Find A Grave - Alabama

Bonnett, Neil b. July 30, 1946 d. February 11, 1994
Auto Race Car Driver. He earned 18 Winston Cup Series victories during his 18-year career. Among his 18 wins were back-to-back victories in NASCAR's longest (miles) race -- the Coca-Cola 600 (1982 and 1983). He also won back-to-back Busch Clash (now Bud Shootout) races at Daytona International Speedway (1983 and 1984). His highest finish in the series points chase was in 1985 when he finished fourth and his teammate, Darrell Waltrip, won the championship. He was an original member of the...[Read More] (Bio by: D)
Forest Grove Memorial Gardens, Pleasant Grove (Jefferson County), Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Boone, Isaac Morgan 'Ike' b. February 17, 1887 d. August 1, 1958
Major League Baseball Player. Born in Samantha, Alabama, he was an outfielder mahing his debut on April 22, 1922, with the New York Giants. For eight seasons, he was a utility player with the New York Giants in 1922, Boston Red Sox (1923-25), Chicago White Sox in 1927 and Brooklyn Robins (1930-32). He finished his career with a record of 372 hits, 177 runs scored, 26 homeruns, 194 runs batted in and a .321 batting average. As a player-manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs (1934-36), he led his...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA
Bowie, Sydney Johnston b. July 26, 1865 d. May 7, 1928
US Congressman. Bowie served as a U.S. Representative from Alabama's 4th District from 1901 to 1907.
He was the son of Andrew W. Bowie and Nannie McHenry (Bowdon) Bowie. He married Annie Foster Etheridge on April 29, 1891.
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Bowling, William Bismarck b. September 24, 1870 d. 1946
US Congressman. Elected to represent Alabama in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1920 to 1928. Also served as a State Court Judge. (Bio by: K)
LaFayette Cemetery, Lafayette, Chambers 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
Bradford, Taul b. 1835 d. 1883
US Congressman. Elected to represent Alabama's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1875 to 1877. Also served as a Member of the Alabama State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Talladega 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
Brandon, William Woodward b. June 5, 1868 d. December 7, 1934
Alabama Governor. Served as the Governor of Alabama from 1923 to 1927. Also served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Alabama in 1912.
Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA
Brasher, Annie b. March 8, 1881 d. 1924

Brashers Chapel, Shelby County, Alabama, USA
Brewer, Willis b. March 15, 1844 d. October 30, 1912
US Congressman. After serving in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, he was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced law practice at Haynesville, Alabama. He was a member of the State House of Representatives, 1880 to 1882 and 1890 to 1894. He served in the State Senate, 1882 to 1890 and 1894 to 1897. In 1897, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses, serving until 1901. An unsuccessful candidate for renomination, he resumed the practice of law until...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cedars Plantation, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA
Plot: family mausoleum
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
Brooks, William Thomas Harbaugh b. January 28, 1821 d. July 19, 1870
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Born in Lisbon, Ohio, he graduated from the US Military Academy in 1841, served on the frontier, the Seminole and Mexican Wars. In September 1861, he was appointed Brigadier General in command of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IV Corps. He led his Corps in the Peninsula campaign, the Seven Days Battles, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. In June 1863, he was placed in command of the Department of the Monongahela, 1st Division, XVIII Corps at Cold Harbor and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA
Bryant, Paul 'Bear' b. September 11, 1913 d. January 26, 1983
College Football Coach. He retired as the winningest coach of all time (323-85 -17 record). Coached at four colleges over 38 years, but was known best for leading the University of Alabama to six national titles (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979). He also recorded 15 bowl wins, including eight Sugar Bowls. (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA
Bulger, Michael Jefferson b. February 13, 1806 d. December 14, 1900
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. From a modest beginning in South Carolina, he re-located to Alabama as a young adult, and in time became prominent in this states politics and militia. With the prospect of war on the horizon in 1861, he, as a delegate to Alabama's secession convention, voted nay to the question of whether the state should break away from the United States. Regardless of his position on this issue, he aligned himself with the Confederacy after Alabama's secession, and was...[Read More] (Bio by: Stonewall)
Dadeville City Cemetery, Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA
Burnett, John Lawson b. January 20, 1854 d. 1919
US Congressman. Elected to represent Alabama's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1899 until his death in 1919. He also served as a member of the Alabama State House of Representatives in 1884, and in the Alabama State Senate in 1886. (Bio by: K)
Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, USA
Buttram (Buttram), Pat (Maxwell) b. June 19, 1915 d. January 8, 1994
Actor, comedian, voice-over artist. A native of Alabama and the son of a circuit-riding preacher, in the 1950's he replaced Smiley Burnette as Gene Autry's sidekick in the movies and on his television show. In 1965, he became a television series regular on the show "Green Acres" playing the role of Eustace Haney. In 1982, Mr. Buttram founded the Golden Boots Awards that honor professionals in the Western film industry. Since it's inception, many actors, directors, stuntpeople and others who...[Read More] (Bio by: Allcalmap)
Maxwell Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Double Springs, Winston County, Alabama, USA
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
Caldwell, John Henry b. April 4, 1826 d. September 4, 1902
US Congressman. At the outbreak of the Civil War he raised a Company of soldiers that became Company A of the 10th Alabama Infantry, with him as its Captain and commander. He served throughout the war, rising to Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment. After the war he was elected to represent Alabama's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1873 to 1877. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA

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