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Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) —
also known as Morris Abram —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., June 19,
1918.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; served on prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes
trials; U.S. Representative to United Nations European office; worked
on Marshall Plan for postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for
nomination for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968; president
of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, 1984-86.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Jewish Committee; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a viral
infection, in a hospital
at Geneva, Switzerland,
March
16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271
days).
Interment at Woodside
Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram; married, December
23, 1944, to Jane Isabella Maguire; married, January
25, 1975, to Carlyn (Feldman) Fisher; married, August
26, 1990, to Bruna Molina. |
| | | Epitaph: He established "one man, one
vote" as a principle of American law. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Brockman Adams (1927-2004) —
also known as Brock Adams —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Stevensville, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
13, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Washington 7th District, 1965-77; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1977-79; resigned 1979; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1987-93; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
in 1992, he was accused
by eight women of sexual
misconduct including sexual
harassment and rape;
he denied the allegations, and no charges were ever brought, but the
scandal
ended his political career.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, in Stevensville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., September
10, 2004 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Broad
Creek Cemetery, Stevensville, Md.
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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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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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William Charles Adamson (1854-1929) —
also known as William C. Adamson —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Bowdon, Carroll
County, Ga., August
13, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Georgia, 1885-89; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Georgia; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1897-1917; Judge
of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-28.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1929 (age 74 years, 143
days).
Interment at Carrollton
City Cemetery, Carrollton, Ga.
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Alexander Akerman (1869-1948) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., October
9, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Georgia, 1908;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1912-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1929-39;
took senior status 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1948.
Died, after undergoing an operation for an intestinal
disorder, in Orange Memorial Hospital,
Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., August
21, 1948 (age 78 years, 317
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Amos Tappan Akerman (1821-1880) —
also known as Amos T. Akerman —
of Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
23, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1868; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1869-70; U.S.
Attorney General, 1870-71.
Died in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., December
21, 1880 (age 59 years, 302
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Ga.
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Anthony Alfred Alaimo (1920-2009) —
also known as Anthony A. Alaimo —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.; St. Simons Island, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Termini, Sicily, Italy,
March
29, 1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1960,
1964;
member of Georgia
Republican State Central Committee, 1966-67; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1971-91;
took senior status 1991.
Methodist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Phi; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Died in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., December
30, 2009 (age 89 years, 276
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hooper Alexander (1858-1934) —
also known as John Hooper Alexander —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., October
6, 1858.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1905-12; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1913-21.
Presbyterian.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., May 23,
1934 (age 75 years, 229
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Williamson Alexander and Sarah Joyce (Hooper) Alexander;
married, October
17, 1894, to Amelia Hutchins. |
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Thomas Allgood Sr. (1928-2000) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1928.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1977-91.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Killed in the crash
of a single-engine airplane,
during takeoff from Daniel Field airport,
Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., August
4, 2000 (age 71 years, 329
days).
Interment at Westover
Memorial Park, Augusta, Ga.
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Bond Almand (1894-1985) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga., January
13, 1894.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of
Georgia
state house of representatives from Fulton County, 1935-36;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1942-43, 1945-49; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1949-69; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1969-72.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 13,
1985 (age 91 years, 120
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander James Almand and Clara Emily (Bond) Almand; married, June 18,
1932, to Helen Whitefoot Barnett; grandson of William
Parks Bond. |
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Philip Henry Alston Jr. (1911-1988) —
also known as Philip H. Alston, Jr. —
of Sea Island, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April
19, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
chairman of President Jimmy
Carter's campaign committee in 1976; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1977-81; Nauru, 1979-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 2,
1988 (age 76 years, 318
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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Joseph Fletcher Anderson Jr. (b. 1949) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., November
6, 1949.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives 82nd District, 1980-82;
U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1986-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Robert Lanier Anderson III (b. 1936) —
also known as R. Lanier Anderson III —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., November
12, 1936.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1979-81; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-2009; took
senior status 2009.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2009.
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Garnett Andrews (1837-1903) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., May 15,
1837.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1879-80; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1891-93.
Died May 6,
1903 (age 65 years, 356
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Washington, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Judge Garnett Andrews and Annulet (Ball) Andrews; married 1867 to
Rosalie Champ Beirne. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Maurice Neil Andrews (1894-1967) —
also known as M. Neil Andrews —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in LaFayette, Walker
County, Ga., December
24, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Solicitor General, Rome Circuit, 1929-32; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1942-46; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 1949-50;
resigned 1950.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons.
