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Index to Locations
Atlanta Unknown location
Atlanta All Saints Episcopal Church
Atlanta John Wesley Dobbs Plaza
Atlanta King Center Grounds
Atlanta Lincoln Cemetery
Atlanta Oak Hill Cemetery
Atlanta Oakland Cemetery
Atlanta South View Cemetery
Atlanta State Capitol Grounds
Atlanta Westview Cemetery
Sandy Springs, Atlanta Arlington
Memorial Park
Unknown
Location
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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John Summerfield Bigby (1832-1898) —
also known as John S. Bigby —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born near Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., February
13, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; superior
court judge in Georgia, 1868-71; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1871-73; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1880-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
28, 1898 (age 66 years, 43
days).
Interment somewhere.
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All Saints
Episcopal Church
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996) —
also known as Elbert P. Tuttle —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 17,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1954-68; took
senior status 1968.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 23,
1996 (age 98 years, 342
days).
Interment at All Saints Episcopal Church.
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John Wesley Dobbs
Plaza
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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(or had) monuments here: |
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John Wesley Dobbs (1882-1961) —
also known as J. W. Dobbs —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., March 6,
1882.
Republican. Co-founder of the Atlanta Negro Voters League, 1946;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
African
ancestry. Member, Prince
Hall Masons.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
30, 1961 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at South View Cemetery; statue at
John Wesley Dobbs Plaza.
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King Center
Grounds
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) —
also known as Coretta Scott —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Heiberger, Perry
County, Ala., April
27, 1927.
Democrat. Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984,
1988.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2011.
Died in Playas de Rosarito, Baja
California, January
30, 2006 (age 78 years, 278
days).
Entombed at King Center Grounds.
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Lincoln
Cemetery
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Hosea Lorenzo Williams (1926-2000) —
also known as Hosea Williams —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Attapulgus, Decatur
County, Ga., January
5, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; walked
with a cane due to wartime injury; ordained
minister; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1972; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 54th District, 1975-85; candidate
for mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1989.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Phi
Beta Sigma; Elks; Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion.
Civil rights leader; active in sit-ins
and protest
marches in Savannah and elsewhere; arrested
at least 135 times. As Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "field general"
in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the 1965
Selma-to-Montgomery march which helped galvanize support for Black
voting rights. In 1968, he was present at the Lorraine Motel in
Memphis, Tenn., when King was assassinated. Convicted
in 1981 of leaving
the scene of an accident, and jailed
for six months.
Died, of cancer,
at Piedmont Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
16, 2000 (age 74 years, 316
days).
Entombed at Lincoln Cemetery.
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Juanita Elizabeth Terry Williams (1925-2000) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born January
3, 1925.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives 54th District, 1985-93.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Died, of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (a type of anemia),
at Emory University Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 233
days).
Entombed at Lincoln Cemetery.
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Oak Hill
Cemetery
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Charles Leavell Moses (1856-1913) —
also known as Charles L. Moses —
of Turin, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born near Turin, Coweta
County, Ga., May 2,
1856.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1891-97; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900-04.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., October
10, 1913 (age 57 years, 161
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Oakland
Cemetery
248 Oakland Ave. S.E.
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Founded 1850
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1976
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Michael Hoke Smith (1855-1931) —
also known as M. Hoke Smith —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., September
2, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1893-96; Governor of
Georgia, 1907-09, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1911-21.
Presbyterian.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
27, 1931 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894) —
also known as Joseph E. Brown; Joe Brown —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in a log
cabin in Pickens District (now Pickens
County), S.C., April
15, 1821.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1849; circuit judge in Georgia, 1855; Governor of
Georgia, 1857-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1868;
chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1868-70; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1880-91.
Slaveowner.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
30, 1894 (age 73 years, 229
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John Brown Gordon (1832-1904) —
also known as John B. Gordon —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Upson
County, Ga., February
6, 1832.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1868;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1873-80, 1891-97; Governor of
Georgia, 1886-90.
Slaveowner.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
9, 1904 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823-1882) —
also known as Benjamin H. Hill —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Jasper
County, Ga., September
14, 1823.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1851; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1857; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1875-77; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1877-82; died in office 1882.
