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James Lawrence Pugh (1820-1907) —
also known as James L. Pugh —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Born in Burke
County, Ga., December
12, 1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1859-61; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 8th District, 1862-65;
delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1880-97.
Died March 9,
1907 (age 86 years, 87
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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William Dorsey Jelks (1855-1931) —
also known as William D. Jelks —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Russell
County, Ala., November
7, 1855.
Son of J. W. D. Jelks and Jane Goodrum (Frazer) Jelks.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Alabama
state senate; Governor of
Alabama, 1900, 1901-04, 1905-07; president, Protective Life
Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama, 1912-16.
Died December
13, 1931 (age 76 years, 36
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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George Chauncey Sparks (1884-1968) —
also known as Chauncey Sparks —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Born in Barbour
County, Ala., October
8, 1884.
Democrat. State court judge in Alabama, 1911-15; member of Alabama
state legislature, 1919-23, 1931-39; Governor of
Alabama, 1943-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1944,
1948.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died November
6, 1968 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Henry De Lamar Clayton (1857-1929) —
also known as Henry D. Clayton —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Born near Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala., February
10, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1888,
1892;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1890-91; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1893-96; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1897-1914; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1908,
1912
(speaker);
U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, 1914.
Author of the Clayton Antitrust Act.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
21, 1929 (age 72 years, 314
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Stanley Hubert Dent, Jr. (1869-1938) —
also known as S. Hubert Dent, Jr. —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., August
16, 1869.
Son of S. H. Dent and Anna Beall (Young) Dent.
Democrat. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1902-09; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1909-21; delegate to
Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen; Woodmen.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
6, 1938 (age 69 years, 51
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Eli Sims Shorter (1823-1879) —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Born in Georgia, 1823.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1855-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1876.
Died in 1879
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Charles Samuel McDowell, Jr. —
also known as Charles S. McDowell, Jr. —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912,
1924,
1936;
Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1923-27.
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Hiram Hawkins (1826-1914) —
of Bath
County, Ky.; Barbour
County, Ala.
Born near Owingsville, Bath
County, Ky., 1826.
Farmer;
member of Kentucky state legislature; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; member of Alabama state legislature.
Died in 1914
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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