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Jesse Corcoran Adkins (1879-1955) —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., April
13, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1930-36; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1936-46; took senior
status 1946.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
29, 1955 (age 75 years, 350
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Eben Alexander (1851-1910) —
of Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., March 9,
1851.
University professor; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1893-97; Romania, 1893-97; Serbia, 1893-97; U.S. Consul General in Athens, as of 1893-97; Bucharest, as of 1893-97; Belgrade, as of 1893-97.
Died suddenly of heart
disease, in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., March
11, 1910 (age 59 years, 2
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Eugene Rufus Attkisson (1873-1939) —
also known as Eugene Attkisson —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Lavinia, Carroll
County, Tenn., October
31, 1873.
Democrat. College teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Elks; Lions.
Died in 1939
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. John Rufus Attkisson and Elizabeth Moss (Lanier) Attkisson;
married, June 6,
1900, to Grace Crawford Dorney. |
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Mary Frances Berry (b. 1938) —
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
17, 1938.
Lawyer;
writer;
university professor; member, U.S. Civil Rights Commission,
1978-2004; chair, U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1993-99; arrested
during an anti-apartheid
sit-in at the South African Embassy
in Washington, 1984.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Thomas Blair (1871-1944) —
also known as James T. Blair —
of Maysville, DeKalb
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Loudon, Loudon
County, Tenn., November
11, 1871.
Democrat. College professor; president,
Obion College, 1895-96; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1899-1902; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1915-24; defeated, 1924; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April
12, 1944 (age 72 years, 153
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Theodore M. Brantly (1851-1922) —
also known as Theodore M. Brantley —
Born near Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., February
12, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
college professor; district judge in Montana 3rd District,
1894-98; chief
justice of Montana state supreme court, 1899-1922; died in office
1922.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., September
16, 1922 (age 71 years, 216
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928) —
also known as Jacob M. Dickinson —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., January
30, 1851.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1891-93; law professor;
general counsel, Illinois Central Railroad,
1899-1909; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1909-11.
Member, Izaak
Walton League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
13, 1928 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Charles Rountree Evans (b. 1863) —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis., April 4,
1863.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; Hamilton
County Attorney, 1894-98; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1910; circuit judge
in Tennessee, 1911-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan H. Evans and Sarah (Kilbourne) Evans. |
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College professor; president,
Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Thomas Frank Gailor (1856-1935) —
also known as Thomas F. Gailor —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
17, 1856.
Democrat. Episcopal
priest; university professor; bishop, Episcopal Diocese of
Tennessee, 1898-1935; chancellor,
University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., 1908-35; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1924.
Died October
3, 1935 (age 79 years, 16
days).
Interment at University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tenn.
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Beth H. Harwell (b. 1957) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., July 24,
1957.
Republican. University professor; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 2004,
2008
(alternate); member of Tennessee
state house of representatives 56th District, 2007.
Female.
Church
of Christ.
Still living as of 2008.
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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean, Howard
University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took
senior status 1971.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega
Psi Phi; Freemasons;
American
Civil Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
14, 1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Calvin Jones (b. 1810) —
of Somerville, Fayette
County, Tenn.
Born in Person
County, N.C., July 8,
1810.
Democrat. University professor; lawyer;
Chancellor, Western Division of Tennessee, 1847-54.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Horace Harmon Lurton (1844-1914) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., February
26, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1886-93; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1893-1909; law
professor; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1909-14; died in office 1914.
Episcopalian.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 12,
1914 (age 70 years, 136
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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James Clark McReynolds (1862-1946) —
also known as James C. McReynolds —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., February
3, 1862.
Lawyer;
university professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1913-14; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1914-41; took senior status 1941.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1946 (age 84 years, 202
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Elkton, Ky.
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George Allen Morgan (1905-1997) —
also known as George A. Morgan —
of Washington,
D.C.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., December
2, 1905.
University professor; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Ivory Coast, 1965-69.
Died, from injuries sustained in a fall while
walking, in a hospital
at Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., June 24,
1997 (age 91 years, 204
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Hermann Plumacher (1837-1910) —
also known as Eugene H. Plumacher —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Germany,
1837.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; university professor; inventor;
U.S. Consul in Maracaibo, 1883-1909.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Founded a leprosy hospital in Venezuela.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
25, 1910 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Eugene Price (b. 1940) —
also known as David E. Price —
of Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Erwin, Unicoi
County, Tenn., August
17, 1940.
Democrat. Legislative aide, U.S. Senator E.
L. 'Bob' Bartlett, 1963-67; university professor; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1983-84; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1987-95, 1997-;
defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lawrence Davis Tyson (1861-1929) —
also known as Lawrence D. Tyson —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., July 4,
1861.
Democrat. University professor; lawyer;
president, Knoxville Cotton
Mills, Knoxville Spinning
Co., Poplar Creek Coal and
Iron Co., Lenoir City Land
Co., East Tennessee Coal and
Iron Co., Coal Creek Mining and
Manufacturing
Co.; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member
of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1903-05;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1908;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1925-29; died in office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in 1929
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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