Died in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., August
31, 1967 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Interment at LaFayette
Cemetery, LaFayette, Ga.
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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of
the Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney
ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907-1992) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., March
20, 1907.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Coweta County, 1933-36; Georgia
state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of
Georgia, 1943-47; defeated, 1966 (Democratic primary); candidate
1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944
(speaker);
president, Dixie Insurance
Co., 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Kappa Phi; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Elks; Eagles;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Civitan.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
13, 1992 (age 85 years, 268
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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William Yates Atkinson (1854-1899) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Oakland, Meriwether
County, Ga., November
11, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-94; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1892-94; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1890-92; Governor of
Georgia, 1894-98.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., August
8, 1899 (age 44 years, 270
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, 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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Isaac Wheeler Avery (1837-1897) —
of Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., May 2,
1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; founder and editor, Atlanta Constitution newspaper;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1872;
secretary
of Georgia Democratic Party, 1872.
Died in 1897
(age about
60 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1868 to Emma
Bivings. |
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Thurbert E. Baker (b. 1952) —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C., December
16, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Georgia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2004;
Georgia
state attorney general, 1997-2010; appointed 1997; candidate for
Governor
of Georgia, 2010.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in North Guilford, Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
22, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1785; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-99; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1799-1807; died in office 1807.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
One of the founders,
and first president,
of Franklin College, which later became the University of Georgia.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 4,
1807 (age 52 years, 102
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph at Greenfield
Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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William Julius Barker (1886-1968) —
also known as William J. Barker —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., June 25,
1886.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1925-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1940-59;
took senior status 1959.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died April
13, 1968 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tampa, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of William Dobbs Barker and Kate (Agricola) Barker; married, October
20, 1916, to Pauline Eleanor Bigham. |
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Boce William Barlow Jr. (1915-2005) —
also known as Boce W. Barlow, Jr. —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., August
8, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
municipal judge in Connecticut, 1957; member of Connecticut
state senate; elected 1966; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1968;
member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1977.
Congregationalist.
Member, NAACP; Prince
Hall Masons; Elks; Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., January
31, 2005 (age 89 years, 176
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Roy E. Barnes (b. 1948) —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Mableton, Cobb
County, Ga., March
11, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate 33rd District, 1975-90; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1993-98; Governor of
Georgia, 1999-2003; defeated, 1990, 2002, 2010; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2014.
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Frank Elliott Barnett (1933-2016) —
also known as Frank Barnett —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 20,
1933.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
American Samoa, 1976-77.
Died July 15,
2016 (age 82 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Hale Barrett (1866-1941) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1866.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1922-41;
died in office 1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died May 1,
1941 (age 74 years, 233
days).
Interment somewhere
in Augusta, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hale Barrett and Susan (Rhind) Barrett; married, October
19, 1892, to Ella C. Barnes. |
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John Barrow (b. 1955) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, October
31, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 12th District, 2005-.
Still living as of 2014.
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Clinton Rogers Barry (b. 1883) —
also known as Clinton R. Barry —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Randolph
County, Ga., April 2,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1934-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Osgood Andrew Barry and Elizabeth Jane (Allison) Barry; married,
March
15, 1905, to Corinne Leslie. |
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Charles Lafayette Bartlett (1853-1938) —
also known as Charles L. Bartlett —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Monticello, Jasper
County, Ga., January
31, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Georgia
state senate, 1888-90; superior court judge in Georgia, 1893-94;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1895-1915; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April
21, 1938 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Washington Montgomery Bartlett (1824-1887) —
also known as Washington Bartlett —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
29, 1824.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; journalist;
newspaper
publisher; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1883-87; Governor of
California, 1887; died in office 1887.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
12, 1887 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Francis Stebbins Bartow (1816-1861) —
also known as Francis S. Bartow —
of Georgia.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
6, 1816.
Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1856; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; died
in office 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed
by rifle
shot, while rallying his men on the Henry House Hill, during the
first battle of Manassas,
Va., July 21,
1861 (age 44 years, 318
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodosius Bartow and Frances Louisa (Stebbins) Bartow; married,
April
18, 1844, to Louisa Green Berrien (daughter of John
Macpherson Berrien); first cousin twice removed of Theodosia
Bartow (who married Aaron
Burr). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Tallmadge-Floyd
family of New York; Burr-Alston-Wilson-Ballard
family of Charleston, South Carolina; Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker
family of Connecticut; Cornell-Schilplin-Washburn-Burr
family of New York; Berrien-Burr-Bartow-Biddle
family of Pennsylvania; Hamlin-Bemis
family of Bangor, Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Bartow County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | The city
of Bartow,
Florida, is named for
him. — The town
of Bartow,
Georgia, is named for
him. — The community
of Bartow,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — Bartow Elementary
School (now Otis J. Brock Elementary School), in Savannah,
Georgia, was formerly named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Francis S. Bartow (built 1944 at Savannah,
Georgia; scrapped 1971) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lucius Durham Battle (1918-2008) —
also known as Lucius D. Battle; Luke
Battle —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., June 1,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Foreign
Service officer; personal aide to Secretary of State Dean
Acheson; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1964-67.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
2008 (age 89 years, 347
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Marcus Wayland Beck (1860-1943) —
also known as Marcus W. Beck —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Harris
County, Ga., April
28, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1890; superior court judge in Georgia, 1894-98;
major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1905-37.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., January
21, 1943 (age 82 years, 268
days).
Interment at Jackson
City Cemetery, Jackson, Ga.
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Griffin Boyette Bell (1918-2009) —
also known as Griffin Bell —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., October
31, 1918.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1962-76; resigned
1976; U.S.
Attorney General, 1977-79.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
5, 2009 (age 90 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Americus, Ga.
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Hiram Parks Bell (1827-1907) —
of Cumming, Forsyth
County, Ga.
Born near Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga., January
19, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; member of Georgia
state senate, 1861-62, 1901-02; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1873-75, 1877-79;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1876;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1899-1901.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
16, 1907 (age 80 years, 209
days).
Interment at Cumming
Cemetery, Cumming, Ga.
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Reason Chesnutt Bell (b. 1880) —
also known as R. C. Bell —
of Cairo, Grady
County, Ga.
Born in Webster
County, Ga., January
28, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Georgia, 1921-22; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1922-32; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1932-43, 1946-49; appointed 1932; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1943-46.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Reason Alexander Bell and Martha (Elliott) Bell; married, January
28, 1908, to Jennie Vereen; father of Vereen McNeill
Bell. |
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Robert Benham (b. 1946) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., September
25, 1946.
Lawyer; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1984-89; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1990-94, 2001-; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1995-2001.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarence Benham and Jesse (Knox) Benham; married to Nell
Dodson. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Henry Louis Benning (1814-1875) —
also known as Henry L. Benning; "Old
Rock" —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., April 2,
1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1853-59; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1860;
delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., July 10,
1875 (age 61 years, 99
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
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John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856) —
also known as John M. Berrien —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Rocky Hill, Somerset
County, N.J., August
23, 1781.
Democrat. Lawyer; state court judge in Georgia, 1810; member
of Georgia
state senate, 1822-23; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1825-29, 1841-45, 1845-52; U.S.
Attorney General, 1829-31.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
1, 1856 (age 74 years, 131
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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John Summerfield Bigby (1832-1898) —
also known as John S. Bigby —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born near Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., February
13, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; superior
court judge in Georgia, 1868-71; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1871-73; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1880-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
28, 1898 (age 66 years, 43
days).
Interment somewhere
in Atlanta, Ga.
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Stanley F. Birch Jr. (b. 1945) —
of Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Langley Field (now Langley Air Force Base), Hampton,
Va., August
29, 1945.
Law clerk for U.S. District Judge Sidney
O. Smith, Jr., 1972-74; lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1990-2010; retired
2010.
Still living as of 2014.
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Edward Junius Black (1806-1846) —
also known as Edward J. Black —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.; Jacksonboro, Screven
County, Ga.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort
County), S.C., October
30, 1806.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1839-41, 1842-45.
Slaveowner.
Died in Millettville, Barnwell District (now Allendale
County), S.C., September
1, 1846 (age 39 years, 306
days).
Interment at Robison-Black
Cemetery, Allendale County, S.C.
