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Line 52: − + − + − Sevier maintained a hunting camp on the Tensas River. He had such interest in thoroughbred [[horse racing]] that his son-in-law, Dr. Thomas Pirone, placed a racing form in Sevier's coat pocket before he was buried. The form was from the 1973 [[Kentucky Derby]] won by Secretariat, an event for which Sevier had been in the stands.<ref name=bio/>+ − +
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The Seviers had a son, Richard Putnam Sevier, born on March 22, 1931, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was residing in [[Midland]], [[Texas]], at the time of his father's death, but later relocated to Jackson, Mississippi. They also had twin daughters, both of whom married and moved away as well: Dorothy Hamilton Elliott, later of El Dorado, [[Arkansas]]; and Nancy Sherrill Pirone, later of [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], [[Kentucky]].<ref name=roots>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lamadiso/articles/sevierfamily/sevierfamily.htm|title=Sevier Family of Madison Parish, Louisiana|publisher=rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=July 23, 2013}}</ref>
The Seviers had a son, Richard Putnam Sevier, born on March 22, 1931, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was residing in [[Midland]], [[Texas]], at the time of his father's death, but later relocated to Jackson, Mississippi. They also had twin daughters, both of whom married and moved away as well: Dorothy Hamilton Elliott, later of El Dorado, [[Arkansas]]; and Nancy Sherrill Pirone, later of [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], [[Kentucky]].<ref name=roots>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lamadiso/articles/sevierfamily/sevierfamily.htm|title=Sevier Family of Madison Parish, Louisiana|publisher=rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=July 23, 2013}}</ref>
Sevier died on September 4, 1985, a few weeks before his 86th birthday. He and his wife, Martha, who preceded him in death by two years, are interred at Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah. Most members of the extended Sevier family in Louisiana are buried here.<ref name=cemetery/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111719006|title=William Putnam "Buck" Sevier, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 28, 2019}}</ref>
Sevier maintained a hunting camp on the Tensas River. He had such interest in thoroughbred [[horse racing]] that his son-in-law, Dr. Thomas Pirone, placed a racing form in Sevier's coat pocket before he was buried. The form was from the 1973 [[Kentucky Derby]] won by Secretariat, an event for which Sevier had been in the stands.<ref name=bio/>
Sevier died on September 4, 1985, a few weeks before his 86th birthday. He and his wife, Martha, who preceded him in death by two years, are interred at Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah. Most members of the extended Sevier family in Louisiana are buried here.<ref name=cemetery/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111719006|title=William Putnam "Buck" Sevier, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 28, 2019}}</ref>
In a 1974 "Baghdad on the Bayou" column of the ''Madison Journal'', editor Carroll Regan recalls Sevier's political clout:
In a 1974 "Baghdad on the Bayou" column of the ''Madison Journal'', editor Carroll Regan recalls Sevier's political clout: