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Stephen William Blount (1808-1890) —
also known as Stephen W. Blount —
of Burke
County, Ga.; San Augustine, San
Augustine County, Tex.
Born in Burke
County, Ga., February
13, 1808.
Son of Stephen Blount and Elizabeth Blount.
Democrat. Burke
County Sheriff; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of San Augustine, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; postmaster; San
Augustine County Clerk.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in San Augustine, San
Augustine County, Tex., February
7, 1890 (age 81 years, 359
days).
Interment at San
Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine, Tex.
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James Garneth Carter (b. 1877) —
also known as James G. Carter —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., December
15, 1877.
Merchant
tailor; letter carrier; newspaper
manager; U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1906-16; Tananarive, 1916-27; Calais, 1927-40; Bordeaux, 1940; U.S. Consul General in Tananarive, 1941-42.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Conley (1815-1886) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 1,
1815.
Mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1857-59; Governor of
Georgia, 1871-72; president, Macon and Augusta Railroad;
postmaster.
Died in West End (now part of Atlanta), Fulton
County, Ga., January
10, 1886 (age 70 years, 315
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855-1938) —
also known as Harry S. Edwards —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 23,
1855.
Son of James Corson Edwards (1802-1861) and Elizabeth Griffin (Hunt)
Edwards (1820-1904).
Newspaper
editor; author;
postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1904;
Proleague Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1920.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., October
22, 1938 (age 83 years, 182
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Jared Irwin (1768-1818) —
of Northumberland
County, Pa.
Born in Georgia, January
19, 1768.
Democrat. Postmaster; Northumberland
County Sheriff, 1808-12; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1811; served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1813-17.
In 1817, assisted in the establishment of a short-lived revolutionary
government on Amelia Island, Fla.
Died in Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla., September
20, 1818 (age 50 years, 244
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Alfred Kennedy (b. 1894) —
also known as Tom Kennedy —
of Manassas, Tattnall
County, Ga.
Born in Manassas, Tattnall
County, Ga., April 7,
1894.
Son of James
L. Kennedy and Kizziah (Smith) Kennedy (1872-1921).
Democrat. Mail carrier; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Tattnall County, 1955-56.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Woodmen;
Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 31,
1917, to Eva Mae Rogers (born 1899). |
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; Possum Poke, Poulan, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Son of George A. Osborn and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1936.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April 11,
1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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Washington Poe (1800-1876) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 13,
1800.
Lawyer;
intendant
of Macon, Georgia, 1827; mayor of
Macon, Ga., 1840-41; postmaster.
Died October
7, 1876 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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