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William Vollie Alexander, Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Bill Alexander, Jr. —
of Osceola, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., January
16, 1934.
Son of William V. Alexander and Spencer (Buck) Alexander.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1969-93.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Rotary; Farm
Bureau; National Rifle
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Still living as of 2009.
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Hugh Carmack Anderson (1890-1953) —
also known as H. C. Anderson —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., May 19,
1890.
Son of Hugh
Crump Anderson and Emma (Burdette) Anderson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1936
(alternate); served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1931-33; Judge, Tennessee Court of
Appeals.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Knights
of Khorassan.
Died in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., May 7,
1953 (age 62 years, 353
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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Relatives:
Married 1918
to Virginia Ione Ray. |
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George White Baxter (1855-1929) —
also known as George W. Baxter —
of Denver,
Colo.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., January
7, 1855.
Son of John
Baxter.
Democrat. Governor of
Wyoming Territory, 1886; delegate to
Wyoming state constitutional convention, 1889; candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1890; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1893; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Died, after suffering a gastric
hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
18, 1929 (age 74 years, 345
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Samuel Taylor Beare (1901-1971) —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Humboldt, Gibson
County, Tenn., October
18, 1901.
Son of Samuel Taylor Beare and Evelyn Nelson (Hunt) Beare.
Lawyer;
coal
and ice dealer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1935-37.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Sigma Nu.
Died in September, 1971
(age 69
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Taylor Beare and Evelyn Nelson (Hunt) Beare; married 1925 to Evelyn
Weatherby; married, October
16, 1942, to Betty Carl Booth. |
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Harry Pulliam Cain (1906-1979) —
also known as Harry P. Cain —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
10, 1906.
Republican. Mayor of
Tacoma, Wash., 1940; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1946-53; defeated, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Phi
Delta Theta; Eagles; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March 3,
1979 (age 73 years, 52
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Hugh Milton Caldwell (b. 1881) —
also known as Hugh M. Caldwell —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., June 7,
1881.
Son of Thomas M. Caldwell and Jane (Kearsley) Caldwell.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1920-22.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Sigma Kappa; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Chandler (1887-1967) —
also known as Clift Chandler —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., October
5, 1887.
Son of William Henry Chandler and Knoxie (Clift) Chandler.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1917; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1935-40; resigned
1940; mayor of
Memphis, Tenn., 1940-46, 1955; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1940,
1944.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
1, 1967 (age 79 years, 361
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) —
also known as William C. C. Claiborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., 1775.
Son of William Claiborne and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor of
Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of
Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Fought a duel
with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.
Died of a liver
ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
23, 1817 (age about 42
years).
Originally entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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John Story Coke (b. 1867) —
also known as John S. Coke —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Morristown, Hamblen
County, Tenn., August
21, 1867.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Oregon 2nd District, 1909-23; U.S.
Attorney for Oregon, 1923-25.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Hayes Shofner Cooper (b. 1954) —
also known as Jim Cooper —
of Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 19,
1954.
Son of William
Prentice Cooper, Jr. and Hortense Powell Cooper.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1983-95, 2003- (4th District
1983-95, 5th District 2003-04); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 2004,
2008.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Eta
Sigma; Chi Psi.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Wirt Courtney (1889-1961) —
also known as W. Wirt Courtney —
of Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., September
7, 1889.
Son of Wirt Courtney and Anne (Neely) Courtney.
Democrat. Lawyer; city
judge in Tennessee, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Adjutant
General of Tennessee, 1932; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1933-39;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1939-49 (6th District 1939-43, 7th
District 1943-49).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Sigma
Chi.
Died in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., April 6,
1961 (age 71 years, 211
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Franklin, Tenn.
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Henry Christian Augustus Damm (1874-1929) —
also known as Henry C. A. Damm —
of Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in West Bloomfield, Waushara
County, Wis., January
19, 1874.
Son of Conrad Damm and Maria (Markworth) Damm.
Orange
grower; school
teacher; U.S. Consul in Cornwall, 1909-12; Stettin, 1912-15; Aix-la-Chapelle, 1915-17; Stavanger, 1917-18, 1919; Christiania, 1918; Copenhagen, 1919-20; Malaga, 1920-21; Valencia, 1921-22; Nogales, 1922-29, died in office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Died in Nogales, Sonora,
August
24, 1929 (age 55 years, 217
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1902
to Alice Mary Ann Purdue. |
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Nugent Dodds (b. 1887) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., June 17,
1887.
Son of Francis
Henry Dodds and Mollie (Nugent) Dodds.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1926.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ephraim Hubbard Foster (1794-1854) —
also known as Ephraim H. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., September
17, 1794.
Son of Robert
Coleman Foster.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1827-31, 1835-37; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1829-31, 1835-37;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1837-39, 1843-45; Presidential Elector
for Tennessee, 1840;
candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1845.
Episcopalian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
6, 1854 (age 59 years, 354
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854) —
of Texas.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
31, 1788.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-39; judge of Texas
Republic, 1843; member of Texas state legislature, 1847-51.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1854 (age 65 years, 349
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1937 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Emil William Henry (b. 1929) —
also known as E. William Henry —
of Tennessee; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 4,
1929.
