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Clifford Henry Dyar, Sr. (1882-1957) —
also known as Clifford H. Dyar —
of Adairsville, Bartow
County, Ga.; Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, March 20,
1882.
Son of Jonathan
Pressley Dyar and Margaret Frances (Barnett) Dyar (1847-1925).
Republican. Chair of
Cobb County Republican Party.
Died in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., October
31, 1957 (age 75 years, 225
days).
Entombed at East View Cemetery.
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Jonathan Pressley Dyar (1845-1923) —
also known as J. P. Dyar —
of Adairsville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born in Hart
County, Ga., April 15,
1845.
Son of Joel Hunter Dyar (1794-1863) and Rachel (Sanders) Dyar
(1814-1856).
Republican. Farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908,
1912.
Died in Adairsville, Bartow
County, Ga., July 18,
1923 (age 78 years, 94
days).
Entombed at East View Cemetery.
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Jonathan Paul Dyar (1886-1951) —
also known as J. Paul Dyar —
of Calhoun, Gordon
County, Ga.
Born in Adairsville, Bartow
County, Ga., July 25,
1886.
Son of Jonathan
Pressley Dyar and Margaret Frances (Barnett) Dyar (1847-1925).
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1940.
Died in Fulton
County, Ga., February
16, 1951 (age 64 years, 206
days).
Entombed at East View Cemetery.
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Amos Tappan Akerman (1821-1880) —
also known as Amos T. Akerman —
of Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
23, 1821.
Son of Benjamin Akerman and Olive (Meloon) Akerman.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1868; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1869-70; U.S.
Attorney General, 1870-71.
Died in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., December
21, 1880 (age 59 years, 302
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Pierce Manning Butler Young (1836-1896) —
also known as Pierce M. B. Young —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., November
15, 1836.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1868-69, 1870-75 (6th District
1868-69, 7th District 1870-75); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1876
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1893-96; Honduras, 1893-96.
Died in Presbyterian Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1896 (age 59 years, 234
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835-1930) —
also known as Rebecca Ann Latimer —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born near Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., June 10,
1835.
Daughter of Charles Latimer and Eleanor Ann (Swift) Latimer.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1922.
Female.
First
woman in the U.S. Senate.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
24, 1930 (age 94 years, 228
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Harrell Felton (1823-1909) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born near Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., June 19,
1823.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1851, 1884-90; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1875-81.
Methodist.
Died in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., September
24, 1909 (age 86 years, 97
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Warren Akin (1811-1877) —
of Georgia.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., October
9, 1811.
Candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1860; member of Georgia state legislature, 1861-63; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Methodist.
Died in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., December
17, 1877 (age 66 years, 69
days).
Interment at Cassville Cemetery.
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William Tatum Wofford (1824-1884) —
of Georgia.
Born in Habersham
County, Ga., June 28,
1824.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1849-53; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.
Died near Cass Station, Bartow
County, Ga., May 22,
1884 (age 59 years, 329
days).
Interment at Cassville Cemetery.
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Hawkins F. Price (1822-1874) —
of Georgia.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., 1822.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1857-58, 1863-65; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861.
Died December
8, 1874 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Cassville Cemetery.
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