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Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) —
also known as Morris Abram —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., June 19,
1918.
Son of Sam Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram; married, December
23, 1944, to Jane Isabella McGuire (divorced 1974); married, January
25, 1975, to Carlyn (Feldman) Fisher (divorced 1987); married, August
26, 1990, to Bruna Molina.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; served on prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes
trials; U.S. Representative to United Nations European office; worked
on Marshall Plan for postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for
nomination for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968; president
of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, 1984-86.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Jewish Committee; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a viral
infection, in a hospital
at Geneva, Switzerland,
March
16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Brockman Adams (1927-2004) —
also known as Brock Adams —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Stevensville, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
13, 1927.
Son of Charles Leslie Adams (born 1896) and Vera Eleanor (Beemer)
Adams (born 1903); married, August
16, 1952, to Mary Elizabeth Scott.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Washington 7th District, 1965-77; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1977-79; resigned 1979; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1987-93; in 1992, he was accused
by eight women of sexual
misconduct including sexual
harassment and rape;
he denied the allegations, and no charges were ever brought, but the
scandal
ended his political career.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Stevensville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., September
10, 2004 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Broad
Creek Cemetery, Stevensville, Md.
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Samuel Barnard Adams (1853-1938) —
also known as Samuel B. Adams —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
8, 1853.
Son of William B. Adams and Laleah (Pratt) Adams; married, December
19, 1877, to Annie Wynn.
Democrat. Lawyer; director, Citizens and Southern National Bank;
director, Bibb Manufacturing
Company; director, Southwestern Railroad;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1902.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March 20,
1938 (age 84 years, 193
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Adamson (b. 1859) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cedartown, Polk
County, Ga.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 17,
1859.
Son of Thomas
Adamson, Jr. and Sarah Victorine (Wright) Adamson; married, October
27, 1897, to Katherine Brand Cook.
Republican. Lawyer; cotton
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1896,
1904,
1924.
Unitarian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Charles Adamson (1854-1929) —
also known as William C. Adamson —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Bowdon, Carroll
County, Ga., August
13, 1854.
Son of John W. Adamson and Mary A. (McDaniel) Adamson; married, January
29, 1885, to Minna Reese (died 1912); married, January
1, 1917, to Ellen (Zellars) Camp.
Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Georgia, 1885-89; Presidential
Elector for Georgia, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1897-1917; Judge of
U.S. Customs Court, 1926-28.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
3, 1929 (age 74 years, 143
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Carrollton, Ga.
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Alexander Akerman (1869-1948) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., October
9, 1869.
Son of Amos
Tappan Akerman and Martha Rebecca (Galloway) Akerman; married 1890 to Minnie
C. Edwards (1872-1955).
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Georgia, 1908;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1912-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1929-39;
took senior status 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1948.
Died, after undergoing an operation for an intestinal
disorder, in Orange Memorial Hospital,
Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., August
21, 1948 (age 78 years, 317
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Amos Tappan Akerman (1821-1880) —
also known as Amos T. Akerman —
of Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
23, 1821.
Son of Benjamin Akerman and Olive (Meloon) Akerman; married to Martha
Galloway; father of Alexander
Akerman.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1868; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1869-70; U.S.
Attorney General, 1870-71.
Died in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., December
21, 1880 (age 59 years, 302
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Ga.
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Anthony Alfred Alaimo (b. 1920) —
also known as Anthony A. Alaimo —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.; St. Simons Island, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Termini, Sicily, Italy,
March
29, 1920.
Son of Sam Alaimo and Sandra (Granza) Alaimo; married, June 11,
1946, to Jeanne Evelyn Loy.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Georgia, 1960,
1964;
member of Georgia
Republican State Central Committee, 1966-67; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1971-91;
took senior status 1991.
Methodist.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Phi; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2000.
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Hooper Alexander (1858-1934) —
also known as John Hooper Alexander —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., October
6, 1858.
