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Telfair County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Telfair County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards McRae-Helena McRae City Cemetery Private or family graveyard Telfair County, Politicians formerly buried here:   John Coffee (1782-1836) — of Georgia. Born in Prince Edward County, Va., December 3, 1782. Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1820; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-36; died in office 1836. Slaveowner. Died near Jacksonville, Telfair County, Ga., September 25, 1836 (age 53 years, 297 days). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1921 at McRae City Cemetery, McRae-Helena, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Coffee County, Ga. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page McRae City Cemetery McRae-Helena, Telfair County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946) — of McRae (now part of McRae-Helena), Telfair County, Ga. Born in Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga., September 23, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Georgia commissioner of agriculture, 1927; Governor of Georgia, 1933-37, 1941-43. Baptist. Member, Woodmen of the World; Odd Fellows; Sigma Nu. Died December 21, 1946 (age 62 years, 89 days). Interment at McRae City Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas R. Talmadge and Carrie (Roberts) Talmadge; married, September 12, 1909, to Mattie Iola (Thurmond) Peterson; father of Herman Eugene Talmadge.   Cross-reference: Tom Linder   The Talmadge Memorial Bridge (built 1953; rebuilt 1991), over the Savannah River in Savannah, Georgia, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   John Coffee (1782-1836) — of Georgia. Born in Prince Edward County, Va., December 3, 1782. Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1820; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-36; died in office 1836. Slaveowner. Died near Jacksonville, Telfair County, Ga., September 25, 1836 (age 53 years, 297 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Telfair County, Ga.; reinterment in 1921 at McRae City Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   Coffee County, Ga. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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