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Jefferson County
Arkansas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Jefferson County

Index to Locations Pine Bluff Bellewood Cemetery Pine Bluff Congregation Anshe Emeth Cemetery Pine Bluff Grace Church Memorial Garden Near Wabbaseka Flat Bayou Burial Ground Bellewood Cemetery Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas Politicians buried here:   Samuel Mitchell Taylor (1852-1921) — also known as Samuel M. Taylor; Sam M. Taylor — of Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Ark. Born in Itawamba County, Miss., May 25, 1852. Democrat. Member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1879-80; U.S. Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1913-21; died in office 1921. Died in Washington, D.C., September 13, 1921 (age 69 years, 111 days). Interment at Bellewood Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Chester William Taylor.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Oliver P. Snyder (1833-1882) — of Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Ark. Born in Missouri, November 13, 1833. Republican. Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1860; U.S. Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1871-75; defeated, 1876; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1872, 1876, 1880. Died in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Ark., November 22, 1882 (age 49 years, 9 days). Interment at Bellewood Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Chester William Taylor (1883-1931) — also known as Chester W. Taylor — of Arkansas. Born in Arkansas, July 16, 1883. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1921-23. Died July 17, 1931 (age 48 years, 1 days). Interment at Bellewood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Mitchell Taylor.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Congregation Anshe Emeth Cemetery Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas Politicians buried here:   Louis Altheimer (1849-1922) — of Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Ark. Born in Germany, 1849. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1892, 1896 (alternate); postmaster at Pine Bluff, Ark., 1901. Jewish. German ancestry. Died in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., May 27, 1922 (age about 72 years). Interment at Congregation Anshe Emeth Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Julia Sussholz.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Grace Church Memorial Garden Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas Politicians buried here:   D. Boyce Alford (1923-2002) — of Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Ark. Born in Cove, Polk County, Ark., November 13, 1923. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; optometrist; member of Arkansas state house of representatives, 1969-79. Episcopalian. Died, of heart failure, at Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Ark., February 27, 2002 (age 78 years, 106 days). Interment at Grace Church Memorial Garden.   Relatives: Brother of Thomas Dale Alford. Flat Bayou Burial Ground Near Wabbaseka, Jefferson County, Arkansas Politicians buried here:   John Jones Pettus (1813-1867) — also known as John J. Pettus — of Mississippi. Born in Wilson County, Tenn., October 9, 1813. Governor of Mississippi, 1854, 1859-63. Slaveowner. After the Civil War, as a Confederate leader, amnesty was refused to him, and he became a fugitive; the manhunt continued until his death, from pneumonia, in Pulaski County (part now in Lonoke County), Ark., January 25, 1867 (age 53 years, 108 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Flat Bayou Burial Ground.   Relatives: Son of John Jones Pettus (1782-1822) and Alice Taylor (Winston) Pettus; brother of Edmund Winston Pettus; married to Permelia Virginia Winston; married 1861 to Virginia Hewell.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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