Son of Thomas Williamson Alexander (1826-1915) and Sarah Joyce
(Hooper) Alexander (1836-1895); married, October
17, 1894, to Amelia Hutchins (born 1869).
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1913-21.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., May 23,
1934 (age 75 years, 229
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Allgood, Sr. (1928-2000) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1928.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1977-91.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Killed in the crash of
a single-engine airplane,
during takeoff from Daniel Field airport,
Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., August 4,
2000 (age 71 years, 329
days).
Interment at Westover
Memorial Park, Augusta, Ga.
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Bond Almand (1894-1985) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga., January
13, 1894.
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).
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, Atlanta, Ga.
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Philip Henry Alston, Jr. (1911-1988) —
also known as Philip H. Alston, Jr. —
of Sea Island, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April 19,
1911.
Son of Philip Henry Alston and May (Lewis) Alston; married, June 27,
1939, to Elkin Goddard.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Ambassador to Australia, 1977-81; Nauru, 1979-81.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died March 2,
1988 (age 76 years, 318
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Amos Milledge Anderson (1908-1977) —
also known as A. M. Anderson —
of Perry, Houston
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Houston
County, Ga., December
7, 1908.
Son of Amos Milledge Anderson and Irene (Phillips) Anderson;
married, July 17,
1930, to Laura Killen Gilbert.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Houston County Democratic Party, 1934-39; circuit judge in
Georgia Macon Circuit, 1939-44, 1946-61; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; vice-president and trust officer, First National
Bank and
Trust Co., Macon, Ga., 1961.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died in December, 1977
(age about
68 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jefferson Randolph Anderson (b. 1861) —
also known as J. Randolph Anderson —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
4, 1861.
Son of Edward Clifford Anderson, Jr. and Jane Margaret (Randolph)
Anderson; married, November
27, 1895, to Anne Page Wilder.
Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for several railroads;
director, Savannah Bank and
Trust Co.; director, Savannah Electric &
Power Co.; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1905-06, 1909-12; member of Georgia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1907-08; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912
(speaker);
member of Georgia
state senate, 1913-14.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Fletcher Anderson, Jr. (b. 1949) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., November
6, 1949.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1980-86; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1986-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Robert Lanier Anderson III (b. 1936) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., November
12, 1936.
Lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1979-81; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2000.
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Garnett Andrews (1837-1903) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., May 15,
1837.
Son of Judge Garnett Andrews and Annulet (Ball) Andrews; married 1867 to Rosalie
Champ Beirne.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1879-80; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1891-93.
Died May 6,
1903 (age 65 years, 356
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Washington, Ga.
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Maurice Neil Andrews (1894-1967) —
also known as M. Neil Andrews —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in LaFayette, Walker
County, Ga., December
24, 1894.
Son of Oty Payne Andrews and Ada (Frazier) Andrews; married, December
23, 1921, to Foy Rhyne.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Solicitor General, Rome Circuit, 1929-32; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1942-46; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 1949-50;
resigned 1950.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons.
Died in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., August
31, 1967 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery, Lafayette, Ga.
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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Son of William Jackson Arant and Villulia (Akin) Arant; married, August
16, 1915, to Charlotte Marguerite Hein.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of the
Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney
ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907-1992) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., March 20,
1907.
Son of Joseph Gibbs Arnall and Bessie Lena (Ellis) Arnall; married 1935 to Mildred
Delaney Siemons; uncle of Joseph
Arnall.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Coweta County, 1933-36; Georgia
state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of
Georgia, 1943-47; defeated, 1966 (Democratic primary); candidate
1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944;
president, Dixie Insurance
Co., 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Kappa Phi; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Elks; Eagles; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Civitan.
Died December
13, 1992 (age 85 years, 268
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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William Yates Atkinson (1854-1899) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Oakland, Meriwether
County, Ga., November
11, 1854.
Married 1880
to Susie Cobb Milton (granddaughter of John
Milton); father of William
Yates Atkinson, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-94; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1892-94; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1890-92; Governor of
Georgia, 1894-98.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., August 8,
1899 (age 44 years, 270
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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William Yates Atkinson, Jr. (1887-1953) —
also known as William Y. Atkinson, Jr. —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., January
18, 1887.
Son of William
Yates Atkinson and Susie Cobb (Milton) Atkinson; married, December
1, 1909, to Lourette Simms.
Democrat. Lawyer; solicitor general, Coweta Judicial Circuit,
1921-42; director, First National Bank of
Newnan, Newnan Cotton
Mills, Piedmont Hotel
Co.; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1942; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1943-53.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Died November
28, 1953 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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Isaac Wheeler Avery (1837-1897) —
of Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., May 2,
1837.
Married 1868
to Emma Bivings.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; founder and editor, Atlanta Constitution newspaper;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1872;
secretary
of Georgia Democratic Party, 1872.
Died in 1897
(age about
60 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Weldon Bailey (1863-1929) —
also known as Joseph W. Bailey —
of Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Crystal Springs, Copiah
County, Miss., October
6, 1863.
Father of Joseph
Weldon Bailey, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1884;
Presidential Elector for Texas, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1891-1901; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1901-13; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1920.
Died in a courtroom
while defending a client, in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., April 13,
1929 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex.
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Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in North Guilford, Guilford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
2, 1754.
Son of Michael Baldwin and Lucy (Dudley) Baldwin; brother of Ruth
Baldwin (who married Joel
Barlow); half-brother of Henry
Baldwin.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1785; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1785, 1787-89; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-99; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1799-1807; died in office 1807.
Congregationalist.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
One of the founders,
and first president,
of Franklin College, which later became the University of Georgia.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 4,
1807 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; cenotaph at Greenfield
Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn.
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William Julius Barker (1886-1968) —
also known as William J. Barker —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., June 25,
1886.
Son of William Dobbs Barker and Kate (Agricola) Barker; married, October
20, 1916, to Pauline Eleanor Bigham.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1925-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1940-59;
took senior status 1959.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died April 13,
1968 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tampa, Fla.
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Roy E. Barnes (b. 1948) —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Mableton, Cobb
County, Ga., March 11,
1948.
Married to Marie Dobbs.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1975-90; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1993-98; Governor of
Georgia, 1999-2003; defeated, 1990, 2002; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Hale Barrett (1866-1941) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1866.
Son of William Hale Barrett and Susan (Rhind) Barrett; married, October
19, 1892, to Ella C. Barnes.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1922-41;
died in office 1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died May 1,
1941 (age 74 years, 233
days).
Interment somewhere
in Augusta, Ga.
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John Barrow (b. 1955) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, October
31, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 12th District, 2005-.
Still living as of 2010.
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Clinton Rogers Barry (b. 1883) —
also known as Clinton R. Barry —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Randolph
County, Ga., April 2,
1883.
Son of Osgood Andrew Barry and Elizabeth Jane (Allison) Barry;
married, March 15,
1905, to Corinne Leslie.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1934-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Lafayette Bartlett (1853-1938) —
also known as Charles L. Bartlett —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Monticello, Jasper
County, Ga., January
31, 1853.
Son of George T. Bartlett and Virginia L. (Saunders) Bartlett;
married, December
3, 1874, to Lella Carlton.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Georgia
state senate, 1888-90; superior court judge in Georgia, 1893-94;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1895-1915; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 21,
1938 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Washington Montgomery Bartlett (1824-1887) —
also known as Washington Bartlett —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
29, 1824.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; journalist;
newspaper
publisher; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1883-87; Governor of
California, 1887; died in office 1887.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
12, 1887 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Lucius Durham Battle (1918-2008) —
also known as Lucius D. Battle —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., June 1,
1918.
Son of Warren Lazarus Battle and Jewel Beatrice (Durham) Battle;
married, October
1, 1949, to Betty Jane Davis (1924-2004).
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Foreign
Service officer; personal aide to Secretary of State Dean
Acheson; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1964-67.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
2008 (age 89 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Marcus Wayland Beck (1860-1943) —
also known as Marcus W. Beck —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Harris
County, Ga., April 28,
1860.
Son of Rev. James W. Beck and Margaret (Wells) Beck; married, December
13, 1888, to Carrie R. Ellis; father of Marcus W. Beck, Jr.
(1898-1918; U.S. Marine in World War I, killed in action at
Chateau-Thierry).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1890; superior court judge in Georgia, 1894-98;
major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1905-37.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., January
21, 1943 (age 82 years, 268
days).
Interment at Jackson
City Cemetery, Jackson, Ga.
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Griffin Boyette Bell (b. 1918) —
also known as Griffin Bell —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., October
31, 1918.
Lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1962-76; resigned
1976; U.S.
Attorney General, 1977-79.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Hiram Parks Bell (1827-1907) —
of Cumming, Forsyth
County, Ga.
Born near Jefferson, Jackson
County, Ga., January
19, 1827.
Brother-in-law of George
Nelson Lester.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; member of Georgia
state senate, 1861-62, 1901-02; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; Presidential
Elector for Georgia, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1873-75, 1877-79;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1876;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1899-1901.
Methodist.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
16, 1907 (age 80 years, 209
days).
Interment at Cumming
Cemetery, Cumming, Ga.
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Reason Chesnutt Bell (b. 1880) —
also known as R. C. Bell —
of Cairo, Grady
County, Ga.
Born in Webster
County, Ga., January
28, 1880.
Son of Reason Alexander Bell and Martha (Elliott) Bell; married, January
28, 1908, to Jennie Vereen; father of Vereen McNeill Bell
(1911-1944; novelist, Navy officer, killed in battle of Leyte Gulf).
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Georgia, 1921-22; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1922-32; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1932-43, 1946-49; appointed 1932; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1943-46.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Benham (b. 1946) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born in Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga., September
25, 1946.
Son of Clarence Benham and Jesse (Knox) Benham; married to Nell
Dodson.
Lawyer; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1984-89; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1990-94, 2001-; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1995-2001.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856) —
also known as John M. Berrien —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Rocky Hill, Somerset
County, N.J., August
23, 1781.
Son of John Berrien and Margaret (MacPherson) Berrien.
Democrat. Lawyer; state court judge in Georgia, 1810; member
of Georgia
state senate, 1822-23; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1825-29, 1841-45, 1845-52; U.S.
Attorney General, 1829-31.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
1, 1856 (age 74 years, 131
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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John Summerfield Bigby (1832-1898) —
also known as John S. Bigby —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born near Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., February
13, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; superior court
judge in Georgia, 1868-71; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1871-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1876;
U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1880-83.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 28,
1898 (age 66 years, 43
days).
Interment somewhere
in Atlanta, Ga.
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Edward Junius Black (1806-1846) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.; Screven
County, Ga.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort
County), S.C., October
30, 1806.
Father of George
Robison Black.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1829-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1839-41, 1842-45.
Died in Millettville, Barnwell District (now Allendale
County), S.C., September
1, 1846 (age 39 years, 306
days).
Interment at Robison-Black
Cemetery, Allendale County, S.C.
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George Robison Black (1835-1886) —
of Georgia.
Born near Jacksonboro, Screven
County, Ga., March 24,
1835.
Son of Edward
Junius Black.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1872;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1874-77; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1881-83.
Died in Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga., November
3, 1886 (age 51 years, 224
days).
Interment at Sylvania
Cemetery, Sylvania, Ga.
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James Conquest Cross Black (1842-1928) —
also known as James C. C. Black —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Stamping Ground, Scott
County, Ky., May 9,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1873-77; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1893-95, 1895-97;
resigned 1895.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
1, 1928 (age 86 years, 145
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Frederick Leonard Blackmon (1873-1921) —
also known as Fred L. Blackmon —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Lime Branch, Polk
County, Ga., September
15, 1873.
