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William Baine Alexander Ramsey (1799-1874) —
also known as W. B. A. Ramsey —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., 1799.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; steamboat
business; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1838-39; secretary
of state of Tennessee, 1847-55.
Died in Davidson
County, Tenn., 1874
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Alexande Ramsey; married to Eliza H. Craighead, Susan P.
Trimble and Charlotte P. Williams. |
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Knoxville |
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James Henry Randolph (1825-1900) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Dandridge, Jefferson
County, Tenn., October
18, 1825.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1857-58, 1860-61; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1865; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1869-70; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1877-79.
Died in Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn., August
22, 1900 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Newport, Tenn.
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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (1882-1961) —
also known as Sam Rayburn —
of Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex.
Born in Kingston, Roane
County, Tenn., January
6, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1907-13; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Representative from Texas 4th District, 1913-61; died in office
1961; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1940-47, 1949-53, 1955-61; died in office 1961;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(Permanent
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1956,
1960;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944.
Died of cancer,
in Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex., November
16, 1961 (age 79 years, 314
days).
Interment at Willow
Wild Cemetery, Bonham, Tex.
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Henry Frazier Reams (1897-1971) —
also known as Frazier Reams —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., January
15, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1928
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1951-55.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
15, 1971 (age 74 years, 243
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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James Enoch Rector (b. 1882) —
also known as James E. Rector —
of Hot Springs, Madison
County, N.C.
Born in Tennessee, December
21, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Madison County,
1913-14.
Methodist.
Member, Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) —
also known as B. Carroll Reece —
of Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin near Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1889.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,
1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932,
1936,
1944,
1948
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1946-48; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1948; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1958.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Sigma Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
19, 1961 (age 71 years, 87
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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James Daniel Richardson (1843-1914) —
also known as James D. Richardson —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Rutherford
County, Tenn., March
10, 1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1871-73; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1871-73; member
of Tennessee
state senate, 1873-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1876,
1896,
1900;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1885-1905.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., July 24,
1914 (age 71 years, 136
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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Augustus J. Ricks (1843-1906) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Masillon, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Brookfield, Trumbull
County, Ohio, February
10, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1872;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1889-1906; died
in office 1906.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
22, 1906 (age 63 years, 315
days).
Interment at Massillon
Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio.
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Archibald Roane (c.1755-1819) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Derry, Lancaster
County, Pa., about 1755.
Lawyer; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; Governor of
Tennessee, 1801-03; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1811-14; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1815-18.
Died in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
18, 1819 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Pleasant
Forest Cemetery, Farragut, Tenn.
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Albert Houston Roberts (1868-1946) —
also known as A. H. Roberts —
of Tennessee.
Born in Overton
County, Tenn., July 4,
1868.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Governor of
Tennessee, 1919-21; defeated, 1920.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 25,
1946 (age 77 years, 356
days).
Interment at Livingston
City Cemetery, Livingston, Tenn.
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Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson (1820-1879) —
of Salado, Bell
County, Tex.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., August
23, 1820.
Democrat. Texas
Republic Postmaster General, 1839; lawyer; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Methodist.
Died in Salado, Bell
County, Tex., October
8, 1879 (age 59 years, 46
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Bell County, Tex.
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William Hepburn Russell (b. 1857) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., May 17,
1857.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; general attorney, Louisville, New Albany
and Chicago Railroad;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1893.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel L. Russell and Matilda (Richmond) Russell; married, June 23,
1880, to Mary Gushert. |
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