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Pharmaceutical Industry Politicians in Georgia
including Druggists and Pharmacists

	Sidney Barthwell (1906-2005) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Cordele, Crisp County, Ga., February 17, 1906. Son of Jack Barthwell and Sarah (Eubanks) Barthwell. Democrat. Pharmacist; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 2nd District, 1961-62. Congregationalist. African ancestry. Member, Urban League; Kappa Alpha Psi; Sigma Pi Phi. Died June 23, 2005 (age 99 years, 126 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Gladys Marie Whitfield.
	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, Atlanta, Ga.   Relatives: Great-grandson of William Candler; son of Samuel Charles Candler and Martha Bernetta (Beall) Candler (1819-1897); nephew of Daniel Gill Candler and Ezekiel Slaughter Candler; first cousin of Allen Daniel Candler; brother of Milton Anthony Candler and John Slaughter Candler; married, January 15, 1878, to Lucy Elizabeth Howard (1859-1919); married 1923 to May Little Ragin; uncle of Charles Murphey Candler and Ezekiel Samuel Candler, Jr.; granduncle of George Scott Candler; first cousin once removed of Thomas Slaughter Candler. See Candler family of Georgia.   Books about Asa G. Candler: Kathryn W. Kemp, God's Capitalist: Asa Candler of Coca-Cola — Charles Howard Candler, Asa Griggs Candler: Founder of Coca-Cola
	John William Crowdus (1828-1895) — also known as J. W. Crowdus — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., July 6, 1828. Druggist; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1881-83. Died September 11, 1895 (age 67 years, 67 days). Interment at Pioneer Park Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
	Lawton Miller (b. 1880) — Born in Perry, Houston County, Ga., November 29, 1880. Employed by wholesale drug company, 1901-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Bombay, 1911. Burial location unknown.

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