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1588:1817 births
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1238:(from 1836)
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818:Little Rock
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234:Preceded by
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174:Preceded by
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1582:Categories
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851:References
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476:Alma mater
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927:(1959),
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584:Commands
370:Arkansas
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106:4th
1566:Italics
1528:Clinton
1518:Clinton
1512:Purcell
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1307:Clayton
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1439:Terral
1429:Brough
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1394:Martin
1374:Little
1359:Clarke
1344:Hughes
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1313:Hadley
1302:Murphy
1285:Rector
1215:Fulton
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1380:Moore
1369:Davis
1364:Jones
1349:Eagle
1339:Berry
1275:Roane
1257:Adams
1234:State
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1054:1848
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