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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Savannah Bonaventure Cemetery
Savannah Catholic Cemetery
Savannah Colonial Park Cemetery
Savannah Greenwich Cemetery
Savannah Laurel Grove North
Cemetery
Savannah Wright Square
Private or family
graveyard
Chatham County, Georgia
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Joseph Bryan (1773-1812) —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
18, 1773.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1803-06 (at-large 1803-05, 1st
District 1805-06).
Slaveowner.
Died in Wilmington Island, Chatham
County, Ga., September
12, 1812 (age 39 years, 25
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Bonaventure
Cemetery
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
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Walter Cecil Dowling (1905-1977) —
also known as Walter C. Dowling —
of Jesup, Wayne
County, Ga.
Born in Atkinson, Brantley
County, Ga., August
4, 1905.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Lisbon, as of 1938; Rio de Janeiro, as of 1943; U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1956-59; Germany, 1959-63; university
professor.
Died in 1977
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Henry Rootes Jackson (1820-1898) —
also known as Henry R. Jackson —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., June 24,
1820.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1844; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Austria, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1854-58; Mexico, 1885-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1860;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 23,
1898 (age 77 years, 333
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Jackson and Martha Jacquelina (Rootes) Jackson; married, January
31, 1844, to Cornelia Augusta Davenport; married, December
29, 1866, to Florence Barclay King (daughter of Thomas
Butler King; sister of John
Floyd King; niece of Henry
King); great-grandnephew of John
Smith; first cousin of Howell
Cobb and Thomas
Reade Rootes Cobb; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Chilton, William
Parish Chilton and Joshua
Chilton; third cousin twice removed of Howell
Lewis and George
Washington; third cousin thrice removed of Dracos
Alexander Dimitry Jr.; fourth cousin of Commodore
Perry Chilton and Shadrach
Chilton; fourth cousin once removed of Bushrod
Washington, Meriwether
Lewis, Horace
George Chilton and Arthur
Bounds Chilton. |
| | | Political families: Jackson-Lee
family; King
family of Savannah, Georgia; Bowen-Washburn
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S.
State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edward Telfair (1735-1807) —
of Georgia.
Born in Scotland,
1735.
Signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1778, 1780-82; received one
electoral vote, 1789;
Governor
of Georgia, 1789-93.
Died September
17, 1807 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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John Houstoun (1744-1796) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Waynesboro, Burke
County, Ga., August
31, 1744.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775; Governor of
Georgia, 1778, 1784-85; defeated, 1787; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1790-91; superior court judge in Georgia, 1792.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died near Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., July 20,
1796 (age 51 years, 324
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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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.
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Josiah Tattnall (1762-1803) —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1762.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1795; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1796-99; Governor of
Georgia, 1801-02.
Died in Nassau, Bahamas,
June
6, 1803 (age about 40
years).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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George Jones (1766-1838) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
25, 1766.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1800; member of Georgia
state senate, 1800; state court judge in Georgia, 1804; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1807; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1812-14.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., November
13, 1838 (age 72 years, 261
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Rufus Ezekiel Lester (1837-1906) —
also known as Rufus E. Lester —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born near Waynesboro, Burke
County, Ga., December
12, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia
state senate, 1870-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1876;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1883-89; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1889-1906; died in
office 1906.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 16,
1906 (age 68 years, 186
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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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.
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William Richard Waring (1787-1843) —
also known as William R. Waring —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in 1787.
Physician;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1830-32.
Died in 1843
(age about
56 years).
Original interment at Laurel Grove North
Cemetery; reinterment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Alexander Robert Lawton (1818-1896) —
also known as Alexander R. Lawton —
of Georgia.
Born in St. Peter's Parish, Beaufort District (now part of Beaufort
County), S.C., November
4, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Augusta and Savannah Railroad,
1849-54; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1855-56, 1870-75; member of Georgia
state senate, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1876; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1880,
1884;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1887-89.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 2,
1896 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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John Young Noel —
also known as John Y. Noel —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1796-97, 1804-07.
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Charles Gordon Edwards (1878-1931) —
also known as Charles G. Edwards —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Daisy, Tattnall County (now Evans
County), Ga., July 2,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1907-17, 1925-31; died
in office 1931.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 13,
1931 (age 53 years, 11
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Edward Fenwick Tattnall (1788-1832) —
also known as Edward F. Tattnall —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, 1788.
Member of Georgia state legislature, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1821-27 (at-large 1821-25, 1st
District 1825-27).
Slaveowner.
