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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Montgomery County, Ala.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Alford — of LaGrange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TR-lived.html">Troup County</a>, Ga. Born in Greensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GE-born.html">Greene County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/05-10.html">May 10, 1799</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1830; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> at-large, 1837, 1839-41; defeated, 1836; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 2nd District, 1855; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Alabama secession convention</a>, 1861. Slaveowner. Died near Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/01-01.html">January 1, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 236 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Julius Caesar</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000104">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400762">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius Caesar Alford">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7690774">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01167">Gilmer-Christian-Barnett Cemetery</a> Near Mathews Station, Montgomery County, Alabama <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Barnett (1761-1832) — of Georgia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AH-born.html">Amherst County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1761/03-04.html">March 4, 1761</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> at-large, 1812-15. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., April, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/index.html">1832</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Gilmer-Christian-Barnett Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Barnett (1730-1784) and Susannah (Webb) Barnett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1807/03-21.html">March 21, 1807</a>, to Sallie (Wyatt) Bibb (mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#866.17.44">William Wyatt Bibb</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#913.73.75">Thomas Bibb</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11216.html">Bibb-Graves family</a> of Alabama.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000161">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401163">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6406842">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Blount Cultural Park</a> Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians who have (or had) monuments here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Winton Malcolm Blount (1921-2002) — also known as Winton M. Blount; Red Blount — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Union Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BO-born.html">Bullock County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/02-01.html">February 1, 1921</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Postmaster General</a>, 1969-71; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/AL.html">1972</a> (delegation chair); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Highlands, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MC-died.html">Macon County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/10-24.html">October 24, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 265 days</a>). Interment at <a href="#cms00352">Greenwood Cemetery</a>; statue at Blount Cultural Park. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Winton Malcolm Blount (1890-1944) and Clara Belle (Chalker) Blount; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/">1940</a> to Mary Katherine Archibald; married to Carolyn Self.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winton M. Blount">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6919634">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08034">Cedars Plantation</a> Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Willis Brewer (1844-1912) — of Hayneville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LO-lived.html">Lowndes County</a>, Ala. Born near Livingston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SU-born.html">Sumter County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/03-15.html">March 15, 1844</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">journalist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LO-officials.html">Lowndes County Treasurer</a>, 1871; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/aud.html">Alabama state auditor</a>, 1876-80; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1880-82, 1890-94; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1882-90, 1894-97; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 5th District, 1897-1901. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/10-30.html">October 30, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 229 days</a>). Entombed at Cedars Plantation. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000812">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401769">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/32577628">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00352">Greenwood Cemetery</a> Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Corley Wallace Jr. (1919-1998) — also known as George C. Wallace — of Clayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-lived.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala.; Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Clio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-born.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/08-25.html">August 25, 1919</a>. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1947-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/AL.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/AL.html">1956</a>; circuit judge in Alabama, 1953-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1963-67, 1971-72, 1972-79, 1983-87; defeated in Democratic primary, 1958; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/index.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/index.html">1972</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1976/index.html">1976</a>; American Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">President of the United States</a>, 1968. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/civitan.html">Civitan</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disabled-am-vets.html">Disabled American Veterans</a>. Worked as a professional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/pro-sports.html">boxer</a> in the late 1930s. While campaigning in Maryland on May 15, 1972, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">shot</a> by Arthur Bremer; the injury <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">paralyzed both legs</a>. Along with Ohio's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rhodes.html#564.52.10">James A. Rhodes</a>, he was the longest serving state governor in U.S. history. Died in Jackson <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/09-13.html">September 13, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George C. Wallace and Mozell (Smith) Wallace; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/06-04.html">June 4, 1971</a>, to Cornelia Ellis Snively (niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/folsom.html#931.67.86">James Elisha Folsom</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/folsom.html#004.79.08">James Elisha Folsom Jr.</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/">1981</a> to Lisa Taylor; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/05-21.html">May 21, 1943</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#153.82.92">Lurleen Brigham Burns</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#577.59.68">George C. Wallace Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11541.html">Wallace-Folsom family</a> of Montgomery, Alabama.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lynchburg-lynwood.html#185.45.00">Seybourn H. Lynne</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-corley-wallace/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/267/000032171">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908650">Internet Movie Database profile</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about George C. Wallace: Stephan Lesher, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201622106/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0201622106&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Wallace : An American Populist</a> — Dan T. Carter, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807125970/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0807125970&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Politics of Rage : George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics</a> — Lloyd Rohler, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313311196/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0313311196&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">George Wallace : Conservative Populist</a> — Jeff Frederick, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0817315748/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0817315748&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Stand Up for Alabama: Governor George C. Wallace</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Lister Hill (1894-1984) — also known as Lister Hill — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/12-29.html">December 29, 1894</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 2nd District, 1923-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/AL.