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Monroe County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Monroe County

Index to Locations Forsyth Unknown location Forsyth Forsyth Cemetery Forsyth Oakland Cemetery Unknown Location Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   William Carlton Mobley (1906-1981) — also known as W. Carlton Mobley — of Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb County, Ga. Born near Hillsboro, Jones County, Ga., December 7, 1906. Democrat. Lawyer; secretary to U.S. Rep. Samuel Rutherford, 1929-32; U.S. Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1932-33; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1954-72; chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1972-74. Member, Sigma Pi. Died October 14, 1981 (age 74 years, 311 days). Interment somewhere.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article Forsyth Cemetery Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Robert Pleasant Trippe (1819-1900) — of Georgia. Born in Jasper County, Ga., December 21, 1819. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1849-53; U.S. Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1855-59; member of Georgia state senate, 1858-59; delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1873-75. Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., July 22, 1900 (age 80 years, 213 days). Interment at Forsyth Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Hillyer Rudisill (1875-1923) — of Macon, Bibb County, Ga. Born in Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga., April 26, 1875. Republican. Postmaster at Macon, Ga., 1922-23 (acting, 1922). Died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in the post office at Macon, Bibb County, Ga., February 16, 1923 (age 47 years, 296 days). A shortage of about $86,000 was discovered after his death. Interment at Forsyth Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Rudisill and Antoinette Vashti (Smith) Rudisill; married, November 9, 1899, to Frances Lane.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Oakland Cemetery Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Samuel Rutherford (1870-1932) — of Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga. Born near Culloden, Crawford County, Ga., March 15, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1896-97, 1921-24; member of Georgia state senate, 1909-10; U.S. Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1925-32; died in office 1932. Died in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1932 (age 61 years, 326 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.   Cross-reference: W. Carlton Mobley   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Thomas Banks Cabaniss (1835-1915) — of Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga. Born in Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga., August 31, 1835. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1865; member of Georgia state senate, 1878; U.S. Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1893-95. Died in Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga., August 14, 1915 (age 79 years, 348 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery.   Relatives: Cousin *** of Thomas Chipman McRae.   Political family: McRae family of Arkansas.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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