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Willis B. Adams (1861-1913) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, May 13,
1861.
Merchant;
planter; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1905-08.
Died February
11, 1913 (age 51 years, 274
days).
Interment at Elmhurst
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Wyatt Aiken (1863-1923) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born near Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., December
14, 1863.
Democrat. Farmer; stenographer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1903-17;
defeated, 1916, 1918.
Died in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., February
6, 1923 (age 59 years, 54
days).
Interment at Melrose
Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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Robert Augustus Alston (1832-1879) —
also known as Robert A. Alston —
of DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., 1832.
Lawyer;
farmer; newspaper
publisher; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1878-79; died in office 1879.
Methodist.
A farmer named Ed Cox, angry over the sale of a prison labor lease
which Alston had negotiated, armed himself, announced he would kill
Alston, sought him in the Georgia state
capitol building, and found him in the State Treasurer's office.
Both men drew their pistols. Alston was mortally wounded by a shot to
the head, and died later that day, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
11, 1879 (age about 46
years). Cox was also shot and injured, but recovered, was
convicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Benjamin Andrew (1730-1790) —
of Georgia.
Born in Dorchester, Charleston District (now Dorchester
County), S.C., 1730.
Planter; member of Georgia
State Executive Council, 1777; elected Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia 1780, but did not serve.
Died on the floor of the Georgia House of
Representatives, in the then state
capitol building, Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
16, 1790 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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G. Albert Armor (1907-1979) —
of Corcoran, Kings
County, Calif.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., September
4, 1907.
Democrat. Farmer; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1942; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Died in December, 1979
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Josiah H. Baker (1875-1945) —
also known as Joe H. Baker —
of Quitman, Wood
County, Tex.
Born in Georgia, April
24, 1875.
Minister;
farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 34th District, 1929.
Died in Wood
County, Tex., February
28, 1945 (age 69 years, 310
days).
Interment at Ingram Cemetery, Wood County, Tex.
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J. W. E. H. Beck (born c.1878) —
of De Kalb, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Georgia, about 1878.
Democrat. Physician;
farmer; member of Texas
state senate 1st District, 1929-33.
Burial location unknown.
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James Lynwood Bentley (1904-1975) —
also known as J. Lynwood Bentley —
of Thomaston, Upson
County, Ga.
Born in Thomaston, Upson
County, Ga., March 1,
1904.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Upson County, 1941-44; member
of Georgia
state senate, 1945-46; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Odd
Fellows.
Died July 7,
1975 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Trice
Cemetery, Upson County, Ga.
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Dozier Eugene Byrd (1890-1972) —
also known as Dozier Byrd;
"Dock" —
of Taylor
County, Ga.
Born in Taylor
County, Ga., November
20, 1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; member of
Georgia
state house of representatives from Taylor County, 1950-54.
Died in June, 1972
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Garland Turk Byrd (1924-1997) —
of Reynolds, Taylor
County, Ga.
Born in Reynolds, Taylor
County, Ga., July 16,
1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer;
real
estate business; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Taylor County, 1947-50;
resigned 1950; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1959-63.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Chi.
Died May 31,
1997 (age 72 years, 319
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Reynolds, Ga.
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Henry Christopher Callier (b. 1893) —
of Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga.
Born near Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga., July 29,
1893.
Democrat. Farmer; lumber
business; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Talbot County, 1947-56.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas P. Callier and Julia Irene (Trussell) Callier; married, November
7, 1917, to Bessie Noell. |
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Samuel Charles Candler (1809-1873) —
also known as Samuel C. Candler —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., December
6, 1809.
Democrat. Planter; merchant;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1840; member of Georgia
state senate, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1860.
Died in Villa Rica, Carroll
County, Ga., November
13, 1873 (age 63 years, 342
days).
Interment at Hill
Crest Cemetery, Villa Rica, Ga.
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Bryant Thomas Castellow (1876-1962) —
also known as Bryant T. Castellow —
of Cuthbert, Randolph
County, Ga.
Born in Quitman
County, Ga., July 29,
1876.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1932-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cuthbert, Randolph
County, Ga., July 23,
1962 (age 85 years, 359
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Cuthbert, Ga.
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Hugh G. Cheek (b. 1907) —
of Butler, Taylor
County, Ga.
Born in Lawrenceville, Gwinnett
County, Ga., October
21, 1907.
School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; automobile
dealer; farmer; member of Georgia
state senate 23rd District, 1953-54; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Taylor County, 1955-56.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew G. Cheek and Luna (Roberts) Cheek; married, May 28,
1931, to Cathryn Jarrell. |
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Alfred Holt Colquitt (1824-1894) —
also known as Alfred H. Colquitt —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Monroe, Walton
County, Ga., April
20, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1853-55; member of
Georgia state legislature, 1859; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1868;
received 5 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1872;
Governor
of Georgia, 1877-82; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1883-94; died in office 1894.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
26, 1894 (age 69 years, 340
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Isaac Young Conger (1882-1950) —
also known as Isaac Y. Conger; Ike Y.
Conger —
of Tifton, Tift
County, Ga.
