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Roderick Randum Butler (1827-1902) —
also known as Roderick R. Butler —
of Mountain City, Johnson
County, Tenn.
Born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., April 9,
1827.
Republican. Tailor; postmaster;
lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1859, 1893-1901; arrested
by Confederate authorities in 1862, and charged
with treason;
eventually fled
to Kentucky; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; circuit judge
in Tennessee, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1867-75, 1887-89;
unanimously censured
by the U.S. House in March 1870, for accepting
payment for his recommendation of a cadet to the military academy
at West Point; a vote to expel
him failed; in August, 1870, he was arrested
for forgery
in connection with pension fraud;
in December, 1870, he was indicted
by a federal grand jury; in January, 1871, a trial
was begun, but following witness testimony, the case was dismissed;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1872;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1879-85.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mountain City, Johnson
County, Tenn., August
18, 1902 (age 75 years, 131
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Mountain City, Tenn.
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John Oliver Gunn (1892-1992) —
also known as J. O. Gunn —
of Yanceyville, Caswell
County, N.C.
Born in Pelham, Caswell
County, N.C., December
27, 1892.
Democrat. Farmer; automobile
dealer; banker; Caswell
County Treasurer, 1936-40; chair of
Caswell County Democratic Party, 1942-45; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1945-57, 1965-67;
secretary, Royal Hosiery Mills.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Rotary;
Junior
Order.
Died, in Memorial Hospital,
Danville,
Va., February
18, 1992 (age 99 years, 53
days).
Interment at Yanceyville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Yanceyville, N.C.
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