Slaveowner.
Died of cancer in
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
16, 1882 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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William Ezzard (1799-1887) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, 1799.
Circuit judge in Georgia, 1840-44; dry goods
merchant; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1856-58, 1860-61, 1870-71; member of Georgia
state senate, 1863-65.
Died March
24, 1887 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Alexander Campbell King (1856-1926) —
also known as Alexander C. King —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
7, 1856.
Lawyer;
attorney for railroads;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1918-20; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1920-25.
Died in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., July 26,
1926 (age 69 years, 231
days).
Entombed at Oakland Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of J. Gadsden King and Caroline Clifford (Postell) King; married to
Alice May Fowler. |
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article |
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Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827-1907) —
also known as Logan E. Bleckley —
of Clarkesville, Habersham
County, Ga.
Born in Rabun
County, Ga., July 3,
1827.
Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1875-80; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1887-94.
Methodist.
Died in Clarkesville, Habersham
County, Ga., March 6,
1907 (age 79 years, 246
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Joseph Mackey Brown (1851-1932) —
also known as Joseph M. Brown —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Canton, Cherokee
County, Ga., December
28, 1851.
Democrat. Governor of
Georgia, 1909-11, 1912-13.
Baptist.
Member, Chi Phi.
Died March 3,
1932 (age 80 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (1938-2003) —
also known as Maynard H. Jackson;
"Buzzy" —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March
23, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1968; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1974-82, 1990-94; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1976,
1980,
1996,
2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1993.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed (heart
attack) after getting off a plane at Reagan National Airport,
and died soon after, at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 23,
2003 (age 65 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John F. Mims (1815-1856) —
of Atlanta, DeKalb County (now Fulton
County), Ga.
Born November
10, 1815.
Mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1853; resigned 1853.
Died April
30, 1856 (age 40 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John Marshall Slaton (1866-1955) —
also known as John M. Slaton —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Meriwether
County, Ga., December
25, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1896-1909; member of Georgia
state senate, 1909-11; Governor of
Georgia, 1911-12, 1913-15.
Died January
11, 1955 (age 88 years, 17
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oakland Cemetery.
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William Jonathan Northen (1835-1913) —
also known as William J. Northen —
of Georgia.
Born in Jones
County, Ga., July 9,
1835.
School
teacher and principal; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1877, 1880; member of Georgia
state senate, 1884; Governor of
Georgia, 1890-94.
Baptist.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
25, 1913 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Moses W. Formwalt (1820-1852) —
of Atlanta, DeKalb County (now Fulton
County), Ga.
Born in Tennessee, 1820.
Tinsmith;
mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1848-49; deputy
sheriff.
Stabbed
and killed by
a prisoner he was escorting, in May, 1852
(age about
31 years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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George Hillyer (1835-1927) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., March
17, 1835.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Georgia
state senate, 1870-74; superior court judge in Georgia, 1877;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1884,
1892;
mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1885-87.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., October
2, 1927 (age 92 years, 199
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Bomar (1816-1868) —
also known as Benjamin F. Bomar —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., August
9, 1816.
Physician;
newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1849-50; served in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Died February
1, 1868 (age 51 years, 176
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Osborne Augustus Lochrane (1829-1887) —
also known as O. A. Lochrane —
Born in Ireland,
1829.
Chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1871-72.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1887
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Henry Kent McCay (1820-1886) —
of Georgia.
Born in Northumberland
County, Pa., January
8, 1820.
Republican. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1868; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1868-75; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Georgia, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 1882-86;
died in office 1886.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 30,
1886 (age 66 years, 203
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell (1821-1891) —
also known as Lucius J. Gartrell —
of Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born near Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., January
7, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1847-51; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1857-61; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; candidate for
Governor
of Georgia, 1882.
Slaveowner.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April 7,
1891 (age 70 years, 90
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Job Hammond (1833-1899) —
also known as Nathaniel J. Hammond —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., December
26, 1833.
Democrat. Delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865, 1877; Georgia
state attorney general, 1872-77; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1879-87.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April
20, 1899 (age 65 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Henry Patillo Farrow (1834-1907) —
also known as Henry P. Farrow —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.
