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Charles Eames (1812-1867) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Braintree, Worcester
County, Mass., March
20, 1812.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1854; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1854.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
16, 1867 (age 54 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Henderson Earthman (1900-1987) —
also known as Harold H. Earthman —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., April
13, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1931-32; Rutherford
County Judge, 1942-45; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange;
American
Legion; Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., February
26, 1987 (age 86 years, 319
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) —
also known as John H. Eaton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., June 18,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Resigned
from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal
(called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities
of his second wife, Peggy Eaton.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
17, 1856 (age 66 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Allison Embrey (1861-1931) —
also known as Thomas A. Embrey —
of Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn., February
27, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904,
1924
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a stroke,
in Florida State Hospital for
the Insane, Chattahoochee, Gadsden
County, Fla., April
11, 1931 (age 70 years, 43
days).
Interment at Florida State Hospital Cemetery, Chattahoochee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Simmons Embrey and Louisa Summers (Cain) Embrey;
married, October
19, 1883, to Fannie Lindsay. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Chattanooga (Tenn.) Daily
Times, April 17, 1931 |
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Thomas Emmerson (1773-1837) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va., June 23,
1773.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; banker; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1815-17.
Died in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., July 22,
1837 (age 64 years, 29
days).
Interment at Joneborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tenn.
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Benjamin Augustine Enloe (1848-1922) —
also known as Benjamin A. Enloe —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born near Clarksburg, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
18, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1869-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1872;
newspaper
editor; member of Tennessee
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1878-80; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1887-95.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 8,
1922 (age 74 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Edward Everett Eslick (1872-1932) —
also known as Edward E. Eslick —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born near Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., April
19, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1925-32; died in
office 1932.
Died suddenly while addressing the U.S. House of
Representatives, in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., June 14,
1932 (age 60 years, 56
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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Henry Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902) —
also known as Emerson Etheridge —
of Dresden, Weakley
County, Tenn.
Born in Currituck, Currituck
County, N.C., September
18, 1819.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1845-47; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1853-57, 1859-61;
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1861-63; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1867; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1869-70; U.S.
Surveyor of Customs at Memphis, Tenn., Tennessee, 1891-94.
Slaveowner.
Died in Dresden, Weakley
County, Tenn., October
21, 1902 (age 83 years, 33
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Sharon, 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; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector
for Tennessee, 1900;
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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Lemuel Dale Evans (1810-1877) —
also known as Lemuel D. Evans —
of Arkansas; Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Tennessee, January
8, 1810.
Lawyer; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1855-57; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1870-73; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1870-71.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1877 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Landon Evins (1910-1984) —
also known as Joe L. Evins —
of Smithville, DeKalb
County, Tenn.
Born in DeKalb
County, Tenn., October
24, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1947-77 (5th District 1947-53, 4th
District 1953-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March
31, 1984 (age 73 years, 159
days).
Entombed at Smithville
Town Cemetery, Smithville, Tenn.
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Edwin Hickman Ewing (1809-1902) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
2, 1809.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1845-47; president,
University of Nashville.
Slaveowner.
Died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., April
24, 1902 (age 92 years, 143
days).
Interment at Murfreesboro
City Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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Earl Faircloth (1920-1995) —
also known as William Earl Faircloth —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Chiefland, Levy
County, Fla., September
24, 1920.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1963-65; Florida
state attorney general, 1965-71; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1968; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1970.
Died, from strokes
and diabetes,
in Holy Cross Hospital,
Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., May 5,
1995 (age 74 years, 223
days).
Interment at Henderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Tenn.
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John W. Farley (1878-1942) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born March 4,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1916; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(alternate), 1924.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Led drive to establish
the West Tennessee Normal School (now University of Memphis) in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia
and severe arthritis,
November, 1942
(age 64
years, 0 days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Joseph Charles Feduccia (1910-1978) —
also known as Joe Feduccia —
of Cleveland, Bolivar
County, Miss.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1960;
circuit judge in Mississippi 11th District, 1971-78.
Sicilian
ancestry.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
28, 1978 (age about 68
years).
Interment at New
Cleveland Cemetery, Cleveland, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of Salvatore A. Feduccia and Maria Grace (Serio)
Feduccia. |
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Hubert Frederick Fisher (1877-1941) —
also known as Hubert Fisher —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla., October
6, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1912;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1913-14; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1914-17; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1917-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 16,
1941 (age 63 years, 253
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Samuel McClary Fite (1816-1875) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Smith
County, Tenn., June 12,
1816.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1850; Whig Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1852;
district judge in Tennessee, 1858-61, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1875; died in office
1875.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., October
23, 1875 (age 59 years, 133
days).
