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Index to Locations
Columbus Linwood Cemetery
Columbus Parkhill Cemetery
Linwood
Cemetery
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
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Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873) —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Liberty
County, Ga., December
3, 1798.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1827-30; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1835-37, 1850-54; member of Georgia
state senate, 1843-44; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1847-49; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1855-61.
Slaveowner.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., March 4,
1873 (age 74 years, 91
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Walter Terry Colquitt (1799-1855) —
also known as Walter T. Colquitt —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., December
27, 1799.
Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1839-40, 1842-43; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1843-48.
Slaveowner.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., May 7,
1855 (age 55 years, 131
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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James Johnson (1811-1891) —
of Georgia.
Born in Robeson
County, N.C., February
12, 1811.
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1851-53; Governor of
Georgia, 1865; state court judge in Georgia, 1869.
Slaveowner.
Died November
20, 1891 (age 80 years, 281
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Martin Jenkins Crawford (1820-1883) —
also known as Martin J. Crawford —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Jasper
County, Ga., March
17, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia state legislature, 1845-47; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1854, 1875-80; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1855-61; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1880-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., July 23,
1883 (age 63 years, 128
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Flournoy Foster (1790-1848) —
also known as Thomas F. Foster —
of Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga.; Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., November
23, 1790.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1822-25; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1829-35, 1841-43.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., September
14, 1848 (age 57 years, 296
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Seaborn Jones (1788-1864) —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
1, 1788.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1833-35, 1845-47 (at-large 1833-35,
2nd District 1845-47).
Slaveowner.
Died March
18, 1864 (age 76 years, 46
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Mark Harden Blandford (1826-1902) —
of Georgia.
Born in Warren
County, Ga., July 13,
1826.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1883-90.
Wounded during the Civil War, at McDowell, Va., and lost an
arm.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., January
31, 1902 (age 75 years, 202
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Henry Louis Benning (1814-1875) —
also known as Henry L. Benning; "Old
Rock" —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., April 2,
1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1853-59; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1860;
delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., July 10,
1875 (age 61 years, 99
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Maduit Nelson (1782-1853) —
also known as Thomas M. Nelson —
of Virginia.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, Va., September
27, 1782.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1816-19.
Slaveowner.
Died near Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., November
10, 1853 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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James Abercrombie (1792-1861) —
of Girard (now part of Phenix City), Russell
County, Ala.
Born in Hancock
County, Ga., February
18, 1792.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1820-22, 1824-25, 1838-39; member
of Alabama
state senate, 1825-33, 1847-50; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1851-55.
Slaveowner.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., July 2,
1861 (age 69 years, 134
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Hines Holt (1805-1865) —
of Georgia.
Born near Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., April
27, 1805.
Georgia
state treasurer, 1829-32; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1841; member of Georgia
state senate, 1859; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865; died in office
1865.
Slaveowner.
Died while attending state constitutional
convention at Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., November
4, 1865 (age 60 years, 191
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Thomas Wingfield Grimes (1844-1905) —
also known as Thomas W. Grimes —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., December
18, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1868-69, 1875-76; member of Georgia
state senate, 1878-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1887-91.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., October
28, 1905 (age 60 years, 314
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Absalom Harris Chappell (1801-1878) —
also known as Absalom H. Chappell —
of Forsyth, Monroe
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Mt. Zion, Hancock
County, Ga., December
18, 1801.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1832-33, 1845; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1834-39; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843-45; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865, 1877.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., December
11, 1878 (age 76 years, 358
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Porter Ingram (1810-1893) —
of Georgia.
Born in Marlboro, Windham
County, Vt., April 2,
1810.
Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., December
3, 1893 (age 83 years, 245
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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William Dudley Chipley (1840-1897) —
also known as W. D. Chipley —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., June 6,
1840.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
fought against Reconstruction
along with other members of the Ku Klux
Klan; he was among those implicated
in the murder
of George
W. Ashburn in in 1868; tried in
a military court, but Georgia's re-admission to the Union ended
military jurisdiction, so he and his co-defendants were released;
general manager of the Pensacola Railroad;
successfully promoted the construction of the Pensacola and Atlanta
Railroad
in 1881-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,
1884,
1892;
mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 1887-88; member of Florida
state senate, 1895-97.
Died in a hospital
at Washington,
D.C., December
1, 1897 (age 57 years, 178
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Parkhill
Cemetery
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
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Harry Cook Jackson (1915-2000) —
also known as Harry C. Jackson —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., July 23,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Georgia
state senate; elected 1961; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1974; mayor
of Columbus, Ga., 1979-82.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died February
12, 2000 (age 84 years, 204
days).
Interment at Parkhill Cemetery.
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