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George Robison Black (1835-1886) —
also known as George R. Black —
of Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga.
Born near Jacksonboro, Screven
County, Ga., March
24, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1872;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1874-77; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1881-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga., November
3, 1886 (age 51 years, 224
days).
Interment at Sylvania
Cemetery, Sylvania, Ga.
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James Conquest Cross Black (1842-1928) —
also known as James C. C. Black —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Stamping Ground, Scott
County, Ky., May 9,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1873-77; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1893-95, 1895-97;
resigned 1895.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
1, 1928 (age 86 years, 145
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Frederick Leonard Blackmon (1873-1921) —
also known as Fred L. Blackmon —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Lime Branch, Polk
County, Ga., September
15, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state senate, 1900-10; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1911-21; died in office
1921.
Died in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., February
8, 1921 (age 47 years, 146
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Anniston, Ala.
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Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827-1907) —
also known as Logan E. Bleckley —
of Clarkesville, Habersham
County, Ga.
Born in Rabun
County, Ga., July 3,
1827.
Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1875-80; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1887-94.
Methodist.
Died in Clarkesville, Habersham
County, Ga., March 6,
1907 (age 79 years, 246
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Charles Julian Bloch (1893-1974) —
also known as Charles J. Bloch —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., October
10, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bibb County, 1927-28;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1932,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia.
Jewish.
Died in August, 1974
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Henderson Blount Jr. (1869-1918) —
also known as James H. Blount, Jr. —
Born in Clinton, Jones
County, Ga., March 3,
1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S. District Judge (Court of First Instance)
in Philippine Islands, 1901-05.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
7, 1918 (age 49 years, 218
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Alva Bond (1890-1980) —
also known as Eugene A. Bond —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Royston, Franklin
County, Ga., May 29,
1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1940,
1956.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Died in April, 1980
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Augustus Bootle (1902-2005) —
also known as William A. Bootle —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C., August
19, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1929-33; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1954-72; took
senior status 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Civitan.
Died January
25, 2005 (age 102 years,
159 days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. (b. 1941) —
of Georgia.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., 1941.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1979-.
Still living as of 2002.
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Joseph A. Boyd Jr. (1916-2007) —
of Hialeah, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Hoschton, Jackson
County, Ga., November
16, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
justice
of Florida state supreme court, 1969-87.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Lions.
Died, of heart
failure, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., October
26, 2007 (age 90 years, 344
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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James Stoddard Boynton (1833-1902) —
of Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born in Henry
County, Ga., May 7,
1833.
Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
county judge in Georgia, 1866-68; mayor
of Griffin, Ga., 1869-72; member of Georgia
state senate, 1880-84; Governor of
Georgia, 1883; circuit judge in Georgia, 1886-93; counsel,
Central Railway
of Georgia.
Died December
22, 1902 (age 69 years, 229
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Ga.
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Charles Hillyer Brand (1861-1933) —
also known as Charles H. Brand —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Loganville, Walton
County, Ga., April
20, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-95; superior court judge in Georgia, 1906-17;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1917-33 (8th District 1917-33, 10th
District 1933); died in office 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., May 17,
1933 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at Shadowlawn
Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Ga.
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Morris Brandon (1862-1940) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn., April
13, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; general counsel, Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic Railway;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1898.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died February
13, 1940 (age 77 years, 306
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Brandon and Minerva Elizabeth (Morris) Brandon; married, June 1,
1892, to Harriet Inman. |
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William Gordon Brantley (1860-1934) —
also known as William G. Brantley —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Blackshear, Pierce
County, Ga., September
18, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-85; member of Georgia
state senate, 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 11th District, 1897-1913; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
11, 1934 (age 73 years, 358
days).
Interment at Blackshear
Cemetery, Blackshear, Ga.
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Jack Thomas Brinkley (1930-2019) —
also known as Jack T. Brinkley —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Faceville, Decatur
County, Ga., December
22, 1930.
Democrat. School
teacher; pilot in
U.S. Air Force; lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1965-66; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1967-83.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., January
23, 2019 (age 88 years, 32
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Paul Brown (1880-1961) —
of Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga.; Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born near Hartwell, Hart
County, Ga., March
31, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1907-08; Elbert
County Attorney, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1932,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1933-61.
Methodist.
