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Samuel Barnard Adams (1853-1938) —
also known as Samuel B. Adams —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
8, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Citizens and Southern National Bank; director, Bibb
Manufacturing
Company; director, Southwestern Railroad;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1902.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March
20, 1938 (age 84 years, 193
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William B. Adams and Laleah (Pratt) Adams; married, December
19, 1877, to Annie Wynn. |
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Amos Milledge Anderson (1908-1977) —
also known as A. M. Anderson —
of Perry, Houston
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Houston
County, Ga., December
7, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Houston County Democratic Party, 1934-39; circuit judge in
Georgia Macon Circuit, 1939-44, 1946-61; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; vice-president and trust officer, First National
Bank and Trust Co., Macon, Ga., 1961.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died in December, 1977
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Milledge Anderson and Irene (Phillips) Anderson; married, July 17,
1930, to Laura Killen Gilbert. |
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Jefferson Randolph Anderson (b. 1861) —
also known as J. Randolph Anderson —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
4, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for several railroads;
director, Savannah Bank and Trust Co.; director, Savannah Electric &
Power Co.; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1905-06, 1909-12; member of Georgia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1907-08; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912
(speaker);
member of Georgia
state senate, 1913-14.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Clifford Anderson, Jr. and Jane Margaret (Randolph)
Anderson; married, November
27, 1895, to Anne Page Wilder. |
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William Yates Atkinson Jr. (1887-1953) —
also known as William Y. Atkinson, Jr. —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., January
18, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Coweta County Democratic Party, 1916-20; solicitor general,
Coweta Judicial Circuit, 1921-42; director, First National
Bank of Newnan, Newnan Cotton
Mills, Piedmont Hotel
Co.; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1942; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1943-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Died November
28, 1953 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. (1922-2019) —
also known as Doug Barnard, Jr. —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., March
20, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; banker;
executive secretary to Gov. Carl
E. Sanders, 1963-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1977-93.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., January
11, 2019 (age 96 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cecil Earl Brown (1921-1988) —
also known as Cecil E. Brown —
of Lumber City, Telfair
County, Ga.
Born in Chauncey, Dodge
County, Ga., April 2,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; wholesale
lumber business; director, Bank of Lumber City; mayor of
Lumber City, Ga., 1947-50; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Telfair County, 1953-56.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died December
19, 1988 (age 67 years, 261
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edd Brown and Mary Ann (Jones) Brown; married, August
14, 1949, to Nancey Elizabeth McGinty. |
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William Bellinger Bulloch (1777-1852) —
also known as William B. Bulloch —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1777.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1804-13; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1809-11, 1811-12; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1813; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1810; member of Georgia
state senate, 1810.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 6,
1852 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Archibald
Bulloch and Mary (de Veaux) Bulloch; married, April
27, 1798, to Harriet DeVeaux; married, January
29, 1807, to Mary Young; great-granduncle of Theodore
Roosevelt and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; second great-granduncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Corinne
Robinson Alsop, Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; third great-granduncle of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Corinne
A. Chubb, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; fourth great-granduncle of Susan
Roosevelt Weld. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Stephen Fannin Chipley (1838-1898) —
also known as S. F. Chipley —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., 1838.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; banker;
superintendent, Pensacola Street
Railway; Vice-Consul
for Russia in Pensacola,
Fla., 1895-98.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., November
22, 1898 (age about 60
years).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Jesse Franklin Cleveland (1804-1841) —
of Georgia.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., October
25, 1804.
Merchant;
bank director; member of Georgia
state senate, 1831-34; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 22,
1841 (age 36 years, 240
days).
Interment at Springwood
Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.
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Thomas Cumming (1765-1834) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., 1765.
Banker; mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1798.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., 1834
(age about
69 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Braswell Drue Deen (1893-1981) —
also known as Braswell Deen —
of Alma, Bacon
County, Ga.
Born near Baxley, Appling
County, Ga., June 28,
1893.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; president,
South Georgia Junior College, 1924-27; newspaper
editor; real estate
developer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1933-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940.
Methodist.
Died in Alma, Bacon
County, Ga., November
28, 1981 (age 88 years, 153
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Alma, Ga.
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Andrew Cobb Erwin (1884-1941) —
also known as Andrew C. Erwin —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., December
22, 1884.
Democrat. Insurance
and real
estate business; banker; mayor of
Athens, Ga., 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932.
Hit by
a car on the street in front of his house, and died as a result,
in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
16, 1941 (age 56 years, 56
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Sue P. Everhart (born c.1947) —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born about 1947.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Georgia, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair); Georgia
Republican state chair, 2007-13; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Georgia.
Female.
Still living as of 2013.
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John Henry Farrington (1863-1909) —
also known as John H. Farrington —
of Punta Gorda, De Soto County (now Charlotte
County), Fla.
Born in Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine, November
7, 1863.
Private secretary to Sherman Conant, general manager, Florida
Southern Railway;
orange
grower; banker; Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Punta
Gorda, Fla., 1896-98; deputy
collector of customs.
Died in Punta Gorda, De Soto County (now Charlotte
County), Fla., January
8, 1909 (age 45 years, 62
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Wales Thornton Flynt (1897-1986) —
also known as Wales T. Flynt —
of Crawfordville, Taliaferro
County, Ga.
Born in Sharon, Taliaferro
County, Ga., November
26, 1897.
Democrat. Lumber
business; banker; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Taliaferro County, 1951-56.
Methodist.
