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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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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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Donald Hines Fraser (1906-1989) —
also known as Donald H. Fraser —
of Hinesville, Liberty
County, Ga.
Born in Hinesville, Liberty
County, Ga., February
27, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1930-31; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1961-69.
Methodist.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died June 26,
1989 (age 83 years, 119
days).
Interment at Flemington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Flemington, Ga.
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James H. McCranie (1877-1961) —
of Eastman, Dodge
County, Ga.
Born August
21, 1877.
Member of Georgia
state senate 48th District, 1938-39.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died August
7, 1961 (age 83 years, 351
days).
Interment at Vilula
Baptist Church Cemetery, Dodge County, 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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Herman Eugene Talmadge (1913-2002) —
also known as Herman E. Talmadge —
of Lovejoy, Clayton
County, Ga.
Born near McRae (now McRae-Helena), Telfair
County, Ga., August
9, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of
Georgia, 1947, 1948-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1957-81; defeated, 1980; received one
electoral vote for Vice-President, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Hampton, Henry
County, Ga., March
21, 2002 (age 88 years, 224
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Henry County, Ga.
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Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) —
also known as "Fighting Joe" —
of Wheeler, Lawrence
County, Ala.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1836.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1881-82, 1885-1900;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of
the War of 1812.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
25, 1906 (age 69 years, 137
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Wheeler and Julia Knox (Hull) Wheeler; married, February
6, 1866, to Daniella Jones (granddaughter of Peter
Early); father of Thomas Harrison Wheeler. |
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Ga. is named for him. |
| | | Wheeler Dam
(built 1933-36), on the Tennessee River in Lauderdale
and Lawrence
counties, Alabama, and the Wheeler Lake
reservoir, which extends into Limestone,
Morgan,
and Madison
counties, are named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in America
(1906) |
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