Born in Laurens
County, S.C., January
24, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1868-72; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1876-80; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Georgia, 1876;
postmaster at Gainesville,
Ga., 1901.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
10, 1907 (age 73 years, 17
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Patillo Farrow (1796-1849) and Jane Strather (James) Farrow;
brother of James
Farrow; married to Cornelia Finch Simpson. |
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memorial |
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Foster Blodgett Jr. (1826-1877) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., January
15, 1826.
Republican. Bridgekeeper;
mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1859-61, 1867-68; defeated, 1861; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Augusta,
Ga., 1865-69; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1868.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
12, 1877 (age 51 years, 301
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Junius Hillyer (1807-1886) —
of Monroe, Walton
County, Ga.
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., April
23, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1841-45; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1851-55; Solictor, U.S.
Treasury, 1857-61.
Slaveowner.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., June 21,
1886 (age 79 years, 59
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John William Jones (1806-1871) —
of Georgia.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., April
14, 1806.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1847-49.
Slaveowner.
Died April
27, 1871 (age 65 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Marshall Johnson Wellborn (1808-1874) —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born near Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., May 29,
1808.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1833-34; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1838-42; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1849-51; ordained
minister.
Baptist.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., October
16, 1874 (age 66 years, 140
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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James Crawford Freeman (1819-1885) —
of Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Clinton, Jones
County, Ga., April 1,
1819.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1873-75.
Slaveowner.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
3, 1885 (age 66 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Ezekiel Slaughter Candler (1815-1869) —
also known as Ezekiel S. Candler —
of Georgia.
Born in Richmond
County, Ga., August
5, 1815.
Georgia
state comptroller general, 1849-54.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
12, 1869 (age 53 years, 160
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Edwin Ford Blodgett (1849-1912) —
also known as Edwin F. Blodgett —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 10,
1849.
Republican. Railway
conductor; purchasing
agent; postmaster at Atlanta,
Ga., 1902-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1908.
Baptist.
Died, from cirrhosis of
the liver, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., October
3, 1912 (age 63 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Clement Anselm Evans (1833-1911) —
also known as Clement A. Evans —
of Georgia.
Born in Stewart
County, Ga., March
25, 1833.
State court judge in Georgia, 1854; member of Georgia
state senate, 1859; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Methodist
minister.
Methodist.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died July 2,
1911 (age 78 years, 99
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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James Burdine Hill (1850-1917) —
of Georgia.
Born in Georgia, March
27, 1850.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1890-91.
Killed when struck by a
railroad train, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
3, 1917 (age 67 years, 251
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883) —
also known as Alexander H. Stephens; "The Little Pale
Star from Georgia" —
of Crawfordville, Taliaferro
County, Ga.
Born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro
County, Ga., February
11, 1812.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Georgia
state senate, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1843-59, 1873-82 (at-large 1843-45,
7th District 1845-53, 8th District 1853-59, 1873-82); candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Vice
President of the Confederacy, 1861-65; arrested
for treason
in May 1865, and held for five months at Fort Warren; Governor of
Georgia, 1882-83; died in office 1883.
Slaveowner.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 4,
1883 (age 71 years, 21
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Oakland Cemetery; reinterment at
Alexander
H. Stephens Memorial State Park, Crawfordville, Ga.
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South View
Cemetery
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
| Politicians buried
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John Wesley Dobbs (1882-1961) —
also known as J. W. Dobbs —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., March 6,
1882.
Republican. Co-founder of the Atlanta Negro Voters League, 1946;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
African
ancestry. Member, Prince
Hall Masons.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
30, 1961 (age 79 years, 177
days).
Interment at South View Cemetery; statue at John
Wesley Dobbs Plaza.
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State Capitol
Grounds
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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(or had) monuments here: |
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Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (1897-1971) —
also known as Richard B. Russell, Jr. —
of Winder, Barrow
County, Ga.
Born in Winder, Barrow
County, Ga., November
2, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Barrow County, 1921-31; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1927-31; Governor of
Georgia, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1933-71; died in office 1971; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
member, President's Commission on the Assassination of President
KNDY, 1963-64.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
21, 1971 (age 73 years, 80
days).
