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Edwin Crawford Alexander (b. 1879) —
also known as E. C. Alexander —
of Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn., February
23, 1879.
Republican. Banker;
postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James H. Alexander and Senorita V. (Lutz) Alexander; married,
February
6, 1915, to Lillian Gardner. |
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Ross Bass (1918-1993) —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.; Miami Shores, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., March
17, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; florist;
soft
drink bottler; postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1955-64; defeated,
1976; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1964-67.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died January
1, 1993 (age 74 years, 290
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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Walter Preston Brownlow (1851-1910) —
also known as Walter P. Brownlow —
of Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., March
27, 1851.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Tennessee, 1880,
1884,
1896,
1900;
postmaster; member of Tennessee
Republican State Executive Committee, 1882-90; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1897-1910; died in
office 1910; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1898-99.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., July 8,
1910 (age 59 years, 103
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Tenn.
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Yancey Quitman Caldwell (b. 1860) —
also known as Y. Q. Caldwell —
of Paris, Henry
County, Tenn.
Born in Henry
County, Tenn., September
28, 1860.
Democrat. Mayor of Paris, Tenn., 1892-93; postmaster; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1924
(alternate), 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert D. Caldwell and Emily A. (Hillsman) Caldwell; married, August
18, 1892, to Alma Lee. |
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Robert Lucas Childress (1809-1885) —
also known as Robert L. Childress —
of Marshfield, Webster
County, Mo.; Hazlewood, Webster
County, Mo.
Born in Knox
County, Tenn., August
7, 1809.
Republican. Farmer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 19th District, 1865;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1867-68; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Webster
County, Mo., January
30, 1885 (age 75 years, 176
days).
Interment at Childress Cemetery, Diggins, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Polly (Lucas) Childress and Robert Lindsay Childress; married to
Hannah Lacey. |
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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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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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James Willis Taylor (1880-1939) —
also known as J. Will Taylor —
of La Follette, Campbell
County, Tenn.
Born in Lead Mine Bend, Union
County, Tenn., August
28, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster; mayor
of La Follette, Tenn., 1910-12; Tennessee Insurance Commissioner,
1913-14; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1919-39; died in
office 1939; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1924-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Died November
14, 1939 (age 59 years, 78
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, La Follette, Tenn.
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