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Adams, Samuel b. June 5, 1805 d. February 27, 1850
Arkansas Governor. Born in Halifax County, Virginia, he educated himself, moved to Arkansas in 1835 and soon became involved in local politics. A Democrat, he served twice in the Arkansas State Senate from 1840 and was President of that body during his second term. When Governor Archibald Yell resigned to run for Congress on April 29, 1844, Adams stepped in as Acting Governor and held that office until November 5 of...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Alford, Thomas Dale b. January 28, 1916 d. January 25, 2000
US Congressman. Served during World War II in the United States Army Medical Corps. Elected to represent Arkansas's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1959 to 1963.
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Ashley, Chester b. June 1, 1791 d. April 29, 1848
US Senator, Attorney. He was a prominent figure in the early history of Arkansas. Raised in Hudson, New York, he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts (1813) and Connecticut's Litchfield Law School (1814) before beginning his law career in Hudson. Personal ambition led him to seek his fortune in the western frontier and in 1820 he settled in Little Rock, in what was then the Arkansas Territory. He immediately formed a partnership with another newcomer to the area...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Blackburn, William Jasper b. 1820 d. 1899
US Congressman. Elected to represent Louisiana in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1867 to 1869. Also served as a State Court Judge and Member of the Louisiana State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Borland, Solon b. August 8, 1811 d. January 1, 1864
US Senator, Journalist. He was born in Suffolk, Nasemond County, Virginia. He studied medicine and practiced medicine and pharmacy throughout his life. He founded newspapers in Memphis, Tennessee, and Little Rock, Arkansas. He served in the military in the Mexican-American War, was taken prisoner but escaped. After the war, he was elected as a United States Senator to fill an unexpired term. He resigned from the Senate before the end of his term and served as United States Minister to Nicaragua...[Read More] (Bio by: Vincent Astor)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Churchill, Thomas James b. March 10, 1824 d. May 14, 1905
Civil War Confederate Major General, Governor of Arkansas. This native of Louisville, Kentucky studied law before enlisting, as a lieutenant, in 1846 to fight in the Mexican War. He was held as a prisoner for much of this war being captured by a Mexican Calvary in 1847 After the war he settled in Little Rock Arkansas where hebecame a successful farmer. In 1857 President James Buchanan named him postmaster of his new hometown. At the start of the Civil War he formed the First Arkansas Mounted...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Conway, Elias Nelson b. May 17, 1812 d. February 28, 1892
Governor of Arkansas, 1852-60; Auditor, Arkansas Territory, 1835-36; Arkansas state auditor, 1836-49.
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Plot: Orange 216
GPS coordinates: 34.4425392, -92.1672134 (hddd.dddd)
Cunningham, Matthew b. July 5, 1782 d. June 15, 1851
Little Rock Mayor. He was a physician who served as the first mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1832. His wife, Eliza Bertrand Cunningham, was the first white female resident of Little Rock, and their son, Chester Cunningham, was the first white child born in Little Rock. (Bio by: Anonymous)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Davis, Jeff b. May 6, 1862 d. January 3, 1913
Arkansas Governor, US Senator. He served as Governor of Arkansas from 1901 to 1907. He was then elected as a Senator from Arkansas to the United States Senate, serving from 1907 until his death in office in 1913.
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Dodd, David Owen b. November 10, 1846 d. January 8, 1864
Civil War Confederate Folk Figure. He was known as the "Boy Martyr of the Confederacy". A native of Lavaca County, Texas, he relocated with his family to Arkansas during his formative years. At the commencement of the Civil War in 1861, the Dodd family was settled in Little Rock where young David was in studies at the St. John’s Masonic College. After determining his age prevented him from entering Confederate service, he accepted an apprenticeship at the local telegraph agency where he...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Plot: Elm 355
GPS coordinates: 34.4424095, -92.1669006 (hddd.dddd)
Eagle, James Philip b. August 10, 1837 d. December 20, 1904
Sixteenth Governor of Arkansas, 1889-1893. He served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1902-1904.
Cause of death: heart failure
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Fagan, James Fleming b. March 1, 1828 d. September 1, 1893
Civil War Confederate Major General. At the start of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army and was elected Colonel of the 1st Arkansas Infantry. He led his regiment at the battles of Shiloh, Farmington, Siege of Corinth and was promoted Brigadier General in September 1862. He participated in the Battle of Helena, the Red River Campaign and in the Camden Expedition, which led to the Federal retreat from southern Arkansas. In recognition for his service in the Camden Expedition, he was...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Faulkner, Sandford C. 'Sandy' b. 1806 d. 1874
Musician. Born in Scott County, Kentucky, he was an early western music pioneer known as a teller of tall tales and a fiddle player. He is most noted for composing the popular fiddle tune "The Arkansas Traveler", which was the State song of Arkansas from 1949 to 1963. He also served as a Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and Faulkner County Arkansas, is named in his honor. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Fletcher, John Gould b. January 3, 1886 d. May 10, 1950
Author. He won the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for "Selected Poems", the first southern poet to receive the prize. Other works include "The Epic of Arkansas" (1936), "South Star" (1941), "Life is My Song" (1942), "The Burning Mountain" (1946), and "Arkansas" (1947). Fletcher was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. His second wife was children's author Charlie May Hogue, who wrote under the name of Charlie May Simon...[Read More] (Bio by: pvh)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Plot: Juniper 715/716
Folsom, Dr. Isaac b. January 10, 1827 d. September 5, 1892
Physician whose bequest of $20,000 assisted in founding what is now the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences campus.
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Fulton, William Savin b. June 2, 1795 d. August 15, 1844
Governor of Arkansas Territory, 1835-1836; U.S. Senator from Arkansas, 1836-1844.
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Garland, Augustus Hill b. June 11, 1832 d. January 26, 1899
11th Arkansas Governor, US Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Served as Governor of Arkansas from 1874 to 1877. Elected as a Senator from Arkansas to the United States Senate, serving from 1877 until he resigned in 1885 to accept the appointment of United States Attorney General in the cabinet of President Grover Cleveland. He served in that capacity from 1885 until 1889. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Garland, William Allen b. 1876 d. December 21, 1907
Author. He wrote "The Broken Locket" and "Judge Lynch." (Bio by: Pat Foster King)
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Heiskell, John Netherland b. November 2, 1872 d. December 28, 1972
Editor of the Arkansas Gazette for 70 years, from 1902-1972.
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Hempstead, Fay b. November 24, 1847 d. April 24, 1934
Masonic leader. He was named the Poet Laureate of Freemasonry in 1908.
Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA

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