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John Overall Anderson (b. 1906) —
also known as John O. Anderson —
of Smithville, DeKalb
County, Tenn.; Silver Point, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Silver Point, Putnam
County, Tenn., March 5,
1906.
Republican. Farmer; nurseryman; chair of
DeKalb County Republican Party, 1940-44; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1948,
1952.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas Francis Anderson and Maggie Lena (Eastham) Anderson; married
to Lois Smith. |
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John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (1825-1908) —
of Paris, Henry
County, Tenn.
Born near Manly's Chapel, Henry
County, Tenn., June 4,
1825.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1849-51; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1857-59, 1873-83 (9th District
1857-59, 7th District 1873-75, 8th District 1875-83); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1860;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Delegate
from Tennessee to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; U.S. Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, 1885-88.
Slaveowner.
Died in Paris, Henry
County, Tenn., June 2,
1908 (age 82 years, 364
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Paris, Tenn.
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John M. Bailey (1859-1946) —
of Langdon, Atchison
County, Mo.
Born in Baileyton, Greene
County, Tenn., April 9,
1859.
Republican. School
teacher; merchant;
farmer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Atchison County, 1911-12.
Died August
1, 1946 (age 87 years, 114
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Rock Port, Mo.
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Albert Alexander Banks (1923-2001) —
also known as A. A. Banks;
"Shug" —
of Blytheville, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 7,
1923.
Democrat. Farmer; banker;
county judge in Arkansas, 1961-81; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1964,
1968.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at Blytheville, Mississippi
County, Ark., October
10, 2001 (age 78 years, 217
days).
Interment at Bassett
Cemetery, Bassett, Ark.
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J. H. Brattain (b. 1813) —
of Linn
County, Ore.
Born in Tennessee, 1813.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Linn County, 1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Tommy Burks (1940-1998) —
of near Monterey, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn., May 22,
1940.
Farmer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1971-78; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1979-98; died in office 1998.
Church
of Christ. Member, Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Shot
and killed in
his pickup
truck by his opponent for re-election, Byron
Low Tax Looper, near Monterey, Cumberland
County, Tenn., October
19, 1998 (age 58 years, 150
days).
Interment at Crestlawn
Memorial Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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Joel Childress (1777-1819) —
also known as Joel Childers —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born March
22, 1777.
Planter; merchant;
postmaster at Murfreesboro,
Tenn., 1813-19.
Died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., August
18, 1819 (age 42 years, 149
days).
Interment at Canonsburgh Village Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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Robert Lucas Childress (1809-1885) —
also known as Robert L. Childress —
of Marshfield, Webster
County, Mo.; Hazlewood, Webster
County, Mo.
Born in Knox
County, Tenn., August
7, 1809.
Republican. Farmer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 19th District, 1865;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1867-68; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Webster
County, Mo., January
30, 1885 (age 75 years, 176
days).
Interment at Childress Cemetery, Diggins, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Polly (Lucas) Childress and Robert Lindsay Childress; married to
Hannah Lacey. |
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memorial |
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Henry Christian Augustus Damm (1874-1929) —
also known as Henry C. A. Damm —
of Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in West Bloomfield, Waushara
County, Wis., January
19, 1874.
Orange grower; school
teacher; U.S. Consul in Cornwall, 1909-12; Stettin, 1912-15; Aix-la-Chapelle, 1915-17; Stavanger, 1917-18, 1919; Christiania, 1918; Copenhagen, 1919-20; Malaga, 1920-21; Valencia, 1921-22; Nogales, 1922-29, died in office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Died in Nogales, Sonora,
August
24, 1929 (age 55 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Conrad Damm and Maria (Markworth) Damm; married 1902 to Alice
Mary Ann Purdue. |
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James Alexander Daugherty (1847-1920) —
also known as James A. Daugherty —
of Carterville, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Athens, McMinn
County, Tenn., August
30, 1847.
Democrat. Farmer; livestock raiser; mining
business; banker; Jasper
County Presiding Judge, 1892-96, 1919-20; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County Western
District, 1897-98; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1911-13.
Died in Carterville, Jasper
County, Mo., January
26, 1920 (age 72 years, 149
days).
Interment at Webb
City Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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John Bennett Dawson (1798-1845) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March
17, 1798.
