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Joel Abbot (1776-1826) —
also known as Joel Abbott —
of Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga.
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
17, 1776.
Democrat. Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1799, 1802-04, 1808, 1811; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1817-25.
Died in Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., November
19, 1826 (age 50 years, 247
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Lexington, Ga.
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Bruce S. Allen —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Physician; Honorary
Consul for Liechtenstein in Macon,
Ga., 2007-.
Still living as of 2017.
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Richard Dennis Arnold (1808-1876) —
also known as Richard D. Arnold —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
19, 1808.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1839; member of Georgia
state senate, 1842; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1842-43, 1851-52, 1859-60, 1863-65.
Unitarian.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., July 10,
1876 (age 67 years, 326
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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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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William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) —
also known as William W. Bibb —
of Petersburg, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Amelia
County, Va., October
2, 1781.
Democrat. Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1803-05; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1807-13 (4th District 1807, at-large
1807-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13); U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1813-16; Governor
of Alabama Territory, 1817-19; Governor of
Alabama, 1819-20; died in office 1820.
Fell
from his horse
during a thunderstorm,
sustained internal injuries, and died in Autauga County (part now in
Elmore
County), Ala., July 10,
1820 (age 38 years, 282
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Elmore County, Ala.
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Benjamin Franklin Bomar (1816-1868) —
also known as Benjamin F. Bomar —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., August
9, 1816.
Physician; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1849-50; served in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Died February
1, 1868 (age 51 years, 176
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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William Parks Bond (1832-1898) —
of Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Hall
County, Ga., February
7, 1832.
Democrat. Physician; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Georgia
state senate, 1880-81; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-85.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga., July 14,
1898 (age 66 years, 157
days).
Interment at Rock
Chapel Historic Cemetery, Near Lithonia, DeKalb County, Ga.
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Paul Collins Broun Jr. (b. 1946) —
also known as Paul C. Broun —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
7, 1946.
Republican. Physician; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1996, 2014; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 2007-15; defeated,
1990.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2015.
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Nathan Brownson (1742-1796) —
of Georgia.
Born in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 14,
1742.
Physician; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1777; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1781, 1788; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1781; Governor of
Georgia, 1781-82; delegate
to Georgia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1789; member of Georgia
state senate, 1789-91.
Died near Riceboro, Liberty
County, Ga., November
6, 1796 (age 54 years, 176
days).
Interment at Old
Midway Cemetery, Hinesville, Ga.
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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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Adam C. Clements (1804-1886) —
of Georgia.
Born in Jackson
County, Ga., August
15, 1804.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1853-54, 1861-62.
Died in Walker
County, Ga., November
15, 1886 (age 82 years, 92
days).
Interment at Cavender
Cemetery, Near Villanow, Walker County, Ga.
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Joseph Wales Clift (1837-1908) —
of Georgia.
Born in North Marshfield, Marshfield, Plymouth
County, Mass., September
30, 1837.
Republican. Physician; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1868-69.
Died in Rock City Falls, Saratoga
County, N.Y., May 2,
1908 (age 70 years, 215
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Plymouth County, Mass.
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John Lovick Crawford (1816-1902) —
also known as John L. Crawford —
of Florida.
Born in Covington, Newton
County, Ga., April
17, 1816.
Physician; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1847; member of Florida
state senate, 1860; secretary
of state of Florida, 1881-1902; died in office 1902.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., January
24, 1902 (age 85 years, 282
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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David Dickson (d. 1836) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Georgia.
Physician; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1817, 1832;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1820-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1821; postmaster at Jackson,
Miss., 1822-23; secretary
of state of Mississippi, 1835; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1835-36; died in office
1836.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., July 31,
1836.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Tomlinson Fort (1787-1859) —
of Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, Ga., July 14,
1787.
Democrat. Physician; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1818-26; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1827-29.
Slaveowner.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., May 11,
1859 (age 71 years, 301
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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William Walton George (1807-1865) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Georgia, 1807.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1840-41, 1842-44.
Baptist.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1865
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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John Phillip Gingrey (b. 1942) —
also known as Phil Gingrey —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 10,
1942.
Republican. Physician; member of Georgia
state senate, 1999-2002; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 11th District, 2003-.
Catholic.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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W. Franklin Goldin —
of Draketown, Haralson
County, Ga.
Physician; member of Georgia
state senate 38th District, 1902-03.
Interment at Draketown
Baptist Cemetery, Draketown, Ga.
