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Howell Cobb (1815-1868) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ga., September
7, 1815.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1843-51, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45,
6th District 1845-51, 1855-57); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1849-51; Governor of
Georgia, 1851-53; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1857-60; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
9, 1868 (age 53 years, 32
days).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery.
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David Dean Rusk (1909-1994) —
also known as Dean Rusk —
Born in Cherokee
County, Ga., February
9, 1909.
Rhodes
scholar; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1961-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1969.
Died of congestive
heart failure, in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., December
20, 1994 (age 85 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery.
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Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870) —
of Madison, Morgan
County, Ga.; Monroe, Walton
County, Ga.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., January
14, 1783.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1808; member of Georgia
state senate, 1812; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1815-17, 1827-31 (at-large 1815-17,
4th District 1827-29, at-large 1829-31); Governor of
Georgia, 1831-35; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1837-41.
Died December
28, 1870 (age 87 years, 348
days).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery.
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William Bailey Lamar (1853-1928) —
also known as William B. Lamar —
of Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.
Born near Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla., June 12,
1853.
Son of Thompson B. Lamar and Sarah Bellamy (Bailey) Lamar.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Florida, 1883-86; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1887; Florida
state attorney general, 1889-99; U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1903-09.
Died September
26, 1928 (age 75 years, 106
days).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery.
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Sampson Willis Harris (1809-1857) —
of Alabama.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., February
23, 1809.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1834, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1847-57 (3rd District 1847-55, 7th
District 1855-57).
Died April 1,
1857 (age 48 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel Joelah Tribble (1869-1916) —
also known as Samuel J. Tribble —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Franklin
County, Ga., November
15, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1911-16; died in office
1916.
Died December
8, 1916 (age 47 years, 23
days).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery.
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Augustin Smith Clayton (1783-1839) —
also known as Augustin S. Clayton —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., November
27, 1783.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1810; state court judge in
Georgia, 1819; member of Georgia
state senate, 1826; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1832-35.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., June 21,
1839 (age 55 years, 206
days).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery.
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Henry Hull Carlton (1835-1905) —
also known as Henry H. Carlton —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., May 12,
1835.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1876;
member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1887-91.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., October
26, 1905 (age 70 years, 167
days).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Grier Stephens, Jr. (1913-2003) —
also known as Robert G. Stephens, Jr. —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
14, 1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1951-53; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Clarke County, 1953-59; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1961-77.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Kiwanis;
Woodmen.
Died, in a hospital
at Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
20, 2003 (age 89 years, 190
days).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ga., April 10,
1823.
Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed
in the battle of Fredericksburg, Stafford
County, Va., December
13, 1862 (age 39 years, 247
days).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery.
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Tinsley White Rucker, Jr. (1848-1926) —
also known as Tinsley W. Rucker, Jr. —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Farmhill, Elbert
County, Ga., March 24,
1848.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1917.
Died November
18, 1926 (age 78 years, 239
days).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery.
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Andrew Cobb Erwin (1884-1941) —
also known as Andrew C. Erwin —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., December
22, 1884.
Son of Alexander Smith Erwin (1843-1902; judge) and Mary Ann Lamar
(Cobb) Erwin.
Democrat. Insurance
and real
estate business; banker; mayor of
Athens, Ga., 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932.
Hit by
a car on the street in front of his house, and died as a result,
in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
16, 1941 (age 56 years, 56
days).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery.
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Young Loftin Gerdine Harris (1812-1894) —
also known as Young L. G. Harris —
of Elbert
County, Ga.; Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., 1812.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1841, 1847-52; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., 1894
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery.
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