Planter; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1834; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1841-45 (2nd District 1841-43, 3rd
District 1843-45); died in office 1845; postmaster at New
Orleans, La., 1843.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Francisville, West
Feliciana Parish, La., June 26,
1845 (age 47 years, 101
days).
Interment at Grace
Episcopal Churchyard, St. Francisville, La.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Dickson (1745-1825) —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.; Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., April, 1745.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; cotton and
tobacco
planter; member of North
Carolina state senate from Lincoln County, 1788-95; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1799-1801; member of
Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1807-11; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1809-11.
Slaveowner.
Died in Rutherford
County, Tenn., April
14, 1825 (age about 80
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Rutherford County, Tenn.
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James Wesley Duncan (1868-1933) —
also known as J. W. Duncan —
of Kaufman, Kaufman
County, Tex.
Born in Claiborne
County, Tenn., December
18, 1868.
Republican. Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Texas, 1924,
1932.
Died in Kaufman
County, Tex., December
31, 1933 (age 65 years, 13
days).
Interment at Kaufman
Cemetery, Kaufman, Tex.
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James Philip Eagle (1837-1904) —
also known as James P. Eagle —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Maury
County, Tenn., August
10, 1837.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; minister;
planter; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1889-93.
Baptist.
Died, of heart
failure, December
20, 1904 (age 67 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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John Esther (born c.1827) —
of Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born in Tennessee, about 1827.
Farmer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 20th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) —
also known as "Wizard of the Saddle" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Chapel Hill, Bedford County (now Marshall
County), Tenn., July 13,
1821.
Democrat. Cotton
planter; slave
trader; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; in
April 1864, after the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederate
troops under his command massacred
African-American Union soldiers, not accepting them as prisoners,
since the Confederacy refused to
recognize ex-slaves as legitimate combatants; this event, seen as
a war
crime, sparked outrage
across the North, and a congressional inquiry;
in 1867, he became involved in the Ku Klux
Klan and was elected Grand Wizard; the organization used violent
tactics to intimidate
Black voters and suppress
their votes; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1868;
in 1869, he had a change of heart, and issued a letter ordering that
the Klan be dissolved and its costumes destroyed; he went on to
denounce the group and its crimes; in 1875, he gave a "friendly
speech" to a meeting of an African-American organization in Memphis,
calling for peace, harmony, and economic advancement of former
slaves; for this speech, he was vehemently denounced in the Southern
press.
English
ancestry. Member, Ku Klux Klan.
After his death, he became a folk hero among white Southerners,
particularly during the imposition of Jim Crow segregation laws in
the early 20th century, and later, in reaction to the Civil Rights
movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
Slaveowner.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
29, 1877 (age 56 years, 108
days).
Original interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 1904 at Health Sciences Park, Memphis, Tenn.; memorial monument at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.; memorial monument at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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Frederick S. Heiskell (1786-1882) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., 1786.
Newspaper
publisher; farmer; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1835.
Died in 1882
(age about
96 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Lawson White Hill (1810-1892) —
of Tennessee.
Born near McMinnville, Warren
County, Tenn., March 1,
1810.
Democrat. Fruit
grower; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1837-41; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1847-49; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hill Creek, Warren
County, Tenn., January
18, 1892 (age 81 years, 323
days).
Interment at Hill
Graveyard, Near McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn.
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James J. Kyle (1867-1931) —
of Thornfield, Ozark
County, Mo.
Born in Kyles Ford, Hancock
County, Tenn., December
27, 1867.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer; merchant;
Ozark
County School Commissioner, 1894-95; Ozark
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-98; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Ozark County, 1909-10,
1913-16, 1921-22.
Died in Ozark
County, Mo., February
1, 1931 (age 63 years, 36
days).
Interment at Thornfield Cemetery, Thornfield, Mo.
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Albert Hamilton Latimer (c.1800-1877) —
also known as Albert H. Latimer —
of Texas.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., about 1800.
Republican. Lawyer;
planter; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Red River, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-42; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state senate, 1849-51; Texas
state comptroller, 1865-66; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1869; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1869; district judge in Texas 8th District,
1870-72.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Clarksville, Red River
County, Tex., January
27, 1877 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Clarksville
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of James L. Latimer and Jane (Hamilton) Latimer; married 1828 to
Elritta Smith; married 1833 to
Elizabeth Richey; married 1857 to Mary
Gattis. |
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George Washington Lent Marr (1779-1856) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Henry
County, Va., May 25,
1779.
