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Hoke Smith (1855-1931) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., September
2, 1855.
Democrat. U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1893-96; Governor of
Georgia, 1907-09, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1911-21.
Presbyterian.
Died November
27, 1931 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894) —
also known as Joseph E. Brown; Joe Brown —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in a log
cabin in Pickens District (now Pickens
County), S.C., April 15,
1821.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1849; circuit judge in Georgia, 1855; Governor of
Georgia, 1857-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1868;
chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1868-70; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1880-91.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
30, 1894 (age 73 years, 229
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John Brown Gordon (1832-1904) —
also known as John B. Gordon —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Upson
County, Ga., February
6, 1832.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1868;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1873-80, 1891-97; Governor of
Georgia, 1886-90.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
9, 1904 (age 71 years, 337
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823-1882) —
also known as Benjamin H. Hill —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Jasper
County, Ga., September
14, 1823.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1851; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1857; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1875-77; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1877-82; died in office 1882.
Died of cancer in
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
16, 1882 (age 58 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Alexander Campbell King (1856-1926) —
also known as Alexander C. King —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
7, 1856.
Son of J. Gadsden King and Caroline Clifford (Postell) King.
Lawyer;
attorney for railroads;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1918-20; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1920-25.
Died in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., July 26,
1926 (age 69 years, 231
days).
Entombed at Oakland Cemetery.
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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.
Son of James Bleckley and Catharine Bleckley.
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.
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Joseph Mackey Brown (1851-1932) —
also known as Joseph M. Brown —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Canton, Cherokee
County, Ga., December
28, 1851.
Son of Joseph
Emerson Brown and Elizabeth (Grisham) Brown.
Governor
of Georgia, 1909-11, 1912-13.
Baptist.
Member, Chi Phi.
Died March 3,
1932 (age 80 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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William Jonathan Northen (1835-1913) —
of Georgia.
Born July 9,
1835.
Governor
of Georgia, 1890-94.
Died March 25,
1913 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John Marshall Slaton (1866-1955) —
also known as John M. Slaton —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Meriwether
County, Ga., December
25, 1866.
Son of William Franklin Slaton and Nancy June (Martin) Slaton.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1896-1909; member of Georgia
state senate, 1909-11; Governor of
Georgia, 1911-12, 1913-15.
Died January
11, 1955 (age 88 years, 17
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oakland Cemetery.
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Osborne Augustus Lochrane (1829-1887) —
also known as O. A. Lochrane —
Born in Ireland,
1829.
Chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1871-72.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1887
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell (1821-1891) —
also known as Lucius J. Gartrell —
of Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born near Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., January
7, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1847-51; Presidential Elector for
Georgia, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1857-61; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1882.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April 7,
1891 (age 70 years, 90
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Job Hammond (1833-1899) —
of Georgia.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., December
26, 1833.
Democrat. Delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865, 1877; Georgia
state attorney general, 1872-77; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1879-87.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April 20,
1899 (age 65 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Henry Kent McCay (1820-1886) —
of Georgia.
Born in Northumberland
County, Pa., January
8, 1820.
Republican. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1868; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1868-75; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Georgia, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 1882.
Died July 30,
1886 (age 66 years, 203
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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William Ezzard (1799-1887) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, 1799.
Circuit judge in Georgia, 1840-44; dry goods
merchant; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1856-58, 1860-61, 1870-71; member of Georgia
state senate, 1863-65.
Died March 24,
1887 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. (1938-2003) —
also known as Maynard H. Jackson;
"Buzzy" —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March 23,
1938.
Son of Maynard Jackson, Sr. and Irene Dobbs Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1968; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1974-82, 1990-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1976,
1980,
1996,
2000;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1992;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1993.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed (heart
attack) after getting off a plane at Reagan National Airport,
and died soon after, at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 23,
2003 (age 65 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John F. Mims (1815-1856) —
of Atlanta, DeKalb County (now Fulton
County), Ga.
Born November
10, 1815.
Mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1853; resigned 1853.
Died April 30,
1856 (age 40 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Junius Hillyer (1807-1886) —
of Georgia.
Born in Georgia, April 23,
1807.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1851-55.
Died July 21,
1886 (age 79 years, 89
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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John William Jones (1806-1871) —
of Georgia.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., April 14,
1806.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1847-49.
Died April 27,
1871 (age 65 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Marshall Johnson Wellborn (1808-1874) —
of Georgia.
Born in Georgia, 1808.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1849-51.
Died October
16, 1874 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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James Crawford Freeman (1819-1885) —
of Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Clinton, Jones
County, Ga., April 1,
1819.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1873-75.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
3, 1885 (age 66 years, 155
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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George Hillyer (1835-1927) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born March 17,
1835.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1884,
1892;
mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1885-87.
