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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.
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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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 M. Gaines (1807-1893) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in 1807.
Merchant; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1843.
Died in 1893
(age about
86 years).
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 M. Hazen (1810-1880) —
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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Solomon D. Jacobs (b. 1795) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in 1795.
Merchant; railroad
president; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1834-35; member of Tennessee state
legislature, 1839-41.
Burial location unknown.
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James King (1787-1838) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Montgomery
County, Va., 1787.
Physician;
merchant; steamboat
owner; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1837-38.
Died in 1838
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, 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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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, 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 and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; third cousin once removed of 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 families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets 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.
Female.
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:
Daughter of William Massa and Dorinda (Burgess) Massa; married 1901 to
Elizabeth Brown. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
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 J. McClung (1826-1908) —
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; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
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 —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Ireland.
Merchant; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1818-21, 1824-26.
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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A. M. Piper (1820-1873) —
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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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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