Wilkes County
Georgia
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Wilkes County
Georgia
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wilkes County
Index to Locations
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Matthew Talbot (1762-1827) —
of Georgia.
Born in Virginia, 1762.
Delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798; member of Georgia
state senate, 1808; Governor of
Georgia, 1819.
Died September
17, 1827 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Smyrna Cemetery.
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Robert Augustus Toombs (1810-1885) —
also known as Robert Toombs; Bob Toombs —
of Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga.
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., July 2,
1810.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1837-43; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1845-53; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1853-61; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; fled
to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union
forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln; later returned to Georgia; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.
One of the greatest orators of his time.
Died in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., December
15, 1885 (age 75 years, 166
days).
Interment at Rest Haven Cemetery.
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Dudley McIver DuBose (1834-1883) —
of Georgia.
Born in Shelby
County, Tenn., October
28, 1834.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1871-73.
Died in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., March 2,
1883 (age 48 years, 125
days).
Interment at Rest Haven Cemetery.
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Garnett Andrews (1837-1903) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., May 15,
1837.
Son of Judge Garnett Andrews and Annulet (Ball) Andrews.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Mississippi state legislature, 1879-80; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1891-93.
Died May 6,
1903 (age 65 years, 356
days).
Interment at Rest Haven Cemetery.
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