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John Clark (1766-1832) —
also known as "Keeper of the Live Oaks" —
of Georgia.
Born February
28, 1766.
Governor
of Georgia, 1819-23.
Died of yellow
fever, in St. Andrews, Washington County (now part of Panama
City, Bay
County), Fla., October
2, 1832 (age 66 years, 217
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Bay County, Fla.; reinterment in
1922 at Marietta National Cemetery.
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Sion A. Darnell (1845-1906) —
of Jasper, Pickens
County, Ga.
Born in Pickens
County, Ga., December
28, 1845.
Son of John Darnell (1818-1877) and Elizabeth Lucinda (Waldrop)
Darnell (1829-1904).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1870; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1882-86; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1888;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1889-93.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
10, 1906 (age 60 years, 256
days).
Interment at Marietta National Cemetery.
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Alexander Stephens Clay (1853-1910) —
also known as Alexander S. Clay —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born near Powder Springs, Cobb
County, Ga., September
25, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-87, 1889-90; member of Georgia
state senate, 1892-94; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1897-1910; died in office 1910.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
13, 1910 (age 57 years, 49
days).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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George Nelson Lester (1824-1892) —
of Georgia.
Born in Abbeville District (now Abbeville
County), S.C., March 13,
1824.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1858; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; Georgia
state attorney general, 1890-92; died in office 1892.
Wounded during the Civil War, in Kentucky, 1862, and lost an
arm.
Died March 30,
1892 (age 68 years, 17
days).
Interment at Old City Cemetery.
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