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Joel Abbot (1776-1826) —
also known as Joel Abbott —
of Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 17,
1776.
Democrat. Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1799, 1802-04, 1808, 1811; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1817-25.
Died in Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., November
19, 1826 (age 50 years, 247
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Lexington, Ga.
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Richard Dennis Arnold (1808-1876) —
also known as Richard D. Arnold —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
19, 1808.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1839; member of Georgia
state senate, 1842; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1842-43, 1851-52, 1859-60, 1863-65.
Unitarian.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., July 10,
1876 (age 67 years, 326
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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J. W. E. H. Beck (born c.1878) —
of De Kalb, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Georgia, about 1878.
Democrat. Physician; farmer;
member of Texas
state senate 1st District, 1929-33.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Bomar (1816-1868) —
also known as Benjamin F. Bomar —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., August 9,
1816.
Physician; newspaper
publisher; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1849-50; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Died February
1, 1868 (age 51 years, 176
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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William Parks Bond (1832-1898) —
of Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Hall
County, Ga., February
7, 1832.
Son of Joseph B. Bond (1790-1863) and Sarah (Barker) Bond
(1792-1860).
Democrat. Physician; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Georgia
state senate, 1880-81; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-85.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga., July 14,
1898 (age 66 years, 157
days).
Interment at Rock
Chapel Historic Cemetery, Near Lithonia, DeKalb County, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph B. Bond (1790-1863) and Sarah (Barker) Bond (1792-1860);
married, March 13,
1855, to Sarah Ann Born (1834-1876); married, October
31, 1877, to Sarah Ann (Lampkin) Harris (1835-1906); grandfather
of Bond
Almand. |
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Paul Collins Broun (b. 1946) —
also known as Paul C. Broun —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., December
7, 1946.
Son of Paul
C. Broun.
Republican. Physician; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1996; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 2007-; defeated, 1990.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2008.
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Nathan Brownson (1742-1796) —
of Georgia.
Born in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 14,
1742.
Physician; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1777; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1781, 1788; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1781; Governor of
Georgia, 1781-82; delegate to
Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1789; member of Georgia
state senate, 1789-91.
Died near Riceboro, Liberty
County, Ga., November
6, 1796 (age 54 years, 176
days).
Interment at Old
Midway Cemetery, Hinesville, Ga.
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Adam C. Clements (1804-1886) —
of Georgia.
Born in Jackson
County, Ga., August
15, 1804.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1853-54, 1861-62.
Died in Walker
County, Ga., November
15, 1886 (age 82 years, 92
days).
Interment at Cavender
Cemetery, Near Villanow, Walker County, Ga.
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Joseph Wales Clift (1837-1908) —
of Georgia.
Born in North Marshfield, Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
30, 1837.
Republican. Physician; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1868-69.
Died in Rock City Falls, Saratoga
County, N.Y., May 2,
1908 (age 70 years, 215
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Plymouth County, Mass.
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David Dickson (d. 1836) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Georgia.
Physician; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1817, 1832; member
of Mississippi
state senate, 1820-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1821; secretary of
state of Mississippi, 1835; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1835-36; died in office
1836.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., 1836.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Tomlinson Fort (1787-1859) —
of Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, Ga., July 14,
1787.
Democrat. Physician; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1818-26; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1827-29.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., May 11,
1859 (age 71 years, 301
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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William Walton George (1807-1865) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Georgia, 1807.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1840-41, 1842-44.
Baptist.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1865
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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John Phillip Gingrey (b. 1942) —
also known as Phil Gingrey —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 10,
1942.
Republican. Physician; member of Georgia
state senate, 1999-2002; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 11th District, 2003-.
Catholic.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Still living as of 2010.
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W. Franklin Goldin —
of Draketown, Haralson
County, Ga.
Physician; member of Georgia
state senate 38th District, 1902-03.
Interment at Draketown
Baptist Cemetery, Draketown, Ga.
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Lamartine Griffin Hardman (1856-1937) —
of Commerce, Jackson
County, Ga.
Born in Commerce, Jackson
County, Ga., April 14,
1856.
