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William Carter Burdett (1884-1944) —
also known as William C. Burdett —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
3, 1884.
Son of William Potter Burdett and Serafina (Carter) Burdett.
Mining engineer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Ensenada, 1919-22; Seville, 1922-25; Brussels, 1925-30; U.S. Consul General in Callao-Lima, 1930-35; Buenos Aires, 1935-38; Rio de Janeiro, 1939; U.S. Minister to New Zealand, 1943-44, died in office 1944.
Died, in a hospital
at Wellington, New
Zealand, January
14, 1944 (age 59 years, 345
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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L. J. C. Duncan (b. 1818) —
of Jackson
County, Ore.
Born in Tennessee, 1818.
Democrat. Miner; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Jackson County,
1857.
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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