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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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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; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Georgia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1944.
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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G. Albert Armor (1907-1979) —
of Corcoran, Kings
County, Calif.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., September
4, 1907.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1942; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Died in December, 1979
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917-1994) —
also known as W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.; Tap
Bennett —
of Georgia.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., April 1,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1964-66; Portugal, 1966-69.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi; Council on
Foreign Relations; Sphinx;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1994
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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Allen Daniel Candler (1834-1910) —
also known as Allen D. Candler; "The One-Eyed
Ploughboy from Pigeon Roost" —
of Jonesboro, Clayton
County, Ga.; Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.
Born in Auraria, Lumpkin
County, Ga., November
4, 1834.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; in
the battle of Jonesboro, 1864, he was wounded, and lost an
eye; railroad
president; mayor
of Gainesville, Ga., 1872; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1873-77; member of Georgia
state senate, 1878-79; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1883-91; secretary
of state of Georgia, 1894-98; Governor of
Georgia, 1898-1902.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., October
26, 1910 (age 75 years, 356
days).
Interment at Alta
Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Ga.
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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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Eva McPherson Clayton (b. 1934) —
also known as Eva M. Clayton —
of North Carolina.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
16, 1934.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1992-2003;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000.
Female.
Presbyterian. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Russell Cook (1836-1896) —
also known as John R. Cook —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., January
15, 1836.
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Brunswick,
Ga., 1877-96.
Presbyterian.
Died in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., May 11,
1896 (age 60 years, 117
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Ga.
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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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Albert M. Deal (1868-1951) —
of Bulloch
County, Ga.
Born in Bulloch
County, Ga., January
2, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bulloch County, 1900-04,
1935-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Died April
12, 1951 (age 83 years, 100
days).
Interment at East
Side Cemetery, Statesboro, Ga.
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W. Roscoff Deal (1901-1967) —
of Bryan
County, Ga.
Born in Bulloch
County, Ga., May 20,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bryan County, 1953-56.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died January
30, 1967 (age 65 years, 255
days).
Interment at North
Side Cemetery, Pembroke, Ga.
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John Ernest Donalson (b. 1846) —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., April
23, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; sawmill
owner; mayor
of Bainbridge, Ga., 1876-77; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1896.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Founder of Donalsonville, Ga.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Donalson and Caroline Jane (Williams) Donalson; married
to Loulie McClenden Gordon. |
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Marion Bayard Folsom (1893-1976) —
also known as Marion B. Folsom —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in McRae (now part of McRae-Helena), Telfair
County, Ga., November
23, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1955-58.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Economic Association.
Treasurer of Eastman Kodak Company, 1935-53.
Died September
27, 1976 (age 82 years, 309
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Marvin Griffin (1907-1982) —
also known as Marvin Griffin —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., September
4, 1907.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Decatur County, 1935-36;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940,
1952;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Adjutant
General of Georgia, 1944-47; president, radio
station WMGR, Bainbridge, Ga., 1946; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1948-55; Governor of
Georgia, 1955-59.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Eagles;
Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions.
Died June 13,
1982 (age 74 years, 282
days).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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Clint Wood Hager (1890-1944) —
also known as Clint W. Hager —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Bristol, Sullivan
County, Tenn., June 19,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1921-34; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940;
Georgia
Republican state chair, 1937-41.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Fulton
County, Ga., December
11, 1944 (age 54 years, 175
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Jackson Hager and Maud Livingston (Caldwell) Hager; married,
February
4, 1918, to Mary Kelley. |
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Homer Hancock (1881-1931) —
of Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, August
6, 1881.
Banker;
mayor of Jefferson, Georgia; Jackson
County Superior Court Clerk, 1917-20; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1927-30; member of Georgia
state senate 33rd District, 1931.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the directors
room of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Jackson
County, Ga., March
28, 1931 (age 49 years, 234
days).
Interment at Woodbine Jefferson City Cemetery, Jefferson, Ga.
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Chris Hart IV (b. 1968) —
of Florida.
Born in Fort Benning, Chattahoochee
County, Ga., August
11, 1968.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 57th District, 1999-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1999.
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P. Harris Hines —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1983-95; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1995-.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2008.
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Relatives: Son
of James Reuben Hines and Edith (Hawkins) Hines; married to Helen
Holmes Hill. |
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Hazel T. Kump (1914-2002) —
also known as Hazel Vorus Turner —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in LaGrange, Troup
County, Ga., July 8,
1914.
Democrat. Member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1949.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; American
Association of University Women.
Died, in Elkins Regional Convalescent
Center, Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va., March
14, 2002 (age 87 years, 249
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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John Elmer Linder (b. 1942) —
also known as John Linder —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Duluth, Gwinnett
County, Ga.
Born in Deer River, Itasca
County, Minn., September
9, 1942.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1975-81, 1983-91; candidate for
Georgia
state senate, 1980; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1993-2008 (4th District 1993-97,
11th District 1997-2003, 7th District 2003-08); defeated, 1990.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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John W. Maddox (1848-1922) —
of Summerville, Chattooga
County, Ga.; Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Chattooga
County, Ga., June 3,
1848.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Chattooga
County Commissioner, 1878-80; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1880-86; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1886-92; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1893-1905; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); mayor of
Rome, Ga., 1907.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
27, 1922 (age 74 years, 116
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
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James Grubbs Martin (b. 1935) —
also known as James G. Martin —
of Davidson, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
11, 1935.
Republican. College
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1973-85; Governor of
North Carolina, 1985-93.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Mitchell (1807-1865) —
of Kendallville, Noble
County, Ind.
Born in Root, Montgomery
County, N.Y., January
19, 1807.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1842-43; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1843; candidate for delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1861-63; defeated,
1862.
Presbyterian.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., September
11, 1865 (age 58 years, 235
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Kendallville, Ind.
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Rupert Leo Murphy (b. 1909) —
also known as Rupert L. Murphy —
of Georgia.
Born in Byromville, Dooly
County, Ga., July 27,
1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
traffic manager in textile
industry; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1955-78.
Presbyterian. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Luther H. Murphy and Ardelia (Woodruff) Murphy; married, April
18, 1931, to Marion Kerlin. |
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Maston Emmett O'Neal Jr. (1907-1990) —
of Georgia.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., July 19,
1907.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1965-71.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died in 1990
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., 1889-93; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presbyterian. English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April
11, 1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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Robert C. Word Ramspeck (1890-1972) —
also known as Robert Ramspeck —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., September
5, 1890.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. William
S. Howard, 1912; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1929-45.
Presbyterian. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died in Castor, Bienville
Parish, La., September
10, 1972 (age 82 years, 5
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Choice Boswell Randell (1857-1945) —
also known as Choice B. Randell —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born near Spring Place, Murray
County, Ga., January
1, 1857.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1901-13 (5th District 1901-03, 4th
District 1903-13).
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., October
19, 1945 (age 88 years, 291
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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Harry Maurelle Reid (b. 1853) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., February
15, 1853.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Solicitor
General of the Coweta Judicial Circuit, 1881-89; superior court judge
in Georgia, 1890.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John Pattillo Ridley (b. 1955) —
also known as John Ridley —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Crawford Long Emory University Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
25, 1955.
Democrat. Special assistant, U.S. Congress, 1974-78; legislative
attaché, Georgia General Assembly, 1978-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1980,
1988
(alternate); candidate for Georgia
state house of representatives 56th District, 1980; vice-chair,
DeKalb County Democratic Party, 1980-84; city commissioner, Decatur,
Ga., 1998-2002.
Presbyterian. Scottish
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry William Ridley, Jr. and Francis Jo Pattillo Ridley; married
2000 to
Susan Elaine Hart Ridley. |
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David Dean Rusk (1909-1994) —
also known as Dean Rusk —
Born in Cherokee
County, Ga., February
9, 1909.
Rhodes
scholar; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1961-69.
Presbyterian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1969.
Died of congestive
heart failure, in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., December
20, 1994 (age 85 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Francis Muir Scarlett (1891-1971) —
also known as Frank M. Scarlett —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., June 9,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1928
(alternate), 1936;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1946-68;
took senior status 1968; senior judge, 1968-71.
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died November
18, 1971 (age 80 years, 162
days).
Burial location unknown.
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G. Bertram Smith (1892-1978) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Chandler Township, Huron
County, Mich., 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in oil
refining; real estate
business; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1942-48.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 10,
1978 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Flora
Hill Memory Garden, Tucker, Ga.
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John Beal Smith (1846-1930) —
of Texas.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., March
28, 1846.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state legislature, 1911.
Presbyterian.
Died, of valvular heart
disease, February
8, 1930 (age 83 years, 317
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Crockett, Tex.
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Michael Hoke Smith (1855-1931) —
also known as M. Hoke Smith —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., September
2, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1893-96; Governor of
Georgia, 1907-09, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1911-21.
Presbyterian.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
27, 1931 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (1913-2003) —
also known as Robert G. Stephens, Jr. —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
14, 1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1951-53; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Clarke County, 1953-59; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1961-77.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Kiwanis;
Woodmen.
Died, in a hospital
at Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
20, 2003 (age 89 years, 190
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Charles Longstreet Weltner (1927-1992) —
also known as Charles L. Weltner —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
17, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1963-67; superior court
judge in Georgia, 1976-81; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1981-92; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1992; died in office 1992.
Presbyterian.
Died August
31, 1992 (age 64 years, 258
days).
Interment at Arlington
Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Ga.
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John Joachim Zubly (1724-1781) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in St. Gall, Switzerland,
August
27, 1724.
Ordained
minister; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775-76; accused
of treason
against the Continental Congress and banished
in 1777; half of his estate was confiscated;
returned to Savannah in 1779.
Presbyterian. Swiss
ancestry.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., July 23,
1781 (age 56 years, 330
days).
Interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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