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Richard Kelly (1924-2005) —
of Florida.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 31,
1924.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1960-74; U.S.
Representative from Florida 5th District, 1975-81.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
June 13, 1980, and convicted
January 26, 1981, on charges of bribery
conspiracy, and interstate travel to further illegal activities; the
conviction was overturned on appeal, then reinstated; served 13
months in prison.
Died in Stevensville, Ravalli
County, Mont., August
22, 2005 (age 81 years, 22
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lee Key (1867-1939) —
also known as James L. Key —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in DeKalb
County, Ga., July 27,
1867.
Son of Thomas Terrell Key and Rhoda (Carroll) Key; married, June 20,
1906, to Ela Tillman.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1919-23, 1931-37.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Died in 1939
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Campbell King (1856-1926) —
also known as Alexander C. King —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
7, 1856.
Son of J. Gadsden King and Caroline Clifford (Postell) King; married
to Alice May Fowler.
Lawyer; attorney for railroads;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1918-20; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1920-25.
Died in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., July 26,
1926 (age 69 years, 231
days).
Entombed at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Thomas Butler King (1800-1864) —
of Frederica, St. Simons Island, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Palmer, Hampden
County, Mass., August
27, 1800.
Son of Daniel King (1749-1815) and Hannah (Lord) King (1757-1813);
brother of Henry
King; married 1824 to Anna
Matilda Page (1800-1859); father of Florence Barclay King (1834-1912;
who married Henry
Rootes Jackson) and John
Floyd King.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1832-37, 1859; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1833; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1839-43, 1845-50 (at-large 1839-43,
1st District 1845-50); delegate to Whig National Convention from
Georgia, 1844; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1851-52.
Died in Waresboro, Ware
County, Ga., May 10,
1864 (age 63 years, 257
days).
Interment at Christ
Churchyard, Frederica, St. Simons Island, Ga.
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Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857-1916) —
also known as Joseph R. Lamar —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Ruckersville, Elbert
County, Ga., October
14, 1857.
Son of James S. Lamar and Mary (Rucker) Lamar; married 1879 to
Clarinda Huntington Pendleton.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-89; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1903-05; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1911-16.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
2, 1916 (age 58 years, 80
days).
Interment at Summerville
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Georgia.
Born July 15,
1797.
Brother of Mirabeau
Buonaparte Lamar; father of Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893).
Lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia, 1830-34.
When he learned that a man he had sentenced to death for murder was
not guilty, he committed
suicide by gunshot,
July
4, 1834 (age 36 years, 354
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Covington, Newton
County, Ga.; Abbeville, Lafayette
County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born near Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., September
17, 1825.
Son of Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834); nephew of Mirabeau
Buonaparte Lamar; cousin of Absalom
Harris Chappell; uncle of William
Bailey Lamar.
Democrat. Lawyer; president,
University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,
1877, 1881; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., January
23, 1893 (age 67 years, 128
days).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.
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William Bailey Lamar (1853-1928) —
also known as William B. Lamar —
of Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.
Born near Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla., June 12,
1853.
Son of Thompson B. Lamar and Sarah Bellamy (Bailey) Lamar; nephew of
Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar; married, June 28,
1904, to Ethel (Toy) Healey.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Florida, 1883-86; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1887; Florida
state attorney general, 1889-99; U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1903-09.
Died September
26, 1928 (age 75 years, 106
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Phillip Mitchell Landrum (1907-1990) —
also known as Phillip M. Landrum —
of Jasper, Pickens
County, Ga.
Born in Martin, Stephens
County, Ga., September
10, 1907.
Son of Phillip Davis Landrum and Blanche (Mitchell) Landrum; married,
July
31, 1933, to Laura Brown.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1953-77; defeated in
primary, 1942.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers.
Co-author of Landrum-Griffin Act.
Died November
19, 1990 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Washington Larsen (1871-1938) —
also known as William W. Larsen —
of Dublin, Laurens
County, Ga.
Born in Hagan, Evans
County, Ga., August
12, 1871.
Son of Peter Larsen and Anne Magrada (Petersen) Larsen; married to
Dovie Estell Strange.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia, 1914-15; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 12th District, 1917-33.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died January
5, 1938 (age 66 years, 146
days).
