Morgan County
Alabama
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Morgan County
Alabama
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Morgan County
Index to Locations
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Seybourn Harris Lynne (1907-2000) —
also known as Seybourn H. Lynne —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., July 25,
1907.
Son of Seybourn Arthur Lynne and Annie Leigh (Harris) Lynne.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Alabama, 1934-40; circuit judge in Alabama, 1940-42;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1946-73;
took senior status 1973.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Blue
Key; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kiwanis.
In 1963, he prohibited Gov. George
C. Wallace from barring two black students from attending the
University of Alabama. In 1969, he ordered that Elmwood Cemetery in
Birmingham, Ala., be desegregated. The federal building in Decatur,
Ala. is named for
him.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
10, 2000 (age 93 years, 47
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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Christopher Columbus Harris (1842-1935) —
of Alabama.
Born near Mt. Hope, Lawrence
County, Ala., January
28, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1914-15.
Died in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., December
28, 1935 (age 93 years, 334
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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Charles Christopher Sheats (1839-1904) —
of Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala.
Born in Walker
County, Ala., April 10,
1839.
Republican. Delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1861-62; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1873-75; defeated, 1874;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1884.
Opposed secession in 1860; expelled
from the Alabama House of Representatives in 1862 because of his adherence
to the Union; imprisoned
by Confederate authorities on a charge of
treason,
but never tried.
Died in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., May 27,
1904 (age 65 years, 47
days).
Interment at McKendree Cemetery.
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