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Watts</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="875.57.46">Alston, Augustus A.</a> (1805-1839) — of Georgia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/HN-born.html">Hancock County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/index.html">1805</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1828-29. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">Killed</a> in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/duels.html">duel</a> with Gen. Leigh Read, in Tallahassee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LO-died.html">Leon County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/index.html">1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">about 34 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <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: Brother of Henrietta Alston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kempa-kenan.html#583.95.25">Augustus Holmes Kenan</a>) and Philoclea Alston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>); nephew of <a href="#927.28.36">Willis Alston</a>; uncle of <a href="#616.92.18">Robert Augustus Alston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kempa-kenan.html#006.96.74">Lewis Holmes Kenan</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/10001-1022.html">Walker-Edwards family</a> of North Carolina and Georgia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</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> <a name="660.84.91">Alston, Beverly</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NY.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="805.68.19">Alston, Christopher C.</a> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Freedom Now candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 10th District, 1964. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="786.49.09">Alston, John Ashe</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from All Saints, 1842-50. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="089.37.58">Alston, Joseph</a> (1779-1816) — of South Carolina. Born in All Saints Parish, Georgetown District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GO-born.html">Georgetown County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/index.html">1779</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1802-04, 1812 (Christ Church 1802-04, All Saints 1812); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/gov.html">Governor of South Carolina</a>, 1812-14. Died in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-died.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/09-19.html">September 19, 1816</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/37.html">about 37 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GO-buried.html#cms08191">Oaks Cemetery</a>, Murrells Inlet, S.C. <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 Mary (Ashe) Alston and William Alston; brother of Charlotte Alston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson5.html#927.72.39">John Lyde Wilson</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1801/02-02.html">February 2, 1801</a>, to Theodosia Burr (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#748.36.81">Aaron Burr</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/10001-1168.html">Edwards-Burr-Davenport family</a> of Connecticut (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">Epitaph: "The life of this Citizen was common one to the State. To its service he devoted himself from his early years … This great man was also a goode one. He met Death with that fortitude with which his Ancestor did from whom he received his name & this estate & which is to be found only in the good hoping to rejoin those whose loss had left in his heart an 'aching void' that nothing on earth could fill."</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/joseph-alston/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Alston">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/35091371">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> <a name="550.73.86">Alston, Joseph</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from All Saints, 1836-40. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="945.22.29">Alston, Lela</a> — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/stsen.html">Arizona state senate</a> 20th District, 1977-94. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1994. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="758.09.05">Alston, Lemuel James</a> (1760-1836) — also known as Lemuel J. Alston — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/GR-lived.html">Greenville County</a>, S.C. Born in Granville County (part now in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>), N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1760/index.html">1760</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1789-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from South Carolina</a> 8th District, 1807-11; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Greenville, 1812-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CL-officials.html">Clarke County Judge</a>, 1816-21. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/CL-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/index.html">1836</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">about 76 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <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=A000165">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400820">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> <a name="607.44.53">Alston, Marian</a> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/WV.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="639.25.31">Alston, Melvin</a> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/NY.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="166.80.41">Alston, P. G., Jr.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Franklin County, 1891-92. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="838.79.48">Alston, Philip Henry, Jr.</a> (1911-1988) — also known as Philip H. Alston, Jr. — of Sea Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GL-lived.html">Glynn County</a>, Ga. Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/04-19.html">April 19, 1911</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chairman of President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carter5.html#903.47.33">Jimmy Carter</a>'s campaign committee in 1976; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AU-diplomats.html ">Australia</a>, 1977-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NR-diplomats.html ">Nauru</a>, 1979-81. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-alpha-epsilon.html">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a>. Died in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/03-02.html">March 2, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 318 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <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 Philip Henry Alston and May (Lewis) Alston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/06-27.html">June 27, 1939</a>, to Elkin Goddard.</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/alston-philip-henry">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> <a name="676.05.12">Alston, Richard</a> — of Union City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/GA.