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Dorothy Allen (b. 1910) —
also known as Dorothy McDonald; Mrs. Tom
Allen —
of Brinkley, Monroe
County, Ark.
Born in Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., March
18, 1910.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1948;
board member, Mercy Hospital,
Brinkley, Ark.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Jack McDonald and Dora (Barnes) McDonald; married, May 15,
1941, to Thomas J. Allen. |
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Festus Orestes Butt (1875-1972) —
also known as Festus O. Butt; F. O. Butt —
of Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born near Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1875.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died June 30,
1972 (age about 96
years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) —
also known as S. S. Calhoon —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Canton, Madison
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., January
2, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Gov. William
McWillie, 1857; newspaper editor; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Mississippi,
1876-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in
office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Edgar Chapman (1877-1947) —
also known as William E. Chapman —
of Alluwe, Nowata
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Mt. Pisgah, White
County, Ark., February
1, 1877.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; newspaper editor; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Mazatlan, 1916, 1917-25; Nogales, 1916-17; Guaymas, 1917; Sault Ste. Marie, 1925-26; Torreon, 1926; Puerto Mexico, 1927; Monterrey, 1927-28; Cali, 1928-30; North Bay, 1930-32; Bilbao, 1932-38; in July 1927, in Puerto Mexico, two intruders
entered his residence, lay in wait, shot
him, and escaped; he recovered from his injuries.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla., March
12, 1947 (age 70 years, 39
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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James Thomas Elliott (1823-1875) —
also known as James T. Elliott —
of Arkansas.
Born in Monroe
County, Ga., April
22, 1823.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River Railroad,
1858; circuit judge in Arkansas, 1865-66; newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1869; defeated, 1868;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1870; district judge in Arkansas 9th District,
1872-74.
Died in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., July 28,
1875 (age 52 years, 97
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Camden, Ark.
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John Netherland Heiskell (1872-1972) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tenn., November
2, 1872.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1913.
Editor of the Arkansas Gazette newspaper, which won a Pulitzer
Prize for Meritorious Public Service in 1958.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
28, 1972 (age 100 years,
56 days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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William Noah Ivie (b. 1873) —
also known as William N. Ivie —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ark.; Rogers, Benton
County, Ark.; Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ark., September
20, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1906, 1914; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1908,
1920;
Register, U.S. Land Office, Harrison, Ark., 1909-15; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1930-34.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Bachus Ivie and Jane (Litterell) Ivie; married, December
30, 1900, to Minnie Vaughan. |
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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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Charles Cyrus Kearns (1869-1931) —
also known as Charles C. Kearns —
of Batavia, Clermont
County, Ohio; Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio.
Born in Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill., February
11, 1869.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
newspaper editor; Clermont
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1915-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio, December
17, 1931 (age 62 years, 309
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Withamsville, Ohio.
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Isom P. Langley (1851-1930) —
of Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born in Clark
County, Ark., September
2, 1851.
Preacher;
newspaper editor; lawyer; farmer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1886 (Labor, 4th District), 1890
(Populist, 2nd District), 1890 (Republican, 2nd District); member of
Missouri
state house of representatives from Laclede County, 1919-20.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Labor.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., July 13,
1930 (age 78 years, 314
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Eunice B. O'Baugh (1894-1964) —
also known as Eunice Lenore Blankenship;
"E.B.O'B." —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Pocahontas, Randolph
County, Ark.
Born in Arkansas, October
11, 1894.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); candidate for Presidential
Elector for Arkansas.
Female.
Died April
22, 1964 (age 69 years, 194
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Pocahontas, Ark.
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George Washington Paschal (1812-1878) —
also known as George W. Paschal; Lorenzo Columbus George
Washington Paschal —
of Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Greene
County, Ga., November
23, 1812.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1840; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1846; candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 1850; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1868.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1878 (age 65 years, 85
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Hampton Pryor (b. 1934) —
also known as David H. Pryor —
of Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.
Born in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., August
29, 1934.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1961-66; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1966-73; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1968,
1996;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1979-97; defeated in primary, 1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Eurith Dickinson Rivers (1895-1967) —
also known as E. D. Rivers —
of Lakeland, Lanier
County, Ga.; Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga.
Born in Center Point, Howard
County, Ark., December
1, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Governor of
Georgia, 1937-41; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1939-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1940.
Died in Lakeland, Lanier
County, Ga., June 11,
1967 (age 71 years, 192
days).
Entombed at City
Cemetery, Lakeland, Ga.
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John Arthur Thomas (1874-1953) —
also known as John A. Thomas —
of Lewisville, Lafayette
County, Ark.
Born July 8,
1874.
Newspaper editor; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1927-28.
Died September
11, 1953 (age 79 years, 65
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Stamps, Ark.
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Thomas Johnston Turner (1815-1874) —
also known as Thomas J. Turner —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 5,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Illinois, 1842; postmaster;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1847-49; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854; mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1855; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 56th District,
1869-70.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., April 4,
1874 (age 58 years, 364
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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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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