Son of Augustus Young Blackmon and Sarah Ann (Ross) Blackmon.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state senate, 1900-10; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1911-21; died in office
1921.
Died in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., February
8, 1921 (age 47 years, 146
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Anniston, Ala.
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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; married 1857 to Clara
Caroline Haralson; married 1893 to Chloe
Herring.
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, Atlanta, Ga.
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Charles Julian Bloch (1893-1974) —
also known as Charles J. Bloch —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., October
10, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bibb County, 1927-28;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1932,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1932,
1948.
Jewish.
Died in August, 1974
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Henderson Blount, Jr. (1869-1918) —
also known as James H. Blount, Jr. —
Born in Clinton, Jones
County, Ga., March 3,
1869.
Son of James
Henderson Blount and Eugenia (Wiley) Blount; married to Sallie B.
Comer (daughter of Braxton
Bragg Comer; later married to Frank
Holland Lathrop).
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S. District Judge (Court of First Instance)
in Philippine Islands, 1901-05.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
7, 1918 (age 49 years, 218
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Alva Bond (1890-1980) —
also known as Eugene A. Bond —
of Leadville, Lake
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Royston, Franklin
County, Ga., May 29,
1890.
Married, August
18, 1917, to Betty Clark.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1940,
1956.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Died in April, 1980
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Augustus Bootle (1902-2005) —
also known as William A. Bootle —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C., August
19, 1902.
Son of Philip Loraine Bootle and Laura Lilla (Benton) Bootle;
married, November
24, 1928, to Virginia Childs.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1929-33; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1954-72; took
senior status 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Civitan.
Died January
25, 2005 (age 102 years,
159 days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen, Jr. (b. 1941) —
of Georgia.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., 1941.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1979-.
Still living as of 2002.
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Joseph A. Boyd, Jr. (1916-2007) —
of Hialeah, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Hoschton, Jackson
County, Ga., November
16, 1916.
Married to Ann Stripling.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
justice
of Florida state supreme court, 1969-87.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Lions.
Died, of heart
failure, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., October
26, 2007 (age 90 years, 344
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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James Stoddard Boynton (1833-1902) —
of Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born in Henry
County, Ga., May 7,
1833.
Married 1852
to Fannie Loyal; married 1883 to Susie
T. Harris.
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, Griffin, Ga.
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Charles Hillyer Brand (1861-1933) —
also known as Charles H. Brand —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Loganville, Walton
County, Ga., April 20,
1861.
Married 1886
to Estelle Winn; married to Mary Dixon Hutchins.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-95; superior court judge in Georgia, 1906-17;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1917-33 (8th District 1917-33, 10th
District 1933); died in office 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., May 17,
1933 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at Shadow
Lawn Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Ga.
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Morris Brandon (1862-1940) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn., April 13,
1862.
Son of Nathan Brandon and Minerva Elizabeth (Morris) Brandon;
married, June 1,
1892, to Harriet Inman.
Democrat. Lawyer; general counsel, Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic Railway;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1898.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died February
13, 1940 (age 77 years, 306
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Gordon Brantley (1860-1934) —
also known as William G. Brantley —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Blackshear, Pierce
County, Ga., September
18, 1860.
Son of Benjamin
Daniel Brantley and Janet (McRae) Brantley; married, June 6,
1883, to Jessie Kate Westbrook (died 1895); married, January
8, 1901, to Mary George Linn.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-85; member of Georgia
state senate, 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 11th District, 1897-1913; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
11, 1934 (age 73 years, 358
days).
Interment at Blackshear
Cemetery, Blackshear, Ga.
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Armstead Brown (b. 1875) —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga., June 6,
1875.
Son of Henry Clay Brown and Susan Agnes (Dowdell) Brown; married, November
21, 1901, to Elizabeth Dowdell.
