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Robert C. Word Ramspeck (1890-1972) —
also known as Robert Ramspeck —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., September
5, 1890.
Son of Theodore R. Ramspeck and Ida (Word) Ramspeck.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. William
S. Howard, 1912; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1929-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died in Castor, Bienville
Parish, La., September
10, 1972 (age 82 years, 5
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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Leslie Jasper Steele (1868-1929) —
also known as Leslie J. Steele —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born near Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., November
21, 1868.
Democrat. Mayor of
Decatur, Ga., 1915; member of Georgia state legislature, 1915; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1927-29; died in office
1929.
Died July 24,
1929 (age 60 years, 245
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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Milton Anthony Candler (1837-1909) —
also known as Milton A. Candler —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Campbellton, Fulton
County, Ga., January
11, 1837.
Son of Samuel
Charles Candler and Martha Bernetta (Beall) Candler (1819-1897).
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1875-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1892.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., August 8,
1909 (age 72 years, 209
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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Charles Murphey (1799-1861) —
of Georgia.
Born in South Carolina, May 9,
1799.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1851-53.
Died January
16, 1861 (age 61 years, 252
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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William Schley Howard (1875-1953) —
also known as William S. Howard —
of Kirkwood, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Kirkwood, DeKalb
County, Ga., June 29,
1875.
Son of Thomas
Coke Howard.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1911-19.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August 1,
1953 (age 78 years, 33
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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Robert A. Alston (1832-1879) —
of Georgia.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., 1832.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1878-79; died in office 1879.
Killed
in a gunfight
in the Georgia state
capitol building, Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1879
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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