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. 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. | | David Crockett (1786-1836) — also known asDavy Crockett;"King of the WildFrontier" —of Tennessee. Born inGreeneCounty, Tenn.,August17, 1786.Democrat. Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1821;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1827-31, 1833-35 (9th District1827-31, 12th District 1833-35); served in the Texas Army during theTexas War of Independence.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner.Killedwhile defending the Alamo, in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,March 6,1836 (age49 years, 202days).Cremated;ashes interred atSanFernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Crockett and Rebecca (Hawkins) Crockett; married,August16, 1806, to Mary 'Polly' Finley; married1815 toElizabeth Patton; father ofJohnWesley Crockett; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesCarroll Walcutt. | | |  | Political family:Crockett-Walcuttfamily of Tennessee. | | |  | Crockett counties inTenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | |  | The Davy CrockettNationalForest (established 1936), inHoustonandTrinitycounties, Texas, isnamed forhim. | | |  | Personal motto: "Be sure you're right,then go ahead." | | |  | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | |  | Books by David Crockett:ANarrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State ofTennessee | | |  | Books about David Crockett: William C.Davis,ThreeRoads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, JamesBowie, and William Barret Travis — Constance Rourke,DavyCrockett — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Elaine Alphin,DavyCrockett (for young readers) |
| | John Wesley Crockett (1807-1852) — of Tennessee. Born in Trenton,GibsonCounty, Tenn.,July 10,1807.U.S.Representative from Tennessee 12th District, 1837-41.Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,November24, 1852 (age45 years, 137days).Interment atCityCemetery, Paris, Tenn. | | Charles Carroll Walcutt (1838-1898) — also known asCharles C. Walcutt — of Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,July 12,1838.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio,1868;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Columbus, Ohio, 1868-83;delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1872;mayorof Columbus, Ohio, 1883-86.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,May 2,1898 (age59 years, 294days).Interment atGreenLawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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