Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsHuntsvilleMaple Hill Cemetery
Private or familygraveyard
Madison County, Alabama
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (1807-1864) — also known asWilliamson R. W. Cobb — of Bellefonte,JacksonCounty, Ala.Born inRheaCounty, Tenn.,June 8,1807.Democrat. Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1845;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1847-61 (6th District 1847-53, 8thDistrict 1853-55, 6th District 1855-61);Representativefrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress 3rd District; defeated,1861; elected 1863.Slaveowner. Killed by theaccidentaldischarge of his ownpistol,while putting up a fence on his plantation near Bellefonte,JacksonCounty, Ala.,November1, 1864 (age57 years, 146days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
Maple HillCemetery
203 Maple Hill Drive
Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | John Jackson Sparkman (1899-1985) — also known asJohn J. Sparkman — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born near Hartselle,MorganCounty, Ala.,December20, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1937-46; resigned 1946;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1946-79; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Alabama,1952(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1956;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1952.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Woodmen;Kiwanis;AmericanLegion;JuniorOrder;PhiBeta Kappa;PiKappa Alpha.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,November16, 1985 (age85 years, 331days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | | Clement Comer Clay (1789-1866) — also known asClement C. Clay — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,December17, 1789.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;memberAlabama territorial council, 1817-18; state court judge inAlabama, 1819-23; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1827-28;U.S.Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1829-35;Governor ofAlabama, 1835-37;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1837-41;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1843.Fought aduelin 1823 with Dr. Waddy Tate.Slaveowner. Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,September7, 1866 (age76 years, 264days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Richard Wilde Walker (1857-1936) — also known asRichard W. Walker — of Alabama. Born in Florence,LauderdaleCounty, Ala.,March11, 1857.Associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1891-92; appointed 1891;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1914-30; tooksenior status 1930.DiedApril10, 1936 (age79 years, 30days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. (1816-1882) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,December13, 1816.Democrat. Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1842; state court judge inAlabama, 1846;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1853-61;Senatorfrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Suspected of conspiring with otherConfederatestoassassinatePresidentAbrahamLincoln, he wasimprisonedfor nearly a year after the war.Slaveowner. Died near Gurley,MadisonCounty, Ala.,January3, 1882 (age65 years, 21days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | John Williams Walker (1783-1823) — also known asJohn W. Walker — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,August12, 1783.Democrat. Member ofAlabamaterritorial legislature, 1810;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1819-22.Slaveowner. Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,April23, 1823 (age39 years, 254days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Jeremiah Clemens (1814-1865) — of Alabama. Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,December28, 1814.Democrat.U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1839-40; member ofAlabama state legislature, 1840;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1849-53.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,May 19,1865 (age50 years, 142days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Reuben Chapman (1799-1882) — of Somerville,MorganCounty, Ala.; Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born in Bowling Green,CarolineCounty, Va.,July 15,1799.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate senate, 1832-35;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1835-47 (1st District 1835-41,at-large 1841-43, 6th District 1843-47);Governor ofAlabama, 1847-49; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1855; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Alabama,1860,1868;ConfederateStates Envoy to France, 1862-65.Slaveowner. Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,May 16,1882 (age82 years, 305days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Miller Patton (1809-1885) — of Florence,LauderdaleCounty, Ala.BornJuly 10,1809.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1860;Governorof Alabama, 1865-68.DiedFebruary28, 1885 (age75 years, 233days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | David Peter Lewis (1820-1884) — of Alabama. Born inCharlotteCounty, Va.,1820.Delegateto Alabama secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;Governor ofAlabama, 1872-74.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,July 3,1884 (ageabout 64years).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Bibb (1782-1839) — of Alabama. Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,May 8,1782.Delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1819-20;Governor ofAlabama, 1820-21; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1830.Died in Mobile,MobileCounty, Ala.,September20, 1839 (age57 years, 135days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Leroy Pope Walker (1817-1884) — also known asLeroy P. Walker — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,February7, 1817.Democrat. Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1843-44, 1847-51, 1853; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1860,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1884;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1861; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,August23, 1884 (age67 years, 198days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Lowndes Henry Davis (1836-1920) — also known asLowndes H. Davis — of Jackson,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.Born in Jackson,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.,December13, 1836.Member of Missouri state legislature, 1870;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 26th District, 1875;U.S.Representative from Missouri, 1879-85 (4th District 1879-83, 14thDistrict 1883-85); defeated (Republican), 1876.Died in Cape Girardeau,CapeGirardeau County, Mo.,February4, 1920 (age83 years, 53days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | William Richardson (1839-1914) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born in Alabama,May 8,1839.