Pike County
Alabama
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Pike County
Alabama
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Pike County
Index to Locations Green HillsCemetery Troy, Pike County, Alabama Founded 1955
|  Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) — also known asMax Rafferty — of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge),LosAngeles County, Calif.; Alabama.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,May 9,1917.Republican.School teacherand principal;superintendentof schools;newspapercolumnist;Californiasuperintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1968;dean,Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82.Episcopalian.Irishancestry. Member,PhiDelta Kappa;Lions;Rotary.Drownedwhen hiscar wentoff the road into a pond, in Troy,PikeCounty, Ala.,June 13,1982 (age65 years, 35days).Interment at Green Hills Cemetery.
OakwoodCemetery Troy, Pike County, Alabama
 Charles Henderson (1860-1937) — of Troy,PikeCounty, Ala.Born inPikeCounty, Ala.,April26, 1860.Democrat.Mayor ofTroy, Ala., 1886-91, 1901-06; alternate delegate to Gold DemocratNational Convention from Alabama, 1896; president, Alabama RailroadCommission, 1907-15;Governor ofAlabama, 1915-19.Died, frominfluenza,in Troy,PikeCounty, Ala.,January7, 1937 (age76 years, 256days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
| Oliver Cicero Wiley (1851-1917) — also known asOliver C. Wiley — of Troy,PikeCounty, Ala.Born in Troy,PikeCounty, Ala.,January30, 1851.Democrat.Chair ofPike County Democratic Party, 1884-86; president, Alabama MidlandRailway,1887-92;bankdirector; member ofAlabamaDemocratic State Executive Committee, 1888;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1908-09.Died in Troy,PikeCounty, Ala.,October18, 1917 (age66 years, 261days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
| William Hodges Samford (1866-1940) — of Troy,PikeCounty, Ala.; Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Auburn,LeeCounty, Ala.,August7, 1866.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamaDemocratic State Executive Committee, 1900-05;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Alabama,1905;Judge,Alabama Court of Appeals, 1917-36.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;AlphaTau Omega.DiedFebruary2, 1940 (age73 years, 179days).Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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