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Merchant Politicians in Alabama
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Robert Desha (1791-1849) — of Gallatin, Sumner County, Tenn.; Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born near Gallatin, Sumner County, Tenn., January 14, 1791. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1827-31. Slaveowner. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., February 6, 1849 (age 58 years, 23 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.   Relatives: Brother of Joseph Desha; married 1820 to Eleanor Shelby; married to Ellen Porter.   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Desha-Breckinridge family of Lexington, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Travis Faulk and Mary Frances (Lee) Faulk; married, December 27, 1887, to Mary Frances Roling; married, December 27, 1894, to Ada Eveline Roling; father of Roland Robeson Faulk.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1835-1909) — also known as Ethan A. Hitchcock — of St. Louis, Mo.; Washington, D.C. Born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., September 19, 1835. Republican. Merchant; partner in China trade; president of manufacturing, mining, and railroad companies; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1898-99; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1899-1907. Died April 9, 1909 (age 73 years, 202 days). Burial location unknown.   Presumably named for: Ethan Allen   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1897   Tracy Hollingsworth Lay (b. 1882) — also known as Tracy Lay — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala.; Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala.; Washington, D.C. Born in Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala., November 5, 1882. Newspaper reporter; department store manager; U.S. Deputy Consul General in London, 1912-14; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Dublin, 1914; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1914-15; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1915-19; U.S. Consul General in Munich, 1923-25; Buenos Aires, 1926-28. Methodist. Member, American Political Science Association; American Economic Association; Sigma Nu. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Patrick Lay and Laura Josephine (Hollingsworth) Lay; married, October 5, 1921, to Marcia Bliss.   Charles LeBaron (1804-1881) — of Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., December 13, 1804. Merchant; mayor of Pensacola, Fla., 1840-41. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., February 4, 1881 (age 76 years, 53 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Charles L. LeBaron and Mary (Weaver) LeBaron; married, February 2, 1822, to Margaret Ann McVoy; father of William Alexander LeBaron; grandfather of Mary Leonora LeBaron (who married Hannis Taylor) and Leonard DeCantlaine LeBaron.   Political family: LeBaron-Taylor family of Mobile, Alabama.   William Alexander LeBaron (1826-1902) — also known as William A. LeBaron — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla., November 7, 1826. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; commission merchant; Consul for Nicaragua in Mobile, Ala., 1889-96; Vice-Consul for Mexico in Mobile, Ala., 1890-1902; Honorary Vice-Consul for Spain in Mobile, Ala., 1901; Consul for Colombia in Mobile, Ala., 1901-02. French ancestry. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., February 12, 1902 (age 75 years, 97 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Margaret Ann (McVoy) LeBaron and Charles LeBaron; married, July 11, 1848, to Eliza Josephine Robb; father of Mary Leonora LeBaron (who married Hannis Taylor) and Leonard DeCantlaine LeBaron.   Political family: LeBaron-Taylor family of Mobile, Alabama.   Lawrence Wheeler Locklin (b. 1867) — also known as L. W. Locklin — of Perdue Hill, Monroe County, Ala. Born in Perdue Hill, Monroe County, Ala., February 27, 1867. Democrat. Merchant; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912. Baptist. Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Charles William Locklin and Martha Barbara (Moore) Locklin; married, November 5, 1889, to Corinne Rives.   Benjamin McFarland Long (1827-1903) — also known as Benjamin M. Long — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Ga.; Cordova, Walker County, Ala. Born in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ga., November 5, 1827. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; merchant; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1872-74; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1880-82; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1888; candidate for Governor of Alabama, 1890; candidate for U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1894. Methodist. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons. Died in Cordova, Walker County, Ala., June 17, 1903 (age 75 years, 224 days). Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Cordova, Ala.   Relatives: Son of John Long and Nancy Davis (Long) Long; married, October 17, 1854, to Amanda Caroline Wootten.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Pinkney Lunsford (1861-1943) — also known as Charles P. Lunsford — of Hackleburg, Marion County, Ala. Born in Alabama, June 6, 1861. Republican. Merchant; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1912, 1916 (alternate), 1924 (alternate); candidate for U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1920. Died in Hackleburg, Marion County, Ala., June 1, 1943 (age 81 years, 360 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of John Pinkney Lunsford and Martha Jane (Long) Lunsford; married 1882 to Minerva Angeline 'Annie' Wamsley.   George Holcombe Malone (b. 1863) — also known as George H. Malone — of Dothan, Houston County, Ala. Born near Brundidge, Pike County, Ala., May 19, 1863. Democrat. Merchant; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1900, 1912 (speaker); delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901. Missionary Baptist. English and Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George Yewell Malone and Tabitha Eleanor (Wallace) Malone; brother of Arthur Y. Malone; married, June 10, 1891, to Florence Roberta Davis.   Political family: Malone family of Dothan, Alabama.   John C. Morong (born c.1837) — Born in Alabama, about 1837. Merchant; U.S. Consular Agent in Caldera, 1871-1905. Burial location unknown.   Gottfried Adolph Prinz (1851-1902) — also known as G. A. Prinz — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Cullman, Cullman County, Ala. Born in Nieder-Ingelheim, Germany, December 20, 1851. Democrat. Merchant; banker; postmaster; mayor of Cullman, Ala., 1876-77; Cullman County Treasurer, 1882-88; alternate delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Alabama, 1896. Evangelical Christian. German and French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Cullman, Cullman County, Ala., September 16, 1902 (age 50 years, 270 days). Interment at Cullman Cemetery, Cullman, Ala.   Relatives: Married 1870 to Ingeborg Lueddemann.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Dallas Burton Smith (1844-1913) — also known as Dallas B. Smith — of Opelika, Lee County, Ala. Born near Wedowee, Randolph County, Ala., October 19, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant; postmaster at Opelika, Ala., 1889-93, 1897-1913; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1896 (alternate), 1908. Member, Elks; Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died, from locomotor ataxia, in Opelika, Lee County, Ala., January 25, 1913 (age 68 years, 98 days). Interment at Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, Ala.   Relatives: Son of Nancy Campbell (Dickson) Smith and Jeptha Vinen Smith; brother of William Hugh Smith; married, November 8, 1866, to Mary Josephine Bingham; father of Dallas Burton Smith (1883-1936); grandson of David Dickson.   Political family: Smith family of Opelika, Alabama.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Married, July 19, 1921, to Hazel Lee Masterson.

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