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Lamartine Griffin Hardman (1856-1937) —
of Commerce, Jackson
County, Ga.
Born in Harmony Grove (now Commerce), Jackson
County, Ga., April
14, 1856.
Democrat. Physician; surgeon; banker;
president, Commerce Telephone
Company; president, Hurricane Shoals and Nacoochee Power
Company; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1902-06, 1909-10; member of Georgia
state senate 33rd District, 1907-08; Governor of
Georgia, 1927-31.
Baptist.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Died from a heart
ailment, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
18, 1937 (age 80 years, 310
days).
Interment at Grey
Hill Cemetery, Commerce, 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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George Washington Heard (1781-1838) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born June 14,
1781.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1824-27.
Died November
17, 1838 (age 57 years, 156
days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Samuel Doak Holt (1803-1863) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., October
14, 1803.
Whig. Physician; mayor
of Montgomery, Ala., 1838, 1852.
Methodist.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April
23, 1863 (age 59 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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George Hunt III —
of Tifton, Tift
County, Ga.
Democrat. Physician; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1968.
Still living as of 1968.
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Benjamin Lafayette Jefferson (1871-1950) —
also known as Benjamin L. Jefferson —
of Steamboat Springs, Routt
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., October
26, 1871.
Democrat. Physician; dentist;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1898-1900; member of Colorado
state senate, 1900-08; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Colorado; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1913-21; candidate for Governor of
Colorado, 1922; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Colorado, 1950
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Steamboat
Springs Cemetery, Steamboat Springs, Colo.
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Noble Wimberly Jones (1723-1805) —
of Georgia.
Born in Lambeth, England,
1723.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1777; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1781; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1795.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
9, 1805 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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James L. Kennedy (1868-1917) —
Born January
23, 1868.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Tattnall
County, Ga., November
6, 1917 (age 49 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Homer Virgil Milton Miller (1814-1896) —
also known as Homer V. M. Miller —
of Georgia.
Born in Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C., April
29, 1814.
Democrat. Physician; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1871.
Slaveowner.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 31,
1896 (age 82 years, 32
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
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William Davis Northcutt (1861-1931) —
also known as W. D. Northcutt —
of Longview, Gregg
County, Tex.
Born in Georgia, 1861.
Physician; mayor
of Longview, Tex., 1898-1900, 1920-23.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
20, 1931 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Fletcher Penn (1871-1934) —
also known as William F. Penn —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born in Glasgow, Rockbridge
County, Va., January
16, 1871.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Georgia, 1908
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(alternate).
African
ancestry.
Died in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., May 31,
1934 (age 63 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isham Penn and Maria (Irvine) Penn; married 1899 to Lula
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Thomas Edmunds Price (b. 1954) —
also known as Tom Price —
of Roswell, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
8, 1954.
Republican. Physician; member of Georgia
state senate 56th District, 1997-2004; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 2005-17; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 2017.
Still living as of 2019.
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James Roy Rowland Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as J. Roy Rowland —
of Dublin, Laurens
County, Ga.
Born in Wrightsville, Johnson
County, Ga., February
3, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1977-82; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1983-95.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Louis Wade Sullivan (b. 1933) —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
3, 1933.
Physician; medical school
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1989-93.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2019.
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William Richard Waring (1787-1843) —
also known as William R. Waring —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in 1787.
Physician; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1830-32.
Died in 1843
(age about
56 years).
Original interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Baker Ewing Watkins (1800-1876) —
of Colquitt
County, Ga.
Born in Meadow Creek, Whitley
County, Ky., August
18, 1800.
Minister;
physician; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865.
Methodist.
Died in Colquitt
County, Ga., November
26, 1876 (age 76 years, 100
days).
Interment at Greenfield
Cemetery, Moultrie, Ga.
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Harrison Lee Watkins (b. 1840) —
of Colquitt
County, Ga.
Born in Whitley
County, Ky., September
30, 1840.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-85.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Wayne (1804-1858) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., April 4,
1804.
Physician; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1844-45, 1848-51, 1852-53, 1857-58; died in
office 1858.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., June 27,
1858 (age 54 years, 84
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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George Wells (1744-1780) —
of Georgia.
Born in Queen
Anne's County, Md., March 3,
1744.
Physician; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Governor of
Georgia, 1780; died in office 1780.
Mortally
wounded in a duel with
James
Jackson, and died soon after, in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
15, 1780 (age 35 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel G. White —
of Georgia.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; physician; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861.
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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