Lawyer; Chambers
County Solicitor, 1898-1902; municipal judge in Alabama, 1911-15;
general solicitor, Florida East Coast Railway,
and Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1925-46; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-26.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Brown (1880-1961) —
of Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga.; Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born near Hartwell, Hart
County, Ga., March 31,
1880.
Son of Alexander Rucker Brown and Martha (Thornton) Brown; married,
October
21, 1914, to Frances Lewis Arnold.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1907-08; Elbert
County Attorney, 1928-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1932,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1933-61.
Methodist.
Died in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., September
24, 1961 (age 81 years, 177
days).
Interment at Elmhurst
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Thomas Jefferson Brown (1836-1915) —
also known as Thomas J. Brown —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Jasper
County, Ga., July 24,
1836.
Son of Ervin Brown and Matilda (Burdett) Brown; married, August 7,
1859, to Louise T. Estes.
Lawyer; law partner of James
W. Throckmorton and Samuel
A. Roberts; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1889-92; district judge in Texas,
1892; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1893-1911; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1911-15; died in office
1915.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., May 26,
1915 (age 78 years, 306
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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Hugh Buchanan (1823-1890) —
of Georgia.
Born in Argyllshire, Scotland,
September
15, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1856,
1868;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1860;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; superior court
judge in Georgia, 1872-80; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1881-85.
Died in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., June 11,
1890 (age 66 years, 269
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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Archibald Bulloch (c.1730-1777) —
of Georgia.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., about 1730.
Married to Mary de Veaux; father of William
Bellinger Bulloch; second great-grandfather of Theodore
Roosevelt; third great-grandfather of Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr..
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775; served in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; President
of Georgia, 1776-77; died in office 1777.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
22, 1777 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Benjamin Butterworth (1837-1898) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born near Maineville, Warren
County, Ohio, October
22, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
senate, 1874-75; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1879-83, 1885-91; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1880;
U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1896-98.
Died in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., January
16, 1898 (age 60 years, 86
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Garland Turk Byrd (1924-1997) —
of Reynolds, Taylor
County, Ga.
Born in Reynolds, Taylor
County, Ga., July 16,
1924.
Son of Dozier
Eugene Byrd and Mabel (Gaultney) Byrd (born 1899); married, August
22, 1946, to Gloria Elizabeth Whatley (born 1925).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer; real estate
business; lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Taylor County, 1947-50;
resigned 1950; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1959-63.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Chi.
Died May 31,
1997 (age 72 years, 319
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Reynolds, Ga.
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Albert Sidney Camp (1892-1954) —
also known as A. Sidney Camp —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born near Moreland, Coweta
County, Ga., July 26,
1892.
Son of William Walker Camp and Ella (Leigh) Camp; married, November
19, 1925, to Sarah Farmer.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Coweta County Democratic Party, 1915-20; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1924,
1952;
member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1939-54; died in office
1954.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1954 (age 61 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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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;
married, June 25,
1918, to Rubye Tanner.
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, Atlanta, Ga.
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John Archibald Campbell (1811-1889) —
also known as John A. Campbell —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., June 24,
1811.
Married to Anna E. Goldthwaite; grandfather of Duncan
Lawrence Groner.
Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1837; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1853-61; Confederate States Assistant
Secretary of War, 1861-65.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March 12,
1889 (age 77 years, 261
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Charles Murphey Candler (1858-1935) —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., March 17,
1858.
Second great-grandson of William
Candler; grandson of Charles
Murphey and Samuel
Charles Candler; grandfather of Daniel
Gill Candler; grandnephew of Ezekiel
Slaughter Candler; first cousin once removed of Allen
Daniel Candler; son of Milton
Anthony Candler and Eliza (Murphey) Candler (1839-1917); nephew
of Asa
Griggs Candler and John
Slaughter Candler; married, October
26, 1882, to Mary Hough Scott (1860-1934); first cousin of Ezekiel
Samuel Candler, Jr.; father of George
Scott Candler; second cousin of Thomas
Slaughter Candler.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-1904, 1907-08; member of Georgia
state senate, 1905-06; Raiload
Commission, 1909-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., August 7,
1935 (age 77 years, 143
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Slaughter Candler (1890-1971) —
also known as Thomas S. Candler —
of Blairsville, Union
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., December
15, 1890.
