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Hotelier and Innkeeper Politicians in Georgia

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.   Relatives: Married 1847 to Martha Ann Smith.   Cross-reference: W. D. Chipley   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of William Yates Atkinson and Susie Cobb (Milton) Atkinson; married, December 1, 1909, to Lourette Simms.   Political family: Milton family of Georgia.   Armstead Brown (1875-1951) — also known as Thomas Armstead Brown — of Lafayette, Chambers County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Talbotton, Talbot County, Ga., June 6, 1875. Lawyer; Chambers County Solicitor, 1898-1902; municipal judge in Alabama, 1911-15; general solicitor, Florida East Coast Railway, and Florida East Coast Hotel Co.; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-46; chief justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-26. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Kiwanis. Died October 29, 1951 (age 76 years, 145 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.   Relatives: Son of Henry Clay 'Harry' Brown and Susan Agnes 'Susie' (Dowdell) Brown; married, November 21, 1901, to Elizabeth Dowdell; nephew of James Render Dowdell; grandson of James Ferguson Dowdell; grandnephew of William Crawford Dowdell; first cousin once removed of William James Samford; second cousin of Joseph Meriwether Terrell, William Hodges Samford and Thomas Drake Samford.   Political family: Candler family of Georgia.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Markham (1811-1890) — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., October 9, 1811. Hotelier; mayor of Atlanta, Ga., 1853-54; defeated, 1870. Died November 9, 1890 (age 79 years, 31 days). Burial location unknown.   See also Wikipedia article   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.   Relatives: Son of John Morgan Nix and Dora (Bennett) Nix; married 1913 to Eunice Little.

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