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James Shelton Dickinson (1818-1882) —
of Alabama.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., January
18, 1818.
Member of Alabama
state senate, 1853-55; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 9th District, 1864-65.
Member, Sons of Temperance.
Died in Grove Hill, Clarke
County, Ala., July 23,
1882 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Clarke County, Ala.
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Francis A. Freer (1843-1908) —
also known as Frank A. Freer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 6,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1889-93, 1897-1908.
Presbyterian.
French
Huguenot and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Good
Templars; Sons of Temperance; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., December
16, 1908 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Burgess Sidney Gaither (1807-1892) —
also known as Burgess S. Gaither —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Iredell
County, N.C., March
16, 1807.
Whig. Lawyer; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; delegate
to Whig National Convention from North Carolina, 1839; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1844; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1851, 1853; Representative
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Member, Sons of Temperance.
Died in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., February
23, 1892 (age 84 years, 344
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Morganton, N.C.
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Edwards Bobo Murray (1854-1894) —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., February
5, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; chair of
Anderson County Democratic Party, 1878-90; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Anderson County,
1878-84; involved in a dispute over alcohol prohibition in Anderson
County, which he supported; on September 15, 1885, in the public
square of Anderson, S.C., he was shot
at by John
Brown Moore, and fired
back, injuring Moore; charges
against him were dismissed; member of South
Carolina state senate from Anderson County, 1886-90.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of Temperance.
Drowned
while rescuing his daughter in a swimming pond, Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., July 7,
1894 (age 40 years, 152
days).
Interment at Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, S.C.
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Washington Hodges Timmerman (1832-1908) —
also known as W. H. Timmerman —
of Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., May 29,
1832.
Democrat. Physician;
farmer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Edgefield County,
1882-83, 1890-91; resigned 1891; member of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1891-93; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1892;
chair
of Edgefield County Democratic Party, 1892; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1893-96; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield
County, 1895; South
Carolina state treasurer, 1897-1901; candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, 1902.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of Temperance.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C., July 14,
1908 (age 76 years, 46
days).
Interment at Timmerman Cemetery, Aiken County, S.C.
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Isaac Underwood (1821-1904) —
of Indiana.
Born in Clinton
County, Ohio, July 21,
1821.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861; member of Indiana
state senate, 1875-77.
Quaker.
Member, Sons of Temperance; Freemasons.
Died in Pennville, Jay
County, Ind., June 5,
1904 (age 82 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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