Sebastian County
Arkansas
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Sebastian County
Arkansas
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Sebastian County
Index to Locations Private or familygraveyard Sebastian County, Arkansas Forest ParkCemetery 5001 Midland Boulevard Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
|  H. Heartsill Ragon (1885-1940) — of Clarksville,JohnsonCounty, Ark.Born inLoganCounty, Ark.,March20, 1885.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1911-13; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Arkansas,1920;U.S.Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1923-33; resigned1933;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1933-40;died in office 1940.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Woodmen.Died in Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.,September15, 1940 (age55 years, 179days).Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
| William Fadjo Cravens (1899-1974) — also known asFadjo Cravens — of Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.Born in Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.,February15, 1899.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1939-49; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Arkansas,1940.Member,KappaAlpha Order;PhiDelta Phi.Died in Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.,April16, 1974 (age75 years, 60days).Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
| Mathew C. Moore (1837-1877) — Born near Van Buren,CrawfordCounty, Ark.,April24, 1837.Member ofArkansasstate house of representatives, 1875.Died in Van Buren,CrawfordCounty, Ark.,April24, 1877 (age40 years, 0days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Crawford County, Ark.; reintermentin 1915 at Forest Park Cemetery.
| Horace Clyde Hiatt (1885-1967) — also known asH. Clyde Hiatt — of Charleston,FranklinCounty, Ark.Born in Vesta,FranklinCounty, Ark.,October8, 1885.Republican.Postmaster;delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas,1956(alternate),1964.Died in Charleston,FranklinCounty, Ark.,October3, 1967 (age81 years, 360days).Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
| Hiram Heartsill Ragon (1917-1975) — also known asH. Heartsill Ragon — of Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.BornJune 14,1917.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromArkansas,1944.Died in August,1975(age58years, 0 days).Interment at Forest Park Cemetery.
Fort SmithNational Cemetery 522 South Garland Avenue Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas Founded 1867 See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
OakCemetery Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
| William Ben Cravens (1872-1939) — also known asWilliam B. Cravens;BenCravens —of Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.Born in Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.,January17, 1872.Democrat.Lawyer;cottongrower;U.S.Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1907-13, 1933-39; diedin office 1939.Christian.Died inWashington,D.C.,January13, 1939 (age66 years, 361days).Interment at Oak Cemetery.
| John Henry Rogers (1845-1911) — also known asJohn H. Rogers — of Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.Born in North Carolina,1845.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Arkansas, 1883-91 (3rd District 1883-85, 4thDistrict 1885-91); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromArkansas,1892.Died in1911(ageabout66 years).Interment at Oak Cemetery.
| Elias Cornelius Boudinot (1835-1890) — of Arkansas. Born near Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.,August1, 1835.Democrat.Delegateto Arkansas secession convention, 1861; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;TribalRepresentative to Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Arkansas,1868.CherokeeIndian ancestry.Died in Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.,September27, 1890 (age55 years, 57days).Interment at Oak Cemetery. | Oscar Landon Miles (1854-1910) — also known asOscar L. Miles — Born inGraingerCounty, Tenn.,October16, 1854.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,1904(HonoraryVice-President; member,CredentialsCommittee).Died in Booneville,LoganCounty, Ark.,August17, 1910 (age55 years, 305days).Interment at Oak Cemetery.
CityCemetery Greenwood, Sebastian County, Arkansas
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