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Prelate Demick Barker (1835-1928) —
also known as Prelate D. Barker —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., September
29, 1835.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
secretary-treasurer, Alabama & Mississippi Railroad, 1866-71;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Alabama District,
1871-78; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1888,
1892,
1896,
1900
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
postmaster at Mobile,
Ala., 1890-94, 1897-1914; member of Republican
National Committee from Alabama, 1908-16.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., March
29, 1928 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Frank William Boykin (1885-1969) —
also known as Frank W. Boykin —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Bladon Springs, Choctaw
County, Ala., February
21, 1885.
Democrat. Manufacturer of railway crossties; lumber and
timber business; shipbuilder;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1935-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
12, 1969 (age 84 years, 19
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Armstead Brown (1875-1951) —
also known as Thomas Armstead Brown —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga., June 6,
1875.
Lawyer;
Chambers
County Solicitor, 1898-1902; municipal judge in Alabama, 1911-15;
general solicitor, Florida East Coast Railway, and Florida
East Coast Hotel
Co.; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1925-46; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-26.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis.
Died October
29, 1951 (age 76 years, 145
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Marion Maxwell Caskie (b. 1890) —
also known as Marion M. Caskie —
of Alabama; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Remington, Fauquier
County, Va., July 29,
1890.
Democrat. Staff for Southern Railway office in Washington,
1906-11; traffic manager for various enterprises; general manager,
state docks,
Port of Mobile, Ala.; vice-president, Waterman Steamship
Co.; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1935-40.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James Maxwell Caskie and Olivia (Rixey) Caskie; married, December
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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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George Gillespie Duffee (b. 1869) —
also known as George G. Duffee —
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., August
20, 1869.
Railway accountant;
U.S. Consul in Gijón, 1917-18; Cadiz, as of 1919.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Samuel Wesley Fordyce (1840-1919) —
also known as S. W. Fordyce —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Guernsey
County, Ohio, February
7, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; founder,
builder, president, receiver, and director of many railroads;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884,
1892;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Arkansas, 1896.
Scottish
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., August
3, 1919 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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.
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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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Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
14, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and
director, Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; director, Gulf Life
Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East Coast Railway,
1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Blue
Key; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., September
22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Myles Anderson Paige (c.1898-1983) —
also known as Myles A. Paige —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., about 1898.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Pullman car
porter; lawyer;
Republican candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1926; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
justice, New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1940-58; judge,
Court of Domestic Relations (later Family Court).
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; American
Legion; Catholic
Lawyers Guild.
New York City's first
Black magistrate, 1936, and first
Black judge, 1940.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
30, 1983 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Richard Sheppard (1885-1969) —
also known as Harry R. Sheppard —
of Yucaipa, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., January
10, 1885.
Democrat. Railroad worker; beverage
business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1937-65 (19th District 1937-43,
21st District 1943-53, 27th District 1953-63, 33rd District 1963-65);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1940,
1944,
1956,
1960.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
Died of pneumonia
at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April
28, 1969 (age 84 years, 108
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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Richard Vipon Taylor (1859-1939) —
also known as Richard V. Taylor —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., August
11, 1859.
Vice-president and general manager, Mobile & Ohio Railroad;
headed federalized railroads in three states during World War
I; mayor of
Mobile, Ala., 1922-24, 1933-34, 1936-37; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1926-29.
Baptist.
Died in Point Clear, Baldwin
County, Ala., December
22, 1939 (age 80 years, 133
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Maurice B. Throckmorton (1855-1888) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
22, 1855.
Democrat. Railroad ticket agent; postmaster at Birmingham,
Ala., 1887-88.
Member, Elks.
While he tried to reason with and pacify a lynch mob outside the
county jail, sheriff deputies, under orders to protect the jail, fired
into the crowd, hitting him; he died from his wounds the next day,
Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
8, 1888 (age 33 years, 47
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Maximilian Bethune Wellborn (1862-1957) —
also known as M. B. Wellborn —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Lewisville, Lafayette
County, Ark., January
22, 1862.
Democrat. President, First National Bank of
Anniston, 1905-14; director, Macon, Dublin and Savannah
Railroad; Calhoun
County Commissioner; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1912;
Governor, Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta, 1919-28; member of Alabama
state senate, 1933-36; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment from Calhoun
County, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., November
28, 1957 (age 95 years, 310
days).
Interment at Edgemont Cemetery, Anniston, Ala.
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Oliver Cicero Wiley (1851-1917) —
also known as Oliver C. Wiley —
of Troy, Pike
County, Ala.
Born in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., January
30, 1851.
Democrat. Chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1884-86; president, Alabama Midland
Railway, 1887-92; bank
director; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1888; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1908-09.
Died in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., October
18, 1917 (age 66 years, 261
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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