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Barbour County
Alabama

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Barbour County

Index to Locations

  • ClaytonCity Cemetery
  • EufaulaFairview Cemetery
  • EufaulaShorter Cemetery

    CityCemetery
    Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama
    Jeremiah Norman Williams (1829-1915) — of Clayton,BarbourCounty, Ala.Born in Alabama,1829.Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1860;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1875-79 (2nd District 1875-77, 3rdDistrict 1877-79).Died in1915(ageabout86 years).Interment at City Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

    • FairviewCemetery
    Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama
    James Lawrence Pugh (1820-1907) — also known asJames L. Pugh — of Eufaula,BarbourCounty, Ala.Born inBurkeCounty, Ga.,December12, 1820.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1859-61; served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;Representativefrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress 8th District, 1862-65;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1880-97.Slaveowner. DiedMarch 9,1907 (age86 years, 87days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article
    William D. JelksWilliam Dorsey Jelks (1855-1931) — also known asWilliam D. Jelks — of Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born inRussellCounty, Ala.,November7, 1855.Democrat.Newspapereditor; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1890;Governor ofAlabama, 1900, 1901-04, 1905-07; president, ProtectiveLifeInsurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlabama,1912;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Alabama, 1912-16.Died in Eufaula,BarbourCounty, Ala.,December13, 1931 (age76 years, 36days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Joseph William Dorsey Jelks and Jane Goodrum (Frazer) Jelks;married,June 7,1883, to Alice Keitt Shorter (niece ofJohnGill Shorter andEliSims Shorter).
     Political family:Shorterfamily of Eufaula, Alabama.
     See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, December 1902
     George Chauncey Sparks (1884-1968) — also known asChauncey Sparks — of Eufaula,BarbourCounty, Ala.Born inBarbourCounty, Ala.,October8, 1884.Democrat. State court judge in Alabama, 1911-15; member of Alabamastate legislature, 1919-23, 1931-39;Governor ofAlabama, 1943-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromAlabama,1944(speaker),1948.Baptist.Member,Kiwanis.DiedNovember6, 1968 (age84 years, 29days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
     See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography
    Henry D. ClaytonHenry De Lamar Clayton (1857-1929) — also known asHenry D. Clayton — of Eufaula,BarbourCounty, Ala.Born near Clayton,BarbourCounty, Ala.,February10, 1857.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Alabama, 1888; Presidential Elector forAlabama,1889;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1890-91; Presidential Elector forAlabama,1893;U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1893-96;U.S.Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1897-1914; delegate toDemocratic 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,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,December21, 1929 (age72 years, 314days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
     Relatives:Brother ofBertramTracy Clayton.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
     Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, August 1908
     Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. (1869-1938) — also known asS. Hubert Dent, Jr. — of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Eufaula,BarbourCounty, Ala.,August16, 1869.Democrat.Lawyer;MontgomeryCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1902-09; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Alabama,1908;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1909-21;delegateto Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Redmen;Woodmen.Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,October6, 1938 (age69 years, 51days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof S. H. Dent and Anna Beall (Young) Dent; married to EttaTinsley.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
     Eli Sims Shorter (1823-1879) — also known asEli S. Shorter — of Eufaula,BarbourCounty, Ala.Born in Monticello,JasperCounty, Ga.,March15, 1823.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1855-59; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Alabama,1872,1876.Slaveowner. Died in Eufaula,BarbourCounty, Ala.,April29, 1879 (age56 years, 45days).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Reuben Clark Shorter and Mary Butler (Gill) Shorter; brother ofJohnGill Shorter; married to Marietta Fannin; uncle of Alice KeittShorter (who marriedWilliamDorsey Jelks).
     Political family:Shorterfamily of Eufaula, Alabama.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial
     Charles Samuel McDowell Jr. — also known asCharles S. McDowell, Jr. — of Eufaula,BarbourCounty, Ala.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1912,1924,1936;LieutenantGovernor of Alabama, 1923-27.Interment at Fairview Cemetery. Hiram Hawkins (1826-1914) — ofBathCounty, Ky.;BarbourCounty, Ala.Born near Owingsville,BathCounty, Ky.,1826.Farmer;member of Kentucky state legislature, 1860; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama statelegislature, 1870.Died in1914(ageabout88 years).Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
    ShorterCemetery
    Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama
    John Gill Shorter (1818-1872) — of Alabama. Born in Monticello,JasperCounty, Ga.,April23, 1818.Member ofAlabamastate senate, 1845; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1851; state court judge inAlabama, 1852;Delegatefrom Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;Governor ofAlabama, 1861-63.Died in Eufaula,BarbourCounty, Ala.,May 29,1872 (age54 years, 36days).Interment at Shorter Cemetery.
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     Relatives: Sonof Reuben Clark Shorter and Mary Butler (Gill) Shorter; brother ofEliSims Shorter; married to Mary Jane Battle; uncle of Alice KeittShorter (who marriedWilliamDorsey Jelks).
     Political family:Shorterfamily of Eufaula, Alabama.
     See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial

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