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David Abner (1826-1902) —
of Texas.
Born in slavery
in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., 1826.
Farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1874; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1902
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Old
Powder Mill Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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Miles Clayton Allgood (1878-1977) —
also known as Miles C. Allgood;
"Simon" —
of Allgood, Blount
County, Ala.
Born in Chapultepec (now Allgood), Blount
County, Ala., February
22, 1878.
Son of William Barnett Allgood and Mary Matilda (Ingram) Allgood.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1923-35 (7th District 1923-33, 5th
District 1933-35).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, Ala., March 4,
1977 (age 99 years, 10
days).
Interment at Valley
Head Cemetery, Valley Head, Ala.
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Alva Elgin Ashford (1834-1904) —
also known as A. E. Ashford —
Born in Alabama, July 10,
1834.
Son of Thomas Harrison Ashford.
Farmer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1866.
Died in Courtland, Lawrence
County, Ala., July 7,
1904 (age 69 years, 363
days).
Interment at Ashford
Cemetery, Lawrence County, Ala.
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Relatives:
Married 1871
to Caroline Fletcher. |
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Willis Brewer (1844-1912) —
of Hayneville, Lowndes
County, Ala.
Born near Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., March 15,
1844.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; journalist;
lawyer;
planter; Lowndes
County Treasurer, 1871; Alabama
state auditor, 1876-80; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1880-82, 1890-94; member of Alabama
state senate, 1882-90, 1894-97; Presidential Elector for Alabama,
1892;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1897-1901.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
30, 1912 (age 68 years, 229
days).
Entombed at Cedars
Plantation, Montgomery, Ala.
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John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891) —
of Gilmer, Upshur
County, Tex.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ala., February
20, 1828.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1872;
member of Texas
state senate, 1875-78; district judge in Texas, 1878-84.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 16,
1891 (age 63 years, 146
days).
Interment at Dignowitty
Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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Thomas Wilkes Coleman (b. 1834) —
also known as Thomas W. Coleman —
of Eutaw, Greene
County, Ala.
Born in Eutaw, Greene
County, Ala., March 31,
1834.
Son of James C. Coleman and Martha (Anderson) Coleman.
Lawyer;
planter; banker;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865, 1901; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1890-98; appointed 1890.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1927) —
also known as Braxton B. Comer —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Old Spring Hill, Barbour
County, Ala., November
7, 1848.
Son of John Fletcher Comer and Catherine Lucinda (Drewry) Comer.
Democrat. Farmer; miller; cotton
manufacturer; Governor of
Alabama, 1907-11; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1920.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
15, 1927 (age 78 years, 281
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Albert C. Crumpler (1808-1882) —
Born in Nottoway Parish, Southampton
County, Va., November
29, 1808.
Son of Beasant Crumpler and Elizabeth (Wright) Crumpler.
Tanner;
planter; member of Alabama
state senate; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861.
Died in Crumpler's Mountain, Talladega
County, Ala., November
29, 1882 (age 74 years, 0
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.
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Elisha Young Fair (1809-1886) —
also known as Elisha Y. Fair —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Prosperity, Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., July 4,
1809.
Son of William Fair (1770-1851) and Elizabeth (Young) Fair
(1774-1854).
Lawyer;
planter; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1858-61.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
23, 1886 (age 77 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Timothy Souls Faulk (1866-1939) —
also known as T. S. Faulk —
of Samson, Geneva
County, Ala.
Born near Troy, Pike
County, Ala., September
15, 1866.
Son of Joseph Travis Faulk (1823-1885) and Mary Frances (Lee) Faulk
(1840-1894).
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives; member of Alabama
state senate, 1919-39; died in office 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1928.
Primitive
Baptist.
Died July 19,
1939 (age 72 years, 307
days).
Interment at Travelers
Rest Cemetery, Samson, Ala.
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Daniel Munroe Forney (1784-1847) —
of North Carolina; Lowndes
County, Ala.
Born near Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., 1784.
Son of Peter
Forney.
Farmer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 11th District, 1815-19; member
of North
Carolina state senate, 1823-26.
Died in Lowndes
County, Ala., October
15, 1847 (age about 63
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Lowndes County, Ala.
