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John Saxton Daniel (b. 1889) —
also known as J. Saxton Daniel —
of Claxton, Evans
County, Ga.; Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Hagan, Evans
County, Ga., October
15, 1889.
Son of Isaac Chadburn Daniel and Nancy (Brewton) Daniel; married, April 15,
1915, to Annie Elizabeth Brinson.
Democrat. Lawyer; solicitor general, Atlantic Judicial
Circuit, 1919-27; superior court judge in Georgia, 1927-33; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1933-53.
Primitive Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Sion A. Darnell (1845-1906) —
of Jasper, Pickens
County, Ga.
Born in Pickens
County, Ga., December
28, 1845.
Son of John Darnell (1818-1877) and Elizabeth Lucinda (Waldrop)
Darnell (1829-1904); married, February
22, 1871, to Susan Marie Hotchkiss (1845-1931).
Republican. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1870; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1882-86; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1888;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1889-93.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
10, 1906 (age 60 years, 256
days).
Interment at Marietta
National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.
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James Curran Davis (1895-1981) —
also known as James C. Davis —
of Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Franklin, Heard
County, Ga., May 17,
1895.
Son of Thomas Benjamin Davis and Lura Viola (Mooty) Davis; married,
December
26, 1932, to Mary Lou Martin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1925-28;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1934-47; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1947-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Junior
Order.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
18, 1981 (age 86 years, 215
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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Phillip Watkins Davis —
also known as Phillip W. Davis —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Married to Nancy Middleton Heard (great-granddaughter of Stephen
Heard; granddaughter of Thomas
Jefferson Heard; daughter of James
Lawrence Heard; niece of Robert
Middleton Heard and William
Henry Heard; first cousin of Luther
H. O. Martin, Jr.).
Lawyer; Baptist
minister; member of Georgia
state senate, 1882-83; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1888-89.
Baptist.
Interment at Elmhurst
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Robert Wyche Davis (1849-1929) —
also known as Robert W. Davis —
of Palatka, Putnam
County, Fla.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born near Albany, Lee
County, Ga., March 15,
1849.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1884-85; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1885; general
attorney, Florida Southern Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1897-1905; mayor
of Gainesville, Fla., 1924-25.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., September
15, 1929 (age 80 years, 184
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
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Thomas Hoyt Davis (1892-1969) —
also known as T. Hoyt Davis —
of Vienna, Dooly
County, Ga.
Born in Braselton, Jackson
County, Ga., July 4,
1892.
Son of Joseph Elias Davis and Mary Isabel (Baird) Davis; married, June 7,
1916, to Louise Hargrove.
Democrat. Lawyer; solicitor general, Cordele Judicial Circuit,
1927-33; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1933-45.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died May 15,
1969 (age 76 years, 315
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Crosby Dawson (1798-1856) —
of Georgia.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., January
4, 1798.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1836-41; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1841; circuit judge in Georgia, 1845; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1849-55.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., May 5,
1856 (age 58 years, 122
days).
Interment at Greensboro
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ga.
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William Levi Dawson (1886-1970) —
also known as William L. Dawson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., April 26,
1886.
Married to Nellie Brown.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1930-32; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1943-70; died in
office 1970.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1970 (age 84 years, 197
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Griffin
Funeral Home Columbarium, Chicago, Ill.
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Albert M. Deal (1868-1951) —
of Bulloch
County, Ga.
Born in Bulloch
County, Ga., January
2, 1868.
Brother-in-law of James
Olan Strickland; father of W.
Roscoff Deal.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bulloch County, 1900-04,
1935-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Died April 12,
1951 (age 83 years, 100
days).
Interment at East
Side Cemetery, Statesboro, Ga.
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John Nathan Deal (b. 1942) —
also known as Nathan Deal —
of Clermont, Hall
County, Ga.; Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.
Born in Millen, Jenkins
County, Ga., August
25, 1942.
Married to Sandra Dunagan.
Lawyer; juvenile court judge in Georgia, 1971-72; member of Georgia
state senate, 1981-93; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1993-2010 (9th District 1993-2003,
10th District 2003-07, 9th District 2007-10); Governor of
Georgia, 2011-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2011.
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W. Roscoff Deal (1901-1967) —
of Bryan
County, Ga.
Born in Bulloch
County, Ga., May 20,
1901.
Son of Albert
M. Deal; nephew of James
Olan Strickland.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bryan County, 1953-56.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
30, 1967 (age 65 years, 255
days).