Second great-grandson of William
Candler; grandnephew of Samuel
Charles Candler and Daniel
Gill Candler; grandson of Ezekiel
Slaughter Candler; first cousin once removed of Allen
Daniel Candler, Milton
Anthony Candler, Asa
Griggs Candler and John
Slaughter Candler; son of William Ezekiel Candler (1855-1927) and
Elizabeth (Haralson) Candler (1855-1934); second cousin of Charles
Murphey Candler and Ezekiel
Samuel Candler, Jr.; married, April 26,
1916, to Augusta Beulah Cook (1893-1983).
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Union County Democratic Party, 1920-39; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1939-45; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1945-66.
Methodist.
Member, Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., 1971
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Union
Memory Garden, Blairsville, Ga.
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George H. Carley (b. 1938) —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., September
24, 1938.
Son of George L. Carley, Jr. and Dorothy (Holmes) Carley; married 1960 to Sandra
M. Lineberger.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1966; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1979-93; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1993-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Petters Carnes (1762-1822) —
of Georgia.
Born in Maryland, 1762.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1786-87, 1789, 1797, 1807-08; Georgia
state attorney general, 1789-92; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1793-95; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1798; circuit judge in
Georgia, 1798-1803, 1809-10.
Died in Franklin County (part now in Hart
County), Ga., May 5,
1822 (age about 59
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Hart County, Ga.
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George Cary (1789-1843) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Appling, Columbia
County, Ga.
Born near Allens Fresh, Charles
County, Md., August 7,
1789.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1819-21, 1834; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1823-27.
Died in Thomaston, Upson
County, Ga., September
10, 1843 (age 54 years, 34
days).
Interment at Methodist
Churchyard, Thomaston, Ga.
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Bryant Thomas Castellow (1876-1962) —
also known as Bryant T. Castellow —
of Cuthbert, Randolph
County, Ga.
Born in Quitman
County, Ga., July 29,
1876.
Son of William Franklin Castellow and Mary (Gay) Castellow; married,
June
28, 1911, to Ethel McDonald (died 1927).
Democrat. Farmer;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1932-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cuthbert, Randolph
County, Ga., July 23,
1962 (age 85 years, 359
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Cuthbert, Ga.
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Saxby Chambliss (b. 1943) —
of Moultrie, Colquitt
County, Ga.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., November
10, 1943.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1995-2003; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2003-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Elijah Webb Chastain (1813-1874) —
of Georgia.
Born near Pickens, Pendleton District (now Pickens
County), S.C., September
25, 1813.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1840-50; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1851-55; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1860; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died in Murray
County, Ga., April 9,
1874 (age 60 years, 196
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Fannin County, Ga.
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Alexander Stephens Clay (1853-1910) —
also known as Alexander S. Clay —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born near Powder Springs, Cobb
County, Ga., September
25, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-87, 1889-90; member of Georgia
state senate, 1892-94; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1897-1910; died in office 1910.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
13, 1910 (age 57 years, 49
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.
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Judson Claudius Clements (1846-1917) —
also known as Judson C. Clements —
of Walker
County, Ga.; Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Villanow, Walker
County, Ga., February
12, 1846.
Son of Adam
C. Clements; married, December
2, 1886, to Lizzie E. Dulaney.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-76; member of Georgia
state senate, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1881-91; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1892-1917.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 18,
1917 (age 71 years, 126
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Andrew Jackson Cobb (b. 1857) —
also known as Andrew J. Cobb —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., April 12,
1857.
Son of Howell Cobb and Mary Ann (Lamar) Cobb; married, March 3,
1880, to Starkie Campbell (died 1901).
