The Political Graveyard: Floyd County, Ga.

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Floyd County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Floyd County

Index to Locations

Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia

Politicians buried here:

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.

		Relatives: Daughter of Samuel Edward Axson and Margaret Jane (Hoyt) Axson; married, June 24, 1885, to Woodrow Wilson; mother of Eleanor Randolph Wilson (who married William Gibbs McAdoo); grandmother of Woodrow Wilson Sayre.
		Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail

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.

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.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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.

		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
		Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)

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.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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.

Other politicians who have (or had) monuments here:

Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) — also known as "Wizard of the Saddle" — of Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born near Chapel Hill, Bedford County (now Marshall County), Tenn., July 13, 1821. Democrat. Cotton planter; slave trader; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; in April 1864, after the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederate troops under his command massacred African-American Union soldiers, not accepting them as prisoners, since the Confederacy refused to recognize ex-slaves as legitimate combatants; this event, seen as a war crime, sparked outrage across the North, and a congressional inquiry; in 1867, he became involved in the Ku Klux Klan and was elected Grand Wizard; the organization used violent tactics to intimidate Black voters and suppress their votes; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1868; in 1869, he had a change of heart, and issued a letter ordering that the Klan be dissolved and its costumes destroyed; he went on to denounce the group and its crimes; in 1875, he gave a "friendly speech" to a meeting of an African-American organization in Memphis, calling for peace, harmony, and economic advancement of former slaves; for this speech, he was vehemently denounced in the Southern press. English ancestry. Member, Ku Klux Klan. After his death, he became a folk hero among white Southerners, particularly during the imposition of Jim Crow segregation laws in the early 20th century, and later, in reaction to the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Slaveowner. Died, from complications of diabetes, in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., October 29, 1877 (age 56 years, 108 days). Original interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 1904 at Health Sciences Park, Memphis, Tenn.; memorial monument at Myrtle Hill Cemetery; memorial monument at Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.

		Relatives: Son of William B. Forrest and Miriam (Beck) Forrest; married 1845 to Mary Ann Montgomery.
		Forrest County, Miss. is named for him.
		The city of Forrest City, Arkansas, is named for him. — The World War II Liberty ship SS Nathan B. Forrest (built 1943 at Panama City, Florida; scrapped 1973) was named for him.
		See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Oak Hill Cemetery
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia

Politicians buried here:

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.

		Relatives: Nephew of Wilson Lumpkin.
		Political families: Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; Jackson-Lee family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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