Interment at North
Side Cemetery, Pembroke, Ga.
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Bascom S. Deaver (b. 1882) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Union
County, Ga., November
26, 1882.
Son of Reuben Miles Deaver and Nancy Jane (Chastain) Deaver; married,
October
6, 1917, to Emily Cook.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1926-28; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1928-36.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nimrod Davis Denson (1856-1927) —
also known as N. D. Denson —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.; Opelika, Lee
County, Ala.
Born in Russell
County, Ala., June 20,
1856.
Son of Augustus Russel Denson (1812-1871) and Elizabeth (Ivey) Denson
(1819-1899); fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Crawford Denson; brother of William
Henry Denson; married, December
19, 1883, to Carrie Eugenia Vernon (1861-1953); father of Nimrod
Davis Denson, Jr.; grandfather of John
Vernon Denson II.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state senate, 1884-88; circuit judge in Alabama, 1892-1904; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1904-09; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1916.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., March 25,
1927 (age 70 years, 278
days).
Interment at Rosemere
Cemetery, Opelika, Ala.
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John Ernest Donalson (b. 1846) —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., April 23,
1846.
Son of Jonathan Donalson and Caroline Jane (Williams) Donalson;
married to Loulie McClenden Gordon.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; sawmill
owner; mayor
of Bainbridge, Ga., 1876-77; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1896.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Founder of Donalsonville, Ga.
Burial
location unknown.
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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;
married, June 29,
1911, to Adair Wilkinson.
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, Atlanta, Ga.
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James Ferguson Dowdell (1818-1871) —
of Alabama.
Born near Monticello, Jasper
County, Ga., November
26, 1818.
Lawyer; candidate for Alabama
state house of representatives, 1849, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1853-59 (7th District 1853-55, 3rd
District 1855-59); colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; president,
East Alabama College at Auburn, 1868-70.
Died near Auburn, Lee
County, Ala., September
6, 1871 (age 52 years, 284
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Auburn, Ala.
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William Henry Duckworth (b. 1894) —
also known as W. Henry Duckworth —
of Cairo, Grady
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., October
21, 1894.
Son of John Frank Duckworth and Laura Jane (Noblet) Duckworth;
married, July 2,
1922, to Willibel Pilcher.
Lawyer; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1938-48; appointed 1938; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1948-69.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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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); married, August
24, 1924, to Estelle Britticks (c.1906-1979).
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, Atlanta, Ga.
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Charles Gordon Edwards (1878-1931) —
also known as Charles G. Edwards —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Daisy, Tattnall County (now Evans
County), Ga., July 2,
1878.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Edwards and Annie (Conley) Edwards; married,
December
17, 1902, to Ora Beach.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1907-17, 1925-31; died
in office 1931.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 13,
1931 (age 53 years, 11
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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James Thomas Elliott (1823-1875) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Monroe
County, Ga., April 22,
1823.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Mississippi, Ouachita and Red
River Railroad,
1858; circuit judge in Arkansas, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1869; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1870; district judge in Arkansas 9th District,
1872-74.
Died in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., July 28,
1875 (age 52 years, 97
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Camden, Ark.
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Beverly Daniel Evans (b. 1865) —
also known as Beverly D. Evans —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Sandersville, Washington
County, Ga., May 21,
1865.
Son of Beverly D. Evans and Sallie (Smith) Evans; married, November
15, 1886, to Bessie Warthen (died 1892); married, July 11,
1894, to Jennie Irwin.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-87; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1888;
Solicitor General, Middle Circuit, 1890-97; circuit judge in Georgia
Middle Circuit, 1899-1904; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1904-17.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Fahy (1892-1979) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., August
27, 1892.
Son of Thomas Fahy and Sarah (Jonas) Fahy; married, June 26,
1929, to Mary Agnes Lane.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; general
counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1935; U.S. Solicitor General,
1941-45; legal advisor to the military government of Germany,
1945-46; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-67.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1979 (age 87 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lester A. Farmer (1890-1962) —
of Dothan, Houston
County, Ala.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., August 6,
1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1948.
Died in November, 1962
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Myers Felder (1782-1851) —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, July 7,
1782.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1812-16, 1822-24; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1816-20, 1840-51; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1831-35.
Died in Union Point, Greene
County, Ga., September
1, 1851 (age 69 years, 56
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Orangeburg County, S.C.
