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William Charles Salmon (1868-1925) —
of Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn.
Born near Paris, Henry
County, Tenn., April 3,
1868.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1923-25.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
1925 (age 57 years, 40
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
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Allan Douglas Sanford (b. 1869) —
also known as Allan Sanford —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn., July 3,
1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Waco, Tex., 1903; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Terry Sanford (1865-1930) —
also known as Edward T. Sanford —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., July 23,
1865.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1908-23; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1908-23; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1923-30; died in office 1930.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 64 years, 228
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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John Houston Savage (1815-1904) —
also known as John H. Savage —
of McMinnville, Warren
County, Tenn.
Born in McMinnville, Warren
County, Tenn., October
9, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tennessee
state attorney general, 1842-47; Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1844;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1849-53, 1855-59;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1872;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1877-79, 1887.
Died April 5,
1904 (age 88 years, 179
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, McMinnville, Tenn.
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Lon Allen Scott (1888-1931) —
also known as Lon A. Scott —
of Savannah, Hardin
County, Tenn.
Born in Cypress Inn, Wayne
County, Tenn., September
25, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
real
estate business; lumber
business; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1913-17; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1924.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi.
Died in 1931
(age about
42 years).
Interment at Savannah
Cemetery, Savannah, Tenn.
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William King Sebastian (1812-1865) —
also known as William K. Sebastian —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born in Centerville, Hickman
County, Tenn., June 12,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas state legislature, 1840;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1848-61.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Did not participate in the Confederacy
during the war; his expulsion from the Senate was posthumously
revoked in 1877.
Slaveowner.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 20,
1865 (age 52 years, 342
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Josiah Thomas Settle (1850-1915) —
also known as Josiah T. Settle; Joe Settle —
of Panola
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., September
30, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Mississippi, 1876;
Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi, 1876;
Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi, 1880;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee,
1896,
1900,
1912.
African
ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., August
16, 1915 (age 64 years, 320
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Thomas Settle (1799-1869) and Nancy Ann (Graves) Settle;
married to Theresa T. Vogelsang; married 1890 to
Frances McCullough. |
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memorial |
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Ambrose Hundley Sevier (1801-1848) —
also known as Ambrose H. Sevier —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Lakeport, Chicot
County, Ark.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., November
4, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1823-27; Speaker
of Arkansas Territory House of Representatives, 1827; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arkansas Territory, 1828-36; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1836-48; resigned 1848.
Slaveowner.
Died near Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
31, 1848 (age 47 years, 57
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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William Lewis Sharkey (1798-1873) —
also known as William L. Sharkey —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., July 12,
1798.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member
of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1828-29; circuit judge in
Mississippi, 1832; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1832-51; U.S. Consul in Havana, 1851-53; Governor of
Mississippi, 1865.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
30, 1873 (age 74 years, 261
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Charles Daniel Sherwood (1833-1895) —
also known as Charles D. Sherwood —
of Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn.; Sherwood, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
18, 1833.
Republican. Physician;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1859-61, 1863 (District 9
1859-60, District 14 1861, 1863); postmaster;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1864-66.
Drowned,
reportedly as a suicide,
in Lake
Michigan, near Chicago, Illinois, July 2,
1895 (age 61 years, 226
days).
Interment at Mound
Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Ill.
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Ebenezer J. Shields (1778-1846) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., December
22, 1778.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1835-39; Whig
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1840.
Died near La Grange, Fayette
County, Tex., April
21, 1846 (age 67 years, 120
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Knight Shields (1858-1934) —
also known as John K. Shields —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Clinchdale, Grainger
County, Tenn., August
15, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1896,
1904;
justice
of Tennessee state supreme court, 1902-13; chief
justice of Tennessee state supreme court, 1910-13; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1913-25.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1934
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Highland
Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Thetus Willrette Sims (1852-1939) —
also known as Thetus W. Sims —
of Linden, Perry
County, Tenn.
Born in Wayne
County, Tenn., April
25, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1893;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1897-1921.
Died in 1939
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Humphrey Sloss (1826-1911) —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.; Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.
Born in Somerville, Morgan
County, Ala., October
12, 1826.
Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1858-59; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Tuscumbia, Alabama;
member of Alabama state legislature, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1871-75.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., January
27, 1911 (age 84 years, 107
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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Otis Milton Smith (1922-1994) —
also known as Otis M. Smith —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
20, 1922.
Democrat. Lawyer; Michigan
state auditor general, 1959-61; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1960;
justice
of Michigan state supreme court, 1961-66; appointed 1961;
defeated, 1966; first
Black member of the Michigan Supreme Court; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1967-71; Democratic Presidential
Elector for Michigan, 1968
(voted for Hubert
H. Humphrey and Edmund
S. Muskie); vice-president and general counsel of General
Motors.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Kiwanis.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 29,
1994 (age 72 years, 129
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Axley Smith (1822-1863) —
also known as Samuel A. Smith —
of Charleston, Bradley
County, Tenn.
Born in Monroe
County, Tenn., June 26,
1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1848;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1853-59; Commissioner
of the General Land Office, 1859-60.
Died in Ladd Springs, Polk
County, Tenn., November
25, 1863 (age 41 years, 152
days).
Interment at Amos
Ladd's Burial Ground, Ladd Springs, Tenn.
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Charles Edward Snodgrass (1866-1936) —
of Crossville, Cumberland
County, Tenn.
Born near Sparta, White
County, Tenn., December
28, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1899-1903.
Died in Crossville, Cumberland
County, Tenn., August
3, 1936 (age 69 years, 219
days).
Interment at Crossville
City Cemetery, Crossville, Tenn.
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William Henry Sproul (1867-1932) —
also known as William H. Sproul —
of Sedan, Chautauqua
County, Kan.
Born near Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., October
14, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1923-31.
Congregationalist.
Died December
27, 1932 (age 65 years, 74
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Sedan, Kan.
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Marshall Stair —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 2019.
Still living as of 2019.
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Frederick Perry Stanton (1814-1894) —
also known as Frederick P. Stanton —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), December
22, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1845-55; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1857; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1857, 1857.
Slaveowner.
Died near Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., June 4,
1894 (age 79 years, 164
days).
Interment at South
Lake Weir Cemetery, South Lake Weir, Fla.
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Fenton T. Stockard (b. 1867) —
of Republic, Greene
County, Mo.; Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Milan, Gibson
County, Tenn., December
16, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1915-16, 1919-22 (Greene County
2nd District 1915-16, Greene County 1st District 1919-22).
Burial location unknown.
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William Graham Swan (1821-1869) —
also known as William G. Swan —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in 1821.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1840; Tennessee
state attorney general, 1851-54; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1855-56; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died April
18, 1869 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Relatives:
Married to Margaret Paralee Mabry. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Knoxville |
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