Born in Ty Ty, Worth County (now Tift
County), Ga., January
31, 1882.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
mail
carrier; postmaster at Tifton,
Ga., 1945-46 (acting, 1945); member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Tift County, 1947-48.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died, in Vereen Memorial Hospital,
Moultrie, Colquitt
County, Ga., July 16,
1950 (age 68 years, 166
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Tifton, Ga.
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Zadock Cook (1769-1863) —
of Georgia.
Born in Virginia, February
18, 1769.
Planter; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1806-07, 1822; member of Georgia
state senate, 1810-14, 1823-24; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1816-19.
Slaveowner.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., August
3, 1863 (age 94 years, 166
days).
Interment at Jackson
Cemetery, Near Watkinsville, Oconee County, Ga.
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James H. Crummey (1891-1972) —
of Rochelle, Wilcox
County, Ga.
Born in Rochelle, Wilcox
County, Ga., February
10, 1891.
Republican. Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Georgia, 1936
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Died in Ben Hill
County, Ga., April
20, 1972 (age 81 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James S. Crummey. |
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Jonathan Pressley Dyar (1845-1923) —
also known as J. P. Dyar —
of Adairsville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born in Hart
County, Ga., April
15, 1845.
Republican. Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Georgia, 1908,
1912.
Died in Adairsville, Bartow
County, Ga., July 18,
1923 (age 78 years, 94
days).
Entombed at East
View Cemetery, Adairsville, Ga.
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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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John Floyd (1769-1839) —
of Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., October
3, 1769.
Planter; shipbuilder;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1820-27; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1827-29.
Slaveowner.
Died near Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga., June 24,
1839 (age 69 years, 264
days).
Interment at Floyd
Family Cemetery, Woodbine, 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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Hugh Marion Gillis (b. 1918) —
also known as Hugh Gillis —
of Soperton, Treutlen
County, Ga.
Born in Soperton, Treutlen
County, Ga., September
6, 1918.
Democrat. Farmer; automobile
dealer; farm
implement dealer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Treutlen County, 1941-44,
1949-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944,
1948
(alternate); member of Georgia
state senate, 1962-2004.
Baptist.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jim L. Gillis, Sr. and Annie Lois (Walker) Gillis. |
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Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire, England,
March
3, 1735.
Planter; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777; Governor of
Georgia, 1777.
Mortally
wounded in a duel with
Lachlan
McIntosh, on May 16, 1777, and died three days later, near
Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 19,
1777 (age 42 years, 77
days).
Interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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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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Hugh Haroldson Hancock (1849-1911) —
also known as Hugh Hancock —
of Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga.
Born in Jackson
County, Ga., November
19, 1849.
Farmer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1890.
Died in Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga., April
27, 1911 (age 61 years, 159
days).
Interment at Woodbine Jefferson City Cemetery, Jefferson, Ga.
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Albert Sidney Hawes (1864-1936) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born November
14, 1864.
Physician;
merchant;
planter; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Elbert County, 1927-28.
Died in 1936
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen Heard (1741-1815) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., November
13, 1741.
Engineer;
planter; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Governor of
Georgia, 1780-81; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1794-95.
Died in Elbert
County, Ga., November
15, 1815 (age 74 years, 2
days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Relatives:
Married 1760 to Jane
Germany; married, August
25, 1785, to Elizabeth Darden; father of Jane Lanier Heard (who
married Singleton
Walthall Allen), George
Washington Heard, Barnard
Carroll Heard and Thomas
Jefferson Heard; grandfather of Sarah Heard (who married Luther
H. O. Martin Sr.), Rebecca Allen (who married William
H. Mattox), James
Lawrence Heard, Robert
Middleton Heard and William
Henry Heard; great-grandfather of Anna Cassandra McIntosh (who
married Budd
Clay Wall), Nancy Middleton Heard (who married Phillip
Watkins Davis), William
Henry Harrison Heard and Luther
H. O. Martin Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Heard
family of Elberton, Georgia. |
| | | Heard County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | See also National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Jefferson Heard (1801-1876) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., August
21, 1801.
Lawyer;
planter; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1832-33; member of Georgia
state senate, 1835-36.
Died in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., May 4,
1876 (age 74 years, 257
days).
Interment at Elmhurst
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Richard Howly (1740-1784) —
also known as Richard Howley —
of Georgia.
Born in Liberty
County, Ga., 1740.
Planter; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1779-83; Governor of
Georgia, 1780; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-81; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1782-83.
Catholic.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December, 1784
(age about
44 years).
Interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Dudley Mays Hughes (1848-1927) —
also known as Dudley M. Hughes —
of Danville, Wilkinson
County, Ga.
Born in Jeffersonville, Twiggs
County, Ga., October
10, 1848.
Democrat. Farmer; railroad
president; member of Georgia
state senate, 1882-83; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1909-17 (3rd District 1909-13, 12th
District 1913-17).
Baptist.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., January
20, 1927 (age 78 years, 102
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Perry, 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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Lovin Madison Lanier (1841-1915) —
also known as Lovin M. Lanier —
of Georgia.
