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Birmingham, Jefferson County,
Arlington
Antebellum Home
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
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George G. Seibels Jr. (1913-2000) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., July 16,
1913.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1967-75; defeated, 1975; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1972;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1979-91; defeated, 1962;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees.
Played one season of professional football
with Richmond in the South Atlantic Professional League.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
28, 2000 (age 86 years, 256
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington Antebellum Home.
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Elmwood
Cemetery
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Founded 1900
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Joseph Forney Johnston (1843-1913) —
also known as Joseph F. Johnston —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Lincoln
County, N.C., March
23, 1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1880
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1884;
Governor
of Alabama, 1896-1900; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1907-13; died in office 1913.
Died August
8, 1913 (age 70 years, 138
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Oscar Wilder Underwood (1862-1929) —
also known as Oscar W. Underwood —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 6,
1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1895-1915 (9th District 1895-1909,
7th District 1909-11, 9th District 1911-15); candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1912,
1924;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1915-27.
Episcopalian.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., January
25, 1929 (age 66 years, 264
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1927) —
also known as Braxton B. Comer —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Old Spring Hill, Barbour
County, Ala., November
7, 1848.
Democrat. Farmer; miller; cotton
manufacturer; Governor of
Alabama, 1907-11; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1920.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
15, 1927 (age 78 years, 281
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Francis Shelley White (1847-1922) —
also known as Frank S. White —
of West Point, Clay
County, Miss.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Prairie Point, Noxubee
County, Miss., March
13, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1875, 1882-83; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1900,
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1914-15.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
1, 1922 (age 75 years, 141
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Russell McWhorter Cunningham (1855-1921) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Mt. Hope, Lawrence
County, Ala., August
25, 1855.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1880-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1896-1900; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1903-07; Governor of
Alabama, 1904-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1908.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died June 6,
1921 (age 65 years, 285
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Huddleston (1869-1960) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born near Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., November
11, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1915-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; United
Spanish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died February
29, 1960 (age 90 years, 110
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Henry Denson (1846-1906) —
also known as William H. Denson —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.
Born in Uchee, Russell
County, Ala., March 4,
1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1876; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1885-89; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1885-89; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1893-95.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
26, 1906 (age 60 years, 206
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Huddleston Jr. (1920-1971) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
19, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1955-65 (9th District 1955-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
14, 1971 (age 51 years, 179
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Luther Patrick (1894-1957) —
of Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born near Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., January
23, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; radio
commentator; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1937-43, 1945-47;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Eagles;
Lions.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 26,
1957 (age 63 years, 123
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Theophilus Eugene Connor (1897-1973) —
also known as Bull Connor —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., July 11,
1897.
Democrat. Sports
reporter on Birmingham radio;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1935-37; Birmingham Commissioner
of Public
Safety, 1936-52, 1956-63; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1940, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
arrested
on December 26, 1951, on being found having a tryst
in a hotel room with his secretary, Christina Brown; convicted
of adultery,
fined
and sentenced
to jail,
but the conviction was overturned in 1952; member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama, 1960-63; an ardent white
supremacist; his use of police dogs and fire hoses against civil
rights demonstrators in 1962-63 provoked national outrage;
candidate for mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
10, 1973 (age 75 years, 242
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Clarence William Allgood (1902-1991) —
also known as Clarence W. Allgood —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
12, 1902.
Lawyer;
trustee, Crippled Children's Hospital;
counsel, American Hospital
Association; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1961-73;
took senior status 1973.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; American Bar
Association; Elks; Blue
Key; Civitan.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
30, 1991 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Sydney Johnston Bowie (1865-1928) —
also known as Sydney J. Bowie —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., July 26,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1894-1900; chair of
Talladega County Democratic Party, 1896-99; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1901-07; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1920
(delegation chair); automobile
dealer; director, First National Bank of
Talladega; American Trust and Savings Bank;
Industrial Savings Bank.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 7,
1928 (age 62 years, 286
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Jesse Francis Stallings (1856-1928) —
also known as Jesse F. Stallings —
of Greenville, Butler
County, Ala.