Son of William Benjamin Johnson Hardman and Sarah Elizabeth
(Colquitt) Hardman.
Democrat. Physician; business
executive; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1902-07; member of Georgia
state senate, 1908-10; Governor of
Georgia, 1927-31.
Baptist.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Died of a heart
ailment, February
18, 1937 (age 80 years, 310
days).
Interment at Gray
Hill Cemetery, Commerce, Ga.
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Albert Sidney Hawes (1864-1936) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born November
14, 1864.
Physician; merchant;
planter;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Elbert County, 1927-28.
Died in 1936
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Washington Heard (1781-1838) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born June 14,
1781.
Son of Stephen
Heard and Elizabeth (Darden) Heard (1765-1848).
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1824-27.
Died November
17, 1838 (age 57 years, 156
days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Samuel Doak Holt (1803-1863) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., October
14, 1803.
Whig. Physician; mayor
of Montgomery, Ala., 1838, 1852.
Methodist.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 23,
1863 (age 59 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Benjamin Lafayette Jefferson (1871-1950) —
also known as Benjamin L. Jefferson —
of Steamboat Springs, Routt
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., October
26, 1871.
Son of Rollin Jefferson (1849-1912) and Matta Virgina (Harp)
Jefferson (1853-1928).
Democrat. Physician; dentist;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1898-1900; member of Colorado
state senate, 1900-08; Presidential Elector for Colorado, 1908;
U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1913-21; candidate in primary for Governor of
Colorado, 1922; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1928.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Colorado, 1950
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Steamboat
Springs Cemetery, Steamboat Springs, Colo.
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Relatives: Son
of Rollin Jefferson (1849-1912) and Matta Virgina (Harp) Jefferson
(1853-1928); married, December
21, 1898, to Clorinte B. Duquette (1878-1921); married 1923 to
Virginia (Lowe) Kemble. |
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memorial |
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Noble Wimberly Jones (1723-1805) —
of Georgia.
Born in Lambeth, England,
1723.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1777; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1781; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1795.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
9, 1805 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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James L. Kennedy (1868-1917) —
Born January
23, 1868.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Tattnall
County, Ga., November
6, 1917 (age 49 years, 287
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Homer Virgil Milton Miller (1814-1896) —
also known as Homer V. M. Miller —
of Georgia.
Born in Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C., April 29,
1814.
Democrat. Physician; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1871.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 31,
1896 (age 82 years, 32
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
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William Fletcher Penn (1871-1934) —
also known as William F. Penn —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born in Glasgow, Rockbridge
County, Va., January
16, 1871.
Son of Isham Penn (1837-1919) and Maria (Irvine) Penn (1850-1921).
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Georgia, 1908
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(alternate).
African
ancestry.
Died in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., May 31,
1934 (age 63 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1899
to Lula (Tompkins) Wright. |
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Library |
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Tom Price (b. 1954) —
of Roswell, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
8, 1954.
Republican. Physician; member of Georgia
state senate, 1997-2004; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 2005-.
Still living as of 2010.
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James Roy Rowland, Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as J. Roy Rowland —
of Dublin, Laurens
County, Ga.
Born in Wrightsville, Johnson
County, Ga., February
3, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1977-82; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1983-95.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Baker Ewing Watkins (1800-1876) —
of Colquitt
County, Ga.
Born in Meadow Creek, Whitley
County, Ky., August
18, 1800.
Son of Joel A. Watkins.
Minister;
physician; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865.
Methodist.
Died in Colquitt
County, Ga., November
26, 1876 (age 76 years, 100
days).
Interment at Greenfield
Cemetery, Moultrie, Ga.
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Harrison Lee Watkins (b. 1840) —
of Colquitt
County, Ga.
Born in Whitley
County, Ky., September
30, 1840.
Son of Baker
Ewing Watkins.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-85.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Wayne (d. 1858) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Physician; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1844-45, 1848-51, 1852-53, 1857-58; died in
office 1858.
Died June 27,
1858.
Interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Samuel G. White —
of Georgia.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; physician; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861.
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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