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Charles Adamson (b. 1859) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cedartown, Polk
County, Ga.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
17, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
cotton manufacturer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Georgia, 1896,
1904,
1924.
Unitarian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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George W. Ashburn (c.1814-1868) —
of Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born about 1814.
Hotelier;
cotton broker; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
opposed to secession, and led a regiment of Southern loyalists; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867.
Shot
and killed by
a group of masked men, in a boarding
house at Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., March
31, 1868 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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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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Leopold Charrier (c.1835-1906) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in France,
about 1835.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; in 1861, he was the first
man to receive a pension from the U.S. government for wounds received
in military service during the Civil War; cotton broker; liquor
merchant; Consul
for Belgium in Savannah,
Ga., 1878-1903.
French
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
16, 1906 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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William de Bruyn=Kops (1860-1957) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
4, 1860.
Cotton exporter;
Consul
for Netherlands in Savannah,
Ga., 1888-1903.
Dutch,
English,
and Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
8, 1957 (age 96 years, 277
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) —
also known as "Wizard of the Saddle" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Chapel Hill, Bedford County (now Marshall
County), Tenn., July 13,
1821.
Democrat. Cotton planter; slave
trader; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; in
April 1864, after the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, Confederate
troops under his command massacred
African-American Union soldiers, not accepting them as prisoners,
since the Confederacy refused to
recognize ex-slaves as legitimate combatants; this event, seen as
a war
crime, sparked outrage
across the North, and a congressional inquiry;
in 1867, he became involved in the Ku Klux
Klan and was elected Grand Wizard; the organization used violent
tactics to intimidate
Black voters and suppress
their votes; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1868;
in 1869, he had a change of heart, and issued a letter ordering that
the Klan be dissolved and its costumes destroyed; he went on to
denounce the group and its crimes; in 1875, he gave a "friendly
speech" to a meeting of an African-American organization in Memphis,
calling for peace, harmony, and economic advancement of former
slaves; for this speech, he was vehemently denounced in the Southern
press.
English
ancestry. Member, Ku Klux Klan.
After his death, he became a folk hero among white Southerners,
particularly during the imposition of Jim Crow segregation laws in
the early 20th century, and later, in reaction to the Civil Rights
movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
Slaveowner.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
29, 1877 (age 56 years, 108
days).
Original interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; reinterment in 1904 at Health Sciences Park, Memphis, Tenn.; memorial monument at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.; memorial monument at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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Roger Lawson Gamble (1787-1847) —
of Georgia.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., 1787.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
cotton planter;
member of Georgia state legislature, 1820; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-35, 1841-43; superior
court judge in Georgia, 1845-47.
Slaveowner.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
20, 1847 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Revolutionary
War Cemetery, Louisville, Ga.
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William Washington Gordon (1834-1912) —
also known as W. W. Gordon —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in 1834.
Cotton merchant; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; director, Central Railroad
of Georgia; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-90; general in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War.
Died in 1912
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward William Karow (1854-1911) —
also known as Edward W. Karow —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Stettin, East Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland),
February
28, 1854.
Cotton exporter;
Vice-Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Savannah,
Ga., 1887-1903.
Died in Liverpool, England,
January
17, 1911 (age 56 years, 323
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Covington, Newton
County, Ga.; Abbeville, Lafayette
County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born near Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., September
17, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer;
cotton planter; president,
University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,
1877, 1881; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Slaveowner.
Died in Vineville (now part of Macon), Bibb
County, Ga., January
23, 1893 (age 67 years, 128
days).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) and Sarah Williamson (Bird)
Lamar; married to Virginia Longstreet; nephew of Mirabeau
Buonaparte Lamar and Loretta Rebecca Lamar (who married Absalom
Harris Chappell); uncle of William
Bailey Lamar; fourth cousin of William
McKendree Robbins and Joseph
Rucker Lamar; fourth cousin once removed of Gaston
Ahi Robbins. |
| | | Political family: Lamar
family of Georgia. |
| | | Lamar counties in Ala., Ga. and Miss. are
named for him. |
| | | Lamar Hall,
at the University
of Mississippi, Oxford,
Mississippi, is named for
him. — Lamar River,
in Yellowstone National Park, Park
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Lamar Boulevard,
in Oxford,
Mississippi, is named for
him. — Lamar Avenue,
in Memphis,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — Lamar School
(founded 1964), in Meridian,
Mississippi, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Lucius Q. C. Lamar: John F.
Kennedy, Profiles
in Courage |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Jacob Rauers (1837-1904) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Bremen, Germany,
December
15, 1837.
Cotton merchant; Consul
for Germany in Savannah,
Ga., 1871-1903.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 4,
1904 (age 66 years, 141
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Emil William Rosenthal (1869-1929) —
also known as E. W. Rosenthal —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., April
18, 1869.
Cotton exporter;
Consul
for Belgium in Savannah,
Ga., 1914-25.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
23, 1929 (age 60 years, 127
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Richard Brevard Russell (1861-1938) —
also known as Richard B. Russell —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Russell, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., April
27, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
cotton planter; newspaper
editor; president, Hoschton Telephone
Co.; organizer, Athens Street
Railway Co.; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-88; circuit judge in
Georgia, 1898-1906; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1906; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1907-16; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1923-38; died in office 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
Died December
3, 1938 (age 77 years, 220
days).
Interment at Russell
Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.
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John Randolph Wilder (1816-1879) —
also known as J. R. Wilder —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass., March
18, 1816.
Cotton exporter;
shipbroker;
Vice-Consul
for Russia in Savannah,
Ga., 1846-77.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., November
1, 1879 (age 63 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph John Wilder (1844-1900) —
also known as Joseph J. Wilder —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
5, 1844.
Cotton exporter;
shipbroker;
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Savannah,
Ga., 1873-77; Vice-Consul
for Russia in Savannah,
Ga., 1880-1900.
Died near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., September
10, 1900 (age 56 years, 248
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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William Wayne Williamson (1854-1931) —
also known as William W. Williamson —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
1, 1854.
Cotton exporter;
president, Savannah Cotton Exchange, 1895-96; Vice-Consul
for Russia in Savannah,
Ga., 1902-03.
Episcopalian.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March
29, 1931 (age 76 years, 209
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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