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Lyman Gibbons (1808-1879) —
Born in Dormansville, Albany
County, N.Y., June 3,
1808.
Son of John Gibbons and Elizabeth (Hall) Gibbons.
Lawyer;
planter; circuit judge in Alabama, 1851-52; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1852-54; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861.
Died in Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala., June 27,
1879 (age 71 years, 24
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Taylor Goodwyn (1842-1931) —
also known as Albert T. Goodwyn —
of Robinson Springs, Elmore
County, Ala.
Born in Robinson Springs, Elmore
County, Ala., December
17, 1842.
Son of D. Albert Gallatin Goodwyn and Harriet (Bibb) Goodwyn.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
farmer; state inspector of convicts, 1874-80; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1886-87; member of Alabama
state senate, 1892-96; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1896-97;
commander-in-chief, United Confederate Veterans, 1928-29.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., July 1,
1931 (age 88 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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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, Eufaula, Ala.
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Robert Fulwood Ligon (1823-1901) —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Watkinsville, Oconee
County, Ga., December
16, 1823.
Son of Robert Ligon (1793-1828) and Wilhelmina (Fulwood) Ligon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1849; member of Alabama
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1872; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1874-76; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1877-79.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
11, 1901 (age 77 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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John Van McDuffie (1841-1896) —
of Hayneville, Lowndes
County, Ala.
Born in Addison, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 16,
1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
planter; probate judge in Alabama, 1868-80; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1872,
1876,
1880
(alternate); delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1890-91; defeated, 1886.
Died November
18, 1896 (age 55 years, 186
days).
Interment at Pines
Cemetery, Hayneville, Ala.
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DeForest Richards (1846-1903) —
of Wilcox
County, Ala.; Chadron, Dawes
County, Neb.; Douglas, Converse
County, Wyo.
Born in Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H., August 6,
1846.
Republican. Farmer; banker; Governor of
Wyoming, 1899-1903; died in office 1903; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wyoming, 1900.
Died April 28,
1903 (age 56 years, 265
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Robert Riley (b. 1944) —
also known as Bob Riley —
of Ashland, Clay
County, Ala.
Born in Ashland, Clay
County, Ala., October
3, 1944.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; farmer; real estate
agent; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1997-2003; Governor of
Alabama, 2003-.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2009.
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Benjamin Glover Shields (b. 1808) —
also known as Benjamin G. Shields —
of Marengo
County, Ala.; Falls
County, Tex.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., 1808.
Son of Samuel B. Shields.
Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1841-43; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1845; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1851; planter; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1874-77.
Died in Texas.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Reid Silliman (1855-1919) —
also known as John R. Silliman —
Born in Greene
County, Ala., December
7, 1855.
Insurance
agent; farmer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Saltillo, 1907-14; U.S. Consul in Saltillo, 1916; Guadalajara, 1917.
Died January
17, 1919 (age 63 years, 41
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Adams Stallworth (1822-1861) —
also known as James A. Stallworth —
of Evergreen, Conecuh
County, Ala.
Born in Evergreen, Conecuh
County, Ala., April 7,
1822.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1845-48; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1857-61; defeated, 1856.
Died near Evergreen, Conecuh
County, Ala., August
31, 1861 (age 39 years, 146
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Evergreen, Ala.
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James Bennett Stone (1823-1895) —
also known as James B. Stone —
of Calhoun
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ala., November
29, 1823.
Son of David Cruger Stone and Lucinda (Evans) Stone.
Farmer; sawmill
owner; Calhoun
County Sheriff, 1855-59; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1868-70, 1877; delegate to
Florida state constitutional convention, 1885.
He lost
a leg in a sawmill accident.
Died in Calhoun
County, Fla., February
25, 1895 (age 71 years, 88
days).
Interment at Old
Shiloh Cemetery, Calhoun County, Fla.
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William Henry Haywood Tison (1822-1882) —
also known as W. H. H. Tison —
of Carrollville, Prentiss
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson
County, Ala., November
6, 1822.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer; postmaster;
dry goods
merchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Murdered,
in Baldwyn, Lee
County, Miss., December
4, 1882 (age 60 years, 28
days).
Interment at Baldwyn
Masonic Cemetery, Baldwyn, Miss.
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