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William Few (1748-1828) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Baltimore (unknown
county), Md., June 8,
1748.
Second great-granduncle of William Preston Few (1867-1940; president
of Duke University, 1924-40; who married Mary
Reamey Thomas).
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of Georgia state legislature, 1777-79; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1789-93; state court judge in Georgia,
1796-99; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1801-05.
Methodist.
Died in Fishkill-on-Hudson (now part of Beacon), Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 16,
1828 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Original interment at Reformed
Dutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, N.Y.; reinterment at St.
Paul's Churchyard, Augusta, Ga.
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William Hansell Fish (b. 1849) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., May 12,
1849.
Son of George W. Fish and Martha E. (Hansell) Fish; married 1876 to Mary P.
Hines.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Georgia, 1891-96; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1897-1905; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1905-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Henry Fleming (1856-1944) —
also known as William H. Fleming —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
18, 1856.
Son of Porter Fleming and Catherine B. (Moragner) Fleming; married,
August
22, 1900, to Marie Celeste Ayer.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1888-94; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1894; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1897-1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Bar
Association.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., June 9,
1944 (age 87 years, 235
days).
Interment at Summerville
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (1859-1936) —
also known as Duncan U. Fletcher —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born near Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., January
6, 1859.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Fletcher and Rebecca Ellen (McCowen)
Fletcher; married, June 20,
1883, to Anna Louise Paine; uncle of John
F. Huddleston.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1893-95, 1901-03; Florida
Democratic state chair, 1905-08; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1909-36; died in office 1936.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1936 (age 77 years, 163
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Norman S. Fletcher (b. 1934) —
of LaFayette, Walker
County, Ga.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., July 10,
1934.
Son of Frank Pickett Fletcher and Hattie (Sears) Fletcher.
Lawyer; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1990-2001; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 2001-05.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2005.
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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; married to Patricia
Irby Bradley.
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, Griffin, Ga.
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Aaron Lane Ford (1903-1983) —
of Ackerman, Choctaw
County, Miss.
Born in Potts Camp, Marshall
County, Miss., December
21, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1935-43; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1940.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., July 8,
1983 (age 79 years, 199
days).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Cuthbert, Ga.
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John Forsyth (1780-1841) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., October
22, 1780.
Father of John
Forsyth (1812-1877).
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1808; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1813-18, 1823-27 (at-large 1813-18,
1823-25, 2nd District 1825-27, at-large 1827); resigned 1827; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1818-19, 1829-34; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1819-23; Governor of
Georgia, 1827-29; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1834-41.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
21, 1841 (age 60 years, 364
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Albert Gallatin Foster, Jr. (died c.1949) —
also known as Albert G. Foster —
of Madison, Morgan
County, Ga.
Nephew of Nathaniel
Greene Foster.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1924;
superior court judge in Georgia.
Died about 1949.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel Greene Foster (1809-1869) —
of Georgia.
Born near Madison, Greene County (now Morgan
County), Ga., 1809.
Uncle of Albert
Gallatin Foster, Jr..
Lawyer; solicitor general, Okmulgee circuit, 1838-40; member
of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1840; member of Georgia
state senate, 1841-43, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1855-57; pastor;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1867-68.
Baptist.
Died in 1869
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Madison
Cemetery, Madison, Ga.
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Thomas Flournoy Foster (1790-1848) —
also known as Thomas F. Foster —
of Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga.; Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., November
23, 1790.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1822-25; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1829-35, 1841-43.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., September
14, 1848 (age 57 years, 296
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
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Tillie Kidd Fowler (1942-2005) —
also known as Tillie K. Fowler; Tillie
Kidd —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., December
23, 1942.
Daughter of Edwards
Culver Kidd, Jr.; married 1971 to L. Buck
Fowler.
Republican. Lawyer; legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Robert
G. Stephens, Jr., 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1993-2001; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League.
Died, of a brain
hemorrhage, in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 2,
2005 (age 62 years, 69
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Howard Fowler (b. 1925) —
also known as Howard Fowler —
of Tifton, Tift
County, Ga.
Born in Etowah, McMinn
County, Tenn., November
6, 1925.
Son of Albert Thomas Fowler and Bertha (Chastain) Fowler; married, June 3,
1949, to Sarah Charlyne King (born 1923).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Tift County, 1955-56.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1956.
