Bates, James Woodson b. August 25, 1788 d. December 26, 1846 US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1816, commenced law practice in Virginia until he was nominated in 1818 as delegate candidate for the Territory of Arkansas. In 1819, he was elected as first Delegate from Arkansas to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, serving until 1823. A unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed legal practice and served as a Arkansas Judicial Superior Court Judge from 1824 to 1836. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Bates Family Burying Ground at Moores Rock, Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas, USA
Burrow, Napoleon Bonaparte b. 1818 d. May 23, 1880 Confederate Brigadier General. A practicing lawyer in Tennessee, Burrow was commissionmed a second lieutenant in the 2nd Tennessee during the Mexican War. He fought with great distinction in Scott's assault on Mexico City. After the war, he settled in Arkansas and resumed his legal career. He became active in Democratic party politics, and served as a state senator from 1851 to 1855. In January of 1860, he was a general in command of a brigade of Arkansas militia. When Arkansas seceded from the...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher) Alma City Cemetery, Alma, Crawford County, Arkansas, USA
Pratt, Parley Parker b. April 12, 1807 d. May 13, 1857 Faithful Apostle and missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Pratt left his home and property to search out the Everlasting Gospel, finding a copy of the Book of Mormon, having no desire to eat or sleep for three days he read and testified of it the remainder of his life. In the autumn of 1856, Elder Pratt left Salt Lake City with a company of missionaries, and crossed the plains. That winter he labored in St. Louis, Philadelphia, New York and other...[Read More] (Bio by: Chad Stowell) Wynn Graveyard, Crawford County, Arkansas, USA GPS coordinates: 35.5421982, -94.2265015 (hddd.dddd)
Thomason, Hugh French b. February 22, 1826 d. July 30, 1893 Civil War CSA Congressman. Served as a Delegate to the Arkansas Secession Convention in 1861, Delegate from Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress from 1861 to 1862, Member of the Arkansas State Legislature in 1866 and 1893, Delegate to Arkansas State Constitutional Convention in 1874, Candidate for United States Representatives from Arkansas in 1874, Member of the Arkansas State Senate in 1880, and State Court Judge from 1890 to 1893. (Bio by: K) Fairview Cemetery, Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas, USA
b. 1818 d. May 23, 1880
b. April 12, 1807 d. May 13, 1857