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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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Ivan Earnest Allen, Sr. (b. 1877) —
also known as Ivan Allen —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga., March 1,
1877.
Democrat. Business
executive; member of Georgia
state senate, 1919-21; treasurer of
Georgia Democratic Party, 1936; Democratic Presidential Elector
for Georgia, 1940;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Rotary;
Moose.
Gave Fort Mountain to the state of Georgia.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Earnest Allen and Susan Reese (Harris) Allen; married 1908 to Irene
Beaumont; father of Ivan
Earnest Allen Jr.. |
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Isaac Perry Cocke (1860-1912) —
also known as I. P. Cocke —
of Lee
County, Ga.; Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.
Born in Burke
County, Ga., 1860.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1900,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, from pneumonia
and diabetes,
in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., January
23, 1912 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Dawson, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Perry Cock and Almeda Malvina (Griffin) Cock; married to
Minnie Huff. |
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William Henry Fleming (1856-1944) —
also known as William H. Fleming —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
18, 1856.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1888-94; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1894; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1897-1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; American Bar
Association.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., June 9,
1944 (age 87 years, 235
days).
Interment at Summerville
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846-1929) —
also known as Nat E. Harris —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Hampton, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
21, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-96; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912; Governor of
Georgia, 1915-17.
Methodist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
United
Confederate Veterans.
Died September
21, 1929 (age 83 years, 243
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) —
also known as Robert L. F. Sikes —
of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla.
Born in Isabella, Worth
County, Ga., June 3,
1906.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District
1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation chair), 1960
(delegation chair); reprimanded
by the House of Representatives, 1976, over conflicts
of interest.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Elks.
Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117
days).
Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
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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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