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John Calvin Brown (1827-1889) —
also known as John C. Brown —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., January
6, 1827.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Tennessee, 1871-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1888.
Died in Red Boiling Springs, Macon
County, Tenn., August
17, 1889 (age 62 years, 223
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Ross Bass (1918-1993) —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.; Miami Shores, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., March 17,
1918.
Son of Rev. William Arch Bass and Ethel (Shook) Bass.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; florist; soft drink
bottler; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1955-64; defeated,
1976; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1964-67.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died January
1, 1993 (age 74 years, 290
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Edward Everett Eslick (1872-1932) —
also known as Edward E. Eslick —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born near Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., April 19,
1872.
Son of Merritt Eslick and Martha Virginia (Abernathy) Eslick.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1925-32; died in
office 1932.
Died suddenly while addressing the U.S. House of
Representatives, in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., June 14,
1932 (age 60 years, 56
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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James McCallum (1806-1889) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Robeson
County, N.C., October
3, 1806.
Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1861-63; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., September
16, 1889 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Thomas McKissick Jones (1816-1892) —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born in Person
County, N.C., December
16, 1816.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives; member of Tennessee
state senate; Delegate
from Tennessee to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1872-73.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., March 13,
1892 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Willa Blake Eslick (1878-1961) —
also known as Willa B. Eslick; Willa McCord
Blake —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born in Fayetteville, Lincoln
County, Tenn., September
8, 1878.
Daughter of Washington Blake and Eliza Hansell (McCord) Blake.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1932-33.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., February
18, 1961 (age 82 years, 163
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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