Interment at Russell
Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.; statue at State Capitol Grounds.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard
Brevard Russell and Ina (Dillard) Russell; brother of Robert
Lee Russell; uncle of Robert
Lee Russell Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Russell
family of Winder, Georgia. |
| | | The Russell Senate Office
Building (built 1903-08; named 1972), in Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. — The Richard B. Russell Federal
Building and Courthouse
(built 1978-79), in Atlanta,
Georgia, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Richard B. Russell, Jr.:
Gilbert C. Fite, Richard
B. Russell, Jr., Senator from Georgia — Sally Russell,
Richard
Brevard Russell, Jr.: A Life of Consequence |
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Westview
Cemetery
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Temple Graves (1856-1925) —
of Florida; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Willington, Abbeville District (now McCormick
County), S.C., November
9, 1856.
Newspaper
editor; orator;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia; Independence candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
8, 1925 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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William Berry Hartsfield (1890-1971) —
also known as William B. Hartsfield —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 1,
1890.
Mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1937-41, 1942-62.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
22, 1971 (age 80 years, 358
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Hugh Manson Dorsey (1871-1948) —
also known as Hugh M. Dorsey —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Fayetteville, Fayette
County, Ga., July 10,
1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Georgia, 1917-21.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 11,
1948 (age 76 years, 337
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Asa Griggs Candler (1851-1929) —
also known as Asa G. Candler —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Villa Rica, Carroll
County, Ga., December
30, 1851.
Druggist;
founder of the Coca-Cola
beverage company; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1917-19.
Suffered a stroke in
1926, did not recover, and died in Wesley Memorial Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
12, 1929 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Isaac Newton Ragsdale (1859-1937) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Paulding
County, Ga., July 25,
1859.
Mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1927-31.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
27, 1937 (age 78 years, 125
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Bond Almand (1894-1985) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga., January
13, 1894.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Fulton County, 1935-36;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1942-43, 1945-49; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1949-69; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1969-72.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 13,
1985 (age 91 years, 120
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander James Almand and Clara Emily (Bond) Almand; married, June 18,
1932, to Helen Whitefoot Barnett; grandson of William
Parks Bond. |
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Ivan Earnest Allen Jr. (1911-2003) —
also known as Ivan Allen, Jr. —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
15, 1911.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; executive assistant to
Gov. Ellis
Arnall, 1945-46; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1962-70.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Rotary.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 1,
2003 (age 92 years, 108
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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John Sanford Cohen (1870-1935) —
also known as John S. Cohen —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
26, 1870.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1924-; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 13,
1935 (age 65 years, 76
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Lawrence Sabyllia Camp (1898-1947) —
also known as Lawrence S. Camp —
of Fairburn, Campbell County (now Fulton
County), Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Fairburn, Fulton
County, Ga., November
20, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Campbell County, 1923-24; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1930-32; Georgia
state attorney general, 1932-33; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1934-42; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1938.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Junior
Order.
Died May 5,
1947 (age 48 years, 166
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Rudicil Camp and Eugenia Sabyllia (Smith) Camp; married,
June
25, 1918, to Rubye Tanner. |
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Stirling Price Gilbert (1862-1951) —
also known as S. Price Gilbert —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Stewart
County, Ga., January
31, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1888-93; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1900;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1908-16; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1916-36.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association.
Died August
28, 1951 (age 89 years, 209
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Jasper Newton Gilbert and Sarah Louise (Redding) Gilbert; married
1895 to
Mary Howard. |
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Benjamin Frank Whelchel (1895-1954) —
also known as B. Frank Whelchel —
of Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.
Born in Lumpkin
County, Ga., December
16, 1895.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1935-45.
Died May 11,
1954 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Westview Cemetery.
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John Slaughter Candler (1861-1941) —
also known as John S. Candler —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Villa Rica, Carroll
County, Ga., October
22, 1861.
Democrat. Superior court judge in Georgia, 1896-1902; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1912.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Fulton
County, Ga., December
9, 1941 (age 80 years, 48
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Laurent de Give (1828-1910) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Belgium,
January
31, 1828.
Lawyer;
Consul
for Belgium in Atlanta,
Ga., 1860-1903; opera
house proprietor; movie
theater owner.
