The Political Graveyard: Bay County, Fla.

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Bay County
Florida

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Bay County

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Private or family graveyard
Bay County, Florida

Politicians formerly buried here:

John Clark (1766-1832) — also known as "Keeper of the Live Oaks" — of Georgia. Born February 28, 1766. Governor of Georgia, 1819-23. Died of yellow fever, in St. Andrews, Washington County (now part of Panama City, Bay County), Fla., October 2, 1832 (age 66 years, 217 days). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1922 at Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.

		Relatives: Uncle of Edward Clark.
		See also National Governors Association biography

Lynn Haven Cemetery
Lynn Haven, Bay County, Florida

Politicians buried here:

Milton Buckingham Cooley (1840-1932) — also known as Milton B. Cooley — of Waterloo, Athens County, Ohio; McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio; Athens, Athens County, Ohio; Lynn Haven, Bay County, Fla. Born in Athens, Athens County, Ohio, May 15, 1840. Son of George Washington Cooley (1811-1889) and Lorena Luzany (Stanley) Cooley (1814-1847). Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; Greenback Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1884; People's candidate for Ohio state house of representatives from Hocking and Vinton counties, 1897. Died in Lynn Haven, Bay County, Fla., June 9, 1932 (age 92 years, 25 days). Interment at Lynn Haven Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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