Born in 1841.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1902-04.
Died in 1915
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Ash
Branch Cemetery, Bulloch County, Ga.
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Robert Fulwood Ligon (1823-1901) —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Watkinsville, Oconee
County, Ga., December
16, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1849; member of Alabama
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1872; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1874-76; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1877-79.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
11, 1901 (age 77 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Thomas Mercer Linder (b. 1887) —
also known as Tom Linder —
of Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis
County, Ga.
Born in Laurens
County, Ga., November
8, 1887.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1923-25; executive secretary to
Gov. Eugene
Talmadge, 1933-34; Georgia
commissioner of agriculture, 1935-37, 1941-53.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis B. Linder and Nancy Jane (Beall) Linder; married 1909 to Hazel
Kirk Carter. |
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Leonidas Felix Livingston (1832-1912) —
also known as Leonidas F. Livingston —
of King's, Newton
County, Ga.; Covington, Newton
County, Ga.
Born near Covington, Newton
County, Ga., April 3,
1832.
Democrat. Farmer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1876; member of Georgia
state senate, 1882; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1891-1911.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1912 (age 79 years, 314
days).
Interment at Bethany
Church Cemetery, Near Covington, Newton County, Ga.
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John Martin (c.1730-1786) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Rhode Island, about 1730.
Planter; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1778; Governor of
Georgia, 1782-83; Georgia
state treasurer, 1783-84.
Died in January, 1786
(age about
56 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Mattox (1836-1900) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., 1836.
Planter; merchant;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1865-66; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; member of Georgia
state senate, 1880-81.
Shot
and killed by
his son-in-law J. B. Jones, Jr., during a gunfight, in Elbert
County, Ga., November
17, 1900 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Elmhurst
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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William McPherson McIntosh (1815-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., February
14, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-56; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Georgia; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died from gunshot
wounds received at the Civil
War battle at Garnett's Farm, Henrico
County, Va., June, 1862
(age 47
years, 0 days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Charles Leavell Moses (1856-1913) —
also known as Charles L. Moses —
of Turin, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born near Turin, Coweta
County, Ga., May 2,
1856.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1891-97; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900-04.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., October
10, 1913 (age 57 years, 161
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Daniel Newnan (c.1780-1851) —
of McDonough, Henry
County, Ga.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., about 1780.
Planter; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1831-33.
Slaveowner.
Died in Walker County (part now in Catoosa
County), Ga., January
16, 1851 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Newnan
Springs Churchyard, Newnan Springs, Ga.
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Emmett Marshall Owen (1877-1939) —
also known as Emmett M. Owen —
of Zebulon, Pike
County, Ga.; Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born near Hollonville, Pike
County, Ga., October
19, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
farmer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1902-06; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1933-39; died in office
1939.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1939 (age 61 years, 245
days).
Interment at East
View Cemetery, Zebulon, Ga.
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Arlington Ansel Parrish (1871-1940) —
also known as Arlie A. Parrish —
of Adel, Cook
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, September
14, 1871.
Farmer; dry goods
merchant; mayor of
Adel, Ga., 1900-01, 1909-10, 1926-40.
Died in Cook
County, Ga., April
19, 1940 (age 68 years, 218
days).
Interment at Woodlawn City Cemetery, Adel, Ga.
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George Alexander Pattillo (1796-1871) —
also known as G. A. Pattillo —
of Texas.
Born in Greene
County, Ga., February
29, 1796.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; farmer; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1841-42; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Jasper and Jefferson, 1842-45.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bunn's Bluff, Orange
County, Tex., April 2,
1871 (age 75 years, 0
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Orange County, Tex.
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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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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, McRae-Helena, Ga.
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John Adam Treutlen (1734-1782) —
also known as John A. Treutlen; Hans Adam
Treuettlen —
of Georgia.
Born in Kürnbach, Germany,
January
16, 1734.
Merchant;
planter; justice of the peace; Governor of
Georgia, 1777-78.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Seized and murdered
by a group of men, probably in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March 1,
1782 (age 48 years, 44
days).
Cenotaph at Veterans Park of Effingham County, Springfield, Ga.
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John Wereat (c.1733-1799) —
of Georgia.
Born in Somerset, England,
about 1733.
Planter; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Governor of
Georgia, 1779; Georgia
state auditor, 1782-92.
Died in Bryan
County, Ga., January
25, 1799 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) —
also known as "Fighting Joe" —
of Wheeler, Lawrence
County, Ala.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1836.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
planter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1881-82, 1885-1900;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the War of 1812.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
25, 1906 (age 69 years, 137
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Wheeler and Julia Knox (Hull) Wheeler; married, February
6, 1866, to Daniella Jones (granddaughter of Peter
Early); father of Thomas Harrison Wheeler. |
| | | Wheeler County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | Wheeler Dam
(built 1933-36), on the Tennessee River in Lauderdale
and Lawrence
counties, Alabama, and the Wheeler Lake
reservoir, which extends into Limestone,
Morgan,
and Madison
counties, are named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in America
(1906) |
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