Died in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., September
24, 1961 (age 81 years, 177
days).
Interment at Elmhurst
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Thomas Jefferson Brown (1836-1915) —
also known as Thomas J. Brown —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Jasper
County, Ga., July 24,
1836.
Lawyer; law partner of James
W. Throckmorton and Samuel
A. Roberts; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1889-92; district judge in Texas,
1892; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1893-1911; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1911-15; died in office
1915.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., May 26,
1915 (age 78 years, 306
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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Hugh Buchanan (1823-1890) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Argyllshire, Scotland,
September
15, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1856,
1868;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1872-80; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1881-85.
Scottish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., June 11,
1890 (age 66 years, 269
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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Archibald Bulloch (c.1730-1777) —
of Georgia.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., about 1730.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775; served in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; President
of Georgia, 1776-77; died in office 1777.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
22, 1777 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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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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Benjamin Butterworth (1837-1898) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born near Maineville, Warren
County, Ohio, October
22, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1879-83, 1885-91; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1880;
U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1896-98.
Died in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., January
16, 1898 (age 60 years, 86
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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Albert Sidney Camp (1892-1954) —
also known as A. Sidney Camp —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born near Moreland, Coweta
County, Ga., July 26,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Coweta County Democratic Party, 1915-20; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Coweta County, 1923; resigned
1923; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1939-54; died in office
1954.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1954 (age 61 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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Lawrence Sabyllia Camp (1898-1947) —
also known as Lawrence S. Camp —
of Fairburn, Campbell County (now Fulton
County), Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Fairburn, Fulton
County, Ga., November
20, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Campbell County, 1923-24; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1930-32; Georgia
state attorney general, 1932-33; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1934-42; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1938.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Junior
Order.
Died May 5,
1947 (age 48 years, 166
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of William Rudicil Camp and Eugenia Sabyllia (Smith) Camp; married,
June
25, 1918, to Rubye Tanner. |
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John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889) —
also known as John A. Campbell —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., June 24,
1811.
Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1837; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1853-61; Confederate States
Assistant Secretary of War, 1861-65; at the end of the Civil War, he
was suspected
of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln; arrested
in May 1865; held in detention for five months, but never charged;
released in October 1865.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March
12, 1889 (age 77 years, 261
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Charles Murphey Candler (1857-1935) —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., March
17, 1857.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-1904, 1907-08; member of Georgia
state senate, 1905-06; Raiload
Commission, 1909-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., August
7, 1935 (age 78 years, 143
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Thomas Slaughter Candler (1890-1971) —
also known as Thomas S. Candler —
of Blairsville, Union
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., December
15, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Union County Democratic Party, 1920-39; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1939-45; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1945-66.
Methodist.
Member, Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., 1971
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Union
Memory Garden, Blairsville, Ga.
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William Ezekiel Candler (1856-1927) —
also known as William E. Candler —
of Blairsville, Union
County, Ga.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., February
28, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1904.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., March
10, 1927 (age 71 years, 10
days).
Interment at New Blairsville Cemetery, Blairsville, Ga.
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George H. Carley (b. 1938) —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
24, 1938.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1966; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1979-93; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1993-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of George L. Carley, Jr. and Dorothy (Holmes) Carley; married 1960 to Sandra
M. Lineberger. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Henry Hull Carlton (1835-1905) —
also known as Henry H. Carlton —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., May 12,
1835.
Democrat. Physician;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1873-77, 1899; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1876;
newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1884-85; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1887-91.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., October
26, 1905 (age 70 years, 167
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Thomas Petters Carnes (1762-1822) —
of Georgia.
Born in Maryland, 1762.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1786-87, 1789, 1797, 1807-08; Georgia
state attorney general, 1789-92; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1793-95; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798; circuit judge
in Georgia, 1798-1803, 1809-10.
Slaveowner.
Died in Franklin County (part now in Hart
County), Ga., May 5,
1822 (age about 59
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Hart County, Ga.
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George Cary (1789-1843) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Appling, Columbia
County, Ga.
Born near Allens Fresh, Charles
County, Md., August
7, 1789.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1819-21, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1823-27.
Slaveowner.
Died in Thomaston, Upson
County, Ga., September
10, 1843 (age 54 years, 34
days).
