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Prelate Demick Barker (1835-1928) —
also known as Prelate D. Barker —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in North Branford, New Haven
County, Conn., September
29, 1835.
Son of Jonathan Brooks Barker (1801-1886) and Frances Jane (Appell)
Barker (1808-1886).
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
secretary-treasurer, Alabama & Mississippi Railroad,
1866-71; U.S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for the 2nd Alabama District, 1871-78; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1888,
1892,
1896,
1900
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
postmaster;
member of Republican
National Committee from Alabama, 1908-16.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., March 29,
1928 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Brooks Barker (1801-1886) and Frances Jane (Appell)
Barker (1808-1886); married, August 1,
1865, to Joanna Elizabeth Ferguson (died 1910); married, April 29,
1914, to Grace Salome Pettit. |
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Carter Randolph Bibb (b. 1875) —
also known as C. R. Bibb —
of Okeechobee, Okeechobee
County, Fla.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., January
6, 1875.
Republican. Dentist;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1944.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Bismarck Bowling (1870-1946) —
also known as William B. Bowling —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.
Born near Iron City, Calhoun
County, Ala., September
24, 1870.
Son of William E. Bowling and Sarah (Elston) Bowling.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1920-28; resigned 1928;
circuit judge in Alabama, 1928-41.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala., December
27, 1946 (age 76 years, 94
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ala.
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Russell McWhorter Cunningham (1855-1921) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Mt. Hope, Lawrence
County, Ala., August
25, 1855.
Son of Moses Winslow Cunningham and Nancy Caroline (Russell)
Cunningham.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1880-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1896-1900; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1903-07; Governor of
Alabama, 1904-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1908.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died June 6,
1921 (age 65 years, 285
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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George Washington Jones (b. 1865) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hardin
County, Ky., October
25, 1865.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Parks Newsome (1893-1961) —
also known as John P. Newsome —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
13, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1943-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
10, 1961 (age 68 years, 270
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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William Bacon Oliver (1867-1948) —
also known as William B. Oliver —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Eutaw, Greene
County, Ala., May 25,
1867.
Son of William C. Oliver and Lizzie S. (Whitehead) Oliver.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1915-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Died in 1948
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Eutaw
Cemetery, Eutaw, Ala.
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George Corley Wallace, Jr. (1919-1998) —
also known as George C. Wallace —
of Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Clio, Barbour
County, Ala., August
25, 1919.
Son of George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1947-53; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1948
(alternate), 1956;
circuit judge in Alabama, 1953-58; Governor of
Alabama, 1963-67, 1971-72, 1972-79, 1983-87; defeated in
Democratic primary, 1958; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1964,
1972,
1976;
American Independent candidate for President
of the United States, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Moose;
Elks; Woodmen;
Civitan;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans.
Worked as a professional boxer in
the late 1930s. While campaigning in Maryland on May 15, 1972, was shot
by Arthur Bremer; the injury paralyzed
both legs. Along with Ohio's James
A. Rhodes, he was the longest serving state governor in U.S.
history.
Died in Jackson Hospital,
Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
13, 1998 (age 79 years, 19
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace; married, May 21,
1943, to Lurleen
Burns; married, June 4,
1971, to Cornelia Ellis Snively (divorced 1978; niece of James
Elisha Folsom; first cousin of James
Elisha Folsom, Jr.); married 1981 to Lisa
Taylor (divorced 1987); father of George
C. Wallace, Jr.. See Wallace-Folsom
family of Alabama. |
| |  | Cross-reference: Seybourn
H. Lynne |
| |  | See also National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| |  | Books about George C. Wallace: Stephan
Lesher, George
Wallace : American Populist — Dan T. Carter, The
Politics of Rage : George Wallace, the Origins of the New
Conservatism, and the Transformation of American
Politics — Lloyd Rohler, George
Wallace : Conservative Populist |
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