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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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James Franklin Ailshie (1868-1947) —
also known as James F. Ailshie —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., June 19,
1868.
Son of George Washington Ailshie (1846-1925) and Martha (Knight)
Ailshie (1848-1918).
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1900,
1916,
1932;
justice
of Idaho state supreme court, 1903-14, 1935-47; resigned 1914;
died in office 1947; chief
justice of Idaho state supreme court, 1907-09, 1913-15, 1939-41,
1945-46; U.S.
Attorney for Idaho, 1925.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Odd Fellows; Elks.
Died May 27,
1947 (age 78 years, 342
days).
Interment at Cloverdale
Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho.
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Clifford Robertson Allen (1912-1978) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., January
6, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1949-51, 1955-59; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958 (Democratic primary); delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1971; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1975-78; died in
office 1978.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 18,
1978 (age 66 years, 163
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Nashville, Tenn.
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Linville H. Allred (1876-1965) —
of Smithfield, Johnston
County, N.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., June 14,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Johnston County,
1911-13.
Member, Odd Fellows; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died November
25, 1965 (age 89 years, 164
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Erwin, Tenn.
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Harry Bennett Anderson (1879-1935) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Van Buren
County, Mich., November
5, 1879.
Son of Seneca Benjamin Anderson and Achsah Adelaide (Bennett)
Anderson.
Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
Republican State Executive Committee, 1904-10; Progressive
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1912;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1926-35;
died in office 1935.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; American
Legion.
Died, from a heart
ailment and pneumonia,
in Crook Sanitarium,
Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., April 9,
1935 (age 55 years, 155
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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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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Robert Reyburn Butler (1881-1933) —
also known as Robert R. Butler —
of Condon, Gilliam
County, Ore.; The Dalles, Wasco
County, Ore.
Born in Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., September
24, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Oregon, 1908,
1916;
circuit judge in Oregon, 1909-11; member of Oregon
state senate, 1913-17, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1928-33; died in office
1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died of heart
disease and pneumonia,
at Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
7, 1933 (age 51 years, 105
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, The Dalles, Ore.
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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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William A. Carter (b. 1874) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., June 7,
1874.
Republican. Member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oregon, 1924,
1928,
1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Moose; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wilburn Cartwright (1891-1979) —
of McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Georgetown, Meigs
County, Tenn., January
12, 1891.
Son of J. R. Cartwright and Emma (Baker) Cartwright.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1915-18; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1927-43; major in the
U.S. Army during World War II; secretary of
state of Oklahoma, 1947-51; Oklahoma
state auditor, 1951-55.
Baptist.
Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Acacia;
Lions;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., March 14,
1979 (age 88 years, 61
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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Samuel St. Clair Early (1824-1882) —
of Indiana.
Born in Blount
County, Tenn., November
3, 1824.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1857-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Died in Brownstown, Jackson
County, Ind., January
15, 1882 (age 57 years, 73
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William L. Fitzgerald (b. 1872) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
14, 1872.
Son of Joseph M. Fitzgerald and Mary A. (Ford) Fitzgerald.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1924.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Huddleston (1869-1960) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born near Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., November
11, 1869.
Son of Joseph Franklin Huddleston and Nancy (Sherrill) Huddleston.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1915-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; United
Spanish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died February
29, 1960 (age 90 years, 110
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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John T. Johnson (b. 1856) —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., January
9, 1856.
Democrat. County judge in Texas; district judge in Oklahoma, 1907-15;
justice
of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1919-25; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1923-25.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Dick Latta Lansden (1869-1924) —
also known as Dick Lansden —
of Sparta, White
County, Tenn.; Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Bakers Crossroads, White
County, Tenn., May 15,
1869.
Son of Hugh Hill Lansden (1837-1902) and Lee Ann (McGee) Lansden
(1840-1934).
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1910-16.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died August
10, 1924 (age 55 years, 87
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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E. F. Lester (b. 1871) —
Born in Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., August 7,
1871.
Son of Preston S. Lester and Elizabeth (Crutchfield) Lester.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Oklahoma 5th District, 1918-24; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1924-31; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1931.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Douglas McKellar (1869-1957) —
also known as Kenneth D. McKellar —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Richmond, Dallas
County, Ala., January
29, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1904;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1908,
1920,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1911-17; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1917-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd Fellows; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died October
25, 1957 (age 88 years, 269
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; statue at Tri-Cities
Regional Airport, Near Blountville, Sullivan County, Tenn.
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John L. Miller (1821-1907) —
also known as "Old Flax" —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Tennessee, 1821.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1877-80.
Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in 1907
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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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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Albert Houston Roberts (1868-1946) —
also known as A. H. Roberts —
of Tennessee.
Born in Overton
County, Tenn., July 4,
1868.
Son of John A. Roberts and Sarah (Carlock) Roberts.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Governor of
Tennessee, 1919-21.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows.
Died June 25,
1946 (age 77 years, 356
days).
Interment at Livingston
City Cemetery, Livingston, Tenn.
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William Charles Salmon (1868-1925) —
of Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn.
Born near Paris, Henry
County, Tenn., April 3,
1868.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1923-25.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
1925 (age 57 years, 40
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
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Joseph Humphrey Sloss (1826-1911) —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.; Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.
Born in Somerville, Morgan
County, Ala., October
12, 1826.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1858-59; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Tuscumbia, Alabama;
member of Alabama state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1871-75.
Member, Odd Fellows.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., January
27, 1911 (age 84 years, 107
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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James Willis Taylor (1880-1939) —
also known as J. Will Taylor —
of La Follette, Campbell
County, Tenn.
Born in Lead Mine Bend, Union
County, Tenn., August
28, 1880.
Son of James W. Taylor and Sarah Elizabeth (Rogers) Taylor.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster;
mayor
of La Follette, Tenn., 1910-12; Tennessee Insurance Commissioner,
1913-14; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1919-39; died in
office 1939; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1924-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Shriners;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Died November
14, 1939 (age 59 years, 78
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, La Follette, Tenn.
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