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Charles Waldron Buckley (1835-1906) —
also known as C. W. Buckley —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Unadilla, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
18, 1835.
Republican. Chaplain in Union Army, Civil War; banker;
insurance business; mining
business; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1868-73; probate judge
in Alabama, 1874-78; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1896,
1900.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
4, 1906 (age 71 years, 289
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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James Herman Faulkner, Sr. (1916-2008) —
also known as Jimmy Faulkner —
of Bay Minette, Baldwin
County, Ala.
Born in Lamar
County, Ala., March 1,
1916.
Son of Henry L. Faulkner and Ebbie (Johnson) Faulkner.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; insurance agent; mayor of Bay Minette, Ala.,
1941-43; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1942; served in the U.S.
Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1948,
1952
(alternate); member of Alabama
state senate, 1950-54; owned a chain of seven radio
stations; bank
director.
Church
of Christ.
Alabama Christian College was renamed
for him in 1985 as Faulkner University.
Died, in Oakwood Nursing
Home, Bay Minette, Baldwin
County, Ala., August
22, 2008 (age 92 years, 174
days).
Interment at Bay
Minette Cemetery, Bay Minette, Ala.
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Joseph Carroll Harrison (1822-1855) —
also known as J. C. Harrison —
of Cherokee
County, Tex.
Born in Alabama, October
3, 1822.
Son of Joseph D. Harrison and Rachel (Lockhart) Harrison.
Newspaper
publisher; insurance agent; hotel
operator; livery
business; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1855; died in office 1855.
Methodist.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
9, 1855 (age 33 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Perry O. Hooper (born c.1955) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born about 1955.
Republican. Insurance executive; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alabama, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Oscar Richard Hundley (1855-1921) —
also known as Oscar R. Hundley —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Limestone
County, Ala., October
30, 1855.
Son of Orville M. Hundley and Mary E. Hundley.
Republican. Lawyer;
division counsel, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway,
1884-1907; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1887-90; member of Alabama
state senate, 1891-98; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1896; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1904;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1907-09;
resigned 1909; president and general counsel, Sun Life
Insurance Company, Birmingham, Ala., 1913.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
22, 1921 (age 66 years, 53
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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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, Eufaula, Ala.
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Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
14, 1878.
Son of William Marion Loftin and Loreta C. (Thomason) Loftin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and
director, Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; director, Gulf Life Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East
Coast Railway,
1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Blue
Key; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., September
22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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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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Albert Lee Smith, Jr. (1931-1997) —
also known as Albert L. Smith, Jr. —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
31, 1931.
Republican. Insurance agent; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1981-83; defeated,
1978, 1982; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1984.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
12, 1997 (age 65 years, 346
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Jesse Francis Stallings (1856-1928) —
also known as Jesse F. Stallings —
of Greenville, Butler
County, Ala.
Born near Manningham, Butler
County, Ala., April 4,
1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1893-1901; president,
Lincoln Reserve Life Insurance Co., 1912-28.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March 18,
1928 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Price Williams, Sr. (c.1811-1884) —
of Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Virginia, about 1811.
Cotton
merchant; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1851-53; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; real
estate and insurance business.
Methodist.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., November
10, 1884 (age about 73
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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