Died November
21, 1832 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Thomas Telfair (1780-1818) —
of Georgia.
Born in Georgia, 1780.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1813-17.
Died in 1818
(age about
38 years).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Archibald Battle Lovett (1884-1945) —
also known as A. B. Lovett —
of Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga.; Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga., June 21,
1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
mayor of Sylvania, Ga., 1914-18; superior court judge in Georgia,
1919-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1936;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1941-45;
died in office 1945.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
28, 1945 (age 61 years, 190
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Duncan Lamont Clinch (1787-1849) —
also known as Duncan L. Clinch —
of St. Marys, Camden
County, Ga.
Born in Edgecombe
County, N.C., April 6,
1787.
U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1844-45.
Slaveowner.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., November
27, 1849 (age 62 years, 235
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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John Holbrook Estill (1840-1907) —
also known as John H. Estill —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
28, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1888; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1902.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., November
9, 1907 (age 67 years, 12
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, October
10, 1865, to Marion Virginia Thomson; married, June 30,
1895, to Ida Holbrook; married, March
21, 1897, to Maude Augustin Hill. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, August 1902 |
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William Wiseham Paine (1817-1882) —
of Georgia.
Born in Richmond,
Va., October
10, 1817.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1870-71; member of
Georgia state legislature, 1870.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
5, 1882 (age 64 years, 299
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Leopold Charrier (c.1835-1906) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in France,
about 1835.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; in 1861, he was the first
man to receive a pension from the U.S. government for wounds received
in military service during the Civil War; cotton
broker; liquor
merchant; Consul
for Belgium in Savannah,
Ga., 1878-1903.
French
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
16, 1906 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Jacob Rauers (1837-1904) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Bremen, Germany,
December
15, 1837.
Cotton
merchant; Consul
for Germany in Savannah,
Ga., 1871-1903.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 4,
1904 (age 66 years, 141
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Robert Blair Reppard (1844-1908) —
also known as Robert B. Reppard; Roberto B.
Reppard —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Pennsylvania, October, 1844.
Consul
for Chile in Savannah,
Ga., 1880-1907.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., June 1,
1908 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Andres Eubio Moynelo (1845-1912) —
also known as Andres E. Moynelo —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
December
12, 1845.
Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Savannah,
Ga., 1896-1900, 1902-08; Honorary
Consul for Cuba in Savannah,
Ga., 1904-11.
Cuban
ancestry.
Died July 14,
1912 (age 66 years, 215
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Emil William Rosenthal (1869-1929) —
also known as E. W. Rosenthal —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., April
18, 1869.
Cotton
exporter;
Consul
for Belgium in Savannah,
Ga., 1914-25.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
23, 1929 (age 60 years, 127
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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William Goodrich Morrell (1852-1915) —
also known as William G. Morrell —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, May 26,
1852.
Rice
broker; Consul
for Uruguay in Savannah,
Ga., 1900-02; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Savannah,
Ga., 1901-02.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
23, 1915 (age 63 years, 211
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Christen Moeller Holst (1826-1897) —
also known as Christen M. Holst —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Elmelunde, Denmark,
September
13, 1826.
Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Savannah,
Ga., 1865-97; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Savannah,
Ga., 1865-97.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
25, 1897 (age 71 years, 103
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Joseph John Wilder (1844-1900) —
also known as Joseph J. Wilder —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
5, 1844.
Cotton
exporter;
shipbroker;
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Savannah,
Ga., 1873-77; Vice-Consul
for Russia in Savannah,
Ga., 1880-1900.
Died near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., September
10, 1900 (age 56 years, 248
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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William Goodrich Morrell Jr. (1890-1976) —
also known as William G. Morrell, Jr. —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
12, 1890.
Rice
broker; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Savannah,
Ga., 1913-20, 1923-47.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
21, 1976 (age 85 years, 40
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Edward William Karow (1854-1911) —
also known as Edward W. Karow —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Stettin, East Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland),
February
28, 1854.
Cotton
exporter;
Vice-Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Savannah,
Ga., 1887-1903.
Died in Liverpool, England,
January
17, 1911 (age 56 years, 323
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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George Anderson Mercer (1835-1907) —
also known as George A. Mercer —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1835.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Georgia state legislature, 1870; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1892.
Episcopalian.
Died from "congestion of the brain" (probably a stroke),
in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., October
23, 1907 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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John Henry Farrington (1863-1909) —
also known as John H. Farrington —
of Punta Gorda, De Soto County (now Charlotte
County), Fla.
