Hall County
Georgia
PoliticalGraveyard.com
Hall County
Georgia
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Hall County
Index to Locations
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James Milton Smith (1823-1890) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Twiggs
County, Ga., October
24, 1823.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1855; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1870; Governor of
Georgia, 1872-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1876;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1877; state court judge in Georgia, 1888-90.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., November
26, 1890 (age 67 years, 33
days).
Interment at Alta Vista Cemetery.
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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.
Son of Nancy Caroline (Matthews) Candler and Daniel
Gill Candler.
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.
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James Longstreet (1821-1904) —
also known as "Old Pete" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.
Born in South Carolina, January
8, 1821.
Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1880-81.
Died in Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga., January
2, 1904 (age 82 years, 359
days).
Interment at Alta Vista Cemetery.
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Thomas Montgomery Bell (1861-1941) —
also known as Thomas M. Bell —
of Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.
Born in Nachoochee Valley, White
County, Ga., March 17,
1861.
Son of W. B. Bell and Kate (McAfee) Bell.
Democrat. Traveling
salesman; Hall
County Superior Court Clerk, 1898-1905; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1905-31.
Methodist.
Died in Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga., March 18,
1941 (age 80 years, 1
days).
Interment at Alta Vista Cemetery.
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