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Alfred Armstrong Adams (b. 1865) —
also known as A. A. Adams —
of Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn.
Born in Mt. Juliet, Wilson
County, Tenn., April 9,
1865.
Son of Alfred Armstrong Adams and Margaret Jarman (Gleaves) Adams.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901-02, 1929-30; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1903-05, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Leonard Berry (1882-1948) —
also known as George L. Berry —
of Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tenn.
Born in Lee Valley, Hawkins
County, Tenn., September
12, 1882.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Berry and Cornelia (Trent) Berry.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1916;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; president,
International Pressmen and Assistants Union; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1924;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1937-38.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died December
4, 1948 (age 66 years, 83
days).
Interment at Pressmen's
Home Cemetery, Pressmen's Home, Tenn.
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Joseph Wellington Byrns (1869-1936) —
also known as Joseph W. Byrns; Jo Byrns —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Cedar Hill, Robertson
County, Tenn., July 20,
1869.
Son of James H. Byrns and Mary E. (Jackson) Byrns.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1895-1901; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1899-1901; member
of Tennessee
state senate, 1901; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1909-36 (6th District 1909-33, 5th
District 1933-36); died in office 1936; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1935-36; died in office 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1936 (age 66 years, 320
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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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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Jere Cooper (1893-1957) —
of Dyersburg, Dyer
County, Tenn.
Born near Dyersburg, Dyer
County, Tenn., July 20,
1893.
Son of Joseph W. Cooper and Viola May (Cooper) Cooper.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1929-57 (9th District 1929-33, 8th
District 1933-43, 9th District 1943-53, 8th District 1953-57); died
in office 1957.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Kappa
Sigma; Maccabees.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
18, 1957 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Dyersburg, Tenn.
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Harvey H. Hannah (b. 1868) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Oliver Springs, Roane
County, Tenn.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
30, 1868.
Son of John H. Hannah and Lillie L. (Gerding) Hannah.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Adjutant
General of Tennessee, 1900-06; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma Nu.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846-1929) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Hampton, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
21, 1846.
Son of Alexander Nelson Harris and Edna (Haynes) Harris.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-96; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912; Governor of
Georgia, 1915-17.
Methodist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
United
Confederate Veterans.
Died September
21, 1929 (age 83 years, 243
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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J. LeRoy Huffman (b. 1878) —
also known as Roy Huffman —
of Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington College, Washington
County, Tenn., August
30, 1878.
Son of H. B. Huffman and Martha Ellen (Ball) Huffman.
Democrat. Lumber
dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1939-42.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) —
of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.; Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
29, 1808.
Mayor
of Greeneville, Tenn., 1830; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1841; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1843-53; Governor of
Tennessee, 1853-57, 1862-65; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1857-62, 1875; died in office 1875; Vice
President of the United States, 1865; President
of the United States, 1865-69; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1868.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
In 1868, was impeached
by the House of Representatives; tried and
acquitted by the Senate, which voted 35 to 19 (short of the required
two-thirds) on three of the eleven articles of impeachment.
Died, after a series of strokes,
at his daughter's home in Carter
County, Tenn., July 31,
1875 (age 66 years, 214
days).
Interment at Andrew
Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
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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, Pulaski, Tenn.
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James W. Loop (b. 1900) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Morristown, Hamblen
County, Tenn., March 12,
1900.
Son of James Willis Loop and Dora (Noe) Loop.
Democrat. Printer;
school
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1947-56,
1965-66, 1969-72; defeated, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Kappa
Delta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Carlton Loser (1892-1984) —
also known as J. Carlton Loser —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
1, 1892.
Son of Henry J. Loser and Willie M. (McConnico) Loser.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1944,
1952,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1957-63.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Kiwanis.
Died July 31,
1984 (age 91 years, 304
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Nashville, Tenn.
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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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Kenneth N. Springer (1945-2000) —
also known as Pete Springer —
of Centerville, Hickman
County, Tenn.
Born in Lyles, Hickman
County, Tenn., February
27, 1945.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Tennessee
state senate 25th District, 1981-82, 1991-2000; died in office
2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1996.
Church
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, apparently of heart
disease, in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April 12,
2000 (age 55 years, 45
days).
Interment at Harpeth
Hills Memory Gardens, Centerville, Tenn.
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Andrew Jackson Titus (1814-1855) —
of Texas.
Born in Rutherford
County, Tenn., March 12,
1814.
Son of James
Titus.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas state
legislature, 1851-52.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died April 9,
1855 (age 41 years, 28
days).
Interment at Savannah
Cemetery, Red River County, Tex.
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Newton Harris White (b. 1860) —
also known as Newton H. White —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., September
2, 1860.
Son of Newton White (1814-1891) and Courtney Sivils (Gordon) White
(born 1825).
Democrat. Farmer;
member, Tennessee Railroad Commission, 1897; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1899; Speaker of
the Tennessee State Senate, 1901-03, 1913-15; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Thomas
K. Gordon; son of Newton White (1814-1891) and Courtney Sivils
(Gordon) White (born 1825); married, August 3,
1883, to Halle May Gardner. |
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