Original interment at Carthage
Cemetery, Carthage, Tenn.; reinterment in 1908 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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George Washington Fithian (1854-1921) —
also known as George W. Fithian —
of Newton, Jasper
County, Ill.
Born near Willow Hill, Jasper
County, Ill., July 4,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Jasper
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1876-84; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1889-95; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916,
1920;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1919.
Died of pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., January
21, 1921 (age 66 years, 201
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Newton, Ill.
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William Fitzgerald (1799-1864) —
of Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn.; Paris, Henry
County, Tenn.
Born in Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., August
6, 1799.
Lawyer; Stewart
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1822-25; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1825-27; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1831-33; circuit
judge in Tennessee, 1845-61.
Slaveowner.
Died in Paris, Henry
County, Tenn., March, 1864
(age 64
years, 0 days).
Interment at Fitzgerald
Cemetery, Near Paris, Henry County, Tenn.
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William L. Fitzgerald (b. 1872) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
14, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1924.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph M. Fitzgerald and Mary A. (Ford) Fitzgerald; married, November
26, 1913, to Lucille Wilson. |
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John Charles Floyd (1858-1930) —
also known as John C. Floyd —
of Yellville, Marion
County, Ark.
Born in Sparta, White
County, Tenn., April
14, 1858.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1889-91; prosecuting attorney,
14th judicial circuit, 1890-94; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1905-15; candidate for
Governor
of Arkansas, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Yellville, Marion
County, Ark., November
4, 1930 (age 72 years, 204
days).
Interment at Layton
Cemetery, Yellville, Ark.
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Joseph Wingate Folk (1869-1923) —
also known as Joseph W. Folk; "Holy
Joe" —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn., October
28, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1892; Governor of
Missouri, 1905-09; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1918.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 28,
1923 (age 53 years, 212
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Brownsville, Tenn.
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Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) —
also known as Henry S. Foote; "Hangman
Foote" —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., February
28, 1804.
Lawyer; co-founder
of LaGrange College, which later became the University of North
Alabama; fought four duels;
fled
Alabama in 1830 to escape
prosecution for dueling;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-52; exchanged blows with Thomas
Hart Benton on the floor of the U.S. Senate; Governor of
Mississippi, 1852-54; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; expelled
from the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on an unauthorized
peace mission; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 19,
1880 (age 76 years, 81
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (b. 1970) —
also known as Harold E. Ford, Jr. —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 11,
1970.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 2000,
2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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John B. Forester (d. 1845) —
of Tennessee.
Born in McMinnville, Warren
County, Tenn.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1833-37.
Died August
31, 1845.
Burial location unknown.
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Abe Fortas (1910-1982) —
also known as "Fiddlin' Abe Fortas" —
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 19,
1910.
Lawyer; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1965-69.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Federal
Bar Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 5,
1982 (age 71 years, 290
days).
Cremated.
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Ephraim Hubbard Foster (1794-1854) —
also known as Ephraim H. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., September
17, 1794.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1827-31, 1835-37; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1829-31,
1835-37; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1837-39, 1843-45; Whig Presidential
Elector for Tennessee, 1840;
candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1845.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
6, 1854 (age 59 years, 354
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Robert Coleman Foster (1769-1844) —
also known as Robert C. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, July 8,
1769.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1803-07; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1805-07; member
of Tennessee
state senate, 1809-15, 1825-27; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1813-15, 1825-27; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1815, 1817.
Christian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
27, 1844 (age 75 years, 81
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Robert Coleman Foster Jr. (b. 1796) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., November
10, 1796.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1829-31, 1833-35, 1839-41; member
of Tennessee
state senate, 1841-43.
Burial location unknown.
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James A. Fowler (1863-1955) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knox
County, Tenn., 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1928-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1928; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932.
Died in 1955
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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; Presidential Elector
for Tennessee, 1872.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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William Howard Fowler (b. 1925) —
also known as Howard Fowler —
of Tifton, Tift
County, Ga.
Born in Etowah, McMinn
County, Tenn., November
6, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Tift County, 1955-56.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Kiwanis.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Thomas Fowler and Bertha (Chastain) Fowler; married, June 3,
1949, to Sarah Charlyne King. |
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James Beriah Frazier Jr. (1890-1978) —
also known as James B. Frazier, Jr. —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., June 23,
1890.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1933-48; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1949-63.
Methodist.
Died in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., October
30, 1978 (age 88 years, 129
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Horace Frierson Jr. (1881-1956) —
of Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., February
5, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; District Attorney, 11th Circuit, 1911-17; major in the
U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1933-47.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., August
30, 1956 (age 75 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Little Frierson (1868-1953) —
also known as William L. Frierson —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn., September
3, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Gold Democrat National
Convention from Tennessee, 1896; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1905-07; U.S. Solicitor General, 1920-21.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., May 25,
1953 (age 84 years, 264
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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