division counsel, Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis Railway,
1884-1907; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1887-90; member of Alabama
state senate, 1891-98; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1896; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1904;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1907-09;
resigned 1909; president and general counsel, Sun Life
Insurance Company, Birmingham, Ala., 1913.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
22, 1921 (age 66 years, 53
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Francis Harrison Inge (b. 1902) —
also known as Francis H. Inge —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., May 20,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1935-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis James Inge and Ellen Mary (Harrison) Inge; married, June 10,
1931, to Alletta Turner. |
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Samuel Williams Inge (1817-1868) —
of Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.
Born in Warren
County, N.C., February
22, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1844-45; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1847-51; in 1853, he
participated in a duel
with Rep. Edward
Stanly, but neither was seriously injured; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1853-56.
Slaveowner.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 10,
1868 (age 51 years, 109
days).
Original interment at Calvary
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1942 at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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William Marshall Inge (1802-1846) —
of Tennessee; Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1833-35; member of
Alabama
state house of representatives, 1840, 1844-45.
Slaveowner.
Died in Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., 1846
(age about
44 years).
Interment at Livingston
Cemetery, Livingston, Ala.
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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, Fort Payne, Ala.
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George Washington Jones (1828-1903) —
also known as George W. Jones —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.
Born in Marion
County, Ala., September
5, 1828.
Lawyer; Bastrop
County Attorney, 1858-60; colonel in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1866-67; removed from
office as Lieutenant Governor by Gen. Philip Sheridan, 1867, for
being an "impediment
to Reconstruction"; U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1879-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., July 11,
1903 (age 74 years, 309
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bastrop, Tex.
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Gordon Douglas Jones (b. 1954) —
also known as Doug Jones —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 4,
1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1997-2001;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 2004;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 2018-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2018.
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James Henry Jones (1830-1904) —
also known as James H. Jones —
of Texas.
Born in Shelby
County, Ala., September
13, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1883-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex., March
22, 1904 (age 73 years, 191
days).
Interment at New
Cemetery, Henderson, Tex.
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Richard Channing Jones (b. 1841) —
of Camden, Wilcox
County, Ala.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., April
12, 1841.
Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1882-85; president,
University of Alabama, 1890-97; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Jones and Mary (Walker) Jones; married, October
19, 1864, to Stella H. Boykin. |
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Thomas Goode Jones (1844-1914) —
also known as Thomas G. Jones —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., November
26, 1844.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1885-88; Governor of
Alabama, 1890-94; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention
from Alabama, 1896.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April
28, 1914 (age 69 years, 153
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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