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Charles R. Anthony (1885-1976) —
also known as C. R. Anthony —
of Edmond, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Trenton, Gibson
County, Tenn., August
10, 1885.
Democrat. Merchant; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1956.
Member, Rotary.
Named to Oklahoma Hall of
Fame.
Died in June, 1976
(age 90
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Zachary Cicero Anthony and Elvira Ann (Pennington) Anthony;
married, July 10,
1910, to Lutie L. Mauldin. |
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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;
defeated, 1912.
Died August
1, 1946 (age 87 years, 114
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Rock Port, Mo.
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Elliot Newman Bowman (1826-1900) —
also known as Elliot N. Bowman —
of Fountain
County, Ind.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., October
11, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer;
merchant; hotel
owner; Fountain
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1871-78; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1891; deputy auditor, U.S. Navy,
1893; Sixth Auditor, U.S. Treasury.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Covington, Fountain
County, Ind., May 21,
1900 (age 73 years, 222
days).
Interment at Prescott
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bowman and Rebecca (Newman) Bowman; married, May 23,
1866, to Harriet A. (Spinning) Jarvis. |
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William Nelson Brown (b. 1848) —
also known as William N. Brown —
of Concord Township, Iroquois
County, Ill.; Woonsocket, Sanborn
County, S.Dak.
Born in Anderson
County, Tenn., June 17,
1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 14th District, 1903-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Clifford Bruton (b. 1905) —
also known as Frank C. Bruton —
of Burkesville, Cumberland
County, Ky.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
22, 1905.
Republican. Merchant; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 38th District, 1934-35.
Christian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank William Bruton and Vallie (Ross) Bruton; married, February
5, 1928, to Opal Lewis. |
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John Terry Buckley (1870-1951) —
also known as John T. Buckley —
of Hayti, Pemiscot
County, Mo.
Born in Henderson
County, Tenn., May 29,
1870.
Democrat. Merchant; mayor of
Hayti, Mo., 1930; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Pemiscot County, 1941-51;
died in office 1951.
Member, Lions.
Died in Hayti, Pemiscot
County, Mo., September
3, 1951 (age 81 years, 97
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Hayti, Mo.
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Frank N. Burns (1879-1925) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Clifton City, Wayne
County, Tenn., August
11, 1879.
Lawyer;
merchant; mayor
of Paducah, Ky., 1916-19; defeated, 1915; Kentucky
railroad commissioner, 1920-25; died in office 1925.
Died May 30,
1925 (age 45 years, 292
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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James Harvey Cowan (1801-1871) —
also known as James H. Cowan —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., December
22, 1801.
Merchant; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1856-57, 1858.
Died October
25, 1871 (age 69 years, 307
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of James Cowan and Margaret Christian (Russell) Cowan; married to
Lucinda Dickinson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: City of
Knoxville |
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Robert Desha (1791-1849) —
of Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born near Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., January
14, 1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1827-31.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., February
6, 1849 (age 58 years, 23
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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John Green Duke (1848-1928) —
also known as John G. Duke —
of Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Lancaster, Smith
County, Tenn., July 18,
1848.
Republican. Merchant; postmaster at Cookeville,
Tenn., 1882-86, 1897-1901.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
15, 1928 (age 79 years, 181
days).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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Matthew Moore Gaines (1807-1893) —
also known as Matthew M. Gaines —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born September
19, 1807.
Merchant; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1843.
Died September
18, 1893 (age 85 years, 364
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Joel M. Grammer (born c.1825) —
of Cassville, Barry
County, Mo.
Born in Tennessee, about 1825.
Merchant; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 18th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Bradley Hawley (1849-1921) —
also known as R. B. Hawley —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
25, 1849.
Republican. Merchant; importer;
manufacturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1896,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1897-1901.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
28, 1921 (age 72 years, 34
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Gideon Morgan Hazen (1810-1880) —
also known as Gideon M. Hazen —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in 1810.
Merchant; paper mill
business; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1842.
Died in 1880
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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William T. Holbert (b. 1863) —
of Ozark, Christian
County, Mo.
Born in Jefferson
County, Tenn., August
16, 1863.
Republican. Minister;
merchant; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Christian County, 1915-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 22,
1902, to Laura Skaggs. |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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Solomon D. Jacobs (1797-1858) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born November
3, 1797.
Whig. Merchant; railroad
president; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1834-35; member of Tennessee state
legislature, 1839-41.
Died in Adams
County, Miss., May 22,
1858 (age 60 years, 200
days).
Interment at Nevitt Cemetery, Adams County, Miss.
