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Carroll County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Carroll County


Index to Locations

  • Carrollton City Cemetery
  • Villa Rica Hill Crest Cemetery


    City Cemetery
    Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia
    Politicians buried here:
      William Charles Adamson (1854-1929) — also known as William C. Adamson — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Ga. Born in Bowdon, Carroll County, Ga., August 13, 1854. Son of John W. Adamson and Mary A. (McDaniel) Adamson. Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Georgia, 1885-89; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1892; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1897-1917; Judge of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-28. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arcanum; Knights of Pythias. Died, of pneumonia, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 3, 1929 (age 74 years, 143 days). Interment at City Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John W. Adamson and Mary A. (McDaniel) Adamson; married, January 29, 1885, to Minna Reese (died 1912); married, January 1, 1917, to Ellen (Zellars) Camp.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Hill Crest Cemetery
    Villa Rica, Carroll County, Georgia
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel Charles Candler (1809-1873) — also known as Samuel C. Candler — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Ga. Born in Columbia County, Ga., December 6, 1809. Son of Daniel Candler (1779-1816) and Sarah (Slaughter) Candler (1784-1865). Democrat. Planter; merchant; member of Georgia state house of representatives; member of Georgia state senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1860. Died in Villa Rica, Carroll County, Ga., November 13, 1873 (age 63 years, 342 days). Interment at Hill Crest Cemetery.
      Relatives: Grandson of William Candler; son of Daniel Candler (1779-1816) and Sarah (Slaughter) Candler (1784-1865); married, December 8, 1833, to Martha Bernetta Beall (1819-1897); brother of Daniel Gill Candler and Ezekiel Slaughter Candler; uncle of Allen Daniel Candler; father of Milton Anthony Candler, Asa Griggs Candler and John Slaughter Candler; grandfather of Charles Murphey Candler and Ezekiel Samuel Candler, Jr.; great-grandfather of George Scott Candler; granduncle of Thomas Slaughter Candler. See Candler family of Georgia.
      Epitaph: "They rest from their labors: their works do follow them."
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


     

     


     
       
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