Son of John Phillips Henry and Elizabeth (Tschudy) Henry.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1962-66; chair, Federal Communications
Commission, 1963-66.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Chi Psi.
Still living as of 1967.
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James Marion Hewgley, Jr. (b. 1916) —
also known as James M. Hewgley, Jr. —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., November
8, 1916.
Son of James Marion Hewgley and Margaret (Corbett) Hewgley.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; oil
operator; mayor of
Tulsa, Okla., 1966-70.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Still living as of 1970.
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Cordell Hull (1871-1955) —
also known as "Father of the United
Nations" —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin at Olympus, Overton County (now Pickett
County), Tenn., October
2, 1871.
Son of William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31;
defeated, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24; Chairman of
Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1928,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1936.
Baptist;
later Episcopalian.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1945.
Died, of heart
disease and tuberculosis,
at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 23,
1955 (age 83 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Chambers Kellar (b. 1867) —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 4,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1932.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas A. Kercheval (1837-1915) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Maury
County, Tenn., January
16, 1837.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1871-74, 1875-83, 1886-88; resigned 1888.
Episcopalian.
Died March 22,
1915 (age 78 years, 65
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Thomas Erby Kilby (1865-1943) —
also known as Thomas E. Kilby —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., July 9,
1865.
Son of Peyton Phillips Kilby and Sarah Ann (Marchant) Kilby.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Anniston, Ala., 1905-09; member of Alabama
state senate, 1911-15; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1915-19; Governor of
Alabama, 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1924.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died October
22, 1943 (age 78 years, 105
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery Annex, Anniston, Ala.
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Luke Lea (1879-1945) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April 12,
1879.
Son of Overton Lea and Ella (Cocke) Lea.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; founder of the Nashville Tennesseean; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(speaker);
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died November
18, 1945 (age 66 years, 220
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Horace Harmon Lurton (1844-1914) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., February
26, 1844.
Son of Lycurgus L. Lurton and Sarah (Harmon) Lurton.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1886-93; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1893-1909; law
professor; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1909-14; died in office 1914.
Episcopalian.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 12,
1914 (age 70 years, 136
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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Karl de Giers MacVitty (1883-1959) —
also known as Karl MacVitty —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
27, 1883.
Son of Frank Dow MacVitty and Kateryn (de Giers) MacVitty.
Newspaper
reporter; theatrical
manager; U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1917-19; Belfast, 1919; Nassau, 1919-20; U.S. Consul in Saigon, 1920; Sydney, 1921; Auckland, 1921-22; Teheran, 1925; Stockholm, 1926-27; Leghorn, 1928-29, 1929; Malta, 1929; Nairobi, 1932; Sofia, 1938; Nouméa, 1942; U.S. Consul General in Nouméa, 1942; Alexandria, 1943.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1959
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Son of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo
(1832-1913).
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads;
president, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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 Allen Northcott (1854-1917) —
also known as William A. Northcott —
of Greenville, Bond
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
28, 1854.
Son of Robert Saunders Northcott (Civil War general) and Mary
(Cunningham) Northcott.
Republican. Lawyer; Bond
County State's Attorney, 1882-92; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1897-1905; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1905-14;
president, Inter-Ocean Casualty
Co.
Episcopalian. Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died January
25, 1917 (age 62 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Ernest Campbell Norvell (1870-1941) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., December
16, 1870.
Republican. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1917-25.
Episcopalian. Member, Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Tracy City, Grundy
County, Tenn., December
28, 1941 (age 71 years, 12
days).
Interment at Tracy
City Cemetery, Tracy City, Tenn.
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Williamson Simpson Oldham (1813-1868) —
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., July 19,
1813.
Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1838; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1842; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1846; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1848; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1853; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1859; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died of typhoid
fever in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 8,
1868 (age 54 years, 294
days).
Original interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment in 1938 at Brookside
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex.
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William Bradford Ross (1873-1924) —
also known as W. B. Ross —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn., December
4, 1873.
Son of Ambrose B. Ross and Sue (Gray) Ross.
Democrat. Laramie
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-07; Governor of
Wyoming, 1923-24; died in office 1924; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming, 1924.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died October
2, 1924 (age 50 years, 303
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Edward Terry Sanford (1865-1930) —
also known as Edward T. Sanford —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., July 23,
1865.
Son of Edward Jackson Sanford.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for Tennessee, 1908-23; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1923-30.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 64 years, 228
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Henry Hulme Sevier (1878-1940) —
also known as Hal H. Sevier —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., March 16,
1878.
Son of Theodore Francis Sevier and Mary (Douglas) Sevier.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; vice-president, Corpus
Christi Bank
and Trust Co.; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1933-35.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in 1940
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Thomas Lee Woolwine (1874-1925) —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1874.
Democrat. Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1915-23; became one of the
nation's best-known prosecutors; Democratic candidate for Governor of
California, 1918 (primary), 1922.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a liver
ailment, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 8,
1925 (age 50 years, 250
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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