Buford Ellington 1907-1972

Buford Ellington 1907-1972 is a Tennessee historical marker in in front of Ellington residence, Marshall County.

Marshall Co, county road 4277, 6 1907-1972 miles north of Lewisburg, in front of Ellington residence

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A native of Holmes County, Mississippi, he married Catherine Cheek in 1930. Ten years later he moved to Verona where he farmed and operated a general store until 1953. He was elected to the General Assembly in 1948. Appointed commissioner of agriculture in 1953, he served until 1958. He was elected governor in 1958 and again in 1966. He held the post of director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization under President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Middle Tennessee Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1936 · Verona, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1947 · Verona, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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Buford Ellington 1907-1972

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