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Harvey Link (1824-1906) —
of Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Washington
County, Tenn., February
4, 1824.
Son of John Link (1777-1851) and Barbara (Harnsbarger) Link (died
1875).
Co-inventor
of the "Robertson and Link Pattern Sheet and Proof Measure System of
Garment Cutting"; physician;
member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1867.
Died September
11, 1906 (age 82 years, 219
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Reuben S. Payne (1844-1896) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Davidson
County, Tenn., 1844.
Hat merchant; banker; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1882.
Died in 1896
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Thomas J. Powell (1821-1900) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in 1821.
Dry goods merchant; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1857.
Died in 1900
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Lawrence Davis Tyson (1861-1929) —
also known as Lawrence D. Tyson —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., July 4,
1861.
Son of Richard Lawrence Tyson and Margaret Louise (Turnage) Tyson.
Democrat. University
professor; lawyer;
president, Knoxville Cotton
Mills, Knoxville Spinning Co., Poplar Creek Coal and
Iron Co., Lenoir City Land
Co., East Tennessee Coal and
Iron Co., Coal Creek Mining and
Manufacturing
Co.; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member
of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1903-05; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1908;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1925-29; died in office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in 1929
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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James Peter Walker (1851-1890) —
also known as James P. Walker —
of Kennett, Dunklin
County, Mo.; Point Pleasant, New Madrid
County, Mo.; Dexter, Stoddard
County, Mo.
Born in Lauderdale
County, Tenn., March 14,
1851.
Democrat. River
transportation business; dry goods merchant; grain dealer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1887-90; died in
office 1890.
Died in Dexter, Stoddard
County, Mo., July 19,
1890 (age 39 years, 127
days).
Interment at Dexter
Cemetery, Dexter, Mo.
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