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/AL.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/AL.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/AL.html">1952</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/speakers.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1938-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/12-21.html">December 21, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 358 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Dr. L. L. Hill and Lily L. Hill; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/02-20.html">February 20, 1928</a>, to Henrietta Fontaine McCormick.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000598">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405460">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J. Lister Hill">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/895/000161412">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4703">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Winton Malcolm Blount (1921-2002) — also known as Winton M. Blount; Red Blount — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Union Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BO-born.html">Bullock County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/02-01.html">February 1, 1921</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Postmaster General</a>, 1969-71; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/AL.html">1972</a> (delegation chair); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Highlands, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MC-died.html">Macon County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/10-24.html">October 24, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 265 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery; statue at <a href="# ">Blount Cultural Park</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Winton Malcolm Blount (1890-1944) and Clara Belle (Chalker) Blount; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/">1940</a> to Mary Katherine Archibald; married to Carolyn Self.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winton M. Blount">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6919634">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Bibb Graves (1873-1942) — also known as Bibb Graves — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Hope Hull, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/04-01.html">April 1, 1873</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AL.html">Alabama Democratic state chair</a>, 1914-18; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1927-31, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/AL.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died in Sarasota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/SA-died.html">Sarasota County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/03-14.html">March 14, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 347 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Graves and Mattie (Bibb) Graves; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/10-10.html">October 10, 1900</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graves.html#135.25.96">Dixie Bilele</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#866.17.44">William Wyatt Bibb</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#913.73.75">Thomas Bibb</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/david-bibb-graves/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibb Graves">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6921983">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Leon Clarence McCord (1878-1952) — also known as Leon McCord — of Scottsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Ala.; Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Conyers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RO-born.html">Rockdale County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/06-21.html">June 21, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Alabama Railroad Commissioner, 1911-15; circuit judge in Alabama, 1916-35; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1934; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AL.html">Democratic National Committee from Alabama</a>, 1937; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit</a>, 1938-51; took senior status 1951. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/02-11.html">February 11, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 235 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1532&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/mccord-leon-clarence">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Seth Gordon Persons (1902-1965) — also known as Gordon Persons — of Alabama. Born in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/02-05.html">February 5, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1951-55. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/05-29.html">May 29, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 113 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Alice McKeithen.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/seth-gordon-persons/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=42355">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) — also known as Lurleen B. Wallace; Lurleen Brigham Burns — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Tuscaloosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TU-born.html">Tuscaloosa County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/09-19.html">September 19, 1926</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1967-68; died in office 1968. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">uterine cancer</a>, in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/05-07.html">May 7, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 231 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Henry Burns and Estelle (Burroughs) Burns; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/05-21.html">May 21, 1943</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallace.html#549.03.46">George Corley Wallace Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11541.html">Wallace-Folsom family</a> of Montgomery, Alabama.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The Lurleen Wallace <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-hospitals.html">Tumor Institute</a>, at the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> of Alabama <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-names.html">Birmingham</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</a>.  — Lurleen B. Wallace <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">Community College</a> (established 1967 as Lurleen B. Wallace Junior College), with campuses in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CV-names.html">Covington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BU-names.html">Butler</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CR-names.html">Crenshaw</a> counties, Alabama, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</a>.  — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-water.html">Lake</a> Lurleen, and Lake Lurleen <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">State Park</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TU-names.html">Tuscaloosa County, Alabama</a>, are <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for her</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/lurleen-burns-wallace/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/268/000032172">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dixie Bibb Graves (1882-1965) — also known as Dixie Bilele — of Alabama. Born near Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/07-26.html">July 26, 1882</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1937-38; resigned 1938. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-dtrs-confederacy.html">United Daughters of the Confederacy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/wctu.html">Women's Christian Temperance Union</a>. Active in the women's suffrage movement. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/01-21.html">January 21, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 179 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/10-10.html">October 10, 1900</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graves.html#597.81.51">David Bibb Graves</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11216.html">Bibb-Graves family</a> of Alabama.