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• Bryan, William Jennings    b. March 19, 1860  d. July 26, 1925
  American Politician, Religious Activist, and Attorney. William Jennings Bryan's career can be read as a long crusade for causes typically associated with the American "common man", including currency reform and traditional American religion. An 1883 graduate of Chicago's Union College of Law, Bryan would represent Nebraska in the House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895. He ran for President in 1896 on a platform calling for free coinage of silver. This position would be best elucidated at...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
  Plot: Section 4, Lot 3118-3121, Grids U-11
   
• Darrow, Clarence    b. April 18, 1857  d. March 13, 1938
  Attorney and Social Activist. Clarence Darrow was the son of former Unitarian minister Amirus Darrow, a freethinking iconoclast who sheltered escaping slaves in the Darrows' Kinsman, Ohio home. Atrracted to debate by his father's continual need to defend his political and religious positions, Darrow trained for one year as an undergraduate at Allegheny College and for another year at the University of Michigan Law School before passing the Ohio bar in 1878 and beginning his practice in...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
  Jackson Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
  Plot: Body cremated, ashes scattered.
   
• Hicks, Sue K.    b. December 12, 1895  d. June 17, 1980
  Lawyer, Folk Figure. He was well-known for his role as an assistant attorney to William Jennings Bryan during the famed "Scopes" trial of 1925. Mr. Hicks was also part of the orignial group of Dayton Tennessee businessmen who decided to put their small town on the map by arresting and charging John Scopes with breaking the newly passed law on evolution. Also, unknown to most people, the song by Johnny Cash, "A Boy Named Sue," was inspired by Hicks name, who was named after his mother. (Bio by: Dean Wilson)
  Haven Hill Memorial Gardens, Madisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
  Plot: 10-B Christus Garden
   
• Neal, John Randolph    b. September 17, 1876  d. November 22, 1959
  Lawyer. He was the chief defense for John Thomas Scopes in the 1925 Scopes Trial, and was later joined by Clarence Darrow. Prior to this he had successfully won a seat in the General Assembly and two years later he won election to the Tennessee Senate. He was also a former University of Tennessee Law Professor. hrough his years he embarked on a varity of other enterprises. The most spectacular was the establishment of a private law school in Knoxville Tennessee for part time students. It lasted...[Read More] (Bio by: Dean Wilson)
  Ault Cemetery, Rockwood, Roane County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Raulston, John Tate    b. September 22, 1868  d. July 11, 1956
  He was the judge in the 1925 Scopes Trial in which William Jennings Bryan prosecuted John Thomas Scopes for teaching the theory of evolution in Rhea County High School in Dayton. Scopes was defended by Clarence Darrow.
  Cumberland View Cemetery, Kimball, Marion County, Tennessee, USA
   
• Scopes, John T.    b. August 3, 1900  d. October 21, 1970
  He was a sports coach and substitute schoolteacher at Rhea County High School, Tennessee, who was charged with having broke a state law by teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in a high school biology class. This culminated in the famous 'Monkey Trial' of 1925, in which William Jennings Bryan was one of the assisstant prosecutors. The prosecution team was led by Thomas A. Stewart. There were many lawyers defending Scopes including Darrow, Neal, Arthur Garfield, Hay, Dudley Malone to name a...[Read More]
  Oak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA
  Plot: Section 7, Lot #104
   
• Stewart, Arthur Thomas    b. January 11, 1892  d. October 10, 1972
  US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1939 to 1949. Also served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Tennessee in 1940.
  He was the Attorney General for the State of Tennessee during the July 1925 trial of John Thomas Scopes. (Bio by: K)
  Memorial Park Cemetery, Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA
   

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