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; memberofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1865-67; state court judge inAlabama, 1875-86; Presidential Elector for Alabama,1889;U.S.Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1900-14; died in office1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1904(HonoraryVice-President).Slaveowner. DiedMarch31, 1914 (age74 years, 327days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Richard Wilde Walker (1823-1874) — of Alabama. Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,February16, 1823.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1851, 1855;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1859;Delegatefrom Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,June 16,1874 (age51 years, 120days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | William Manning Lowe (1842-1882) — also known asWilliam M. Lowe — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,June 12,1842.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1868;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1870;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875;U.S.Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1879-81, 1882; died inoffice 1882.DiedOctober12, 1882 (age40 years, 122days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Jabez Leftwich (1765-1855) — of Liberty (now Bedford),BedfordCounty, Va.Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,September22, 1765.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1801;U.S.Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1821-25; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1830.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,June 22,1855 (age89 years, 273days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Henry Hezekiah Balch (1877-1969) — also known asHenry H. Balch — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born in Madison,MadisonCounty, Ala.,January6, 1877.Schoolteacher;superintendentof schools; helped organize the public school system in thePhilippine Islands, 1901-12; U.S. Consul inSt. Stephen, 1914;Yarmouth, 1915-16;Asuncion, 1916-21;Adelaide, 1921-27;Monterrey, 1928-29; U.S. Consul General inDublin, 1931-38;Genoa, 1942.Episcopalian.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,November30, 1969 (age92 years, 328days).Entombed at Maple Hill Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Samuel Williamson Balch and Martha Ann (Parsons) Balch; married,May13, 1915, to Josephine Irene 'Josie' McCaleb. |
| | Peter Myndert Dox (1813-1891) — also known asPeter M. Dox — of Geneva,OntarioCounty, N.Y.; Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born in Geneva,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,September11, 1813.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ontario County, 1842; county judge in NewYork, 1855-56;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865;U.S.Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1869-73; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alabama,1872.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,April 2,1891 (age77 years, 203days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Abraham Dox and Anne Cary (Nicholas) Dox; married,October12, 1854, to Matilda Walker Pope; grandson ofJohnNicholas; grandnephew ofGeorgeNicholas andWilsonCary Nicholas; great-grandson ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780); first cousin once removed ofPeytonRandolph andRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857); first cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin ofEdmundRandolph; second cousin once removed ofEdmundRandolph Cocke andHarryBartow Hawes; second cousin twice removed ofCarterBassett Harrison,WilliamHenry Harrison andFrancisBeverley Biddle; third cousin ofThomasMarshall andJamesKeith Marshall; third cousin once removed ofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); third cousin twice removed ofBurwellBassett; fourth cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); fourth cousin once removed ofConnallyFindlay Trigg,RussellBenjamin Harrison,CarterHenry Harrison II,RichardEvelyn Byrd andWilliamWelby Beverley. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Joseph Humphrey Sloss (1826-1911) — of Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.; Tuscumbia,ColbertCounty, Ala.Born in Somerville,MorganCounty, Ala.,October12, 1826.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1858-59; served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Tuscumbia, Alabama;member of Alabama state legislature, 1860;U.S.Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1871-75.Member,OddFellows.Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,January27, 1911 (age84 years, 107days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Addison White (1824-1909) — of Kentucky. Born in Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,May 1,1824.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1851-53; served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,February4, 1909 (age84 years, 279days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | William Willis Garth (1828-1912) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born inMorganCounty, Ala.,October28, 1828.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1877-79.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,February25, 1912 (age83 years, 120days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Fearn (1789-1863) — of Alabama. Born inPittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,November15, 1789.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Alabamastate legislature, 1820;Delegatefrom Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,January16, 1863 (age73 years, 62days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | Nicholas Davis Jr. (1825-1875) — of Alabama. Born in Athens,LimestoneCounty, Ala.,January14, 1825.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1851;delegateto Alabama secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,November3, 1875 (age50 years, 293days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | James Perry Drake (d. 1876) — also known asJames P. Drake — of Indiana.Indianastate treasurer, 1850-53.DiedAugust12, 1876.Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Patricia Holmes Buell. |
| | Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr. (1828-1905) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February25, 1828.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,1876-78.Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,January29, 1905 (age76 years, 339days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. | | William F. Struve (1865-1943) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born in Batesville,RipleyCounty, Ind.,August14, 1865.Republican.Saloonkeeper; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromAlabama,1908.Germanancestry.Died inMadisonCounty, Ala.,February13, 1943 (age77 years, 183days).Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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