Born near Manningham, Butler
County, Ala., April 4,
1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1893-1901; president,
Lincoln Reserve Life
Insurance Co., 1912-28.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
18, 1928 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Parks Newsome (1893-1961) —
also known as John P. Newsome —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
13, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1943-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
10, 1961 (age 68 years, 270
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Albert Lee Smith Jr. (1931-1997) —
also known as Albert L. Smith, Jr. —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
31, 1931.
Republican. Insurance
agent; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1981-83; defeated,
1978, 1982; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1984.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
12, 1997 (age 65 years, 346
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Truman Heminway Aldrich (1848-1932) —
also known as Truman H. Aldrich —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
17, 1848.
Republican. Banker; mining engineer;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1896-97; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1904;
postmaster at Birmingham,
Ala., 1911-15.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April
28, 1932 (age 83 years, 194
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Henry Lafayette Anderton (c.1887-1955) —
Born about 1887.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1926.
Baptist.
Member of the "dry" faction which advocated alcohol prohibition; his
slogan was "Drier than talcum powder in the Sahara desert.".
Died in 1955
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Campaign slogan:
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Art Hanes Sr. (1916-1997) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
19, 1916.
Commission
president of Birmingham, Alabama, 1961-63.
In December 1962, ordered that all city parks be closed, rather than
allowing them to be desegregated.
Died May 8,
1997 (age 80 years, 201
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Frederick Hartsfield (1884-1953) —
also known as John F. Hartsfield —
of Illiopolis, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Monticello, Piatt
County, Ill.; Homewood, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., January
3, 1884.
Democrat. Jeweler;
postmaster at Monticello,
Ill., 1934-46 (acting, 1934-35).
According to published
reports, he had an argument with his daughter-in-law over
disciplining two small children; he then shot
her in the chest (she survived), and then shot and
killed
himself, in Homewood, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 9,
1953 (age 69 years, 126
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Armstrong Percy (1863-1912) —
also known as William A. Percy —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., January
24, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1912.
Episcopalian.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in the Maxwell House Hotel,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 22,
1912 (age 49 years, 119
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Alexander Percy and Nancy Irwin 'Nannie' (Armstrong)
Percy; brother of Le
Roy Percy; married 1891 to Lottie
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Rufus Hansom Hagood Jr. (1887-1934) —
also known as Rufus H. Hagood, Jr. —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
21, 1887.
Democrat. Physician;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1932.
Suffered a heart
attack in the dining room of a downtown hotel,
and died soon after in Emergency Hospital,
Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, February
1, 1934 (age 46 years, 72
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Jacob Kennamer (1870-1938) —
also known as Thomas J. Kennamer —
of Ensley (now part of Birmingham), Jefferson
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Kennamer Cove, Marshall
County, Ala., July 19,
1870.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1912
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from Alabama, 1937.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
28, 1938 (age 68 years, 71
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Robert William Hagood (1867-1940) —
also known as Robert W. Hagood —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., January
22, 1867.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
29, 1940 (age 73 years, 7
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Besie Beddow (1893-1975) —
also known as Marietta Margaret MacLeod; Mrs. Roderick
Beddow —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born February
27, 1893.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1936.
Female.
Died July 1,
1975 (age 82 years, 124
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Arthur D. Shores (1904-1996) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born September
25, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1968,
1972
(alternate).
Died December
16, 1996 (age 92 years, 82
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Martin Mortimer Baldwin (b. 1873) —
of Alabama.
Born in Fitzpatrick, Bullock
County, Ala., August
26, 1873.
Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1900-01; state court judge in
Alabama, 1906.
Episcopalian.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Frank Bainbridge —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1936.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Pattie Ruffner Jacobs —
also known as Mrs. Solon Jacobs —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama, 1920; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Female.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Forest Hill
Cemetery
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Founded 1886
Maple Hill
Cemetery
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
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William Smith (1762-1840) —
of Yorkville, York District (now York, York
County), S.C.
Born in South Carolina, 1762.
