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Taliaferro Alexander (1846-1924) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Catahoula
Parish, La., March 17,
1846.
Son of John Steele Alexander and Susan (Taliaferro) Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for railroads; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., January
3, 1924 (age 77 years, 292
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Edward Hughes Randolph (b. 1858) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Bossier
Parish, La., March 12,
1858.
Son of Edward G. Randolph and Mary E. (Thompson) Randolph.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director and general attorney, Louisiana Railway and Navigation
Co.; director and attorney, Houston & Shreveport Railway;
divisional counsel, Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific
Railway; general counsel, Shreveport Traction Co.;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1884; member of Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee, 1895-96; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1910-13.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward G. Randolph and Mary E. (Thompson) Randolph; married, October
14, 1884, to Annie M. Jeffries (died 1907); married, July 22,
1911, to Mary Rose Youree (died 1919). |
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