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000391">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404741">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie Bibb Graves">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6921957">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> J. Haden Alldredge (1887-1962) — of Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-lived.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn.; Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Brooksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BL-born.html">Blount County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/07-28.html">July 28, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">economist</a>; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1939-55. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/12-05.html">December 5, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 130 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Patrick Griffin Alldredge and Sophia (Haden) Alldredge; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/">1907</a> to Mildred Chilton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/01-12.html">January 12, 1927</a>, to Adna Eley.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John William Abercrombie (1866-1940) — also known as John W. Abercrombie — of Anniston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CA-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Ala.; Tuscaloosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TU-lived.html">Tuscaloosa County</a>, Ala. Born near Kellys Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/05-17.html">May 17, 1866</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1896-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sped.html">Alabama superintendent of education</a>, 1898-1902, 1920-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">president</a>, University of Alabama, 1902-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> at-large, 1913-17. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/07-02.html">July 2, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 46 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry M. Abercrombie and Sarah A. (Kendrick) Abercrombie; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/01-08.html">January 8, 1891</a>, to Rose Merrill.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000013">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400676">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Abercrombie (Congressman)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6404438">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur Bounds Chilton (1890-1934) — also known as Arthur B. Chilton; "A.B.C." — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/07-14.html">July 14, 1890</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama</a>, 1931-34. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">polycystic kidney disease</a>, in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/04-21.html">April 21, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 281 days</a>). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Rev. Claudius Lysias Chilton and Mabel Cecelia (Pierce) Chilton; married to Frances Louise Wheeler; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#627.20.50">William Parish Chilton</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#936.30.30">Thomas Chilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#110.24.39">John Tyler Morgan</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#006.59.80">Horace George Chilton</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#568.72.52">Commodore Perry Chilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#596.91.98">Shadrach Chilton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1268.html">King family</a> of Savannah, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/62979353">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles B. Kennamer Jr. (1908-1991) — of Guntersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MS-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, Ala.; Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Guntersville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MS-born.html">Marshall County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/09-25.html">September 25, 1908</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/AL.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/AL.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/AL.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/AL.html">1944</a>. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1991/07-24.html">July 24, 1991</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 302 days</a>). Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#168.60.95">Charles Brents Kennamer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#228.47.53">Birdie Hooper Kennamer</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#341.11.50">Ralph Kennamer</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/10-17.html">October 17, 1934</a>, to Margaret Grigsby Holley; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#138.87.46">Thomas Jacob Kennamer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#135.89.62">Franklin Elmore Kennamer</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendig-kennard.html#507.21.15">Walter Judson Kennamer</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy-kensey.html#324.03.38">Clarence Elliott Kennemer Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/42058.html">Kennamer family</a> of Kennamer Cove and Montgomery, Alabama.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/185770822">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00862">Oakwood Cemetery</a> 829 Columbus Street Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=25083&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YyoEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA46-IA3"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/500/83.78.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="Hilary A. Herbert"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hilary Abner Herbert (1834-1919) — also known as Hilary A. Herbert — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BU-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Ala.; Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Laurensville, Laurens District (now Laurens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LR-born.html">Laurens County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/03-12.html">March 12, 1834</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 2nd District, 1877-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1893-97. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/03-06.html">March 6, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 359 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas E. Herbert and Dorothy Teague (Young) Herbert; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/04-23.html">April 23, 1867</a>, to Ella B. Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Hilary A. Herbert (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/NH-names.html">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>; scrapped 1967) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000524">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405387">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Men of Mark in America (1906)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869) — of Wetumpka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/EL-lived.html">Elmore County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GE-born.html">Greene County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/06-30.html">June 30, 1802</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1841-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1848-49, 1853-55, 1855-61; nominee for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a> 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention</a>, 1865. Slaveowner. Died near Wetumpka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/AU-died.html">Autauga County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/11-21.html">November 21, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 144 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elmore.html#568.57.09">John Archer Elmore</a>; half-brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elmore.html#608.51.07">Franklin Harper Elmore</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elmore.html#315.76.99">Benjamin F. Elmore</a>; brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis2.html#689.88.92">Dixon Hall Lewis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elmore.html#716.28.07">Rush Elmore</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elmore.html#357.96.88">Albert S. Elmore</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12623.html">Elmore family</a> of South Carolina and Alabama.