Catholic.
Belgian
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in Rockledge, Brevard
County, Fla., March
17, 1910 (age 82 years, 45
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Henry Leon de Give (1868-1948) —
also known as H. L. de Give —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in West Virginia, August
3, 1868.
Honorary
Consul for Belgium in Atlanta,
Ga., 1910-44.
Belgian
ancestry.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
8, 1948 (age 79 years, 189
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Paul Edward Rapier (1875-1937) —
also known as Paul E. Rapier —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Alabama, August
28, 1875.
Democrat. Newspaper
advertising manager; alternate delegate to Gold Democrat National
Convention from Alabama, 1896; Consul
for Costa Rica in Mobile,
Ala., 1900-07; accountant.
Died, from pneumonia
and diphtheria,
along with myocarditis,
in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
18, 1937 (age 61 years, 143
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Charles Simpson Reid (1860-1915) —
of Palmetto, Campbell County (now Fulton
County), Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in November, 1860.
Superior court judge in Georgia, 1913-15.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., June 7,
1915 (age 54 years, 0
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Henry Leon de Give Jr. (1907-2001) —
also known as Henry L. de Give, Jr. —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
28, 1907.
Honorary
Consul for Belgium in Atlanta,
Ga., 1959.
Belgian
and Irish
ancestry.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
12, 2001 (age 93 years, 319
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Ephraim Mikell Seabrook (1820-1895) —
of Bluffton, Beaufort District (now Beaufort
County), S.C.
Born in Edisto Island, Colleton District (now Charleston
County), S.C., November
10, 1820.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Luke's, 1860-62.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
24, 1895 (age 75 years, 14
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Stonewall Henry Dyer (1900-1967) —
also known as Stonewall H. Dyer —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Coweta
County, Ga., December
17, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
2, 1967 (age 66 years, 259
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Dyer and Lavenia (Morris) Dyer; married, August
24, 1924, to Estelle Britticks. |
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Arlington
Memorial Park
201 Mount Vernon Highway N.W.
Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Lester Garfield Maddox (1915-2003) —
also known as Lester Maddox —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
30, 1915.
Restaurant
owner; became nationally known as an outspoken racial
segregationist; closed his restaurant rather than serve Black
customers; Governor of
Georgia, 1967-71; candidate in inconclusive election,
subsequently chosen 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1968;
Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1971-75; American Independent candidate for
President
of the United States, 1976.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Junior
Order.
Died, while suffering from cancer
and the effects of a fall, in a
hospice
at Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 25,
2003 (age 87 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington Memorial Park.
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Paul Douglas Coverdell (1939-2000) —
also known as Paul Coverdell —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, January
20, 1939.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1971-89; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1977; Georgia
Republican state chair, 1985-87; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1993-2000; died in office 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Director of the Peace Corps, 1989-91.
Died, of complications from a cerebral
hemorrhage, at Piedmont Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 18,
2000 (age 61 years, 180
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington Memorial Park.
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Walter A. Sims (1880-1953) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born September
19, 1880.
Mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1923-27.
Died November
26, 1953 (age 73 years, 68
days).
Interment at Arlington Memorial Park.
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Charles Longstreet Weltner (1927-1992) —
also known as Charles L. Weltner —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
17, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1963-67; superior court
judge in Georgia, 1976-81; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1981-92; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1992; died in office 1992.
Presbyterian.
Died August
31, 1992 (age 64 years, 258
days).
Interment at Arlington Memorial Park.
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John Stephens Wood (1885-1968) —
also known as John S. Wood —
of Canton, Cherokee
County, Ga.
Born near Ball Ground, Cherokee
County, Ga., February
8, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1917; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1925-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1931-35, 1945-53;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Junior
Order; Redmen.
Died in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., September
12, 1968 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Arlington Memorial Park.
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Robert Beeman Conrad (1922-1981) —
also known as Robert B. Conrad —
of Genoa, Nance
County, Neb.
Born in Schuyler, Colfax
County, Neb., April 1,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1956;
administrative assistant to Gov. Ralph
Brooks, 1959-60; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
22, 1981 (age 58 years, 327
days).
Interment at Arlington Memorial Park.
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