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Dallas County
Alabama

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Dallas County

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyards

SelmaLive Oak Cemetery

SelmaValley Creek Cemetery

Private or familygraveyards
Dallas County, Alabama

Samuel W. Oliver (1796-1838) — of Alabama. Born inCharlotteCounty, Va.,June 8,1796.Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1821-28, 1831-36; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1836-37; candidate forGovernor ofAlabama, 1837.Died inDallasCounty, Ala.,January18, 1838 (age41 years, 224days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

William Rufus de Vane King (1786-1853) — also known asWilliam R. King — of Cahaba,DallasCounty, Ala.; Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born inSampsonCounty, N.C.,April 7,1786.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1807;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1811-16 (5th District1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 5th District 1815-16);U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1819-44, 1848-52; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1844-46;VicePresident of the United States, 1853; died in office 1853.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Took oath of office as Vice President in Havana, Cuba, where he hadgone for his health; died the next month, at his plantation nearCahaba,DallasCounty, Ala.,April18, 1853 (age67 years, 11days).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentatLive Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.

Politicians buriedhere:

Politicians formerlyburied here:

	Cross-reference:SamuelSherman
		King County,Wash. is named for him.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier

Live OakCemetery
Selma, Dallas County, Alabama

William Rufus de Vane King (1786-1853) — also known asWilliam R. King — of Cahaba,DallasCounty, Ala.; Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born inSampsonCounty, N.C.,April 7,1786.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1807;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1811-16 (5th District1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 5th District 1815-16);U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1819-44, 1848-52; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1844-46;VicePresident of the United States, 1853; died in office 1853.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Took oath of office as Vice President in Havana, Cuba, where he hadgone for his health; died the next month, at his plantation nearCahaba,DallasCounty, Ala.,April18, 1853 (age67 years, 11days).Original interment ata private or familygraveyard, Dallas County, Ala.; reinterment at Live Oak Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Cross-reference:SamuelSherman
		King County,Wash. is named for him.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier

John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907) — also known asJohn T. Morgan — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born in Athens,McMinnCounty, Tenn.,June 20,1824.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Alabama,1860;delegateto Alabama secession convention, 1861; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Alabama,1876,1900;Presidential Elector for Alabama,1876;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1877-1907; died in office 1907.SouthernMethodist. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,June 11,1907 (age82 years, 356days).Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof George Washington Morgan and Frances (Irby) Morgan; brother ofMary Catherine Morgan (who marriedWilliamParish Chilton); married,February11, 1846, to Cornelia G. Willis; granduncle ofArthurBounds Chilton.
		Political family:Chilton#1 family (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		The World War IILibertyshipSS John Morgan (built 1943 atBaltimore,Maryland; collided, exploded, and sank in theNorthAtlantic Ocean, 1943) wasnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial
		Image source: Men of Mark in America(1906)

Edmund Winston Pettus (1821-1907) — also known asEdmund W. Pettus — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born inLimestoneCounty, Ala.,July 6,1821.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; circuit judge in Alabama,1855-58; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1876,1880,1884,1888,1892(speaker);U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1897-1907; died in office 1907.Member,KuKlux Klan.Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs,MadisonCounty, N.C.,July 27,1907 (age86 years, 21days).Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.

	Relatives:Brother ofJohnJones Pettus; married,June 27,1844, to Mary S. Chapman.
		The Edmund PettusBridge(opened 1940), which takes U.S. Route 80 Business over the AlabamaRiver atSelma,Alabama, isnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

Samuel Francis Hobbs (1887-1952) — also known asSam Hobbs — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,October5, 1887.Democrat. State court judge in Alabama, 1921-26;U.S.Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1935-51.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.DiedMay 31,1952 (age64 years, 239days).Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.

George Henry Craig (1845-1923) — also known asGeorge H. Craig — of Alabama. Born in Cahaba,DallasCounty, Ala.,December25, 1845.Republican.U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1885;U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1885;U.S.Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1885.Died in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,January26, 1923 (age77 years, 32days).Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.

Benjamin Sterling Turner (1825-1894) — also known asBen Turner — of Alabama. Born inslaverynear Weldon,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,March17, 1825.Republican.U.S.Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1871-73; defeated,1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1880.Africanancestry.Died in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,March21, 1894 (age69 years, 4days).Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.

William Benjamin Craig (1877-1925) — also known asWilliam B. Craig — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,November2, 1877.Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature, 1900;U.S.Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1907-11; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alabama,1912.Died in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,November27, 1925 (age48 years, 25days).Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.

Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson (1829-1895) — also known asN. H. R. Dawson — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February14, 1829.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1860;Speakerof the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1880.Episcopalian.Died in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,February1, 1895 (age65 years, 352days).Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Lawrence E. Dawson and Mary Wilkinson (Rhodes) Dawson; married toElodie Breck Todd (half-sister-in-law ofAbrahamLincoln andNinianWirt Edwards; sister-in-law ofBenjaminHardin Helm; sister ofEmiliePariet Todd).
		Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Lincoln#1 family of Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Hugh Shepperd Darby Mallory (1848-1920) — also known asH. S. D. Mallory — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born inTalladegaCounty, Ala.,February6, 1848.Democrat.Lawyer;mayor ofSelma, Ala., 1885-87; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Alabama,1904,1912.Baptist.Scottish,English,andWelshancestry. Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Honor;OddFellows.Died in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,March10, 1920 (age72 years, 33days).Interment at Live Oak Cemetery.

Relatives: Sonof James Mallory and Ann Maria (Darby) Mallory; married,October15, 1872, to Jacqueline Louisa Billingslea.

Valley CreekCemetery
Selma, Dallas County, Alabama

Thomas Kenan (1771-1843) — of Kenansville,DuplinCounty, N.C.Born in Kenansville,DuplinCounty, N.C.,February26, 1771.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1799; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1804;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1805-11 (at-large 1805-07,5th District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11); member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1810.Slaveowner. DiedOctober22, 1843 (age72 years, 238days).Interment at Valley Creek Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

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