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Bagby, Arthur Pendleton b. 1794 d. September 21, 1858
US Governor, US Senator. Member of Alabama State House of Representatives (1821), Member of Alabama State Senate (1825), Governor of Alabama (1837-1841), U.S. Senator from Alabama (1841-1848), U.S. Minister to Russia (1848-1849).
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Bragg, Gen. Braxton b. March 22, 1817 d. September 27, 1876
Civil War Confederate General. He was educated at the United States Military Academy, graduating in the Class of 1837 ranking 5th out of 50 graduates. He served in the Seminole Indian War in Florida (1837 to 1841), and served under Zachary Taylor during the Mexican War. At Monterey, he distinguished himself during bitter street fighting, and during the Battle of Buena Vista, his prompt and fearless conduct is credited with saving the American Army from defeat. He repulsed a frontal attack...[Read More]
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Plot: Confederate Rest
Bragg, John b. January 14, 1806 d. August 10, 1878
US Congressman, State Court Judge. Elected to represent Alabama in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1851 to 1853. Member of Alabama State Legislature.
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Plot: A-Main, Square 5, Lot 114
Bromberg, Frederick George b. June 19, 1837 d. September 4, 1930
US Congressman. Elected as a Liberal Republican to represent Alabama's 1st District in the US House of Representatives, he served from 1873 to 1875. Interestingly, he did not study law until after his one term in Congress. Bromberg was born in New York City and raised in Mobile, Alabama, where he would live most of his long life. He graduated from Harvard University in 1858, took post-graduate chemistry courses there from 1861 to 1863, and was on its staff as a tutor of mathematics from...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Plot: Square 17
Clarke, Richard Henry b. February 9, 1843 d. September 25, 1906
Civil War Veteran US Congressman. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Elected to represent Alabama's 1st and 4th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1889 to 1897. Also served as a Member of the Alabama State House of Representatives in 1900. (Bio by: K)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Plot: A-Main, Range D, Lot 35
Cumming, Kate b. 1836 d. June 5, 1909
Civil War Confederate Nurse, Author. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the Cumming family moved to Montreal, Canada, then settled permanently in Mobile, Alabama, while she was still young enough to become thoroughly Southern. Intelligent and courageous, she did not believe in the right to secede, yet she became an impassioned Confederate, blaming Abraham Lincoln for the war, condemning Yankees for being Yankees, and lashing out against her own people for anything less than wholehearted patriotism...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Plot: Square 19
Dargan, Edmund Strother b. April 15, 1805 d. November 22, 1879
US Congressman, CSA Congressman. Dargan was the mayor of Mobile, Alabama before serving in the Alabama state legislature. He then was elected as a U.S. Representative from Alabama (1845-1847). During the Civil War, he was a Representative from Alabama in the Confederate Congress (1862-1864). (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
De Leon, Thomas Cooper b. May 21, 1839 d. March 19, 1914
Author. Totally blind from 1903, called "The Blind Laureate of the Lost Cause." Author of "South Songs," and "Out of the Sulphur," (which was a prize-winning novel. (Bio by: Laurie)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Desha, Robert b. January 14, 1791 d. February 6, 1849
US Congressman. Born near Gallatin, Tennessee, he had an elementary education and was active as a merchant. During the War of 1812 he served as a captain in the 24th Regiment, US Infantry, and was brevetted a major before his honorable discharge in 1815. In 1826, with no law degree or prior political experience, Desha ran as a Jacksonian to represent Tennessee's 5th District in the US House of Representatives; he was elected to the Twentieth and Twenty-First Congresses, serving from...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Plot: Niolon Lot, Square 8
Forsyth Jr., John b. October 31, 1812 d. May 2, 1877
Diplomat and politician, he served both the United States and the Confederate States governments. The son of John Forsyth, who served as Congressman, Governor of Georgia, US Senator, Minister to Spain and Secretary of State, John Forsyth, Jr. graduated from Princeton in 1832, became a lawyer, and moved to Mobile, where he served as US Attorney. He later returned to Georgia, where he was Editor of the Columbus Times. During the Mexican War he served as Adjutant of the First Georgia Regiment. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Plot: A-Main, Square 19, Lot 88