Died October
2, 1927 (age 92 years, 199
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Moses W. Formwalt (1820-1852) —
of Atlanta, DeKalb County (now Fulton
County), Ga.
Born in Tennessee, 1820.
Tinsmith;
mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1848-49; deputy
sheriff.
Stabbed
and killed by
a prisoner he was escorting, in May, 1852
(age about
31 years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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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.
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Clement Anselm Evans (1833-1911) —
also known as Clement A. Evans —
of Georgia.
Born in Stewart
County, Ga., March 25,
1833.
State court judge in Georgia, 1854; member of Georgia
state senate, 1859; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Methodist
minister.
Methodist.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died July 2,
1911 (age 78 years, 99
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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James Burdine Hill (1850-1917) —
of Georgia.
Born in Georgia, March 27,
1850.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1890-91.
Killed when struck by a
railroad train, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
3, 1917 (age 67 years, 251
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883) —
also known as Alexander H. Stephens —
of Crawfordville, Taliaferro
County, Ga.
Born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro
County, Ga., February
11, 1812.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Georgia
state senate, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1843-59, 1873-82 (at-large 1843-45,
7th District 1845-53, 8th District 1853-59, 1873-82); Presidential
Elector for Georgia, 1860;
delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Vice
President of the Confederacy, 1861-65; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1872; Governor of
Georgia, 1882-83; died in office 1883.
His portrait appeared on Confederate States $20
notes in 1861-64.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 4,
1883 (age 71 years, 21
days).
Originally entombed at Oakland Cemetery; later interred at Liberty
Hall Cemetery, Crawfordville, Ga.
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John Temple Graves (1856-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Willington Church, Abbeville
County, S.C., November
9, 1856.
Son of Gen. James Porterfield Graves and Katherine Floride (Calhoun)
Graves.
Newspaper
editor; orator;
Presidential Elector for Florida, 1884;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1888;
People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 8,
1925 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Hugh Manson Dorsey (1871-1948) —
also known as Hugh M. Dorsey —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Fayetteville, Fayette
County, Ga., July 10,
1871.
Son of Rufus Thomas Dorsey and Sarah Matilda (Bennett) Dorsey.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Georgia, 1917-21.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 11,
1948 (age 76 years, 337
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Bond Almand (1894-1985) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga., January
13, 1894.
Son of Alexander James Almand (1852-1932) and Clara Emily (Bond)
Almand (1860-1913).
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.
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Relatives:
Grandson of William
Parks Bond; son of Alexander James Almand (1852-1932) and Clara
Emily (Bond) Almand (1860-1913); married, June 18,
1932, to Helen Whitefoot Barnett (1900-1996). |
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John Sanford Cohen (1870-1935) —
also known as John S. Cohen —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
26, 1870.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1924-; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1932-33.
Episcopalian.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 13,
1935 (age 65 years, 76
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Asa Griggs Candler (1851-1929) —
also known as Asa G. Candler —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Villa Rica, Carroll
County, Ga., December
30, 1851.
Son of Samuel
Charles Candler and Martha Bernetta (Beall) Candler (1819-1897).
Druggist;
founder of the Coca-Cola beverage
company; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1917-19.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 12,
1929 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Lawrence Sabyllia Camp (1898-1947) —
also known as Lawrence S. Camp —
of Fairburn, Fulton
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Fairburn, Fulton
County, Ga., November
20, 1898.
Son of William Rudicil Camp and Eugenia Sabyllia (Smith) Camp.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1921-25; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1930-32; Georgia
state attorney general, 1932-33; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1934-42; candidate
in primary 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.
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Stirling Price Gilbert (1862-1951) —
also known as S. Price Gilbert —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Stewart
County, Ga., January
31, 1862.
Son of Jasper Newton Gilbert and Sarah Louise (Redding) Gilbert.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1888-93; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1908-16; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1916-36.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association.
Died August
28, 1951 (age 89 years, 209
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1895
to Mary Howard. |
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Benjamin Frank Whelchel (1895-1954) —
also known as B. Frank Whelchel —
of Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.
Born in Lumpkin
County, Ga., December
16, 1895.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1935-45.
Died May 11,
1954 (age 58 years, 146
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Westview Cemetery.
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Ivan Earnest Allen, Jr. (1911-2003) —
also known as Ivan Allen, Jr. —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 15,
1911.
Son of Ivan
Earnest Allen, Sr. and Irene (Beaumont) Allen.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; executive assistant to
Gov. Ellis
Arnall, 1945-46; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1962-70.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Rotary.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 1,
2003 (age 92 years, 108
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Stonewall Henry Dyer (1900-1967) —
also known as Stonewall H. Dyer —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Coweta
County, Ga., December
17, 1900.
Son of William Henry Dyer (1866-1957) and Lavenia (Morris) Dyer
(1866-1963).
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
2, 1967 (age 66 years, 259
days).
Interment at Westview Cemetery.
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