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Union County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Union County

Index to Locations Blairsville Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery Blairsville New Blairsville Cemetery Blairsville Union Memory Garden Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery Blairsville, Union County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Edgar Lanier Jenkins (1933-2012) — also known as Ed Jenkins — of Jasper, Pickens County, Ga. Born in Young Harris, Towns County, Ga., January 4, 1933. Democrat. Lawyer; staff member for U.S. Rep. Phillip M. Landrum, 1959-62; U.S. Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1977-93. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., January 1, 2012 (age 78 years, 362 days). Interment at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery.   Ed Jenkins National Recreation Area (established as Springer Mountain National Recreation Area in 1991; renamed in 1992; southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail), in Fannin and Union counties, Georgia, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial New Blairsville Cemetery Blairsville, Union County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   William Ezekiel Candler (1856-1927) — also known as William E. Candler — of Blairsville, Union County, Ga. Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., February 28, 1856. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1904. Died, following a heart attack, in Blairsville, Union County, Ga., March 10, 1927 (age 71 years, 10 days). Interment at New Blairsville Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Jane S. (Williams) Candler and Ezekiel Slaughter Candler; married 1879 to Mary Elizabeth Haralson; father of Thomas Slaughter Candler; nephew of Samuel Charles Candler and Daniel Gill Candler; great-grandson of William Candler; first cousin of Allen Daniel Candler, Milton Anthony Candler, Asa Griggs Candler and John Slaughter Candler; first cousin once removed of Charles Murphey Candler and Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr.; first cousin twice removed of George Scott Candler.   Political family: Candler family of Georgia.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Union Memory Garden Blairsville, Union County, Georgia Politicians buried here:   Thomas Slaughter Candler (1890-1971) — also known as Thomas S. Candler — of Blairsville, Union County, Ga. Born in Blairsville, Union County, Ga., December 15, 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Union County Democratic Party, 1920-39; superior court judge in Georgia, 1939-45; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1945-66. Methodist. Member, Blue Key; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Died in Blairsville, Union County, Ga., 1971 (age about 80 years). Interment at Union Memory Garden.   Relatives: Son of Mary Elizabeth (Haralson) Candler and William Ezekiel Candler; married, April 26, 1916, to Augusta Beulah Cook; grandson of Ezekiel Slaughter Candler; grandnephew of Samuel Charles Candler and Daniel Gill Candler; second great-grandson of William Candler; first cousin once removed of Allen Daniel Candler, Milton Anthony Candler, Asa Griggs Candler and John Slaughter Candler; second cousin of Charles Murphey Candler and Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr.; second cousin once removed of George Scott Candler.   Political family: Candler family of Georgia.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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