Spalding County
Georgia
PoliticalGraveyard.com
Spalding County
Georgia
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Spalding County
Index to Locations
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James Stoddard Boynton (1833-1902) —
of Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born in Henry
County, Ga., May 7,
1833.
Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; county judge in
Georgia, 1866-68; mayor of
Griffin, Ga., 1869-72; member of Georgia
state senate, 1880-84; Governor of
Georgia, 1883; circuit judge in Georgia, 1886-93; counsel,
Central Railway
of Georgia.
Died December
22, 1902 (age 69 years, 229
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John James Flynt, Jr. (1914-2007) —
also known as Jack Flynt —
of Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., November
8, 1914.
Son of John
James Flynt and Susan Winn (Banks) Flynt.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Spalding County, 1947-48; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1954-79 (4th District 1954-65, 6th
District 1965-79).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Woodmen;
Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Farm
Bureau; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., June 24,
2007 (age 92 years, 228
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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David Jackson Bailey (1812-1897) —
of Jackson, Butts
County, Ga.; Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born in Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., March 11,
1812.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1835, 1847; member of Georgia
state senate, 1838, 1849-50, 1855-56; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1851-55; defeated,
1854; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., June 14,
1897 (age 85 years, 95
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John David Stewart (1833-1894) —
also known as John D. Stewart —
of Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born near Fayetteville, Fayette
County, Ga., August 2,
1833.
Democrat. State court judge in Georgia, 1858; member of Georgia state
legislature, 1865; mayor of
Griffin, Ga., 1875; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1887-91.
Died January
28, 1894 (age 60 years, 179
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Erasmus Williams Beck (1833-1898) —
of Georgia.
Born in McDonough, Henry
County, Ga., October
21, 1833.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1872-73.
Died in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., July 22,
1898 (age 64 years, 274
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John McIntosh Kell —
of Georgia.
Adjutant
General of Georgia, 1887-1900.
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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