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Cobb County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Cobb County

Index to Locations Near Acworth Liberty Hill Cemetery Kennesaw Unknown location Marietta Episcopal Cemetery Marietta Marietta City Cemetery Marietta Marietta National Cemetery Smyrna New Smyrna Cemetery Liberty Hill Cemetery Near Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Hardy Strickland (1818-1884) — of Georgia. Born in Jackson County, Ga., November 24, 1818. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1847-58; delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64. Died in Acworth, Cobb County, Ga., January 24, 1884 (age 65 years, 61 days). Interment at Liberty Hill Cemetery. Unknown Location Kennesaw, Cobb County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Harold Columbus Suit (c.1922-1994) — also known as Hal Suit — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born about 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; television journalist; candidate for Governor of Georgia, 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1972; Republican Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1972 (voted for Richard M. Nixon and Spiro T. Agnew). Died November 20, 1994 (age about 72 years). Interment somewhere. Episcopal Cemetery Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Charles James McDonald (1793-1860) — of Georgia. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., July 9, 1793. Governor of Georgia, 1839-43; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1855-59. Died in Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., December 16, 1860 (age 67 years, 160 days). Interment at Episcopal Cemetery.   See also National Governors Association biography Marietta City Cemetery Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Alexander Stephens Clay (1853-1910) — also known as Alexander S. Clay — of Marietta, Cobb County, Ga. Born near Powder Springs, Cobb County, Ga., September 25, 1853. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1884-87, 1889-90; member of Georgia state senate, 1892-94; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1897-1910; died in office 1910. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., November 13, 1910 (age 57 years, 49 days). Interment at Marietta City Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Alexander H. Stephens   Relatives: Son of William J. Clay and Edna Ann Elizabeth (Peak) Clay; married, November 25, 1880, to Sara Frances White.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Alexander S. Clay (built 1944 at Brunswick, Georgia; scrapped 1970) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   George Nelson Lester (1824-1892) — of Georgia. Born in Abbeville District (now Abbeville County), S.C., March 13, 1824. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1858; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; Georgia state attorney general, 1890-92; died in office 1892. Wounded during the Civil War, in Kentucky, 1862, and lost an arm. Died March 30, 1892 (age 68 years, 17 days). Interment at Marietta City Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother-in-law of Hiram Parks Bell.   Frances Clay (1861-1940) — also known as Fannie Clay; Sara Frances White; Mrs. Alexander S. Clay — of Marietta, Cobb County, Ga. Born in Lithia Springs, Douglas County, Ga., July, 1861. Democrat. Postmaster at Marietta, Ga., 1914-35. Female. Died in Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., December 19, 1940 (age 79 years, 0 days). Interment at Marietta City Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, November 25, 1880, to Alexander Stephens Clay.   Epitaph: "The path of sorrow, and that path alone / Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Marietta National Cemetery Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   John Clark (1766-1832) — also known as "Keeper of the Live Oaks" — of Georgia. Born February 28, 1766. Governor of Georgia, 1819-23. Died of yellow fever, in St. Andrews, Washington County (now part of Panama City, Bay County), Fla., October 2, 1832 (age 66 years, 217 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Bay County, Fla.; reinterment in 1922 at Marietta National Cemetery.   Relatives: Uncle of Edward Clark.   See also National Governors Association biography   Sion A. Darnell (1845-1906) — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.; Jasper, Pickens County, Ga. Born in Pickens County, Ga., December 28, 1845. Republican. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1880, 1888, 1892; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1882-86; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1889-93. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., September 10, 1906 (age 60 years, 256 days). Interment at Marietta National Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Darnell and Elizabeth Lucinda (Waldrop) Darnell; married, February 22, 1871, to Susan Marie Hotchkiss.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Herman Louis Spahr (1875-1953) — also known as Herman L. Spahr — Born in Macon, Bibb County, Ga., December 18, 1875. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; college teacher; U.S. Consul in Breslau, 1906-14; Montevideo, as of 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Died June 15, 1953 (age 77 years, 179 days). Interment at Marietta National Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   DeWitt Clinton Cole (1871-1940) — also known as DeWitt C. Cole — of Marietta, Cobb County, Ga. Born in Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., June 20, 1871. Republican. Postmaster at Marietta, Ga., 1898-1910; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1916, 1920 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1936 (alternate), 1940. Died in Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., November 5, 1940 (age 69 years, 138 days). Interment at Marietta National Cemetery.   Presumably named for: DeWitt Clinton   Relatives: Son of Henry Greene Cole and Georgia Caroline (Fletcher) Cole; married to Mary McIntosh (second great-granddaughter of Nicholas Bayard).   Political family: Four Thousand Related Politicians..   See also Find-A-Grave memorial New Smyrna Cemetery Smyrna, Cobb County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Alma Konigsmark (1876-1956) — also known as Alma Reed — of Smyrna, Cobb County, Ga. Born in Georgia, December 24, 1876. Postmaster at Smyrna, Ga., 1902-15. Female. Died February 5, 1956 (age 79 years, 43 days). Interment at New Smyrna Cemetery.   Relatives: Daughter of Nancy Allen (Ruff) Reed and John L. Reed; married to Henry Konigsmark.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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