Died in 1986
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wesley Flynt and Mamie Armanda (Meadows) Flynt; married to
Kathleen Mitchell and Ruth Chew. |
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William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., January
17, 1796.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Georgia
state senate, 1838; founder and president of the Central Railroad
and Banking Co.
Died, from bilious
pleurisy, in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March
22, 1842 (age 46 years, 64
days).
Original interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument at Wright
Square, Savannah, Ga.
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James Emmett Hall (1889-1960) —
of Soperton, Treutlen
County, Ga.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ga., July 24,
1889.
Banker; insurance
business; farmer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Treutlen County, 1926.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died May 14,
1960 (age 70 years, 295
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery, Soperton, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of I. H. Hall and Issie (Dopson) Hall; married to Willie Lou
Cochran. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Homer Hancock (1881-1931) —
of Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, August
6, 1881.
Banker; mayor of Jefferson, Georgia; Jackson
County Superior Court Clerk, 1917-20; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1927-30; member of Georgia
state senate 33rd District, 1931.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the directors
room of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Jackson
County, Ga., March
28, 1931 (age 49 years, 234
days).
Interment at Woodbine Jefferson City Cemetery, Jefferson, Ga.
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Lamartine Griffin Hardman (1856-1937) —
of Commerce, Jackson
County, Ga.
Born in Harmony Grove (now Commerce), Jackson
County, Ga., April
14, 1856.
Democrat. Physician;
surgeon;
banker; president, Commerce Telephone
Company; president, Hurricane Shoals and Nacoochee Power
Company; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1902-06, 1909-10; member of Georgia
state senate 33rd District, 1907-08; Governor of
Georgia, 1927-31.
Baptist.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Died from a heart
ailment, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
18, 1937 (age 80 years, 310
days).
Interment at Grey
Hill Cemetery, Commerce, Ga.
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Peyton M. Hawes —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Banker; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900-03, 1907-08.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Dwight Holton (1815-1892) —
also known as Edward D. Holton —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., April
28, 1815.
Abolitionist; wheat
trader; Liberty candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1845; founder,
Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railroad;
banker; Free Soil candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1853; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1856;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 4th District, 1860.
Died, from malaria
and erysipelas,
in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., April
21, 1892 (age 76 years, 359
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married, October
14, 1845, to Lucinda Millard. |
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of Holton,
Kansas, is named for
him. — Holton Hall, at the University
of Wisconsin Milwaukee,
is named for
him. — Holton Street,
in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Elijah Banks Lewis (1854-1920) —
also known as Elijah B. Lewis —
of Montezuma, Macon
County, Ga.
Born in Coney, Dooly
County, Ga., March
27, 1854.
Democrat. Banker; merchant;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-95; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1897-1909.
Died December
10, 1920 (age 66 years, 258
days).
Interment at Felton
Cemetery, Montezuma, Ga.
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Abit Nix (b. 1888) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Jackson
County, Ga., July 3,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director, Citizens and Southern Bank; director, Progressive Life
Insurance Company; director, New Georgian Hotel
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Morgan Nix and Dora (Bennett) Nix; married 1913 to Eunice
Little. |
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George Foster Peabody (1852-1938) —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., July 27,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1904-05.
Died in 1938
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Trask Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Daniel Eleazer Pomeroy (1868-1965) —
also known as Daniel E. Pomeroy —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Troy, Bradford
County, Pa., May 13,
1868.
Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1940;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1936,
1940;
member of Republican
National Committee from New Jersey, 1932-40; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1940.
Died in Sea Island, Glynn
County, Ga., March
25, 1965 (age 96 years, 316
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Troy, Pa.
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Charles Simpson Reid (1897-1947) —
also known as Charles S. Reid —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., September
25, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
banker; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1937; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1938-43.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi.
Died in Fulton
County, Ga., November
7, 1947 (age 50 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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, Forsyth, Ga.
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Clifford Mitchell Walker (1877-1954) —
also known as Clifford M. Walker —
of Monroe, Walton
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Monroe, Walton
County, Ga., July 4,
1877.
Democrat. Mayor, Monroe, Ga., 1902-04; board chairman, Bank of
Monroe; Georgia
state attorney general, 1915-20; Governor of
Georgia, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1928.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Ku Klux
Klan; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Monroe, Walton
County, Ga., November
9, 1954 (age 77 years, 128
days).
Interment at Old
Baptist Cemetery, Near Monroe, Walton County, Ga.
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James Drake Weaver (b. 1874) —
also known as James D. Weaver —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.
Born in Thomaston, Upson
County, Ga., September
30, 1874.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1920-21; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Terrell County, 1926;
vice-president, Dawson State Bank; general manager and
treasurer, Dawson Telephone
Co.
Methodist.
Member, Farmers
Union; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Alvah Weaver and Martha Flewellen (Drake) Weaver; married
to Comer Carver. |
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Maximilian Bethune Wellborn (1862-1957) —
also known as M. B. Wellborn —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Lewisville, Lafayette
County, Ark., January
22, 1862.
Democrat. President, First National Bank of Anniston, 1905-14;
director, Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad;
Calhoun
County Commissioner; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1912;
Governor, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1919-28; member of
Alabama
state senate, 1933-36; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment from Calhoun
County, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., November
28, 1957 (age 95 years, 310
days).
Interment at Edgemont Cemetery, Anniston, Ala.
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William Harris Crawford Wheatley (1866-1921) —
also known as Crawford Wheatley —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., December
6, 1866.
Democrat. Banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1908,
1912,
1916.
Died in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., January
1, 1921 (age 54 years, 26
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Americus, Ga.
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