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Wyche Fowler, Jr. (b. 1940) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., October
6, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; chief of staff for Rep. Charles
Weltner, 1965-66; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1977-87; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1987-93; defeated, 1992; U.S. Ambassador to
Saudi Arabia, 1996-2001.
Still living as of 2010.
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James Britton Gantt (b. 1845) —
Born in Putnam
County, Ga., October
26, 1845.
Son of Henry Gantt and Sarah Gantt.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1880-86; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1890-1903.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Uncle of Choice
Boswell Randell.
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, Atlanta, Ga.
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Eugene Blackburn Gary (1854-1926) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., August
22, 1854.
Son of F. F. Gary and Caroline (Blackburn) Gary; married 1877 to Eliza
Tusten (1857-1944); grandfather of Thomas
Harrington Pope, Jr..
Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1891-93; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1893-1912; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1912-26.
Died, from encephalitis
lethargica, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
10, 1926 (age 72 years, 110
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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Walter Franklin George (1878-1957) —
also known as Walter F. George —
of Vienna, Dooly
County, Ga.
Born near Preston, Webster
County, Ga., January
29, 1878.
Son of Robert Theodric George and Sarah (Stapleton) George; married,
July
9, 1903, to Lucy Heard.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Georgia, 1912-16; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1917; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1917-21; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1922-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1936,
1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Died August 4,
1957 (age 79 years, 187
days).
Interment at Vienna
Cemetery, Vienna, Ga.
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Willis Benjamin Gibbs (1889-1940) —
also known as W. Benjamin Gibbs —
of Jesup, Wayne
County, Ga.
Born in Dupont, Clinch
County, Ga., April 15,
1889.
Son of Willis Bartow Gibbs and Lilla (Johnson) Gibbs; married, January
1, 1912, to Florence
Adel Reville.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1939-40; died in office
1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August 7,
1940 (age 51 years, 114
days).
Interment at Jesup
Cemetery, Jesup, Ga.
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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;
married 1895
to Mary Howard.
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, Atlanta, Ga.
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William Mathis Gober (b. 1875) —
also known as William M. Gober —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.; Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Commerce, Jackson
County, Ga., July 29,
1875.
Son of William J. Gober and Clarisa (Embry) Gober; married, November
21, 1899, to Gussie E. Jackson.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1916, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 1920
(alternate), 1924;
candidate for Florida
state attorney general, 1920; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1921-29; candidate
for justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter A. Gordon (1894-1976) —
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1894.
Son of Henry B. Gordon.
Athletic
coach; police
officer; lawyer; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1955-58; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1958-68.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., April 1,
1976 (age about 81
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Washington Gordon (1796-1842) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., January
17, 1796.
Son of Ambrose Gordon (1751-1804) and Elizabeth (Meade) Gordon;
married 1826
to Sarah Anderson 'Addie' Stites (1806-1882; niece of James
Moore Wayne); father of William
Washington Gordon (1834-1912); grandfather of Juliette Gordon Low
(1860-1927; founder of the Girl Scouts of America in 1912).
Lawyer; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1834-36; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Georgia
state senate, 1838; founder and president of the Central Railroad
and Banking Co.
Died, from bilious
pleurisy, in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March 22,
1842 (age 46 years, 64
days).
Original interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; reinterment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument at Wright
Square, Savannah, Ga.
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Charles Gowen (c.1904-2003) —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born about 1904.
Lawyer; member of Georgia state legislature, 1939-54, 1957-60;
candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1954.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March 31,
2003 (age about 99
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Seaton Grantland (1782-1864) —
of Georgia.
Born in New Kent
County, Va., June 8,
1782.
Whig. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39; Presidential
Elector for Georgia, 1840.
Died near Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., October
18, 1864 (age 82 years, 132
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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Warren Grice (b. 1875) —
of Hawkinsville, Pulaski
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Perry, Houston
County, Ga., December
6, 1875.
Son of Washington Leonidas Grice and Martha Virginia (Warren) Grice;
married, June 18,
1901, to Clara Elberta Rumph.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900-04; Georgia
state attorney general, 1914-15; law
professor; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1937-45.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Mathews Griggs (1861-1910) —
also known as James M. Griggs —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.
Born in La Grange, Troup
County, Ga., March 29,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1897-1910; died in
office 1910.
Died in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., January
5, 1910 (age 48 years, 282
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Dawson, Ga.