Born in Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine, November
7, 1863.
Private secretary to Sherman Conant, general manager, Florida
Southern Railway;
orange
grower; banker; Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Punta
Gorda, Fla., 1896-98; deputy
collector of customs.
Died in Punta Gorda, De Soto County (now Charlotte
County), Fla., January
8, 1909 (age 45 years, 62
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Johan Berendt Holst (1842-1919) —
also known as Johan B. Holst —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Elmelunde, Denmark,
April
18, 1842.
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Savannah,
Ga., 1899-1907.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Buncombe
County, N.C., July 28,
1919 (age 77 years, 101
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Lovett Richard Potter (1892-1930) —
also known as Lovett R. Potter —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., February
29, 1892.
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Savannah,
Ga., 1929.
Died, from pulmonary
tuberculosis, in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 9,
1930 (age 38 years, 0
days).
Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Catholic
Cemetery
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
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Luigi Trapani (c.1851-1907) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Italy,
about 1851.
Consular
Agent for Italy in Savannah,
Ga., 1889-1903; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Savannah,
Ga., 1890-1903.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., June 24,
1907 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Catholic Cemetery.
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Colonial Park
Cemetery
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
| Politicians buried
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Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire, England,
March
3, 1735.
Planter;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777; Governor of
Georgia, 1777.
Mortally
wounded in a duel with
Lachlan
McIntosh, on May 16, 1777, and died three days later, near
Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 19,
1777 (age 42 years, 77
days).
Interment at Colonial Park Cemetery; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Habersham (1751-1815) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., July 28,
1751.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785; delegate
to Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1792-93; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1795-1801.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., November
17, 1815 (age 64 years, 112
days).
Interment at Colonial Park Cemetery.
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Archibald Bulloch (c.1730-1777) —
of Georgia.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., about 1730.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775; served in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; President
of Georgia, 1776-77; died in office 1777.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
22, 1777 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Colonial Park Cemetery.
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Richard Howly (1740-1784) —
also known as Richard Howley —
of Georgia.
Born in Liberty
County, Ga., 1740.
Planter;
lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1779-83; Governor of
Georgia, 1780; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-81; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1782-83.
Catholic.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December, 1784
(age about
44 years).
Interment at Colonial Park Cemetery.
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Samuel Elbert (1740-1788) —
of Georgia.
Born in South Carolina, 1740.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1784; Governor of
Georgia, 1785-86.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., November
1, 1788 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Colonial Park Cemetery.
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Joseph Clay (1741-1804) —
of Georgia.
Born in England,
October
16, 1741.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1778; Georgia
state treasurer, 1782; federal
judge, 1786.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., November
15, 1804 (age 63 years, 30
days).
Interment at Colonial Park Cemetery.
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Lachlan McIntosh (1725-1806) —
of Georgia.
Born in Scotland,
March
17, 1725.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1784.
Killed Button
Gwinnett in a duel
in 1777.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
20, 1806 (age 80 years, 340
days).
Interment at Colonial Park Cemetery.
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John Joachim Zubly (1724-1781) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in St. Gall, Switzerland,
August
27, 1724.
Ordained
minister; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775-76; accused
of treason
against the Continental Congress and banished
in 1777; half of his estate was confiscated;
returned to Savannah in 1779.
Presbyterian.
Swiss
ancestry.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., July 23,
1781 (age 56 years, 330
days).
Interment at Colonial Park Cemetery.
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John Habersham (1754-1799) —
of Georgia.
Born near Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
23, 1754.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1789-99; died in office 1799.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died near Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
17, 1799 (age 44 years, 359
days).
Interment at Colonial Park Cemetery.
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William Gibbons (1726-1800) —
of Georgia.
Born in Bear Bluff, Charleston
County, S.C., April 8,
1726.
County judge in Georgia, 1781-82; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1783, 1785-89, 1791-93; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1784; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1789.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
27, 1800 (age 74 years, 172
days).
Interment at Colonial Park Cemetery.
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| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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Thomas Usher Pulaski Charlton (1779-1835) —
also known as Thomas U. P. Charlton —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in 1779.
Mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1815-17, 1819-21; resigned 1821.
Died in 1835
(age about
56 years).
Original interment at Colonial Park Cemetery; reinterment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., January
17, 1796.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Georgia
state senate, 1838; founder and president of the Central Railroad
and Banking Co.
Died, from bilious
pleurisy, in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March
22, 1842 (age 46 years, 64
days).
Original interment at Colonial Park Cemetery; reinterment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery; memorial monument
at Wright Square.