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000174">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404129">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/benjamin-fitzpatrick/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin Fitzpatrick">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3514962968/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/830/82.63.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Thomas G. Jones"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Goode Jones (1844-1914) — also known as Thomas G. Jones — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Macon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BB-born.html">Bibb County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/11-26.html">November 26, 1844</a>. Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1885-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1890-94; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Alabama, 1896. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/04-28.html">April 28, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 153 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel G. Jones and Martha (Goode) Jones; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/12-20.html">December 20, 1866</a>, to Georgene Caroline Bird; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones9.html#137.42.71">Walter Burgwyn Jones</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-goode-jones/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas G. Jones">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, November 1901</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Thomas Goldthwaite (1809-1879) — of Alabama. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/12-10.html">December 10, 1809</a>. Democrat. Circuit judge in Alabama, 1843-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/spaj.html">associate justice of Alabama state supreme court</a>, 1852-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alabama</a>, 1871-77. Slaveowner. Died in Tuscaloosa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/TU-died.html">Tuscaloosa County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/03-16.html">March 16, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 96 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeligson-selby.html#918.05.27">George G. Seibels Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12915.html">Pettit-Goldthwaite-Seibels family</a> of Virginia and Alabama.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000266">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404628">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Goldthwaite">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Russell Tyson (1856-1923) — also known as John R. Tyson — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/LO-born.html">Lowndes County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/11-28.html">November 28, 1856</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1880-82; circuit judge in Alabama, 1892-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/spaj.html">associate justice of Alabama state supreme court</a>, 1898-1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Alabama state supreme court</a>, 1906-09; resigned 1909; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 2nd District, 1921-23; died in office 1923. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/03-27.html">March 27, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John A. Tyson and Matilda (Warren) Tyson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/">1879</a> to Mary Dossie Jordan.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000455">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411023">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Hill Watts (1819-1892) — also known as Thomas H. Watts — of Alabama. Born near Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BU-born.html">Butler County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/01-03.html">January 3, 1819</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1842-45, 1880-81; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1847-53; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 1st District, 1855; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Alabama secession convention</a>, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/confed.html">Confederate Attorney General</a>, 1862-63; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1863-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">arrested</a> by <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">Union forces</a> in Union Springs, Alabama, in May 1865; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">imprisoned</a> for a few weeks. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-16.html">September 16, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 257 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Hughes Watts and Catherine Prudence (Hill) Watts; married to Eliza Brown Allen; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/">1875</a> to Eleanor Noyes.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/thomas-hill-watts/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas H. Watts">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7419521">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Washington Hilliard (1808-1892) — also known as Henry W. Hilliard — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala.; Augusta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, Ga.; Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Born in Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/08-04.html">August 4, 1808</a>. Whig. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1836; delegate to Whig National Convention from Alabama, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee; member, Committee to Notify Nominees); U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-diplomats.html ">Belgium</a>, 1842-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 2nd District, 1845-51; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BZ-diplomats.html ">Brazil</a>, 1877-81. Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/12-17.html">December 17, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000622">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405480">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/hilliard-henry-washington ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elisha Young Fair (1809-1886) — also known as Elisha Y. Fair — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Prosperity, Newberry District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/NE-born.html">Newberry County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/07-04.html">July 4, 1809</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-diplomats.html ">Belgium</a>, 1858-61. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/12-23.html">December 23, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 172 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Fair and Elizabeth (Young) Fair; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/04-21.html">April 21, 1849</a>, to Martha Ann Cornelia Wyatt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/fair-elisha-young ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Calvin Oates (1833-1910) — also known as William C. Oates — of Abbeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/HE-lived.html">Henry County</a>, Ala. Born in Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/11-30.html">November 30, 1833</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/AL.html">1868</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1870; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/cncn4.html">delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention</a>, 1875; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 3rd District, 1881-94; defeated, 1878; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1894-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention</a>, 1901. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/09-09.html">September 9, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 283 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000005">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408317">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-calvin-oates/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5901994">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Clopton (1820-1892) — of Tuskegee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MC-lived.html">Macon County</a>, Ala. Born near Milledgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/PU-born.html">Putnam County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/09-29.html">September 29, 1820</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 3rd District, 1859-61; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Alabama in the Confederate Congress</a> 7th District, 1862-65; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1878; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/spaj.html">associate justice of Alabama state supreme court</a>, 1884-92; died in office 1892. Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/02-05.html">February 5, 1892</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Alford Clopton and Sarah (Kendrick) Clopton; married to Martha E. Ligon (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#012.14.06">Robert Fulwood Ligon</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/06-01.html">June 1, 1871</a>, to Mary F. (Threewits) Chambers; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/11-29.html">November 29, 1887</a>, to Virginia (Tunstall) Clay (widow of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#040.44.35">Clement Claiborne Clay Jr.</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0685.html">Ligon-Clay-Clopton family</a> of Montgomery and Tuskegee, Alabama (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000530">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402664">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Clopton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6432380">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Parish Chilton (1810-1871) — also known as William P. Chilton — of Alabama. Born near Elizabethtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HA-born.html">Hardin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/08-10.html">August 10, 1810</a>. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1839; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 7th District, 1843; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/spaj.html">associate justice of Alabama state supreme court</a>, 1852-56; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1859; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Alabama in the Confederate Congress</a> 6th District, 1862-65. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/01-20.html">January 20, 1871</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 163 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Margaret (Bledsoe) Chilton and Thomas John Chilton; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#936.30.30">Thomas Chilton</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/">1829</a> to Mary Catherine Morgan (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morgan.html#110.24.39">John Tyler Morgan</a>); married to Elvira Frances Morgan; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#159.25.40">Arthur Bounds Chilton</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#006.59.80">Horace George Chilton</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#568.72.52">Commodore Perry Chilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#596.91.98">Shadrach Chilton</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0045.html">Jackson-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1268.html">King family</a> of Savannah, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0156.html">Washington-Walker family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CI.html">Chilton County, Ala.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8025338">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Lowndes Yancey (1814-1863) — also known as William L. Yancey — of Wetumpka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/EL-lived.html">Elmore County</a>, Ala.; Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WE-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/08-10.html">August 10, 1814</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1841; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1843; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 3rd District, 1844-46; resigned 1846; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/AL.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Alabama secession convention</a>, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ccsen.html">Senator from Alabama in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-63; died in office 1863. Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/07-23.html">July 23, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 347 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eachus-earlston.html#584.41.51">Joseph Haynsworth Earle</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10442.html">Earle family</a> of South Carolina.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Y000003">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411937">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Washington Taylor (1849-1932) — also known as George W. Taylor — of Demopolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MG-lived.html">Marengo County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/01-16.html">January 16, 1849</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1878; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 1st District, 1897-1915; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/AL.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/12-21.html">December 21, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 340 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000078">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410662">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Malcolm Daniel Graham (1827-1878) — of Texas. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/AU-born.html">Autauga County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/07-06.html">July 6, 1827</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a>, 1857; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/attygn.html">Texas state attorney general</a>, 1858-60; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Texas in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-64. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/10-08.html">October 8, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/51.html">51 years, 94 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham6.html#801.64.36">Malcolm Amelionis Graham</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ariosto Appling Wiley (1848-1908) — also known as Ariosto A. Wiley — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Clayton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BR-born.html">Barbour County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/11-06.html">November 6, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/AL.html">1880</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1884-85, 1888-89, 1896-97; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1890-93, 1898-99; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 2nd District, 1901-08; died in office 1908. Died in Hot Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BA-died.html">Bath County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/06-17.html">June 17, 1908</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 224 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James McCaleb Wiley and Cornelia Ann (Appling) Wiley; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wiley.html#154.12.37">Oliver Cicero Wiley</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/">1877</a> to Mary A. Noble.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000466">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411623">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariosto A. Wiley">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6432434">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Fulwood Ligon (1823-1901) — of Tuskegee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MC-lived.html">Macon County</a>, Ala.; Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Watkinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OC-born.html">Oconee County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/12-16.html">December 16, 1823</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1849; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1872; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Alabama</a>, 1874-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 5th District, 1877-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French Huguenot</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/10-11.html">October 11, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 299 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Ligon and Wilhelmina (Fulwood) Ligon; brother of Martha Ligon (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#192.49.29">David Clopton</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/">1850</a> to Emily Paine; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#473.83.92">Robert Fulwood Ligon Jr.</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0685.html">Ligon-Clay-Clopton family</a> of Montgomery and Tuskegee, Alabama (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000306">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406800">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Doak Holt (1803-1863) — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Elberton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/EL-born.html">Elbert County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/10-14.html">October 14, 1803</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/montgomery.html">mayor of Montgomery, Ala.