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Monroe County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Monroe County


Index to Locations

  • Forsyth Unknown location
  • Forsyth Forsyth Cemetery
  • Forsyth Oakland Cemetery


    Unknown Location
    Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia
    Politicians buried here:
      William Carlton Mobley (1906-1981) — also known as W. Carlton Mobley — of Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb County, Ga. Born near Hillsboro, Jones County, Ga., December 7, 1906. Democrat. Lawyer; secretary to U.S. Rep. Samuel Rutherford, 1929-32; U.S. Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1932-33; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1954-72; chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1972-74. Member, Sigma Pi. Died October 14, 1981 (age 74 years, 311 days). Interment somewhere.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article


    Forsyth Cemetery
    Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia
    Politicians buried here:
      Robert Pleasant Trippe (1819-1900) — of Georgia. Born in Jasper County, Ga., December 21, 1819. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1849-53; U.S. Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1855-59; member of Georgia state senate, 1858-59; delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1873-75. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., July 22, 1900 (age 80 years, 213 days). Interment at Forsyth Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Oakland Cemetery
    Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel Rutherford (1870-1932) — of Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga. Born near Culloden, Crawford County, Ga., March 15, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1896-97, 1921-24; member of Georgia state senate, 1909-10; U.S. Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1925-32; died in office 1932. Died in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1932 (age 61 years, 326 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
      Cross-reference: W. Carlton Mobley
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Thomas Banks Cabaniss (1835-1915) — of Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga. Born in Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga., August 31, 1835. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1865; member of Georgia state senate, 1878; U.S. Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1893-95. Died in Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga., August 14, 1915 (age 79 years, 348 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
      Relatives: Cousin of Thomas Chipman McRae. See McRae family of Arkansas.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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