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1897-1907; Presidential Elector for
Georgia, 1912.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Willis Cobb (1784-1830) —
also known as Thomas W. Cobb —
of Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga.; Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., 1784.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1817-21, 1823-24; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1824-28; superior court judge in Georgia,
1828-30.
Died in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., February
1, 1830 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Greensboro
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ga.
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Cobb County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | Epitaph: In his domestic circle he was
fond and affectionate. "As a friend he was ardent and devoted. As a
man, honorable, generous, and sincere. As a statesman, independent,
and inflexible. As a judge, pure, and incorruptible. Amiable in
private and useful in public life, his death was a deep affliction to
his children, his friends, and his country"; "An honest man's the
noblest work of God." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Linton McGee Collins (b. 1902) —
also known as Linton M. Collins —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Reidsville, Tattnall
County, Ga., June 21,
1902.
Son of Ernest Clyde Collins and Beulah Edna (Rogers) Collins;
married, January
30, 1934, to Josephine
Staten Hardman (daughter of Lamartine
Griffin Hardman).
Lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1964-71.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Rotary.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Holt Colquitt (1824-1894) —
also known as Alfred H. Colquitt —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Monroe, Walton
County, Ga., April 20,
1824.
Son of Walter
Terry Colquitt.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1853-55; member of
Georgia state legislature, 1859; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1868;
received 5 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1872;
Governor
of Georgia, 1877-82; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1883-94; died in office 1894.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 26,
1894 (age 69 years, 340
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861-1940) —
of Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex.; Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex.
Born in Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., December
16, 1861.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Colquitt and Ann Elizabeth (Burkhalter)
Colquitt; married, December
9, 1885, to Alice Murrell.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; oil
business; member of Texas
state senate 9th District, 1895-98; Governor of
Texas, 1911-15; defeated, 1906; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1916.
Methodist.
Died March 8,
1940 (age 78 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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J. Eugene Cook (b. 1904) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Wrightsville, Johnson
County, Ga., April 4,
1904.
Son of James Monroe Cook and Ida (Preston) Cook; married, June 28,
1928, to Julia Adelaide McClatchey.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1945-65; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1965-67.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Elks; Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank Patton Cooke (b. 1921) —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Floyd
County, Ga., January
17, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 26th District, 1955-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma Pi.
Still living as of 1959.
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John P. Cowart (b. 1910) —
of Edison, Calhoun
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Edison, Calhoun
County, Ga., February
5, 1910.
Son of Anaziah P. Cowart and Eudora (Webb) Cowart; married, June 10,
1933, to Margie Thurman.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1945-52.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Blue Key.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Eugene Cox (1880-1952) —
also known as Edward E. Cox —
of Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga.
Born near Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., April 3,
1880.
Son of Stephen Edward Cox and Mary (Williams) Cox; married 1902 to Roberta
Patterson; married, August 5,
1918, to Grace Pitts Hill.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1908,
1936,
1952;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1912-16; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1925-52; defeated,
1916; died in office 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
24, 1952 (age 72 years, 265
days).
Interment at Oakview
Cemetery, Camilla, Ga.
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Martin Jenkins Crawford (1820-1883) —
also known as Martin J. Crawford —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Jasper
County, Ga., March 17,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state legislature,
1845-47; superior court judge in Georgia, 1854, 1875-80; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1855-61; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1880-83.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., July 23,
1883 (age 63 years, 128
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
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Charles Robert Crisp (1870-1937) —
also known as Charles R. Crisp —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Ellaville, Schley
County, Ga., October
19, 1870.
Son of Clara Bell (Burton) Crisp and Charles
Frederick Crisp; married, November
5, 1907, to Jennie Hollis.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1896-97, 1913-32; city
judge in Georgia, 1900-11; Parliamentarian, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., February
7, 1937 (age 66 years, 111
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Americus, Ga.
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member
of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president,
Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college
professor; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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