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Greenwich
Cemetery
330 Bonaventure Road
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Owen Hendricks Page Jr. (1915-1999) —
also known as Owen H. Page, Jr. —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
11, 1915.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Chatham County, 1949-52;
member of Georgia
state senate 1st District, 1955-56.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Hospice
Savannah, Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
8, 1999 (age 83 years, 119
days).
Interment at Greenwich Cemetery.
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Laurel Grove
North Cemetery
802 West Anderson Street
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
Founded 1850
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856) —
also known as John M. Berrien —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Rocky Hill, Somerset
County, N.J., August
23, 1781.
Democrat. Lawyer;
state court judge in Georgia, 1810; member of Georgia
state senate, 1822-23; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1825-29, 1841-45, 1845-52; U.S.
Attorney General, 1829-31.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
1, 1856 (age 74 years, 131
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Richard Wayne (1804-1858) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., April 4,
1804.
Physician;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1844-45, 1848-51, 1852-53, 1857-58; died in
office 1858.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., June 27,
1858 (age 54 years, 84
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Thomas Usher Pulaski Charlton (1779-1835) —
also known as Thomas U. P. Charlton —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in 1779.
Mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1815-17, 1819-21; resigned 1821.
Died in 1835
(age about
56 years).
Original interment at Colonial Park Cemetery;
reinterment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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William Bellinger Bulloch (1777-1852) —
also known as William B. Bulloch —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1777.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1804-13; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1809-11, 1811-12; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1813; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1810; member of Georgia
state senate, 1810.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 6,
1852 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Archibald
Bulloch and Mary (de Veaux) Bulloch; married, April
27, 1798, to Harriet DeVeaux; married, January
29, 1807, to Mary Young; great-granduncle of Theodore
Roosevelt and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Corinne
Robinson Alsop, Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; third great-granduncle of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Corinne
A. Chubb, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; fourth great-granduncle of Susan
Roosevelt Weld. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Milledge Charlton (1807-1854) —
also known as Robert M. Charlton —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
19, 1807.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1830; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1835-36, 1839-40; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1839-41; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1852-53.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
18, 1854 (age 46 years, 364
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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George Welshman Owens (1786-1856) —
also known as George W. Owens —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
29, 1786.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1832-33; resigned 1833; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March 2,
1856 (age 69 years, 186
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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James Moore Wayne (1790-1867) —
also known as James M. Wayne —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1790.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1815-16; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1817-19; state court judge in Georgia, 1820-22;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1829-35; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1835-67; died in office 1867.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 5,
1867 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Thomas Manson Norwood (1830-1913) —
also known as Thomas M. Norwood —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Talbot
County, Ga., April
26, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia state legislature, 1861-62; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1871-77; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1885-89.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., June 19,
1913 (age 83 years, 54
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., January
17, 1796.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Georgia
state senate, 1838; founder and president of the Central Railroad
and Banking Co.
Died, from bilious
pleurisy, in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March
22, 1842 (age 46 years, 64
days).
Original interment at Colonial Park Cemetery;
reinterment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery; memorial monument at Wright Square.
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William Henry Stiles (1808-1865) —
also known as William H. Stiles —
of Cassville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
1, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1836-38; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843-45; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Austria, 1845-49; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1858; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
20, 1865 (age 57 years, 353
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Julian Hartridge (1829-1879) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Daufuskie Island, Beaufort
County, S.C., September
9, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1858; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1860;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1875-79; died in office
1879.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1879 (age 49 years, 121
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Francis Stebbins Bartow (1816-1861) —
also known as Francis S. Bartow —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
6, 1816.
Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1856; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; died
in office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed
by rifle
shot, while rallying his men on the Henry House Hill, during the
first battle of Manassas,
Va., July 21,
1861 (age 44 years, 318
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodosius Bartow and Frances Louisa (Stebbins) Bartow; married,
April
18, 1844, to Louisa Green Berrien (daughter of John
Macpherson Berrien); first cousin twice removed of Theodosia
Bartow (who married Aaron
Burr). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Tallmadge-Floyd
family of New York; Burr-Alston-Wilson-Ballard
family of Charleston, South Carolina; Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker
family of Connecticut; Cornell-Schilplin-Washburn-Burr
family of New York; Berrien-Burr-Bartow-Biddle
family of Pennsylvania; Hamlin-Bemis
family of Bangor, Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Bartow County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | The city
of Bartow,
Florida, is named for
him. — The town
of Bartow,
Georgia, is named for
him. — The community
of Bartow,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — Bartow Elementary
School (now Otis J. Brock Elementary School), in Savannah,
Georgia, was formerly named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Francis S. Bartow (built 1944 at Savannah,
Georgia; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Millen (1804-1843) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1828, 1834-35, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843; died in office 1843.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., October
15, 1843 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Solomon Cohen (1802-1875) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Georgetown, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., August
15, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1840-42; postmaster at Savannah,
Ga., 1853-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1860.
