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William H. Abington (1870-1951) —
also known as W. H. Abington —
of Beebe, White
County, Ark.
Born in Tennessee, January
2, 1870.
Democrat. Physician; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1928.
Died in Beebe, White
County, Ark., March
19, 1951 (age 81 years, 76
days).
Interment at Beebe Cemetery, Beebe, Ark.
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John Snodgrass Beasley (1880-1957) —
also known as John S. Beasley —
of Centerville, Hickman
County, Tenn.
Born in Pleasant Shade, Smith
County, Tenn., 1880.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1924.
Died in Centerville, Hickman
County, Tenn., December
25, 1957 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Centerville Cemetery, Centerville, Tenn.
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DeWitt T. Burton (1892-1970) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
15, 1892.
Democrat. Physician; member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1960-68.
Congregationalist.
Member, Urban
League; NAACP; Omega
Psi Phi; American Medical
Association.
Died in 1970
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Clements (1832-1913) —
also known as A. J. Clements —
of Tennessee.
Born in Clementsville, Clay
County, Tenn., December
23, 1832.
Physician; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1861-63; member of
Tennessee state legislature, 1870.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Central State Hospital (a mental
hospital where he was confined due to senility),
Lakeland, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
7, 1913 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Interment at Glasgow
Cemetery, Glasgow, Ky.
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Shelah Dillard Davis (1877-1940) —
also known as Shelah D. Davis —
of Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Putnam
County, Tenn., 1877.
Republican. Physician; postmaster at Cookeville,
Tenn., 1910-14.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn., February
7, 1940 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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William Harrison Frist (b. 1952) —
also known as Bill Frist —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
22, 1952.
Republican. Physician; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1995-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 2008.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin (1841-1922) —
also known as Lucius F. C. Garvin —
of Lonsdale, Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
13, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
physician; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1883-85; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1894, 1896, 1898,
1900; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1903-05.
Died October
2, 1922 (age 80 years, 323
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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William McKendree Gwin (1805-1885) —
also known as W. M. Gwin —
of Mississippi; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born near Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., October
9, 1805.
Democrat. Physician; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1841-43; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Senator from California, 1850-55, 1857-61.
Engaged in a duel
with J.
W. McCorkle, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries; twice arrested
for alleged disloyalty
during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1885 (age 79 years, 329
days).
Entombed at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Samuel E. Hogg (1783-1842) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Caswell
County, N.C., April
18, 1783.
Democrat. Physician; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1813-15; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Rutherford
County, Tenn., May 28,
1842 (age 59 years, 40
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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John Edward Hutton (1828-1893) —
also known as John E. Hutton —
of Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Polk
County, Tenn., March
28, 1828.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
physician; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1885-89.
Died in Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo., December
28, 1893 (age 65 years, 275
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Mexico, Mo.
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Ebenezer Johnson (1786-1849) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born November
7, 1786.
Physician; druggist; mayor
of Buffalo, N.Y., 1832-33.
Died in Tellico Plains, Monroe
County, Tenn., September
23, 1849 (age 62 years, 320
days).
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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Harvey Link (1824-1906) —
of Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Washington
County, Tenn., February
4, 1824.
Co-inventor
of the "Robertson and Link Pattern Sheet and Proof Measure System of
Garment
Cutting"; physician; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1867.
Died September
11, 1906 (age 82 years, 219
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elias J. Malone (1852-1929) —
of Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo.
Born in Marshall
County, Tenn., December
29, 1852.
Republican. Physician; lumber
business; sawmill
owner; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Scott County, 1921-22.
Died in Sikeston, Scott
County, Mo., February
3, 1929 (age 76 years, 36
days).
Interment at Sikeston City Cemetery, Sikeston, Mo.
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James McBride (1802-1875) —
also known as "Uncle Jim" —
of Oregon.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., 1802.
Physician; preacher;
member
Oregon territorial council, 1850; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1863-66.
Died in St. Helens, Columbia
County, Ore., 1875
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, St. Helens, Ore.
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Donald McIntosh (1797-1837) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Inverness, Scotland,
1797.
Physician; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1832-34.
Died in a yellow
fever epidemic, 1837
(age about
40 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Baker Moeur (1869-1937) —
also known as Benjamin B. Moeur —
of Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Decherd, Franklin
County, Tenn., December
22, 1869.
Democrat. Physician; delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1910; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1924;
Governor
of Arizona, 1933-37.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March
16, 1937 (age 67 years, 84
days).
Interment at Double
Butte Cemetery, Tempe, Ariz.
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Robert Jasper Perry (d. 1907) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Physician; surgeon; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1870; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1880-81, 1891-95.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New York, 1907.
Interment at Key
West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
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David Phillip Roe (b. 1945) —
also known as Phil Roe —
of Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., July 21,
1945.
Republican. Physician; mayor
of Johnson City, Tenn., 2007-09; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 2009-; defeated in
primary, 2006.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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Joseph Churchill Strong (1778-1844) —
also known as Joseph C. Strong —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn., October
3, 1778.
Physician; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1828-31.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
3, 1844 (age 66 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martha (Alvord) Strong and Judah Strong; married to Catharine
Neilsen; father of Martha Alvord Strong (who married Charles
Ready Jr.); first cousin of Ebenezer
Strong; first cousin twice removed of Julius
Levi Strong; second cousin twice removed of Timothy
E. Griswold; third cousin once removed of John
Strong, Elijah
Hunt Mills and John
Arnold Rockwell; third cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of William
Berkeley Hotchkiss; fourth cousin of John
Taintor, Samuel
Strong, Roger
Taintor, Solomon
Taintor and Elisha
Hunt Allen; fourth cousin once removed of Jason
Kellogg, Ephraim
Safford, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Amaziah
Brainard, Timothy
Merrill, DeGrasse
Maltby, Henry
Taintor, Charles
Creighton Stratton, Asa H.
Otis, John
Adams Taintor, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Theodore
Sill, Ralph
Smith Taintor, Henry
G. Taintor, George
Seymour, John
Leake Newbold Stratton, William
Fessenden Allen, Herschel
Harrison Hatch, Jethro
Ayers Hatch, Alfred
Clark Chapin and Frederick
Hobbes Allen. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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J. Q. Sutton —
of Tracy City, Grundy
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Physician; delegate to Gold Democrat National
Convention from Tennessee, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sutton and Sutton . |
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William James Yerby (1867-1950) —
also known as William J. Yerby —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Oldtown, Phillips
County, Ark., September
22, 1867.
Physician; U.S. Consul in Sierra Leone, 1906-15; Dakar, 1915-25; La Rochelle, 1925-26; Oporto, 1926-30; Nantes, 1930-32.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1950
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Milton Yerby and Clementine Yerby; married to Cecilia
Carolyn Kennedy. |
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