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Oglethorpe County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Oglethorpe County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Lexington Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery Lexington Clarke Cemetery Lexington Presbyterian Cemetery Lexington Rest Haven Cemetery Private or family graveyards Oglethorpe County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   William Harris Crawford (1772-1834) — also known as William H. Crawford — of Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga. Born in Nelson County, Va., February 24, 1772. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1803; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1807-13; U.S. Minister to France, 1813-15; U.S. Secretary of War, 1815-16; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1816-25; candidate for President of the United States, 1824; state court judge in Georgia, 1827. Slaveowner. Died in Oglethorpe County, Ga., September 15, 1834 (age 62 years, 203 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Uncle of Nathan Crawford Barnett.   Crawford counties in Ark., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Mo. and Wis. are named for him.   Politician named for him: Crawford Wheatley   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier   Books about William Harris Crawford: Philip Jackson Green, The life of William Harris Crawford — Philip Jackson Green, The public life of William Harris Crawford, 1807-1825 — Everette Wayne Cutler, William H. Crawford: A contextual biography — Robert Coleman Lorish, William H. Crawford and the presidential election of 1824   Middleton Pope Barrow (1839-1903) — also known as M. Pope Barrow — of Athens, Clarke County, Ga. Born near Stephens, Oglethorpe County, Ga., August 1, 1839. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1880-81; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1882-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1888; circuit judge in Georgia, 1902-03; died in office 1903. Died in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., December 23, 1903 (age 64 years, 144 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Grandson of Wilson Lumpkin.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Joseph Hubbard Echols (1816-1885) — of Georgia. Born in Washington, Wilkes County, Ga., December 25, 1816. Member of Georgia state senate, 1861; Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65. Methodist. Died in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga., September 23, 1885 (age 68 years, 272 days). Interment at Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Clarke Cemetery Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia Politicians buried here: William Marcellus Howard (1857-1932) — also known as William M. Howard — of Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga.; Augusta, Richmond County, Ga. Born in Berwick, St. Mary Parish, La., December 6, 1857. Democrat. Lawyer; Solicitor-General, Northern Judicial Circuit, 1884-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1888; U.S. Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1897-1911. Died in Augusta, Richmond County, Ga., July 5, 1932 (age 74 years, 212 days). Interment at Clarke Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, January 3, 1883, to Augusta C. King.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) Presbyterian Cemetery Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   George Rockingham Gilmer (1790-1859) — also known as George R. Gilmer — of Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga. Born near Lexington, Wilkes County (now Oglethorpe County), Ga., April 11, 1790. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1818-19, 1824; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1821-23, 1827-29, 1833-35; Governor of Georgia, 1829-31, 1837-39; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1836; Whig Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1840. Slaveowner. Died in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga., November 16, 1859 (age 69 years, 219 days). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Meriwether Gilmer and Elizabeth (Lewis) Gilmer; first cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis; first cousin twice removed of David Meriwether (1755-1822) and James Meriwether (1755-1817); second cousin once removed of James Meriwether (1788-1852), David Meriwether (1800-1893) and James Archibald Meriwether; third cousin of Reuben Handy Meriwether; third cousin twice removed of Theodorick Bland; fourth cousin once removed of John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Gilmer County, Ga. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial Rest Haven Cemetery Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Joel Abbot (1776-1826) — also known as Joel Abbott — of Washington, Wilkes County, Ga. Born in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., March 17, 1776. Democrat. Physician; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1799, 1802-04, 1808, 1811; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1817-25. Died in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga., November 19, 1826 (age 50 years, 247 days). Interment at Rest Haven Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, May 15, 1800, to Sarah Thomas.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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