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John Forsyth (1812-1877) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
31, 1812.
Son of John
Forsyth (1780-1841).
U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1856-58; member of Alabama state legislature, 1859; mayor of
Mobile, Ala., 1861, 1865.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., May 2,
1877 (age 64 years, 183
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Arthur Pendleton Bagby (1794-1858) —
also known as Arthur P. Bagby —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., 1794.
Son of Capt. James M. Bagby (1766-1836) and Mary (Jones) Bagby.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1821-22, 1824, 1834-36; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1822, 1836; member of
Alabama
state senate, 1825; Governor of
Alabama, 1837-41; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1841-48; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1848-49.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., September
21, 1858 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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John Gayle (1792-1859) —
of Alabama.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., September
11, 1792.
Lawyer;
member
Alabama territorial council, 1817; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1822-23, 1829; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1829; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1823-28; Governor of
Alabama, 1831-35; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1847-49; U.S.
District Judge for Louisiana, 1849-59.
Died near Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., July 21,
1859 (age 66 years, 313
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Arthur F. Hopkins (1794-1865) —
of Alabama.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., October
18, 1794.
Delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; member of Alabama
state senate, 1822-24; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1833; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1834-36; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1836-37; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1839.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., November
6, 1865 (age 71 years, 19
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Edmund Strother Dargan (1805-1879) —
also known as Edmund S. Dargan —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery
County, N.C., April 15,
1805.
Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1845-47; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1847-52; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 9th District, 1862-64.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., November
24, 1879 (age 74 years, 223
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Harry Theophilus Toulmin (1838-1916) —
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., March 4,
1838.
Son of Gen. Theophilus Lindsey Toulmin and Amante Elizabeth (Juzan)
Toulmin.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1870-72; circuit judge in
Alabama, 1874-82; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, 1887-1916;
died in office 1916.
Died in Toulminville, Mobile
County, Ala., November
12, 1916 (age 78 years, 253
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Richard Henry Clarke (1843-1906) —
also known as Richard H. Clarke —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Dayton, Marengo
County, Ala., February
9, 1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1889-97 (1st District 1889-95, 4th
District 1895-97); member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1900.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
26, 1906 (age 63 years, 229
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Thomas Hord Herndon (1828-1883) —
also known as Thomas H. Herndon —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Alabama, July 1,
1828.
Democrat. Candidate for Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 5th District, 1861;
member of Alabama state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1879-83; died in office
1883.
Died March 28,
1883 (age 54 years, 270
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Robert Desha (1791-1849) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., January
4, 1791.
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1827-31.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., February
6, 1849 (age 58 years, 33
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Richard Vipon Taylor (1859-1939) —
also known as Richard V. Taylor —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., August
11, 1859.
Son of Richard Nixon Taylor and Susan (Stevenson) Taylor.
Vice-president and general manager, Mobile & Ohio Railroad;
headed federalized railroads
in three states during World War I; mayor of
Mobile, Ala., 1922-24, 1933-34, 1936-37; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1926-29.
Baptist.
Died in Point Clear, Baldwin
County, Ala., December
22, 1939 (age 80 years, 133
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Nixon Taylor and Susan (Stevenson) Taylor; brother of Hannis
Taylor; married 1882 to Helen
Billingsley Buck. |
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John Bragg (1806-1878) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., January
14, 1806.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1830-34; circuit judge in Alabama,
1842; member of Alabama
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1851-53; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., August
10, 1878 (age 72 years, 208
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Percy Walker (1812-1880) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., December, 1812.
Son of John
Williams Walker.
Physician;
lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1839, 1847, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1855-57; candidate for
Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 9th District, 1861.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., December
27, 1880 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Frederick George Bromberg (1837-1930) —
of Alabama.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 19,
1837.
Member of Alabama
state senate, 1868-72; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1873-75.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., September
4, 1930 (age 93 years, 77
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Robert Hardy Smith (1813-1878) —
also known as Robert H. Smith —
of Alabama.
Born in Camden
County, N.C., March 21,
1813.
Member of Alabama state legislature, 1849; member of Alabama
state senate, 1851; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; candidate for
Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 9th District, 1863.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., March 13,
1878 (age 64 years, 357
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Harry Pillans (1847-1940) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex., June 27,
1847.
Son of Palmer Job Pillans and Laura Malvina (Roberts) Pillans.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; mayor of
Mobile, Ala., 1914-15, 1916-17, 1919-21.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., March 12,
1940 (age 92 years, 259
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Adley Hogan Gladden (1810-1862) —
of South Carolina.
Born in 1810.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Wounded at the Battle of
Shiloh and died a few days later, April 12,
1862 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Lewis T. Ayers (1798-1866) —
of San Patricio, San
Patricio County, Tex.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Morris Plains, Morris
County, N.J., October
6, 1798.
Son of Silas Ayers and Mary (Bryan) Ayers.
Delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Patricio,
1835; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
From the window of his room above the Savings Bank, fell to his
death in the alley below, Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., October
11, 1866 (age 68 years, 5
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1824
to Rebecca Osborn. |
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