Democrat. Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from York, 1796-97,
1824-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from York, 1803-08, 1831-32; common pleas
court judge in South Carolina, 1808-16; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1816-23, 1826-31; received 7
electoral votes for Vice-President, 1828;
received 23 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1836;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., June 26,
1840 (age about 77
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at
Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Oak Hill
Cemetery
1120 North 19th Street
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Founded 1871
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1977
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Robert Harwell Henley (1843-1873) —
also known as Robert Henley —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Demopolis, Marengo
County, Ala., January
20, 1843.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1871-73; appointed 1871; died in office 1873.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., April
22, 1873 (age 30 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Frank Murray Dixon (1892-1965) —
also known as Frank M. Dixon —
of Alabama.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 25,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured during the war
and lost his
right leg; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933; Governor of
Alabama, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
11, 1965 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Hugh Smith (1826-1899) —
also known as William H. Smith —
of Wedowee, Randolph
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Fayette
County, Ga., April
26, 1826.
Republican. Governor of
Alabama, 1868-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1876,
1880,
1892;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1880-85; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1880-85.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., January
1, 1899 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (1834-1895) —
also known as Goldsmith W. Hewitt —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Elyton (now part of Birmingham), Jefferson
County, Ala., February
14, 1834.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1870-71, 1886-88; member of Alabama
state senate, 1872-74; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1875-79, 1881-85.
Slaveowner.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 27,
1895 (age 61 years, 102
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Oscar Richard Hundley (1855-1921) —
also known as Oscar R. Hundley —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Limestone
County, Ala., October
30, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
division counsel, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway,
1884-1907; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1887-90; member of Alabama
state senate, 1891-98; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1896; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1904;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1907-09;
resigned 1909; president and general counsel, Sun Life
Insurance Company, Birmingham, Ala., 1913.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
22, 1921 (age 66 years, 53
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Cochrane Fitts (1866-1954) —
also known as William C. Fitts —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born January
29, 1866.
Lawyer;
Alabama
state attorney general, 1894-98; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1954 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Maurice B. Throckmorton (1855-1888) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
22, 1855.
Democrat. Railroad
ticket agent; postmaster at Birmingham,
Ala., 1887-88.
Member, Elks.
While he tried to reason with and pacify a lynch mob outside the
county jail, sheriff deputies, under orders to protect the jail, fired
into the crowd, hitting him; he died from his wounds the next day,
Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
8, 1888 (age 33 years, 47
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Claude Ollius Vardaman (1903-1992) —
also known as Claude O. Vardaman —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Goodwater, Coosa
County, Ala., July 29,
1903.
Republican. Alabama
Republican state chair, 1942-59; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Alabama, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956,
1960.
Methodist.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
20, 1992 (age 88 years, 235
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Temple Emanu-El
Cemetery
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
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Simon Klotz (1855-1941) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Nancy, France,
December
16, 1855.
Consular
Agent for France in Birmingham,
Ala., 1894-1935.
Jewish.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 17,
1941 (age 85 years, 183
days).
Interment at Temple Emanu-El Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Klotz and Miriam Klotz; married to Camille
Caheen. |
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memorial |
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St. Lukes
Episcopal Columbarium
Mountain Brook, Jefferson County, Alabama
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Robert Smith Vance (1931-1989) —
also known as Bob Vance —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Mountain Brook, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., May 10,
1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; Alabama
Democratic state chair, 1966-77; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1968,
1972
(alternate); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1977-81; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-89; died in
office 1989.
Assassinated
by way of a mail bomb,
in Mountain Brook, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
16, 1989 (age 58 years, 220
days). Walter Leroy Moody, Jr., who sent the bomb, was convicted
of murder, sentenced to death, and executed in 2018.
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. Lukes Episcopal Columbarium.
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Helen Vance (1934-2010) —
also known as Helen Hauk Rainey; Mrs. Bob
Vance —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Mountain Brook, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., February
7, 1934.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1968;
in December 1989, she was seriously
injured by the explosion of a mail bomb which killed her husband.
Female.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
18, 2010 (age 76 years, 253
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St. Lukes Episcopal Columbarium.
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Green
Cemetery
Pinson, Jefferson County, Alabama
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Thomas Haughey (1826-1869) —
of Elyton (now part of Birmingham), Jefferson
County, Ala.; Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
1826.
Republican. Physician;
surgeon;
delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1868-69.
Slaveowner.
While making a political
speech, he was assaulted by A. B. Collins, who shot and
mortally
wounded him; he died six days later, in Courtland, Lawrence
County, Ala., August
5, 1869 (age about 43
years).
Interment at Green Cemetery.
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