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="616.92.18">Alston, Robert Augustus</a> (1832-1879) — also known as Robert A. Alston — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ga. Born in Milledgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BD-born.html">Baldwin County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/index.html">1832</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1878-79; died in office 1879. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. A farmer named Ed Cox, angry over the sale of a prison labor lease which Alston had negotiated, armed himself, announced he would <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">kill</a> Alston, sought him in the Georgia <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/state-capitol.html">state capitol</a> building, and found him in the State Treasurer's office. Both men drew their pistols. Alston was mortally wounded by a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> to the head, and died later that day, in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/03-11.html">March 11, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">about 46 years</a>). Cox was also shot and injured, but recovered, was convicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/DK-buried.html#cms01547">Decatur Cemetery</a>, Decatur, Ga. <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 Mary Charlotte Magill; nephew of <a href="#875.57.46">Augustus A. Alston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#952.88.34">Thomas Coke Howard</a>; grandnephew of <a href="#927.28.36">Willis Alston</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kempa-kenan.html#006.96.74">Lewis Holmes Kenan</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/10001-1022.html">Walker-Edwards family</a> of North Carolina and Georgia (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://findagrave.com/memorial/7979183">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> <a name="840.38.40">Alston, Seth</a> — of Lovington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/LE-lived.html">Lea County</a>, N.M. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NM.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="713.41.17">Alston, Thomas H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, N.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Franklin County, 1808. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="073.43.00">Alston, Toli</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/sf-lived.html">San Francisco</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/CA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="212.72.62">Alston, Wanda R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/DC.html">2000</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/DC.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="115.47.92">Alston, William Algernon</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a> from All Saints, 1813-14. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="415.44.11">Alston, William Jeffreys</a> (1800-1876) — of Alabama. Born in Milledgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BD-born.html">Baldwin County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/12-31.html">December 31, 1800</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/sthse.html">Alabama state house of representatives</a>, 1837; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/stsen.html">Alabama state senate</a>, 1839; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alabama</a> 1st District, 1849-51. Slaveowner. Died in Magnolia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MG-died.html">Marengo County</a>, Ala., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/06-10.html">June 10, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 162 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/MG-buried.html#cms00187">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Magnolia, Ala. <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=A000166">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400821">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> <a name="140.47.46">Alston, William John</a> (1802-1868) — of Alston, Fairfield District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>), S.C.; Alston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, S.C. Born in Fairfield District (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>), S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/07-21.html">July 21, 1802</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to South Carolina secession convention</a> from Fairfield, 1862. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/07-04.html">July 4, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 349 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/FA-buried.html# ">a private or family graveyard</a>, Fairfield County, S.C. <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 Alston and Frances (Kirkland) Alston; married to Marianne Kennan Brown.</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/104157243">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> <a name="927.28.36">Alston, Willis</a> (1769-1837) — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PI-lived.html">Pitt County</a>, N.C.; Hyde Park (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ZZ-lived.html">unknown county</a>), N.C. Born near Littleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HL-born.html">Halifax County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/index.html">1769</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a>, 1790-92, 1820-24; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a>, 1794-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a>, 1799-1815, 1825-31 (at-large 1799-1803, 2nd District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07, 2nd District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 2nd District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 2nd District 1825-31). Slaveowner. Died in Halifax, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HL-died.html">Halifax County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/04-10.html">April 10, 1837</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/HL-buried.html#cms04830">a private or family graveyard</a>, Halifax County, N.C. <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: Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maclafferty-madar.html#484.89.05">Nathaniel Macon</a>; uncle of Henrietta Alston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kempa-kenan.html#583.95.25">Augustus Holmes Kenan</a>), Philoclea Alston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>) and <a href="#875.57.46">Augustus A. Alston</a>; granduncle of <a href="#616.92.18">Robert Augustus Alston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kempa-kenan.html#006.96.74">Lewis Holmes Kenan</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/10001-1022.html">Walker-Edwards family</a> of North Carolina and Georgia (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=A000167">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400822">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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