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John Calvin Brown (1827-1889) —
also known as John C. Brown —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., January
6, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; Governor of
Tennessee, 1871-75; president, Texas and Pacific Railroad;
president, Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company; president, Bon Air Coal Company; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1888.
Died in Red Boiling Springs, Macon
County, Tenn., August
17, 1889 (age 62 years, 223
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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William Carter Burdett (1884-1944) —
also known as William C. Burdett —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
3, 1884.
Mining engineer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Ensenada, 1919-22; Seville, 1922-25; Brussels, 1925-30; U.S. Consul General in Callao-Lima, 1930-35; Buenos Aires, 1935-38; Rio de Janeiro, as of 1939-40; U.S. Minister to New Zealand, 1943-44, died in office 1944.
Died, in a hospital
at Wellington, New
Zealand, January
14, 1944 (age 59 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Alexander Daugherty (1847-1920) —
also known as James A. Daugherty —
of Carterville, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Athens, McMinn
County, Tenn., August
30, 1847.
Democrat. Farmer; livestock
raiser; mining business; banker; Jasper
County Presiding Judge, 1892-96, 1919-20; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County Western
District, 1897-98; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1911-13.
Died in Carterville, Jasper
County, Mo., January
26, 1920 (age 72 years, 149
days).
Interment at Webb
City Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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L. J. C. Duncan (b. 1818) —
of Jackson
County, Ore.
Born in Tennessee, 1818.
Democrat. Miner; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Jackson County,
1857.
Burial location unknown.
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John Burke Powers (1868-1944) —
also known as John B. Powers —
of Eagle, Southeast
Fairbanks census area, Alaska.
Born in Tennessee, 1868.
Democrat. Gold miner; mail
carrier; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alaska Territory, 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1944
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Birch
Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Lawrence Davis Tyson (1861-1929) —
also known as Lawrence D. Tyson —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., July 4,
1861.
Democrat. University
professor; lawyer;
president, Knoxville Cotton
Mills, Knoxville Spinning
Co., Poplar Creek Coal and Iron Co., Lenoir City Land
Co., East Tennessee Coal and Iron Co., Coal Creek
Mining and Manufacturing
Co.; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member
of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1903-05;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1908;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1925-29; died in office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in 1929
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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