The Political Graveyard: Barbour County, Ala. (original) (raw)

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City Cemetery
Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama

Fairview Cemetery
Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama
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| | James Lawrence Pugh (1820-1907) — also known as James L. Pugh — of Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala. Born in Burke County, Ga., December 12, 1820. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1859-61; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 8th District, 1862-65;delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1880-97. Slaveowner. Died March 9, 1907 (age 86 years, 87 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. | |
| William D. Jelks | William Dorsey Jelks (1855-1931) — also known as William D. Jelks — of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Russell County, Ala., November 7, 1855. Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Alabama state senate, 1890; Governor of Alabama, 1900, 1901-04, 1905-07; president, Protective Life Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912; member of Democratic National Committee from Alabama, 1912-16. Died in Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala., December 13, 1931 (age 76 years, 36 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. Relatives: Son of Joseph William Dorsey Jelks and Jane Goodrum (Frazer) Jelks; married, June 7, 1883, to Alice Keitt Shorter (niece of John Gill Shorter and Eli Sims Shorter). Political family: Shorter family of Eufaula, Alabama. See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1902 |
| | George Chauncey Sparks (1884-1968) — also known as Chauncey Sparks — of Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala. Born in Barbour County, Ala., October 8, 1884. Democrat. State court judge in Alabama, 1911-15; member of Alabama state legislature, 1919-23, 1931-39; Governor of Alabama, 1943-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944(speaker),1948.Baptist. Member, Kiwanis. Died November 6, 1968 (age 84 years, 29 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. | |
| Henry D. Clayton | Henry De Lamar Clayton (1857-1929) — also known as Henry D. Clayton — of Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala. Born near Clayton, Barbour County, Ala., February 10, 1857. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; member of Democratic National Committee from Alabama, 1888; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1890-91; U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1893-96; U.S. Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1897-1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1908,1912(speaker);U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, 1914. Author of the Clayton Antitrust Act. Died in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., December 21, 1929 (age 72 years, 314 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. |
| | Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. (1869-1938) — also known as S. Hubert Dent, Jr. — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala., August 16, 1869. Democrat. Lawyer; Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney, 1902-09; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1908;U.S. Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1909-21; delegate to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;Knights of Pythias; Elks; Redmen;Woodmen. Died in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., October 6, 1938 (age 69 years, 51 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. | |
| | Eli Sims Shorter (1823-1879) — also known as Eli S. Shorter — of Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala. Born in Monticello, Jasper County, Ga., March 15, 1823. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1855-59; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1872,1876. Slaveowner. Died in Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala., April 29, 1879 (age 56 years, 45 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. | |
| | Charles Samuel McDowell Jr. — also known as Charles S. McDowell, Jr. — of Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912,1924,1936;Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, 1923-27. Interment at Fairview Cemetery. | |
| | Hiram Hawkins (1826-1914) — of Bath County, Ky.; Barbour County, Ala. Born near Owingsville, Bath County, Ky., 1826.Farmer; member of Kentucky state legislature, 1860; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama state legislature, 1870. Died in 1914(age about 88 years). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. | |

Shorter Cemetery
Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama

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