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William Yates Atkinson (1854-1899) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Oakland, Meriwether
County, Ga., November
11, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-94; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1892-94; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1890-92; Governor of
Georgia, 1894-98.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., August 8,
1899 (age 44 years, 270
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907-1992) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., March 20,
1907.
Son of Joseph Gibbs Arnall and Bessie Lena (Ellis) Arnall.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Coweta County, 1933-36; Georgia
state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of
Georgia, 1943-47; defeated, 1966 (Democratic primary); candidate
1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944;
president, Dixie Insurance
Co., 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Kappa Phi; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Elks; Eagles; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Civitan.
Died December
13, 1992 (age 85 years, 268
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Carter Wright (1866-1933) —
also known as William C. Wright —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Carroll
County, Ga., January
6, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1918-33.
Died in 1933
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Albert Sidney Camp (1892-1954) —
also known as A. Sidney Camp —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born near Moreland, Coweta
County, Ga., July 26,
1892.
Son of William Walker Camp and Ella (Leigh) Camp.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Coweta County Democratic Party, 1915-20; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1924,
1952;
member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1939-54; died in office
1954.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1954 (age 61 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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James Curran Davis (1895-1981) —
also known as James C. Davis —
of Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Franklin, Heard
County, Ga., May 17,
1895.
Son of Thomas Benjamin Davis and Lura Viola (Mooty) Davis.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1925-28;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1934-47; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1947-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Junior
Order.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
18, 1981 (age 86 years, 215
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Hugh Buchanan (1823-1890) —
of Georgia.
Born in Argyllshire, Scotland,
September
15, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1856,
1868;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1860;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; superior court
judge in Georgia, 1872-80; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1881-85.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., June 11,
1890 (age 66 years, 269
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Yates Atkinson, Jr. (1887-1953) —
also known as William Y. Atkinson, Jr. —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., January
18, 1887.
Son of William
Yates Atkinson and Susie Cobb (Milton) Atkinson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
solicitor general, Coweta Judicial Circuit, 1921-42; director, First
National Bank of
Newnan, Newnan Cotton
Mills, Piedmont Hotel
Co.; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1942; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1943-53.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Died November
28, 1953 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Barton Wade Dent (1806-1855) —
of Georgia.
Born in Bryantown, Charles
County, Md., September
8, 1806.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1853-55.
Died in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., September
7, 1855 (age 48 years, 364
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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