Interment at Methodist
Churchyard, Thomaston, 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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Saxby Chambliss (b. 1943) —
of Moultrie, Colquitt
County, Ga.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., November
10, 1943.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1995-2003; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2003-15.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2015.
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Absalom Harris Chappell (1801-1878) —
also known as Absalom H. Chappell —
of Forsyth, Monroe
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Mt. Zion, Hancock
County, Ga., December
18, 1801.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1832-33, 1845; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1834-39; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843-45; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865, 1877.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., December
11, 1878 (age 76 years, 358
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
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Elijah Webb Chastain (1813-1874) —
also known as Elijah W. Chastain —
of Tacoah, Gilmer
County, Ga.
Born near Pickens, Pendleton District (now Pickens
County), S.C., September
25, 1813.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1840-50; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1851-55; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1860; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Murray
County, Ga., April 9,
1874 (age 60 years, 196
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Fannin County, Ga.
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James Holt Clanton (1827-1871) —
also known as James H. Clanton —
of Alabama.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., January
8, 1827.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1850; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Alabama; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1868.
In a hostile encounter with attorney David Nelson, son of T. A.
R. Nelson, on Gay Street in front of the Lamar House Hotel and
the St. Nicholas Saloon,
Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., Nelson, who was intoxicated, shot and
killed
him, September
27, 1871 (age 44 years, 262
days). Nelson was charged with murder, but a jury found not
guilty.
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Alexander Stephens Clay (1853-1910) —
also known as Alexander S. Clay —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born near Powder Springs, Cobb
County, Ga., September
25, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-87, 1889-90; member of Georgia
state senate, 1892-94; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1897-1910; died in office 1910.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
13, 1910 (age 57 years, 49
days).
Interment at Marietta
City Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.
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Judson Claudius Clements (1846-1917) —
also known as Judson C. Clements —
of LaFayette, Walker
County, Ga.; Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Villanow, Walker
County, Ga., February
12, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-76; member of Georgia
state senate, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1881-91; member,
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1892-1917.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 18,
1917 (age 71 years, 126
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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David Clopton (1820-1892) —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born near Milledgeville, Putnam
County, Ga., September
29, 1820.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1859-61; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 7th District, 1862-65;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1878; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1884-92; died in office
1892.
Slaveowner.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., February
5, 1892 (age 71 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Andrew Jackson Cobb (b. 1857) —
also known as Andrew J. Cobb —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., April
12, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1897-1907; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Andrew
Jackson |
| | | Relatives: Son of Howell Cobb and Mary
Ann (Lamar) Cobb; married, March 3,
1880, to Starkie Campbell. |
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James Edward Cobb (1835-1903) —
also known as James E. Cobb —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born in Thomaston, Upson
County, Ga., October
5, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; circuit judge in Alabama, 1874-76; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1887-97; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901.
Died in East Las Vegas (now part of Las Vegas), San Miguel
County, N.M., June 2,
1903 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Interment at Tuskegee
Cemetery, Tuskegee, Ala.
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Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) —
also known as Thomas R. R. Cobb —
of Georgia.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ga., April
10, 1823.
Lawyer; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed
in the battle of Fredericksburg, Stafford
County, Va., December
13, 1862 (age 39 years, 247
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Thomas Willis Cobb (1784-1830) —
also known as Thomas W. Cobb —
of Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga.; Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., 1784.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1817-21, 1823-24; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1824-28; superior court judge in Georgia,
1828-30.
Slaveowner.
Died in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., February
1, 1830 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Greensboro
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ga.
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Cobb County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | Epitaph: In his domestic circle he was
fond and affectionate. "As a friend he was ardent and devoted. As a
man, honorable, generous, and sincere. As a statesman, independent,
and inflexible. As a judge, pure, and incorruptible. Amiable in
private and useful in public life, his death was a deep affliction to
his children, his friends, and his country"; "An honest man's the
noblest work of God." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Solomon Cohen (1802-1875) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Georgetown, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., August
15, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1840-42; postmaster at Savannah,
Ga., 1853-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1860.
Jewish.
Organized a relief fund to support the family of Jefferson
Davis while he was in prison after the Civil War.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
14, 1875 (age 72 years, 364
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Cohen (1757-1835) and Bell (Moses) Cohen; married to
Miriam Gratz Moses. |
| | | Epitaph: "The Memory of the Just is
Blessed." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Douglas A. Collins (b. 1966) —
also known as Doug Collins —
of Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.
