The Political Graveyard: Chilton County, Ala.

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Chilton County
Alabama

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Chilton County

Index to Locations

Chilton Memorial Gardens
Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama

Politicians buried here:
	Joseph Benton Atkinson, Sr. (1890-1964) — of Clanton, Chilton County, Ala. Born in Coosa County, Ala., August 10, 1890. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1920. Died May 3, 1964 (age 73 years, 267 days). Interment at Chilton Memorial Gardens.

Clanton Cemetery
Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama

Politicians buried here:
	Lewis Henry Reynolds (1864-1944) — of Clanton, Chilton County, Ala. Born in Macon County, Ala., October 16, 1864. Republican. Probate judge in Alabama; candidate for U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1924; Alabama Republican state chair, 1925-27. Died December 19, 1944 (age 80 years, 64 days). Interment at Clanton Cemetery.
	Alfred S. Baker, Jr. (1828-1896) — of Clanton, Chilton County, Ala. Born in Darlington District (now Darlington County), S.C., March 16, 1828. Member of Alabama state house of representatives. Died in Clanton, Chilton County, Ala., February 9, 1896 (age 67 years, 330 days). Interment at Clanton Cemetery.
	Napoleon Strock Johnson (1883-1940) — of Clanton, Chilton County, Ala. Born August 14, 1883. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1936. Died August 30, 1940 (age 57 years, 16 days). Interment at Clanton Cemetery.

Verbena Cemetery
Verbena, Chilton County, Alabama

Politicians buried here:

Francis Gordon Caffey (1868-1951) — also known as Francis G. Caffey — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Verbena, Chilton County, Ala. Born in Gordonsville, Lowndes County, Ala., October 28, 1868. Son of Dr. Hugh William Caffey and Alabama (Gordon) Caffey. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1917-21; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929-47; took senior status 1947; senior judge, 1947-51. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Verbena, Chilton County, Ala., September 20, 1951 (age 82 years, 327 days). Interment at Verbena Cemetery.

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