Index to Locations
Decatur Unknown location
Decatur Decatur Cemetery
Near Lithonia Rock Chapel Historic
Cemetery
Tucker Flora Hill Memory Garden
Unknown
Location
Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia
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George W. Scott —
of Florida.
Democrat. Candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1868.
Interment somewhere.
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Decatur
Cemetery
Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia
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Robert C. Word Ramspeck (1890-1972) —
also known as Robert Ramspeck —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., September
5, 1890.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. William
S. Howard, 1912; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1929-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died in Castor, Bienville
Parish, La., September
10, 1972 (age 82 years, 5
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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Leslie Jasper Steele (1868-1929) —
also known as Leslie J. Steele —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born near Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., November
21, 1868.
Democrat. Mayor
of Decatur, Ga., 1915; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1927-29; died in office
1929.
Died July 24,
1929 (age 60 years, 245
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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Milton Anthony Candler (1837-1909) —
also known as Milton A. Candler —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Campbellton, Fulton
County, Ga., January
11, 1837.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1875-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1892.
Slaveowner.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., August
8, 1909 (age 72 years, 209
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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Charles Jackson Murphey (1799-1861) —
also known as Charles Murphey —
of Georgia.
Born in Anderson District (now Anderson
County), S.C., May 9,
1799.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1851-53.
Slaveowner.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., January
16, 1861 (age 61 years, 252
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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William Schley Howard (1875-1953) —
also known as William S. Howard —
of Kirkwood (now part of Atlanta), DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Kirkwood (now part of Atlanta), DeKalb
County, Ga., June 29,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. Patrick
Walsh, 1894-95; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900; solicitor general, Stone
Mountain judicial circuit, 1905-11; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1911-19.
English
ancestry.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
1, 1953 (age 78 years, 33
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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Charles Murphey Candler (1857-1935) —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., March
17, 1857.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-1904, 1907-08; member of Georgia
state senate, 1905-06; Raiload
Commission, 1909-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., August
7, 1935 (age 78 years, 143
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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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.
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George Scott Candler (1887-1973) —
also known as Scott Candler —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., June 23,
1887.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., February
13, 1973 (age 85 years, 235
days).
Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
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Rock Chapel
Historic Cemetery
Near Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia
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William Parks Bond (1832-1898) —
of Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Hall
County, Ga., February
7, 1832.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia
state senate, 1880-81; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-85.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga., July 14,
1898 (age 66 years, 157
days).
Interment at Rock Chapel Historic Cemetery.
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Flora Hill Memory
Garden
Tucker, DeKalb County, Georgia
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G. Bertram Smith (1892-1978) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Chandler Township, Huron
County, Mich., 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in oil
refining; real estate
business; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1942-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 10,
1978 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Flora Hill Memory Garden.
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