Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  John Sevier (1745-1815) — Born near Harrisonburg,RockinghamCounty, Va.,September23, 1745.Democrat.U.S.Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1790-91;Governor ofTennessee, 1796-1801, 1803-09; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1810;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1811-15; died in office1815.Slaveowner. Died in Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.,September24, 1815 (age70 years, 1days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1889 atKnoxCounty Courthouse Grounds, Knoxville, Tenn. | | William Carroll (1788-1844) — of Tennessee. Born near Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March 3,1788.General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Governor ofTennessee, 1821-27, 1829-35.Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,March22, 1844 (age56 years, 19days).Interment atNashvilleCity Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | John Norvell (1789-1850) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,December21, 1789.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;newspaperpublisher; postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1831-36;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1837-41; member ofUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1837-39; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1842;U.S.Attorney for Michigan, 1845-50.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April24, 1850 (age60 years, 124days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | William Henry Carroll (1810-1868) — also known asWilliam H. Carroll — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,1810.Democrat. Postmaster atMemphis,Tenn., 1853-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromTennessee,1860;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Gen. BraxtonBragg had himarrestedfordrunkenness,and heresignedfrom the army.Died in Montreal,Quebec,May3, 1868 (ageabout 57years).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | Henry Nelson Walker (1811-1886) — also known asHenry N. Walker — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Fredonia,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1811.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1844;Michiganstate attorney general, 1845-47; postmaster atDetroit,Mich., 1859-60.Episcopalian.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February24, 1886 (age74 years, 86days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Caleb Cushing Norvell (1813-1891) — also known asCaleb C. Norvell — of Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.Born inGreenCounty, Ky.,April24, 1813.Republican.Newspapereditor;printer;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1870.Died inWashington,D.C.,February3, 1891 (age77 years, 285days).Interment atMoravianCemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. | | Henry Laurence Norvell (1818-1874) — also known asHenry L. Norvell — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Tennessee,February28, 1818.Republican.U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Nashville, Tennessee, 1867.DiedSeptember11, 1874 (age56 years, 195days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Dallas Norvell (1825-1888) — of Monguagon Township (part now in Grosse Ile Township),WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 28,1825.Democrat.Supervisorof Monguagon Township, Michigan, 1859, 1864-66; served in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Died in Amherstburg,Ontario,March5, 1888 (age62 years, 221days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | William Henry Carroll (1842-1915) — also known asWilliam H. Carroll — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born inPanolaCounty, Miss.,February18, 1842.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;cottondealer;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,1876(speaker),1880(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization); Democratic Presidential Elector forTennessee,1901.Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,April14, 1915 (age73 years, 55days).Burial location unknown. | | Ernest Campbell Norvell (1870-1941) — of Tracy City,GrundyCounty, Tenn.Born inBedfordCounty, Tenn.,December16, 1870.Republican.Furnitureandundertakingbusiness; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1917-25.Episcopalian.Member,JuniorOrder;Woodmen;OddFellows.Died, of acerebralhemorrhage, in Tracy City,GrundyCounty, Tenn.,December28, 1941 (age71 years, 12days).Interment atTracyCity Cemetery, Tracy City, Tenn.
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