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James King (1787-1838) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Montgomery
County, Va., August
21, 1787.
Physician;
merchant; steamboat
owner; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1837-38.
Died August
29, 1838 (age 51 years, 8
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Joseph Lewis King (1811-1900) —
also known as Joseph L. King —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., 1811.
Merchant; manufacturer;
railroad
promoter; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1846.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
13, 1900 (age about 88
years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert King and Patsey (Kean) King; married 1834 to
Catherine Ann King. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: City of
Knoxville |
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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; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1916.
Died in Ozark
County, Mo., February
1, 1931 (age 63 years, 36
days).
Interment at Thornfield Cemetery, Thornfield, Mo.
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John William Leftwich (1826-1870) —
also known as John W. Leftwich —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Liberty (now Bedford), Bedford
County, Va., September
7, 1826.
Democrat. Merchant; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1866-67; mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1868-69, 1869-70.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., March 6,
1870 (age 43 years, 180
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Joel Leftwich and Mary L. (Thorpe) Leftwich; married, December
17, 1854, to Gertrude Aurelia Wendle; great-grandnephew of Jabez
Leftwich; second cousin once removed of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; third cousin of John
Cabell Breckinridge, Carter
Henry Harrison, Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), William
Lewis Cabell, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., George
Craighead Cabell, William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge and John
Breckinridge Castleman; third cousin once removed of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906), Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Benjamin
Earl Cabell, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; third cousin twice removed of Earle
Cabell. |
| | | Political family: Cabell-Breckinridge
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Long (1797-1870) —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Marshall's Ferry, Grainger
County, Tenn., November
19, 1797.
Merchant; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1868-69.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Carroll
County, Ga., October
17, 1870 (age 72 years, 332
days).
Interment at Carrollton
City Cemetery, Carrollton, Ga.
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Norman Massa (1881-1947) —
of Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born near Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn., April
11, 1881.
Republican. Merchant; postmaster at Cookeville,
Tenn., 1922-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Lions.
Died in Putnam
County, Tenn., April 6,
1947 (age 65 years, 360
days).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Massa and Dorinda (Burgess) Massa; married 1901 to
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Brown. |
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memorial |
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Charles McClung (1761-1835) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., May 13,
1761.
Surveyor;
merchant; lawyer; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796.
Died in Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., August
9, 1835 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Mercer County, Ky.; reinterment in
1904 at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Charles James McClung (1826-1908) —
also known as Charles J. McClung —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in 1826.
Merchant; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1858.
Died in 1908
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Benjamin Duke Nabers (1812-1878) —
also known as Benjamin D. Nabers —
of Hickory Flat, Benton
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., November
7, 1812.
Merchant; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1851-53;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1860.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., September
6, 1878 (age 65 years, 303
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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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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John Emery Oliver (1859-1952) —
also known as John E. Oliver —
of Gabbatha, Putnam
County, Tenn.; Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Tennessee, March
21, 1859.
Republican. Postmaster at Cookeville,
Tenn., 1897; deputy collector of Internal Revenue; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1900;
merchant.
Died March
28, 1952 (age 93 years, 7
days).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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James Park (1770-1853) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in County Donegal, Ireland,
April
14, 1770.
Merchant; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1818-21, 1824-26.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., September
19, 1853 (age 83 years, 158
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Park and Nancy (Aiken) Park; married to Sophia
Moody. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: City of
Knoxville |
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Albert Morgan Piper (1820-1873) —
also known as A. M. Piper —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., 1820.
Merchant; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1858.
Died in 1873
(age about
53 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Jonathan Thomas Rankin (born c.1822) —
also known as Jonathan T. Rankin —
of Greenfield, Dade
County, Mo.
Born in Tennessee, about 1822.
Merchant; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 17th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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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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James M. Sliger (1851-1925) —
of Rock Port, Atchison
County, Mo.
Born in Washington
County, Tenn., May 21,
1851.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer;
merchant; bank
director; Atchison
County Treasurer, 1897-1900; automobile
dealer; president, Rock Port Mutual Telephone
Company; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Atchison County, 1909-10;
defeated, 1910; chair of
Atchison County Democratic Party, 1916; mayor of Rock Port,
Missouri, 1921-25.
Presbyterian;
later Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in a hospital
at Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., March
21, 1925 (age 73 years, 304
days).
Interment at Millsap Cemetery, Rock Port, Mo.
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Eugene Williams (born c.1832) —
of Memphis, Scotland
County, Mo.
Born in Tennessee, about 1832.
Merchant; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 5th District, 1865;
member of Missouri
state senate 12th District, 1867-70.
Burial location unknown.
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