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Denmark Groover, Jr. (1922-2001) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Quitman, Brooks
County, Ga., June 30,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bibb County, 1953-57,
1963-65, 1971-75, 1983-95.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
During World War II, served as a pilot in the "Black Sheep Squadron";
an injury left his right arm partially
paralyzed. Sponsored the bill to put the Confederate battle flag
on the Georgia state flag in 1956; supported the removal of the
emblem in 2001.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 18,
2001 (age 78 years, 292
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Dupont Guerry (b. 1848) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., March 26,
1848.
Son of William Barnett Guerry and Sarah Amanda (Dixon) Guerry;
married, January
12, 1876, to Fannie Davenport.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate 13th District; elected 1880; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1886-1901;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1892;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1902; president,
Wesleyan Female College, 1903-09.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot and English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Clint Wood Hager (b. 1890) —
also known as Clint W. Hager —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Bristol, Sullivan
County, Tenn., June 19,
1890.
Son of John Jackson Hager and Maud Livingston (Caldwell) Hager;
married, February
4, 1918, to Mary Kelley.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1921-34; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1928,
1940;
Georgia
Republican state chair, 1937-41.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Randolph Harden (1813-1884) —
also known as Edward R. Harden —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Ringgold, Catoosa
County, Ga.; Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga.; Cuthbert, Randolph
County, Ga.; Quitman, Brooks
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
20, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1854-57; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; county judge in
Georgia, 1872-84.
Died June 12,
1884 (age 70 years, 297
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas William Hardwick (1872-1944) —
also known as Thomas W. Hardwick —
of Sandersville, Washington
County, Ga.
Born in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., December
9, 1872.
Son of Robert William Hardwick and Zemula Schley (Matthews) Hardwick;
married, April 25,
1894, to Maude Elizabeth Perkins.
Democrat. Lawyer; Washington
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-97; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1903-14; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1914-19; Governor of
Georgia, 1921-23.
Died in Sandersville, Washington
County, Ga., January
31, 1944 (age 71 years, 53
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Sandersville, Ga.
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Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846-1929) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Hampton, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
21, 1846.
Son of Alexander Nelson Harris and Edna (Haynes) Harris; nephew of Landon
Carter Haynes; married, January
12, 1873, to Fannie Burke; married, July 6,
1899, to Hattie G. Jobe; first cousin of Alfred
Alexander Taylor and Robert
Love Taylor.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-96; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912; Governor of
Georgia, 1915-17.
Methodist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
United
Confederate Veterans.
Died September
21, 1929 (age 83 years, 243
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Peyton Samuel Hawes (1903-1990) —
also known as Peyton Hawes —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born September
4, 1903.
Second great-grandson of Singleton
Walthall Allen; great-grandson of William
McPherson McIntosh; son of Albert
Sidney Hawes and Julia May (Cade) Hawes; married 1933 to
Virginia Smith (1909-1992).
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Elbert County, 1931-32; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1970-73.
Died September
9, 1990 (age 87 years, 5
days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Thomas Jefferson Heard (1801-1876) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born August
21, 1801.
Son of Stephen
Heard; brother of George
Washington Heard, Barnard
Carroll Heard and Jane Lanier Heard (who married Singleton
Walthall Allen); father of Sarah Heard (who married Luther
H. O. Martin, Sr.), James
Lawrence Heard, Robert
Middleton Heard and William
Henry Heard; uncle of Rebecca Allen (who married William
H. Mattox); grandfather of William
Henry Harrison Heard, Luther
H. O. Martin, Jr. and Nancy Middleton Heard (who married Phillip
Watkins Davis).
Lawyer; planter;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1832-33; member of Georgia
state senate, 1835-36.
Died May 4,
1876 (age 74 years, 257
days).
Interment at Elmhurst
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Howell Thomas Heflin (1921-2005) —
also known as Howell T. Heflin —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.
Born in Poulan, Worth
County, Ga., June 19,
1921.
Nephew of James
Thomas Heflin; son of Marvin Rutledge Heflin and Louise D.
(Strudwick) Heflin; married 1952 to
Elizabeth Ann Carmichael.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1971-77; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1979-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1996.
Methodist.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Died in Sheffield, Colbert
County, Ala., March 29,
2005 (age 83 years, 283
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.; statue at Colbert
County Courthouse Grounds, Tuscumbia, Ala.