Planter; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834.
Slaveowner.
Died near New Madrid, New Madrid
County, Mo., September
5, 1856 (age 77 years, 103
days).
Interment at Troy
Cemetery, Troy, Tenn.
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Claudius B. Miller (1824-1917) —
also known as "Uncle Claudius" —
of Unionville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Hickman
County, Tenn., December
1, 1824.
Farmer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1870-72.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Unionville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, March
14, 1917 (age 92 years, 103
days).
Interment at Unionville
Cemetery, Unionville, Iowa.
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John B. Nees (1804-1882) —
also known as John B. Neese —
of Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., December
8, 1804.
Farmer; merchant;
sheriff;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, Grange.
Died in Poland, Clay
County, Ind., May 19,
1882 (age 77 years, 162
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Carroll Pitts (1814-1884) —
also known as William C. Pitts —
of Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., May 11,
1814.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861.
Died in Lynn Township, Posey
County, Ind., September
20, 1884 (age 70 years, 132
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
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Samuel Horace Preston (1837-1916) —
also known as S. Horace Preston —
of Lansing Township, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida Township, Eaton
County, Mich., October
1, 1837.
Democrat. Farmer; supervisor
of Lansing Township, Michigan, 1875-77, 1879-81, 1883-86.
Died, from "La Grippe" (influenza)
and Bright's
disease, in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., January
8, 1916 (age 78 years, 99
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Preston and Rebecca Noble (Sprague) Preston; married 1863 to
Eveline Sills. |
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memorial |
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James N. Sharp (b. 1860) —
of Butler, Bates
County, Mo.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., November
27, 1860.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Bates County, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Nicholas Shrum (b. 1803) —
of Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Tennessee, 1803.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Marion County,
1857.
Burial location unknown.
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William A. Stephens (b. 1856) —
of Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo.
Born in Monroe
County, Tenn., September
14, 1856.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Johnson County, 1913-16,
1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1879 to Alice
Scott; married 1912 to Laura
Smith. |
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James T. Sutton (born c.1820) —
of Coldwater, Wayne
County, Mo.
Born in Tennessee, about 1820.
Farmer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 24th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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John Haywood Tolbert (1837-1907) —
also known as J. H. Tolbert —
of Howe, Grayson
County, Tex.; Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Jackson
County, Tenn., January
25, 1837.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1887-93, 1899-1901 (27th District
1887-93, 8th District 1899-1901).
Christian.
Died February
7, 1907 (age 70 years, 13
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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Lindsey Hilton Tubb (1857-1928) —
also known as L. Hilton Tubb —
of Cotton Gin Port, Monroe
County, Miss.; Amory, Monroe
County, Miss.
Born in Monroe
County, Miss., September
19, 1857.
Republican. Farmer; postmaster at Amory,
Miss., 1905-13; brick
manufacturer.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 11,
1928 (age 70 years, 296
days).
Interment at Masonic Cemetery, Amory, Miss.
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John S. White (b. 1828) —
of Washington
County, Ore.
Born in Tennessee, 1828.
Republican. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Washington County,
1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Newton Harris White (b. 1860) —
also known as Newton H. White —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., September
2, 1860.
Democrat. Farmer; member, Tennessee Railroad Commission, 1897;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1899; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1901-03, 1913-15; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904,
1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert P. Whitesell (1860-1937) —
of Obion, Obion
County, Tenn.
Born in Fulton
County, Ky., May 11,
1860.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1916,
1924.
Died in Union City, Obion
County, Tenn., April 7,
1937 (age 76 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Whitesell and Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Wright) Whitesell;
married, February
22, 1893, to Clara Catherine Hunter. |
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John Sharp Williams (1854-1932) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 30,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton
planter; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1892,
1904
(Temporary
Chair; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1893-1909 (5th District
1893-1903, 8th District 1903-09); U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1911-23.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died near Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., September
7, 1932 (age 78 years, 39
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Yazoo County, Miss.
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Thomas Murray Wilson (1881-1967) —
also known as Thomas M. Wilson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 29,
1881.
Farmer; banker;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Consul in Hankow, 1919-20; Madras, 1921-22; Bombay, 1922-23; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, as of 1938-40; U.S. Minister to Iraq, 1942.
Died in 1967
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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