Gayle, John b. September 11, 1792 d. July 21, 1859
US Congressman, Alabama Governor. Elected to represent Alabama's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1847 to 1849. Also served as Governor of Alabama from 1831 to 1835. (Bio by: K)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Gladden, Adley Hogan b. October 28, 1810 d. April 12, 1862
Civil War Confederare Brigadier General. Born in Fairfield, South Carolina, he later was a cotton broker and postmaster in Columbia. A veteran volunteer of the Seminole and Mexican wars, he was a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, at the start of the Civil War. He briefly held the lieutenant colonelcy of a South Carolina regiment, resigned it to join the Louisiana secession convention, then accepted appointment as Colonel of the 1st Louisiana. Throughout the Civil War, he served under General...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Herndon, Thomas Hord b. 1828 d. 1883
US Congressman. Elected to represent Alabama's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 until his death in 1883. Also served as a Member of the Alabama State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Kelly, John Herbert b. March 31, 1841 d. September 4, 1864
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Adversity entered into this Carrollton, Alabama native�s life early with the loss of both parents. Orphaned before the age of 7 years old, he came under the nurture and guidance of a grandmother, Mrs. J. R. Hawthorn. Influential and persuasive relatives secured him a cadetship at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. At the age of 17, he entered the military institute as a member of the Class of 1861 on July 1, 1857 and would become...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Leadbetter, Danville b. August 26, 1811 d. September 26, 1866
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. He graduated 3rd in the West Point class of 1836, and held positions in the artillery and engineers until being assigned permanently to the engineers in July 1837. His engineering service ended with his resignation as Captain on October 16, 1852, to accept appointment as chief engineer for the state of Alabama. He lived and worked in Mobile until secession, advising state Confederates early in 1861 on the defense of Mobile Bay. His reputation in...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Walker, Percy b. 1812 d. 1880
US Congressman. Elected to represent Alabama's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1855 to 1857. Also served as a Member of the Alabama State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Wilmer, Rev. Richard Hooker b. March 15, 1816 d. June 14, 1900
Religious Figure. He was the only Bishop consecrated by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States. His father was William Holland Wilmer, a founder and one of the original members of the faculty of the Virginia Theological Seminary. He graduated from Yale College in 1836 and from Virginia Seminary in 1839. He was ordained deacon on Mar. 31, 1839, and priest on Apr. 19, 1840. He served parishes in Goochland and Fluvanna counties in Virginia prior to becoming rector of St. James...[Read More] (Bio by: BigFrench)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Wilson, Augusta Jane b. May 8, 1835 d. May 9, 1909
Author. One of the first writers to depict competent female protagonists, she produced multiple best sellers during the last half of the 19th. century. Raised initially in what is now Columbus, Georgia, with wealth and privilege, she moved to San Antonio, Texas, in 1845 when her family had to relocate due to bankruptcy. A voracious reader who essentially educated herself, Miss Augusta wrote her first novel, "Inez: A Tale of the Alamo", in 1850 as a Christmas gift for her father, with anonymous...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Withers, Jones Mitchell b. January 12, 1814 d. March 13, 1890
Civil War Confederate Major General. He graduated 44th in the West Point class of 1835. Brevetted a 2nd Lieutenant, he resigned his commission on December 5, 1835, studied law privately in Alabama, fought as a volunteer officer in the Creek Indian War of 1836, then passed the state bar. An attorney and cotton dealer at the start of the Mexican War, he secured a commission as Lieutenant Colonel of the 13th United States Infantry on March 3, 1847, and was promoted Colonel of the 9th United States...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA

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