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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, Talladega, Ala.
  Relatives: Daughter of Joseph Vann Wallis and Flora (Green) Wallis; married, June 24, 1932, to Thomas Young Abernethy.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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, Talladega, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Paul Lee Abernethy and Addie Abernethy; married, June 24, 1932, to Louise Wallis.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Maryon Pittman Allen (1925-2018) — also known as Maryon Pittman; Maryon Pittman Mullins; Mrs. Jim Allen — of Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss., November 30, 1925. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1978; appointed 1978; defeated, 1978; columnist for the Washington Post newspaper, 1978-81. Female. Presbyterian. Member, Zonta. Died July 23, 2018 (age 92 years, 235 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of John D. Pittman and Tellie (Chism) Pittman; married, August 7, 1964, to James Browning Allen; married, October 17, 1946, to Joshua Sanford Mullins, Jr.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Cyrus Washington Ashcraft (1866-1940) — also known as C. W. Ashcraft — of Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala. Born in Clay County, Ala., February 27, 1866. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; cotton mill business; mayor of Florence, Ala., 1910-12; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1922-26; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924. Baptist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., June 24, 1940 (age 74 years, 118 days). Interment at Florence Cemetery, Florence, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew Jackson Ashcraft and Eliza (Wiley) Ashcraft; married, October 9, 1895, to Janie Farr Dunklin; married, June 28, 1905, to Zaidee Ellis; married, February 3, 1910, to Gillian Chilton Brown.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edmund Roberts Blair (b. 1908) — also known as Edmund Blair — of Pell City, St. Clair County, Ala. Born in Leeds, Jefferson County, Ala., July 29, 1908. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1948; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Civitan; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Datus Ensign Coon (1831-1893) — also known as Datus E. Coon — of Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa; Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa; Selma, Dallas County, Ala.; San Diego, San Diego County, Calif. Born in DeRuyter, Madison County, N.Y., February 20, 1831. Republican. Newspaper publisher; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1868; member of Alabama state senate, 1870; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1872; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Baracoa, 1879-85. Accidentally shot, and died soon after, in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., December 17, 1893 (age 62 years, 300 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
  Relatives: Married 1855 to Hattie A. Cummins; married 1865 to Jennie (Ells) Bailey.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Alfred Cuthbert (1788-1881) — also known as John A. Cuthbert — of Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga. Born in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., June 3, 1788. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1811-13, 1817; member of Georgia state senate, 1814-15; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1819-21; newspaper editor and publisher. Slaveowner. Died in Mon Louis Island, Mobile County, Ala., September 22, 1881 (age 93 years, 111 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Mobile County, Ala.
  Relatives: Brother of Alfred Cuthbert.
  The city of Cuthbert, Georgia, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Marcy Bradshaw Darnall (1872-1960) — also known as Marcy B. Darnall — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Edgar County, Ill., January 27, 1872. Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Key West, Fla., 1913-21. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; American Legion; United Spanish War Veterans; Civitan; Elks. Died, in Coffee Memorial Hospital, Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., January 18, 1960 (age 87 years, 356 days). Interment at Greenview Memorial Gardens, Florence, Ala.
  Relatives: Married to Lutie Milliken.
  Robert Terry Everett (b. 1937) — also known as Terry Everett — of Enterprise, Coffee County, Ala.; Rehoboth, Houston County, Ala. Born in Dothan, Houston County, Ala., February 15, 1937. Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1993-2009. Baptist. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  James Herman Faulkner, Sr. (1916-2008) — also known as Jimmy Faulkner — of Bay Minette, Baldwin County, Ala. Born in Lamar County, Ala., March 1, 1916. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; insurance agent; mayor of Bay Minette, Ala., 1941-43; member of Alabama Democratic State Executive Committee, 1942; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1948, 1952 (alternate); member of Alabama state senate, 1950-54; owned a chain of seven radio stations; bank director. Church of Christ. Died, in Oakwood Nursing Home, Bay Minette, Baldwin County, Ala., August 22, 2008 (age 92 years, 174 days). Interment at Bay Minette Cemetery, Bay Minette, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Henry L. Faulkner and Ebbie (Johnson) Faulkner; married to Evelyn Louise Irwin.
  Faulkner University (founded 1942 as Montgomery Bible College; renamed 1953 as Alabama Christian College; renamed 1985 as Faulkner University), in Montgomery, Alabama, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Forsyth Jr. (1812-1877) — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala.; Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga. Born in Augusta, Richmond County, Ga., October 31, 1812. Democrat. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1835-38; postmaster at Columbus, Ga., 1845-49; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1856-58; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1859; mayor of Mobile, Ala., 1861, 1865. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., May 2, 1877 (age 64 years, 183 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of John Forsyth and Clara (Meigs) Forsyth; married 1834 to Margaret Hull; nephew of Henry Meigs; grandson of Josiah Meigs; grandnephew of Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr.; first cousin of Henry Meigs Jr.; first cousin once removed of Return Jonathan Meigs Jr.; second cousin of Return Jonathan Meigs III; second cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden; second cousin twice removed of Timothy Pitkin; third cousin of Chittenden Lyon; third cousin once removed of William Whiting Boardman and Benjamin Lewis Fairchild; fourth cousin of John Willard; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Hunt Mills, William Woodbridge, Bela Edgerton, Isaac Backus, Heman Ticknor, Martin Olds, Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley, John Leslie Russell, Henry Titus Backus, Joshua Perkins, Roger Calvin Leete and Mabel Thorp Boardman.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Upham family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  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.
