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Alston-Kenan family of Milledgeville, Georgia

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837) — of Warrenton, Warren County, N.C. Born near Warrenton, Warren County, N.C., December 17, 1757. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina state senate, 1780-82, 1784-85; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1791-1815 (at-large 1791-97, 5th District 1797-99, at-large 1799-1803, 6th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07, 6th District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 6th District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 6th District 1815); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1801-05; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1815-28; resigned 1828; received 24 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1824; delegate to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835; candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina. Slaveowner. Died in Warren County, N.C., June 29, 1837 (age 79 years, 194 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Warren County, N.C.
  Relatives: Uncle of Henry Seawell, Willis Alston and Micajah Thomas Hawkins; grandfather of William Eaton Jr.; great-grandfather of Charles Henry Martin.
  Political family: Alston-Macon-Hawkins family of North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Macon counties in Ala., Ga., Ill., Mo., N.C. and Tenn. are named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Willis Alston (1769-1837) — of Greenville, Pitt County, N.C.; Hyde Park (unknown county), N.C. Born near Littleton, Halifax County, N.C., 1769. Member of North Carolina house of commons, 1790-92, 1820-24; member of North Carolina state senate, 1794-96; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1799-1815, 1825-31 (at-large 1799-1803, 2nd District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07, 2nd District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 2nd District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 2nd District 1825-31). Slaveowner. Died in Halifax, Halifax County, N.C., April 10, 1837 (age about 67 years). Interment a private or family graveyard, Halifax County, N.C.
  Relatives: Nephew of Nathaniel Macon; uncle of Henrietta Alston (who married Augustus Holmes Kenan), Philoclea Alston (who married David Shelby Walker) and Augustus A. Alston; granduncle of Robert Augustus Alston and Lewis Holmes Kenan.
  Political family: Alston-Kenan family of Milledgeville, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Owen Rand Kenan (1804-1887) — of North Carolina. Born in Kenansville, Duplin County, N.C., March 4, 1804. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1834-38; Representative from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64. Died in Kenansville, Duplin County, N.C., March 3, 1887 (age 82 years, 364 days). Interment at Graham Cemetery, Near Kenansville, Duplin County, N.C.
  Relatives: Cousin *** of Augustus Holmes Kenan.
  Political family: Alston-Kenan family of Milledgeville, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Augustus Holmes Kenan (1805-1870) — of Georgia. Born in Montpelier, Baldwin County, Ga., April 21, 1805. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1830; member of Georgia state senate, 1840; delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64. Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., June 2, 1870 (age 65 years, 42 days). Interment at Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
  Relatives: Married to Henrietta Alston (sister of Augustus A. Alston; niece of Willis Alston); father of Lewis Holmes Kenan; cousin *** of Owen Rand Kenan.
  Political family: Alston-Kenan family of Milledgeville, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Augustus A. Alston (1805-1839) — of Georgia. Born in Hancock County, Ga., 1805. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1828-29. Killed in a duel with Gen. Leigh Read, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., 1839 (age about 34 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Brother of Henrietta Alston (who married Augustus Holmes Kenan) and Philoclea Alston (who married David Shelby Walker); nephew of Willis Alston; uncle of Robert Augustus Alston and Lewis Holmes Kenan.
  Political family: Alston-Kenan family of Milledgeville, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  David Shelby Walker (1815-1891) — also known as David S. Walker — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Logan County, Ky., May 2, 1815. Lawyer; mayor of Tallahassee, Fla., 1852; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1860-65; Governor of Florida, 1865-68; defeated (American), 1856; circuit judge in Florida, 1878-91. Died in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., July 20, 1891 (age 76 years, 79 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of David Walker; married to Philoclea Alston (sister of Augustus A. Alston; niece of Willis Alston); father of Courtney Walker (who married Robert Spratt Cockrell) and David Shelby Walker Jr.; nephew of George Walker; uncle of James David Walker; first cousin twice removed of Howell Lewis; second cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis; second cousin twice removed of George Washington, John Walker and Francis Walker; second cousin thrice removed of George Madison; third cousin of Howell Cobb (1772-1818); third cousin once removed of Robert Brooke, Bushrod Washington, Howell Cobb (1815-1868) and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb; third cousin twice removed of James Madison, William Taylor Madison and Clement F. Dorsey; fourth cousin of John Thornton Augustine Washington, Francis Taliaferro Helm and Thomas Walker Gilmer; fourth cousin once removed of Andrew Dorsey, Charles John Helm, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden and Hubbard Dozier Helm.
  Political family: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The David S. Walker Library, in Tallahassee, Florida, is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Coke Howard (1817-1893) — also known as Thomas C. Howard — of Crawford County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in South Carolina, 1817. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1840; postmaster at Atlanta, Ga., 1856-58, 1861-65. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., 1893 (age about 76 years). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
  Relatives: Married to Marianna Hall; father of William Schley Howard; uncle of Robert Augustus Alston; great-grandfather of Pierre D. Howard Jr..
  Political family: Howard family of Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Augustus Alston (1832-1879) — also known as Robert A. Alston — of DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., 1832. Lawyer; farmer; newspaper publisher; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1878-79; died in office 1879. Methodist. A farmer named Ed Cox, angry over the sale of a prison labor lease which Alston had negotiated, armed himself, announced he would kill Alston, sought him in the Georgia state capitol building, and found him in the State Treasurer's office. Both men drew their pistols. Alston was mortally wounded by a shot to the head, and died later that day, in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., March 11, 1879 (age about 46 years). Cox was also shot and injured, but recovered, was convicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Interment at Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Charlotte Magill; nephew of Augustus A. Alston and Thomas Coke Howard; grandnephew of Willis Alston; first cousin of Lewis Holmes Kenan.
  Political family: Alston-Kenan family of Milledgeville, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lewis Holmes Kenan (1833-1871) — of Georgia. Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., 1833. Member of Georgia state senate 20th District, 1867-68. Shot and killed in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., 1871 (age about 38 years). Interment somewhere in Milledgeville, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Augustus Holmes Kenan; nephew of Augustus A. Alston; grandnephew of Willis Alston; first cousin of Robert Augustus Alston.
  Political family: Alston-Kenan family of Milledgeville, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
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