</a>, 1838, 1852. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/04-23.html">April 23, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 191 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Asa Evans Stratton Jr. (1844-1921) — also known as Asa E. Stratton — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BZ-lived.html">Brazoria County</a>, Tex.; Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/PA-born.html">Panola County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/01-13.html">January 13, 1844</a>. Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BZ-officials.html">Brazoria County Judge</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BZ-officials.html">Brazoria County Attorney</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 10th District, 1880-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas</a>, 1884-85; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alabama</a>, 1906; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/AL.html">1912</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/AL.html">1916</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-gamma-delta.html">Phi Gamma Delta</a>. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/04-26.html">April 26, 1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 103 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Asa Evans Stratton and Amanda Ann (Gibbons) Stratton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/02-07.html">February 7, 1867</a>, to Louisa Henrietta Waldman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/09-27.html">September 27, 1904</a>, to Ina (Lee) Smith; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turner2.html#692.53.62">Charles Turner Jr.</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/onen-orner.html#742.02.77">Ira George Ormsbee</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/onen-orner.html#850.44.55">William B. Ormsbee</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/20840.html">Ormsbee family</a> of Michigan and Massachusetts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/57731790">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Edwin Belser (1805-1859) — also known as James E. Belser — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/12-22.html">December 22, 1805</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1828, 1853, 1857; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 2nd District, 1843-45. Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/01-16.html">January 16, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Jane Falconer and Adeline J. Stokes.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000354">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401346">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6432437">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wilson T. Nesbitt (d. 1861) — of Spartanburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-lived.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C. Born in South Carolina. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1810-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 8th District, 1817-19. Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/05-13.html">May 13, 1861</a>. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000049">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412083">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jack Thorington (d. 1871) — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/montgomery.html">Mayor of Montgomery, Ala.</a>, 1839-40; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/08-06.html">August 6, 1871</a>. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Albert Taylor Goodwyn (1842-1931) — also known as Albert T. Goodwyn — of Robinson Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/EL-lived.html">Elmore County</a>, Ala. Born in Robinson Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/EL-born.html">Elmore County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/12-17.html">December 17, 1842</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; state inspector of convicts, 1874-80; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1886-87; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1892-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 5th District, 1896-97; commander-in-chief, United Confederate Veterans, 1928-29. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-confed-vets.html">United Confederate Veterans</a>. Died in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/07-01.html">July 1, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 196 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of D. Albert Gallatin Goodwyn and Harriet (Bibb) Goodwyn; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/">1869</a> to Priscilla Cooper Tyler; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#866.17.44">William Wyatt Bibb</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11216.html">Bibb-Graves family</a> of Alabama.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000305">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404664">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Sam Dale (1772-1841) — also known as Sam Dale — of Alabama; Mississippi. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/RB-born.html">Rockbridge County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/index.html">1772</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1819; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/sthse.html">Mississippi state house of representatives</a>, 1836. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Died near Daleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-died.html">Lauderdale County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/05-24.html">May 24, 1841</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-buried.html#cms05750">a private or family graveyard</a>, Lauderdale County, Miss.; reinterment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/DL.html">Dale County, Ala.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">community</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-names.html">Daleville, Mississippi</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Sam Dale <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-parks.html">State Park</a>, on Highway 39, near <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/LA-names.html">Daleville, Mississippi</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Sam Dale (built 1944 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-names.html">New Orleans, Louisiana</a>; scrapped 1973) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Dale">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/23288">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Wesley Dimmick (1838-1911) — also known as Joseph W. Dimmick — of Montgomery, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ala. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SY-born.html">Schuyler County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/11-07.html">November 7, 1838</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/montgomery.html#2">Montgomery, Ala.</a>, 1869-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/AL.html">1900</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/07-15.html">July 15, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 250 days</a>). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/91473650">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Holt Clanton (1827-1871) — also known as James H. Clanton — of Alabama. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CU-born.html">Columbia County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/01-08.html">January 8, 1827</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1850; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/AL.html">1868</a>. In a hostile encounter with attorney David Nelson, son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nelson.html#592.40.69">T. A. R. Nelson</a>, on Gay Street in front of the Lamar House <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a> and the St. Nicholas <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/taverns.html">Saloon</a>, Knoxville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/KX-died.html">Knox County</a>, Tenn., Nelson, who was intoxicated, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a> him, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/09-27.html">September 27, 1871</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/44.html">44 years, 262 days</a>). Nelson was charged with murder, but a jury found not guilty. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Holt Clanton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Holt Clanton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8757">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Youngblood (d. 1924) — of Union Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/BO-lived.html">Bullock County</a>, Ala.; Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ala. Republican. 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