  Relatives: Son of John Edgar Green and Susan Morgan (Bridges) Green; married, April 29, 1914, to Anne Gentry Skinner.
  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.
  Joseph Conn Guild (1824-1875) — also known as Joseph C. Guild — of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Ala. Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., January 3, 1824. Democrat. Newspaper editor; mayor of Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1850-54, 1866-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1860; postmaster at Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1860-65; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died, from a stroke of paralysis, in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., July 19, 1875 (age 51 years, 197 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of James Guild and Mary Elizabeth (Williams) Guild.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Carroll Harrison (1822-1855) — also known as J. C. Harrison — of Cherokee County, Tex. Born in Alabama, October 3, 1822. Newspaper publisher; insurance agent; hotel operator; livery business; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1855; died in office 1855. Methodist. Died in Austin, Travis County, Tex., November 9, 1855 (age 33 years, 37 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph D. Harrison and Rachel (Lockhart) Harrison; brother of Greenbury Horras Harrison and Hannah D. Harrison (who married Samuel Johnson); married to Barbara Ann Culp (widow of George Whitfield Terrell).
  Political family: Harrison-Rountree family of Austin, Texas.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of John Woodson Henley and Evelina Thomas (Harwell) Henley; married, May 22, 1866, to Amelia 'Meta' Peters.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Hord Herndon (1794-1843) and Emma Sarah (Toulmin) Herndon; married to Mary Edmonia Alexander.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Quin Edmonson Hillyer (b. 1964) — also known as Quin Hillyer — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., March 16, 1964. Republican. Newspaper columnist; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1988; candidate for U.S. Representative from Alabama 1st District, 2013. Still living as of 2017.
  Relatives: Son of Haywood Hanson Hillyer III and Brenda (Edmonson) Hillyer.
  See also Wikipedia article
Milford W. Howard Milford Wriarson Howard (1862-1937) — also known as Milford W. Howard — of Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Ala.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Rome, Floyd County, Ga., February 18, 1862. U.S. Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1895-99; novelist; appeared as an actor in a silent movie based on one of his novels; one of the editors of the conservative magazine The Awakener in the 1930s. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 28, 1937 (age 75 years, 313 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Sallie Howard Memorial Chapel, Mentone, Ala.
  Relatives: Married, December 23, 1883, to Sarah A. 'Sallie' Lankford.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
William D. Jelks William Dorsey Jelks (1855-1931) — also known as William D. Jelks — of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Russell County, Ala., November 7, 1855. Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Alabama state senate, 1890; Governor of Alabama, 1900, 1901-04, 1905-07; president, Protective Life Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912; member of Democratic National Committee from Alabama, 1912-16. Died in Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala., December 13, 1931 (age 76 years, 36 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph William Dorsey Jelks and Jane Goodrum (Frazer) Jelks; married, June 7, 1883, to Alice Keitt Shorter (niece of John Gill Shorter and Eli Sims Shorter).
  Political family: Shorter family of Eufaula, Alabama.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1902
  William Marmaduke Kavanaugh (1866-1915) — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. Born near Eutaw, Greene County, Ala., March 3, 1866. Democrat. Newspaper editor; judge of county and probate courts, 1900; member of Democratic National Committee from Arkansas, 1912; U.S. Senator from Arkansas, 1913. Died in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., February 21, 1915 (age 48 years, 355 days). Interment at Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814-1865) — also known as Alexander B. Meek — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., July 17, 1814. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; Alabama state attorney general, 1830; county judge in Alabama, 1842-44; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1846-50; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1853, 1859; Speaker of the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1859; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1860. Died in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss., November 30, 1865 (age 51 years, 136 days). Interment at Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
  Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) — also known as Max Rafferty — of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), Los Angeles County, Calif.; Alabama. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., May 9, 1917. Republican. School teacher and principal; superintendent of schools; newspaper columnist; California superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970; candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1968; dean, Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82. Episcopalian. Irish ancestry. Member, Phi Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary. Drowned when his car went off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike County, Ala., June 13, 1982 (age 65 years, 35 days). Interment at Green Hills Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1886-1967) and DeEtta (Cox) Rafferty; married, June 4, 1944, to Frances Luella Longman.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
James T. Rapier James Thomas Rapier (1837-1883) — also known as James T. Rapier — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., November 13, 1837. Republican. School teacher; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1873-75; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Alabama District, 1879; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1880. African ancestry. Died, from tuberculosis, in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., May 31, 1883 (age 45 years, 199 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)