Jewish.
Organized a relief fund to support the family of Jefferson
Davis while he was in prison after the Civil War.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
14, 1875 (age 72 years, 364
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Cohen (1757-1835) and Bell (Moses) Cohen; married to
Miriam Gratz Moses. |
| | | Epitaph: "The Memory of the Just is
Blessed." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Philip Phillips (1807-1884) —
of Cheraw, Chesterfield District (now Chesterfield
County), S.C.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
13, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1833-34; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1844-51; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1852;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1853-55.
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
14, 1884 (age 76 years, 32
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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William Bennett Fleming (1803-1886) —
also known as William B. Fleming —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born near Flemington, Liberty
County, Ga., October
29, 1803.
Democrat. Superior court judge in Georgia, 1847-49, 1853-68, 1879-81;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1879.
Slaveowner.
Died in Walthourville, Liberty
County, Ga., August
19, 1886 (age 82 years, 294
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Henry Constantine Wayne (1815-1883) —
also known as Henry C. Wayne —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
8, 1815.
Adjutant
General of Georgia, 1860-65; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March
15, 1883 (age 67 years, 188
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Cornelius Jan de Bruyn=Kops (1824-1888) —
also known as John de Bruyn=Kops —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Netherlands,
August
29, 1824.
Vice-Consul
for Netherlands in Savannah,
Ga., 1875-78; Consul
for Netherlands in Savannah,
Ga., 1878-88.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
13, 1888 (age 63 years, 350
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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William de Bruyn=Kops (1860-1957) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
4, 1860.
Cotton
exporter;
Consul
for Netherlands in Savannah,
Ga., 1888-1903.
Dutch,
English,
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
8, 1957 (age 96 years, 277
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Edward Clemens Wade (1830-1911) —
also known as Edward C. Wade —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Whitfield
County, Ga., August
25, 1830.
Republican. Merchant;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1876,
1880;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 3rd Georgia District, 1879.
Died in Jefferson
Parish, La., April 5,
1911 (age 80 years, 223
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Barthenia (Middlebrooks) Wade and Jesse Perkins Wade; married to
Sarah Elizabeth Erwin. |
| | | Personal motto: "The Wade who never
seceded." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alexander Galloway Harkness (1849-1919) —
also known as Alexander Harkness —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, June, 1849.
Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Savannah,
Ga., 1898-1919.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, from chronic
myocarditis, in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., July 13,
1919 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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William Henry Adams (1850-1912) —
also known as William H. Adams —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
4, 1850.
Bookkeeper;
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Savannah,
Ga., 1884-1903.
English
ancestry.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
13, 1912 (age 61 years, 162
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Henry Hall Woodbridge (1843-1878) —
also known as Henry H. Woodbridge —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., November
14, 1843.
Insurance
agent; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in Savannah,
Ga., 1870-77.
Died September
9, 1878 (age 34 years, 299
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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William Wayne Williamson (1854-1931) —
also known as William W. Williamson —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
1, 1854.
Cotton
exporter;
president, Savannah Cotton
Exchange, 1895-96; Vice-Consul
for Russia in Savannah,
Ga., 1902-03.
Episcopalian.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March
29, 1931 (age 76 years, 209
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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James Lee Rankin (1846-1933) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., April
14, 1846.
Accountant;
Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Savannah,
Ga., 1901-03.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
30, 1933 (age 87 years, 169
days).
Interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert C. Rankin and Madeline Julia Rankin; married to Susie
Somers Wade. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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William Richard Waring (1787-1843) —
also known as William R. Waring —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in 1787.
Physician;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1830-32.
Died in 1843
(age about
56 years).
Original interment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery; reinterment at Bonaventure Cemetery.
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Wright
Square
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., January
17, 1796.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Georgia
state senate, 1838; founder and president of the Central Railroad
and Banking Co.
Died, from bilious
pleurisy, in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March
22, 1842 (age 46 years, 64
days).
Original interment at Colonial Park Cemetery;
reinterment at Laurel Grove North Cemetery;
memorial monument at Wright Square.
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