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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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Rivers Henderson Buford, Sr. (1878-1959) —
also known as Rivers H. Buford —
of Wewahitchka, Gulf
County, Fla.; Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla.; Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., January
18, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1901; Gadsden
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1909-11; State's Attorney, Marianna
Judicial Circuit, 1912-21; Florida
state attorney general, 1921-25; resigned 1925; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1925-48; appointed 1925; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1931-33.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen.
Died in 1959
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Old
Quincy Cemetery, Quincy, Fla.
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William A. Carter (b. 1874) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., June 7,
1874.
Republican. Member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oregon, 1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Moose;
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ethel Hughes. |
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Harold Henderson Earthman (1900-1987) —
also known as Harold H. Earthman —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., April
13, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1931-32; Rutherford
County Judge, 1942-45; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange;
American
Legion; Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Modern Woodmen of America.
Died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., February
26, 1987 (age 86 years, 319
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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John T. Johnson (b. 1856) —
of Texas; Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., January
9, 1856.
Democrat. County judge in Texas, 1890; district judge in Oklahoma,
1907-15; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1919-25; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1923-25.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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John Davis Larkins Jr. (1909-1990) —
also known as John D. Larkins, Jr. —
of Trenton, Jones
County, N.C.
Born in Morristown, Hamblen
County, Tenn., June 8,
1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 7th District, 1936-44, 1948-54; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary of
North Carolina Democratic Party, 1952-54; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1954-58; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1958-60; candidate for
nomination for Governor of
North Carolina, 1960; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1967.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Woodmen; American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died February
16, 1990 (age 80 years, 253
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John D. Larkins and Emma (Cooper) Larkins; married, March
15, 1930, to Pauline Murrill. |
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William Allen Northcott (1854-1917) —
also known as William A. Northcott —
of Greenville, Bond
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
28, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Bond
County State's Attorney, 1882-92; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1897-1905; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1905-14;
president, Inter-Ocean Casualty
Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Modern Woodmen of America; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died January
25, 1917 (age 62 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Ernest Campbell Norvell (1870-1941) —
of Tracy City, Grundy
County, Tenn.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., December
16, 1870.
Republican. Furniture
and undertaking
business; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1917-25.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
Order; Woodmen; Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Tracy City, Grundy
County, Tenn., December
28, 1941 (age 71 years, 12
days).
Interment at Tracy
City Cemetery, Tracy City, Tenn.
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Henry Hulme Sevier (1878-1940) —
also known as Hal H. Sevier —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., March
16, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; vice-president, Corpus
Christi Bank and
Trust Co.; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1933-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in 1940
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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