  John Lawrence Rapier (1842-1905) — also known as John L. Rapier — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., June 15, 1842. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Mobile, Ala., 1894-97; newspaper publisher. Died May 7, 1905 (age 62 years, 326 days). Interment at Catholic Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Gwynn Rapier and Evelina (Senac) Rapier; married to Marie Regina St. Paul and Regina Demouy; father of Paul Edward Rapier.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Paul Edward Rapier (1875-1937) — also known as Paul E. Rapier — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Alabama, August 28, 1875. Democrat. Newspaper advertising manager; alternate delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Alabama, 1896; Consul for Costa Rica in Mobile, Ala., 1900-07; accountant. Died, from pneumonia and diphtheria, along with myocarditis, in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., January 18, 1937 (age 61 years, 143 days). Interment at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of John Lawrence Rapier and Regina (Demouy) Rapier; married to Mary Clare Moran.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Willis Roberts (1779-1853) — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala.; Galveston, Galveston County, Tex. Born in South Carolina, February 8, 1779. Candidate for secretary of state of Alabama, 1818; personal secretary to Gov. William W. Blount, 1819-20; newspaper publisher; member of Alabama state senate, 1833-35; Texas Republic Collector of Customs for the Port of Galveston, 1838-39. Presbyterian or Episcopalian. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., December 23, 1853 (age 74 years, 318 days). Interment at Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Roberts and Mary (Herndon) Roberts; married, February 20, 1801, to Asenath Alexander; father of Samuel Alexander Roberts.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Ingate Thompson (1875-1952) — also known as Frederick I. Thompson — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Miss., September 29, 1875. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912, 1924 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1928 (alternate); member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1920-; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1939-41. Episcopalian. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., February 19, 1952 (age 76 years, 143 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Edward P. Thompson and Laura (Cox) Thompson; married, February 5, 1900, to Adrianna Ingate.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Park Trammell (1876-1936) — of Lakeland, Polk County, Fla. Born in Macon County, Ala., April 9, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; mayor of Lakeland, Fla., 1900-02; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of Florida state senate 7th District, 1905-09; Florida state attorney general, 1909-13; Governor of Florida, 1913-17; U.S. Senator from Florida, 1917-36; died in office 1936. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen. Died May 8, 1936 (age 60 years, 29 days). Interment at Roselawn Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of John W. Trammell and Ida E. (Park) Trammell; married, November 21, 1900, to Virginia Darby.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  William Barret Travis (1809-1836) — also known as William B. Travis — of Claiborne, Monroe County, Ala.; Anahuac, Chambers County, Tex. Born in Red Bank, Edgefield District (now Saluda County), S.C., August 9, 1809. Lawyer; newspaper editor; delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Austin, 1835; colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence. Member, Freemasons. Killed while defending the Alamo, in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., March 6, 1836 (age 26 years, 210 days). Cremated; ashes interred at San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.
  Relatives: Married, October 26, 1828, to Rosanna Cato; father of Charles Edward Travis.
  Travis County, Tex. is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about William Barret Travis: William C. Davis, Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis
  Enoch H. Vance (1820-1888) — of Saline County, Ark.; Perryville, Perry County, Ark. Born in Madison County, Ala., 1820. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; captured and taken prisoner by Confederate forces, and shared a cell with future Arkansas governor Elisha Baxter; Vance's wife Susan helped both to escape by stealing the jail keys from a guard; member of Arkansas state senate; elected 1868. Died in Perry County, Ark., September 24, 1888 (age about 68 years). Interment at Perryville Cemetery, Perryville, Ark.
  Relatives: Son of Elizabeth (Campbell) Vance and William Houston Vance; married to Lucinda Massey, Susan Martin (Ferlong) Lawhorn and Dianna Alby; father of Enoch H. Vance (1848-1921).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Kimble Vardaman (1861-1930) — also known as James K. Vardaman; "The Great White Chief" — of Greenwood, Leflore County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds County, Miss. Born near Edna, Jackson County, Tex., July 26, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1890-96; Speaker of the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1894; major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1904, 1912 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1916; Governor of Mississippi, 1904-08; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1913-19. Died in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., June 25, 1930 (age 68 years, 334 days). Interment at Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
  Relatives: Son of William Sylvester Vardaman and Mary Ann (Fox) Vardaman; brother of John Fox Vardaman; married 1884 to Anna Elizabeth Burleson; grandnephew by marriage of Simon Cockrell; first cousin of Hernando De Soto Money; second cousin of William E. Spell (who married Jane Madden Cotten).
  Political family: Cockrell-South family of Kentucky.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Ora Walton (b. 1892) — of Waverly, Lee County, Ala.; Lafayette, Chambers County, Ala. Born in Waverly, Lee County, Ala., December 6, 1892. Democrat. Postmaster; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher; lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1923-27. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Exchange Club. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Ora Walton and Susie Emma (Trimble) Walton; married, July 18, 1925, to Lynda Ruth Tatum.
  William E. W. Yerby (b. 1864) — of Greensboro, Hale County, Ala. Born in Greensboro, Hale County, Ala., October 10, 1864. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; mayor of Greensboro, Ala., 1902-03; delegate to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hale County, 1933. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Miles Hassell Yerby and Susan Callie (Gibson) Yerby; married, December 20, 1888, to Mabel Taylor.
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