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Aldrich, Truman Heminway b. October 17, 1848 d. April 28, 1932
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Alabama's 9th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1896 to 1897. He was the brother of Congressman William F. Aldrich.
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Allen, William Wirt b. September 11, 1835 d. November 24, 1894
Civil War Confederate Major General. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, he was commission a First Lieutenant, in Company A of the Alabama Montgomery Mounted Rifles. Rising through the ranks, he was promoted a Major in March 1862 and to Colonel in command of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, in July 1882. In command of the 1st Alabama, he led his troops in battles at Shiloh, the Corinth Siege, Perryville and was wounded at Murfreesbro. In February 1864, he was promoted Brigadier General in command...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Bowie, Sydney Johnston b. July 26, 1865 d. May 7, 1928
US Congressman. Bowie served as a U.S. Representative from Alabama's 4th District from 1901 to 1907.
He was the son of Andrew W. Bowie and Nannie McHenry (Bowdon) Bowie. He married Annie Foster Etheridge on April 29, 1891.
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Bryant, Paul 'Bear' b. September 11, 1913 d. January 26, 1983
College Football Coach. He retired as the winningest coach of all time (323-85 -17 record). Coached at four colleges over 38 years, but was known best for leading the University of Alabama to six national titles (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979). He also recorded 15 bowl wins, including eight Sugar Bowls. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Chapman, Ben b. December 25, 1908 d. July 7, 1993
Major League Baseball Player. He played in fifteen seasons with the New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. Gifted with great speed he led the American League in stolen bases from 1931 to 1933 and 1937. He was named to the American League All Star Team four times in his career. He had 1958 career hits with a lifetime batting average of .302. He also was a player-manager with the Phillies from 1945...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Comer, Braxton Bragg b. November 7, 1848 d. August 15, 1927
Alabama Governor, US Senator. Served as the Governor of Alabama from 1907 to 1911, and United States Senator from Alabama in 1920. (Bio by: K)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Cunningham, Russell McWhorter b. August 25, 1855 d. June 6, 1921
Alabama Governor. Served as the Governor of Alabama from 1904 to 1905, and Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 1903 to 1907. (Bio by: K)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Denson, William Henry b. March 4, 1846 d. September 26, 1906
US Congressman. He was born in Uchee, Russell County, Alabama where his father was a prosperous farmer. At the age of 17 he attended the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Alabama but left in February 1863 to join the Confederate Army during the Civil War as a member of Waddell's Artillery Battalion and saw action in every battle from Dalton, Georgia to Atlanta. In 1864 he became ill and was temporarily furloughed, but after recovering he rejoined his command at Macon, Georgia and remained...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Domnanovich, Joseph John b. March 18, 1919 d. January 20, 2009
Professional Football Player. He played for the University of Alabama and was a consensus All-American in 1942. After graduating he entered the service and was a physical training instructor overseas. Upon his discharge, he played center and linebacker for the Boston Yanks from 1946 to 1948. He played a season with the New York Bulldogs in 1949 and had two years with the New York Yanks in 1950 and 1951. All told, he played in 67 games in six seasons in the National Football League. (Bio by: Mel Bashore)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Erwin, Henry Eugene b. May 8, 1921 d. January 16, 2002
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Citation: Staff Sargeant Erwin was the radio operator of a B29 leading a group formation on an attack of Keriyawa Japan. He also was in charge of the phospherence bombs used to illuminate the drop area.One of those bombs exploded in the drop chute and shot back upwards directly into sgt Erwins face. His nose was burnt off immediately. The plane was filling up with acrid smoke. Realizing that the plane and crew would be lost, he grabbed the...[Read More]
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Hairston, Samuel Harding b. January 20, 1920 d. October 31, 1997
Professional baseball player. Played 31 games for the Chicago White Sox in 1951. He was followed into the Major Leagues by his sons Johnny Hairston and Jerry Hairston Sr and his grandsons Jerry Hairston Jr. and Scott Hairston. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Harris, Lum b. January 17, 1915 d. November 11, 1996
Major League Baseball Player, Manager. Real name Chalmer Luman Harris. He was a pitcher in six seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators. In 151 career games, Harris won 35, lost 63 with a 4.16 lifetime ERA. After retiring as a player, Harris was manager of the Baltimore Orioles in 1961, Houston Astros from 1964 to 1965, and Atlanta Braves from 1968 to 1972. In 1969's inaugural League Championship Series, he guided the Braves to the Western Division Title only to be swept...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
House, Frank O. b. 1927 d. November 26, 1989
US Air Force General. As a lawyer, he earned his juris doctor cum laude from St. Louis University, Missouri and obtained his commission through officer candidate school. He saw service as a line officer at several stations in the United States, the Marshall Islands, and Japan. During the Korean War, he served in Korea as Secretary of the General Staff of the Commander, 5th Air Force in 1951 and 1952. After the war, he was Judge Advocate for the Pacific Air Forces, at Hickam Air Force Base...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Huddleston Sr., George b. November 11, 1869 d. February 29, 1960
US Congressman. Huddleston was the US Representative from Alabama for over two decades (1915-1937). He served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. He is also the father of US Congressman George Huddleston, Jr. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Huddleston Jr., George b. March 19, 1920 d. September 14, 1971
US Congressman. Huddleston was the US Representative from Alabama for ten years (1955-1965). He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He is the son of US Congressman George Huddleston, Sr. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Jacobs, Pattie b. October 2, 1875 d. December 22, 1935
Noted Social Reformer. She was a founder of the Birmingham Equal Suffrage Association in l910. Became the first Alabama woman to become a political model for women. (Bio by: Laurie)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Johnston, Joseph Forney b. March 23, 1843 d. August 8, 1913
Alabama Governor, US Senator. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Served as the Governor of Alabama from 1896 to 1900, and United States Senator from Alabama from 1907 to 1913. (Bio by: K)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Kendrick, Eddie James b. December 17, 1939 d. October 5, 1992
R/B singer. Original member of the famous Motown group The Temptations. Born in Union Springs, Alabama, he was the son of Johnnie and Lee Bell. In his hometown, he was known as "Cornbread" because he loved to eat it. Eddie left Alabama at a young age traveling to Detroit with his boyhood friend Paul Williams. Eddie and Paul formed their own little group, The Primes; Eddie's record deal fell through leaving him without a contract; he met Otis Williams and in 1961 The Temptations was born...[Read More] (Bio by: Babe)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Kirklin, John Webster b. August 5, 1917 d. April 21, 2004
Medical Pioneer. A father of modern heart surgery whose recruitment in 1966 put UAB on the map as a medical mecca, his contributions to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and medical science were profound and vast. At the Mayo Clinic before going to UAB, he perfected the heart-lung bypass machine. Dr. Kirklin's group at the Rochester, Minn., clinic developed the first consistently successful mode of open-heart surgery and performed the first series of successful surgeries using the bypass...[Read More] (Bio by: Dennis Michael Ison)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
McNair, Denise b. November 17, 1951 d. September 15, 1963
Murder Victim. Born Carol Denise McNair, the eldest child of Chris and Maxine McNair a photo shop owner and a school teacher. She attended Center Street Elementary School where her she counted Condoleeza Rice among her school friends. She was a member of the Brownies and played baseball, and had a well developed social conscious, helping to raise money for charity by staging plays, dance routines, and poetry readings in the family carport. She was a member of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA

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