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P. Harris Hines —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Son of James Reuben Hines and Edith (Hawkins) Hines; married to Helen
Holmes Hill.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia, 1983-95; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1995-.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2008.
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Calvin Milton Hitch (b. 1869) —
also known as Calvin M. Hitch —
of Quitman, Brooks
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Morven, Brooks
County, Ga.
Born in Morven, Brooks
County, Ga., July 28,
1869.
Son of Robert M. Hitch (M.D.) and Martha (Fall) Hitch; married, February
19, 1890, to Ida Blanche Parrish.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1896-97; secretary of
Georgia Democratic Party, 1910-12; U.S. Consul in Nottingham, 1915-20; Basel, 1924-29; U.S. Consul General in Wellington, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Moore Holden (b. 1866) —
also known as Horace Holden —
of Crawfordville, Taliaferro
County, Ga.; Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Warren
County, Ga., March 5,
1866.
Son of William Frank Holden; married, June 1,
1893, to Mary Corry.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1898; superior court judge
in Georgia, 1900-07; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1907-11; appointed 1907; resigned
1911.
Burial
location unknown.
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R. Eugene Holley (c.1926-2000) —
of Georgia.
Born about 1926.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1965-77.
In 1980, he was convicted
of bank
fraud and sentenced
to ten years in prison
(later reduced to three years); served 16 months.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died soon afterward, in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 19,
2000 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Westover
Memorial Park, Augusta, Ga.
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Pierre D. Howard, Jr. (b. 1943) —
of Georgia.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., February
3, 1943.
Great-grandson of Thomas
Coke Howard; grandson of William
Schley Howard; son of Pierre Howard and Caroline Howard; married
to Nancy Elizabeth Barnes.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1973-90; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1991-; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1992.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1997.
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William Marcellus Howard (1857-1932) —
also known as William M. Howard —
of Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga.; Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Berwick, St. Mary
Parish, La., December
6, 1857.
Married, January
3, 1883, to Augusta C. King.
Democrat. Lawyer; Solicitor-General, Northern Judicial
Circuit, 1884-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1897-1911.
Died in 1932
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Clarke
Cemetery, Lexington, Ga.
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Richard Bennet Hubbard (1832-1901) —
also known as Richard B. Hubbard —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.
Born in Walton
County, Ga., November
1, 1832.
Son of Richard B. Hubbard and Seneca (Carter) Hubbard.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1856,
1880;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1857-59; member of Texas
state senate, 1859-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1873-76; Governor of
Texas, 1876-79; U.S. Minister to Japan, 1885.
Hubbard Middle School, in Tyler, Texas, is named for
him.
Died July 12,
1901 (age 68 years, 253
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
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Carol W. Hunstein —
Lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia, 1985; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1992-.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Robert Durden Inglis (b. 1959) —
also known as Bob Inglis —
of South Carolina.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., October
11, 1959.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1993-99;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1998.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Jackson (1819-1887) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ga., October
18, 1819.
Grandson of James
Jackson (1757-1806); nephew of Jabez
Young Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1845-49; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1846-59; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1857-61; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1875-80; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1880-87; died in office 1887.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
13, 1887 (age 67 years, 87
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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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.
Grandson of John
Wesley Dobbs; son of Maynard Jackson, Sr. and Irene Dobbs
Jackson; married, December
30, 1965, to Burnella Hayes 'Bunnie' Burke; married 1977 to Valerie
Richardson.
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, Atlanta, Ga.
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Clete Donald Johnson, Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Don Johnson, Jr. —
of Georgia.
Born in Royston, Franklin
County, Ga., January
30, 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1987-93; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1993-95; defeated,
1994.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1998.
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Cone Johnson (1860-1933) —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.
Born in Dawsonville, Dawson
County, Ga., June 11,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1886-88; member of Texas
state senate, 1888-92; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1912
(speaker),
1920,
1928.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 17,
1933 (age 72 years, 279
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry C. Johnson, Jr. (b. 1954) —
also known as Hank Johnson —
of Lithonia, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
2, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; DeKalb
County Commissioner, 2001-06; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2008.
Buddhist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Goode Jones (1844-1914) —
also known as Thomas G. Jones —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., November
26, 1844.
Son of Samuel G. Jones and Martha (Goode) Jones; married, December
20, 1866, to Georgene Caroline Bird; father of Walter
Burgwyn Jones.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1885-88; Governor of
Alabama, 1890-94.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 28,
1914 (age 69 years, 153
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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