Index to Locations
Rome Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Rome Oak Hill Cemetery
Myrtle Hill
Cemetery
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
Politicians buried
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Ellen Wilson (1860-1914) —
also known as Ellen Louise Axson —
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 15,
1860.
First Lady of New Jersey, 1911-13; First Lady
of the United States, 1913-14; died in office 1914.
Female.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in the White
House, Washington,
D.C., August
6, 1914 (age 54 years, 83
days).
Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Cudworth Yancey Jr. (1817-1891) —
also known as Benjamin C. Yancey, Jr. —
of Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C.; Cherokee
County, Ala.; Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
27, 1817.
Planter;
lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Edgefield, 1846-49;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1855-56; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1858-59; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1875-79.
Slaveowner.
Died October
24, 1891 (age 74 years, 180
days).
Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
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Homer Virgil Milton Miller (1814-1896) —
also known as Homer V. M. Miller —
of Georgia.
Born in Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C., April
29, 1814.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1871.
Slaveowner.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 31,
1896 (age 82 years, 32
days).
Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
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Augustus Romaldus Wright (1813-1891) —
of Georgia.
Born in Wrightsboro, McDuffie
County, Ga., June 16,
1813.
Democrat. State court judge in Georgia, 1842-49; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1857-59; 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; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.
Slaveowner.
Died near Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., March
31, 1891 (age 77 years, 288
days).
Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
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Henderson Lovelace Lanham (1888-1957) —
also known as Henderson L. Lanham —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
14, 1888.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Floyd County, 1929-34,
1937-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1947-57; died in office
1957.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Chi; Kiwanis.
Died in a train
collision with his automobile
at a crossing in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., November
10, 1957 (age 69 years, 57
days).
Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
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John W. Maddox (1848-1922) —
of Summerville, Chattooga
County, Ga.; Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Chattooga
County, Ga., June 3,
1848.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Chattooga
County Commissioner, 1878-80; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1880-86; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1886-92; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1893-1905; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); mayor of
Rome, Ga., 1907.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
27, 1922 (age 74 years, 116
days).
Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
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John William Henderson Underwood (1816-1888) —
also known as John W. H. Underwood —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, November
20, 1816.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1859-61.
Slaveowner.
Died July 18,
1888 (age 71 years, 241
days).
Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
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Nathan Henry Bass Sr. (1808-1890) —
of Georgia.
Born in Putnam
County, Ga., October
1, 1808.
Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1862.
Slaveowner.
Died in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
22, 1890 (age 81 years, 356
days).
Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
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Oak Hill
Cemetery
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
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John Henry Lumpkin (1812-1860) —
also known as John H. Lumpkin —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Oglethorpe
County, Ga., June 13,
1812.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1836; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1843-49, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45,
5th District 1845-49, 1855-57); circuit judge in Georgia, 1849-54;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1860.
Slaveowner.
Died June 10,
1860 (age 47 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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