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DeKalb County
Alabama

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in DeKalb County

John Birdwell Isbell (1872-1960) — also known asJohn B. Isbell — of Fort Payne,DeKalbCounty, Ala.Born in Asbury,MarshallCounty, Ala.,April16, 1872.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1920(alternate),1932;candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama, 1930;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1931-33.Died in Fort Payne,DeKalbCounty, Ala.,September5, 1960 (age88 years, 142days).Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.

Index to Locations Fort PayneGlenwood Cemetery LebanonLebanon Cemetery MentoneSallie Howard MemorialChapel Valley HeadValley Head Cemetery GlenwoodCemetery Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Alabama Lilius Bratton Rainey (1876-1959) — also known asLilius B. Rainey — of Gadsden,EtowahCounty, Ala.Born in Dadeville,TallapoosaCounty, Ala.,July 27,1876.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1919-23.Died in Gadsden,EtowahCounty, Ala.,September27, 1959 (age83 years, 62days).Interment at Glenwood Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

	Relatives: Sonof Elijah Miller Isbell and Elizabeth Jane (Dowdy) Isbell; brother ofArthurLevi Isbell andLeanderIsbell; married to Arizona Melissa Berry.
		Political family:Isbellfamily of Asbury, Alabama.
		Isbell FieldAirport,atFortPayne, Alabama, isnamed forhim.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Wallace M. Sloane (1884-1947) — of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in1884.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1928; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Alabama,1940(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).Died in1947(ageabout63 years).Interment at Lebanon Cemetery.

	Epitaph: "God IsLove."
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Milford Wriarson Howard (1862-1937) — also known asMilford W. Howard — of Fort Payne,DeKalbCounty, Ala.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born near Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.,February18, 1862.U.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1895-99;novelist;appeared as anactorin asilentmovie based on one of his novels; one of the editors of theconservativemagazineThe Awakener in the 1930s.Died in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,December28, 1937 (age75 years, 313days).Cremated;ashes interred at Sallie Howard Memorial Chapel.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Married,December23, 1883, to Sarah A. 'Sallie' Lankford.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial
		Image source: Autobiographies andPortraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)

Miles Clayton Allgood (1878-1977) — also known asMiles C. Allgood;"Simon" —of Allgood,BlountCounty, Ala.Born in Chapultepec (now Allgood),BlountCounty, Ala.,February22, 1878.Democrat.Schoolteacher;farmer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1920;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1923-35 (7th District 1923-33, 5thDistrict 1933-35).Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Woodmen.Died in Fort Payne,DeKalbCounty, Ala.,March 4,1977 (age99 years, 10days).Interment at Valley Head Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof William Barnett Allgood and Mary Matilda (Ingram) Allgood;married,February1, 1917, to Willie Randall Fox; cousin *** ofClarenceWilliam Allgood.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

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