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William H. Abington (1870-1951) —
also known as W. H. Abington —
of Beebe, White
County, Ark.
Born in Tennessee, January
2, 1870.
Son of William Thomas Abington and Mary Jane (Plant) Abington.
Democrat. Physician; member of Arkansas
state senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1928.
Died in Beebe, White
County, Ark., March 19,
1951 (age 81 years, 76
days).
Interment at Beebe Cemetery, Beebe, Ark.
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Relatives: Son
of William Thomas Abington and Mary Jane (Plant) Abington; married,
March
31, 1896, to Minnie Mae Herndon (1874-1901); married 1902 to Sarah
Ann Sands (1876-1962). |
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DeWitt T. Burton (1892-1970) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
15, 1892.
Democrat. Physician; member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1960-68.
Congregationalist.
Member, Urban
League; NAACP; Omega
Psi Phi; American Medical
Association.
Died in 1970
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Clements (1832-1913) —
also known as A. J. Clements —
of Tennessee.
Born in Clementsville, Clay
County, Tenn., December
23, 1832.
Son of Christopher Clements and Mary Clements.
Physician; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1861-63; member of
Tennessee state legislature.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Central State Hospital (a mental
hospital where he was confined due to senility),
Lakeland, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
7, 1913 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Interment at Glasgow
Cemetery, Glasgow, Ky.
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William Harrison Frist (b. 1952) —
also known as Bill Frist —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
22, 1952.
Republican. Physician; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1995-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 2008.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin (1841-1922) —
also known as Lucius F. C. Garvin —
of Lonsdale, Cumberland, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
13, 1841.
Son of James Garvin and Sarah Ann (Gunn) Garvin.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
physician; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1883-85; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1894, 1896, 1898,
1900; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1903-05.
Died October
2, 1922 (age 80 years, 323
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Samuel E. Hogg (1783-1842) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Caswell
County, N.C., April 18,
1783.
Democrat. Physician; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1813-15; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19.
Baptist.
Died in Rutherford
County, Tenn., May 28,
1842 (age 59 years, 40
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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James King (1787-1838) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Montgomery
County, Va., 1787.
Physician; merchant;
steamboat
owner; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1837-38.
Died in 1838
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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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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James McBride (1802-1875) —
also known as "Uncle Jim" —
of Oregon.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., 1802.
Physician; preacher; member
Oregon territorial council, 1850; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1863-66.
Died in St. Helens, Columbia
County, Ore., 1875
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, St. Helens, Ore.
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Donald McIntosh (1797-1837) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Inverness, Scotland,
1797.
Physician; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1832-34.
Died in a yellow
fever epidemic, 1837
(age about
40 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Baker Moeur (1869-1937) —
also known as Benjamin B. Moeur —
of Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Decherd, Franklin
County, Tenn., December
22, 1869.
Son of John Baptist Moeur and Esther Kelley (Knight) Moeur.
Democrat. Physician; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arizona, 1924;
Governor
of Arizona, 1933-37.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Tempe, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March 16,
1937 (age 67 years, 84
days).
Interment at Double
Butte Cemetery, Tempe, Ariz.
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Joseph C. Strong (1775-1844) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn., 1775.
Physician; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1828-31.
Died in 1844
(age about
69 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William James Yerby (1867-1950) —
also known as William J. Yerby —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Oldtown, Phillips
County, Ark., September
22, 1867.
Son of Robert Milton Yerby and Clementine Yerby.
Physician; U.S. Consul in Sierra Leone, 1906-15; Dakar, 1915-25; La Rochelle, 1925-26; Oporto, 1926-30; Nantes, 1930-32.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1950
(age about
82 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Cecilia Carolyn Kennedy (1880-1953). |
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