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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.
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Thomas Young Abernethy (1908-1968) —
also known as Tom Abernethy —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.
Born in Brookwood, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., April
19, 1908.
Newspaper editor and publisher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Alabama; Republican candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1956,
1960
(alternate); Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1962; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Presbyterian.
Died, in Baptist Medical
Center, Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March 7,
1968 (age 59 years, 323
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Ala.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives:
Married to Lutie Milliken. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Haywood Hanson Hillyer III and Brenda (Edmonson)
Hillyer. |
| | See also Wikipedia
article |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of William Patrick Lay and Laura Josephine (Hollingsworth) Lay;
married, October
5, 1921, to Marcia Bliss. |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Ora Walton and Susie Emma (Trimble) Walton; married, July 18,
1925, to Lynda Ruth Tatum. |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Miles Hassell Yerby and Susan Callie (Gibson) Yerby; married, December
20, 1888, to Mabel Taylor. |
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