Find A Grave - Mobile County

Aaron, Tommie Lee b. August 5, 1939 d. August 16, 1984
Major League Baseball Player. He was a first baseman and outfielder making his debut with the Milwaukee Braves on April 10, 1962. For seven seasons, he played for the Milwaukee Braves (1962, 1963 and 1965) and with the Atlanta Braves (1968 to 1971). He finished his career with a lifetime batting average of .229, with 216 hits, 13 home runs, 94 runs batted in and 102 runs scored. He was the brother of Baseball Hall of Fame player Hank Aaron. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Leukemia
Catholic Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Agee, Tommie Lee b. August 9, 1942 d. January 22, 2001
Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League Baseball for 12 seasons (1962 to 1973) as an outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals. Best known for being a integral part of the 1969 "Miracle Mets" Championship team, he broke in with the White Sox in 1962, but played very sparingly for them at the end of the next 3 seasons. Becoming a starter in 1966, he responded by having a successful first full season, leading all American League...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
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
Bearer (Moody), Paul (William Alvin) b. April 10, 1954 d. March 5, 2013
Professional Wrestling/Entertainment Manager. Born William Alvin Moody, he will most likely be remembered by his ring names 'Paul Bearer' and 'Percival Pringle III', as a professional wrestling manager for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) and World Wrestling Federation (WWF—later WWE). As a teenager, he became involved in wrestling as a ringside photographer and after high school, enlisted in the United States Air Force, serving four years and wrestling for an independent promoter...[Read More] (Bio by: Louis Mata)
Serenity Memorial Gardens, Theodore, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Boykin, Frank William b. February 21, 1885 d. March 12, 1969
US Congressman. Elected to represent Alabama in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1935 to 1963.
Pine Crest 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
Byron (Burkhart), Jean (Imogene) b. December 10, 1925 d. February 3, 2006
Actress. Best remembered as 'Natalie Lane,' mother of Patty Duke on the 1960s series, "The Patty Duke Show." Before acting, she worked briefly as a singer and entertainer on a local area radio show. She made a handful of films, but her career mainly consisted of numerous guest-starring roles on television. In 1963 she began "The Patty Duke Show." The show ended in 1966. She semi-retired from acting in the late 1980s. She moved to Mobile, Alabama, to be closer to her family. She was last...[Read More] (Bio by: David)
Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Tillmans Corner, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
Cain Jr., Joseph Stillwell b. October 10, 1832 d. April 17, 1904
Folk Figure. Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr., also known as "Old Joe Cain", "Chief Slacabormorinico" or "Old Slac", is recognized as the man responsible for the Mardi Gras celebration's rebirth in the years immediately following the Civil War in Mobile, Alabama. The stress of the Civil War brought an end to the annual festivities in Mobile. After the war and under Union occupation, the city was disillusioned and discouraged. On the afternoon of Fat Tuesday in 1866, Joseph Stillwell “Joe” Cain, Jr...[Read More] (Bio by: Leon Weekley)
Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
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
Cuthbert, John Alfred b. June 3, 1788 d. September 22, 1881
US Congressman. He received a bachelor's degree from Princeton College in 1805 and a master's degree in 1808, studied law, and began a practice in Eatonton. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1811. During the War of 1812 he commanded a militia company as a Captain, and later attained the rank of Colonel. Cuthbert served again in the Georgia House in 1813, in the Georgia Senate in 1814 and 1815, and in the House again in 1817. From 1816 to 1825 he was a Trustee of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Cuthbert Family Cemetery, Mon Louis, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
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
Gaines, Edmund Pendleton b. March 20, 1777 d. June 6, 1849
United States Army Major General. Arrested Aaron Burr for treason. Awarded a gold medal and special commendation from congress as well as commendations from the state legislatures of Virginia, Tennessee and New York for gallantry at Fort Erie in 1814. Surveyed the Gaines trace between Nashville and Natchez. Served under Andrew Jackson in the Creek and Seminole campaigns, and served in the Black Hawk War. Son of James Gaines and Elizabeth Strother. Brother of George Strother Gaines. Husband of...[Read More] (Bio by: Mark Gaines Jessop)
Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
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

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