Boudinot, Elias Cornelius b. August 1, 1835 d. September 27, 1890 Confederate Congressman. A member of the Cherokee Nation he moved, with his family from Georgia to present day Oklahoma, just before the “Trail of Tears”. After the assassination of his father, Elias Boudinot, he went to New England, before moving to Arkansas where he became editor of two newspapers. At the start of the Civil War he joined Stand Watie’s Confederate Indian Brigade where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1862 he left the brigade to become the tribal representative in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo) Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Cravens, William B. b. January 17, 1872 d. January 13, 1939 US Congressman. From 1898 to 1902, he was city attorney of Fort Smith and as prosecuting attorney for the twelfth judicial district of Arkansas, 1902-1908. In 1907, he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses. He was reelected in 1933, to the Seventy-third and to three succeeding Congresses serving until his death. His son William Fadjo Cravens of Arkansas, was elected to the Seventy-Sixth Congress, to fill the term of his vacancy. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Cravens, William Fadjo b. February 15, 1889 d. April 16, 1974 US Congressman. He attended public schools in Fort Smith and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated for the law school of Washington and Lee University in 1920. He was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced a law practice in Fort Smith, Arkansas. During World War I he served as a seaman in the United States Navy. Upon entering politics he served as city attorney for Fort Smith for ten years and was then elected as...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd) Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Fishback, William Meade b. November 5, 1831 d. February 9, 1903 17th governor of Arkansas. William Meade Fishback was born in Virginia on November 5, 1831, to a successful farming family. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1855. While working as a schoolteacher, he began studying law, eventually passing the Illinois bar in 1857. He moved to Arkansas, where he also began practicing law. In 1861, he was named as a Unionist delegate to the secession convention, but ended up voting for secession. When war came to Arkansas, he left the state...[Read More] (Bio by: pacifica) Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Rogers, John Henry b. October 9, 1845 d. April 16, 1911 US Congressman. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the Confederate Army as a Private in Company H, 9th Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers. He saw a considerable amount of action and was wounded twice. Rogers was awarded a battlefield commission as First Lieutenant for gallantry at Franklin, Tennessee, he was nineteen years old at the time. After the war he immediately entered college, graduated from the University of Mississippi and was admitted to the bar in 1868. In 1869, Rogers joined...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
b. August 1, 1835 d. September 27, 1890