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Coweta County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Coweta County

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    Private or family graveyard
    Coweta County, Georgia
    Politicians buried here:
      E. P. Watkins (d. 1868) — of Georgia. Secretary of state of Georgia, 1853-61; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia state senate, 1860. Died June 13, 1868. Interment in a private or family graveyard.


    Oak Hill Cemetery
    Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia
    Politicians buried here:
      William Yates Atkinson (1854-1899) — of Newnan, Coweta County, Ga. Born in Oakland, Meriwether County, Ga., November 11, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1886-94; Speaker of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1892-94; Georgia Democratic state chair, 1890-92; Governor of Georgia, 1894-98. Presbyterian. Died in Newnan, Coweta County, Ga., August 8, 1899 (age 44 years, 270 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married 1880 to Susie Cobb Milton (granddaughter of John Milton); father of William Yates Atkinson Jr..
      Political family: Milton family of Georgia.
      Atkinson County, Ga. is named for him.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907-1992) — of Newnan, Coweta County, Ga. Born in Newnan, Coweta County, Ga., March 20, 1907. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives from Coweta County, 1933-36; Georgia state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of Georgia, 1943-47; defeated, 1966 (Democratic primary); candidate 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944 (speaker); president, Dixie Insurance Co., 1948. Baptist. Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Lions; Phi Delta Phi; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi Kappa Phi; Maccabees; Woodmen; Junior Order; Elks; Eagles; Sons of Confederate Veterans; Jaycees; Kiwanis; Civitan. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., December 13, 1992 (age 85 years, 268 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Joseph Gibbs Arnall and Bessie Lena (Ellis) Arnall; married 1935 to Mildred Delaney Slemons; married to Ruby Hamilton; uncle of Joseph Arnall.
      Cross-reference: Ivan Allen, Jr.
      See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Books about Ellis Arnall: Harold Paulk Henderson, The Politics of Change in Georgia: A Political Biography of Ellis Arnall
      William Carter Wright (1866-1933) — also known as William C. Wright — of Newnan, Coweta County, Ga. Born in Carroll County, Ga., January 6, 1866. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1918-33. Died in 1933 (age about 67 years). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Albert Sidney Camp (1892-1954) — also known as A. Sidney Camp — of Newnan, Coweta County, Ga. Born near Moreland, Coweta County, Ga., July 26, 1892. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Coweta County Democratic Party, 1915-20; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Georgia state house of representatives from Coweta County, 1923; resigned 1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924, 1952; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1939-54; died in office 1954. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis. Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., July 24, 1954 (age 61 years, 363 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Walker Camp and Ella (Leigh) Camp; married, November 19, 1925, to Sarah Farmer.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      James Curran Davis (1895-1981) — also known as James C. Davis — of Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Franklin, Heard County, Ga., May 17, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1925-28; superior court judge in Georgia, 1934-47; U.S. Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1947-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Elks; American Legion; Forty and Eight; American Bar Association; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Junior Order. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., December 18, 1981 (age 86 years, 215 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Thomas Benjamin Davis and Lura Viola (Mooty) Davis; married, December 26, 1932, to Mary Lou Martin.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Hugh Buchanan (1823-1890) — of Newnan, Coweta County, Ga. Born in Argyllshire, Scotland, September 15, 1823. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state senate, 1855-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1856, 1868; candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; superior court judge in Georgia, 1872-80; delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1881-85. Scottish ancestry. Slaveowner. Died in Newnan, Coweta County, Ga., June 11, 1890 (age 66 years, 269 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      William Yates Atkinson Jr. (1887-1953) — also known as William Y. Atkinson, Jr. — of Newnan, Coweta County, Ga. Born in Newnan, Coweta County, Ga., January 18, 1887. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Coweta County Democratic Party, 1916-20; solicitor general, Coweta Judicial Circuit, 1921-42; director, First National Bank of Newnan, Newnan Cotton Mills, Piedmont Hotel Co.; Georgia Democratic state chair, 1942; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1943-53. Presbyterian. Member, Kappa Alpha Order; Freemasons. Died November 28, 1953 (age 66 years, 314 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Yates Atkinson and Susie Cobb (Milton) Atkinson; married, December 1, 1909, to Lourette Simms.
      Political family: Milton family of Georgia.
      William Barton Wade Dent (1806-1855) — also known as William B. W. Dent — of Newnan, Coweta County, Ga. Born in Bryantown, Charles County, Md., September 8, 1806. Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1840; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1853-55. Slaveowner. Died in Newnan, Coweta County, Ga., September 7, 1855 (age 48 years, 364 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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