Born in Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga., August
16, 1966.
Republican. Pastor;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 2007-12; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 2013-.
Southern
Baptist.
Still living as of 2016.
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Linton McGee Collins (1902-1972) —
also known as Linton M. Collins —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Reidsville, Tattnall
County, Ga., June 21,
1902.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1964-72; died in office 1972.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
12, 1972 (age 69 years, 296
days).
Interment at Crescent Hill Cemetery, Helen, Ga.
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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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Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861-1940) —
also known as Oscar B. Colquitt —
of Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex.; Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex.
Born in Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., December
16, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; oil
business; member of Texas
state senate 9th District, 1895-98; Governor of
Texas, 1911-15; defeated, 1906; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1916; member, U.S. Board of Railway Labor
Mediation.
Methodist.
Died March 8,
1940 (age 78 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Abraham Benjamin Conger (1887-1953) —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.
Born in Ty Ty, Worth County (now Tift
County), Ga., July 14,
1887.
Lawyer; mayor
of Bainbridge, Ga.; elected 1921; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1949-53; died
in office 1953.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., December
9, 1953 (age 66 years, 148
days).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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Robert Beeman Conrad (1922-1981) —
also known as Robert B. Conrad —
of Genoa, Nance
County, Neb.
Born in Schuyler, Colfax
County, Neb., April 1,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nebraska, 1956;
administrative assistant to Gov. Ralph
Brooks, 1959-60; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
22, 1981 (age 58 years, 327
days).
Interment at Arlington
Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Ga.
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J. Eugene Cook (b. 1904) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Wrightsville, Johnson
County, Ga., April 4,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1945-65; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1965-67.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Elks; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Monroe Cook and Ida (Preston) Cook; married, June 28,
1928, to Julia Adelaide McClatchey. |
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Frank Patton Cooke (b. 1921) —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Floyd
County, Ga., January
17, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 26th District, 1955-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Pi.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Mark Anthony Cooper (1800-1885) —
also known as Mark A. Cooper —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born near Powellton, Hancock
County, Ga., April
20, 1800.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1833; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1839-41, 1842-43; iron
manufacturer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died near Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., March
17, 1885 (age 84 years, 331
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Bartow County, Ga.; reinterment at
Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Ga.
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John P. Cowart (b. 1910) —
of Edison, Calhoun
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Edison, Calhoun
County, Ga., February
5, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1945-52.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Blue
Key.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Anaziah P. Cowart and Eudora (Webb) Cowart; married, June 10,
1933, to Margie Thurman. |
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Edward Eugene Cox (1880-1952) —
also known as Edward E. Cox —
of Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga.
Born near Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., April 3,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1908,
1936,
1952;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1912-16; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1925-52; defeated,
1916; died in office 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
24, 1952 (age 72 years, 265
days).
Interment at Oakview
Cemetery, Camilla, Ga.
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Martin Jenkins Crawford (1820-1883) —
also known as Martin J. Crawford —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Jasper
County, Ga., March
17, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state legislature,
1845-47; superior court judge in Georgia, 1854, 1875-80; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1855-61; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1880-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., July 23,
1883 (age 63 years, 128
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
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Charles Frederick Crisp (1845-1896) —
also known as Charles F. Crisp —
of Ellaville, Schley
County, Ga.; Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England,
of American parents, January
29, 1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia, 1876-82; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1883-96; died in office
1896; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1891-95.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., October
23, 1896 (age 51 years, 268
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Americus, Ga.
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Charles Robert Crisp (1870-1937) —
also known as Charles R. Crisp —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Ellaville, Schley
County, Ga., October
19, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1896-97, 1913-32; city
judge in Georgia, 1900-11; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1928;
Parliamentarian, 1912.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., February
7, 1937 (age 66 years, 111
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Americus, Ga.
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member
of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president,
Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college
professor; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John Alfred Cuthbert (1788-1881) —
also known as John A. Cuthbert —
of Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., June 3,
1788.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1811-13, 1817; member of Georgia
state senate, 1814-15; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1819-21; newspaper
editor and publisher.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mon Louis Island, Mobile
County, Ala., September
22, 1881 (age 93 years, 111
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Mobile County, Ala.
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