Interment at Northview
Cemetery, Dublin, Ga.
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Alexander Robert Lawton (1818-1896) —
also known as Alexander R. Lawton —
of Georgia.
Born in St. Peter's Parish, Beaufort District (now part of Beaufort
County), S.C., November
4, 1818.
Son of Alexander James Lawton and Martha (Mosse) Lawton; married, November
5, 1845, to Sarah Hillhouse Alexander; grandfather of Alexander
Robert Lawton, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; president, Augusta and Savannah Railroad,
1849-54; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1855-56, 1870-75; member of Georgia
state senate, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1876; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1880,
1884;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1887-89.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 2,
1896 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Alexander Robert Lawton, Jr. (b. 1884) —
also known as Alexander R. Lawton, Jr. —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
16, 1884.
Grandson of Alexander
Robert Lawton; son of Alexander Rudolf Lawton (born 1858) and
Ella Stanly (Beckwith) Lawton; married, December
5, 1911, to Elizabeth Wallace Shotter.
Democrat. Lawyer; general solicitor, Central of Georgia Railway;
general solicitor, Ocean Steamship
Co. of Savannah; director, Colonial Oil Company;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Chatham County, 1925-26.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elliott Harris Levitas (b. 1930) —
also known as Elliott H. Levitas —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
26, 1930.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1965; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1975-85.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Fulwood Ligon (1823-1901) —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Watkinsville, Oconee
County, Ga., December
16, 1823.
Son of Robert Ligon (1793-1828) and Wilhelmina (Fulwood) Ligon;
married 1850
to Emily Paine; brother of Martha Ligon (who married David
Clopton); father of Robert
Fulwood Ligon, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1849; member of Alabama
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1872; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1874-76; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1877-79.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
11, 1901 (age 77 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Thomas Mercer Linder (b. 1887) —
also known as Tom Linder —
of Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis
County, Ga.
Born in Laurens
County, Ga., November
8, 1887.
Son of Lewis B. Linder and Nancy Jane (Beall) Linder; married 1909 to Hazel
Kirk Carter.
Democrat. Farmer;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1923-25; executive secretary to
Gov. Eugene
Talmadge, 1933-34; Georgia
commissioner of agriculture, 1935-37, 1941-53.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Henry Lumpkin (1799-1867) —
also known as Joseph H. Lumpkin —
Born in Oglethorpe
County, Ga., December
23, 1799.
Brother of Wilson
Lumpkin.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1824-25; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1845-67.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., June 4,
1867 (age 67 years, 163
days).
Interment somewhere
in Athens, Ga.
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Archibald Thompson MacIntyre (1822-1900) —
of Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga.
Born near Marion, Twiggs
County, Ga., October
27, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1849; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1871-73.
Died in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., January
1, 1900 (age 77 years, 66
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Ga.
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James Armstrong MacKay (b. 1919) —
of Georgia.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 25,
1919.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1951-52, 1955-64; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966.
Methodist.
Member, Civitan.
Still living as of 1998.
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John W. Maddox (1848-1922) —
of Summerville, Chattooga
County, Ga.; Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Chattooga
County, Ga., June 3,
1848.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Chattooga
County Commissioner, 1878-80; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1880-86; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1886-92; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1893-1905; mayor of
Rome, Ga., 1907.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
27, 1922 (age 74 years, 116
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
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Denise L. Majette (b. 1955) —
of Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 18,
1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; state court judge in Georgia, 1993-2002; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 2003-05; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2004;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2004.
Female.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Creel Marshall (b. 1948) —
also known as Jim Marshall —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., March 31,
1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Macon, Ga., 1995-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1996,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 2003-08 (3rd District 2003-07, 8th
District 2007-08); defeated, 2000.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Augustus Emmet Maxwell (1820-1903) —
also known as Augustus E. Maxwell —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., September
21, 1820.
Son-in-law of Walker
Anderson; father of Evelyn
C. Maxwell; grandfather of Emmett
Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Florida
state attorney general, 1846-47; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1847; secretary of
state of Florida, 1848-49; member of Florida
state senate, 1849-50; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1853-57 (1st District 1853-55,
at-large 1855-57); Senator
from Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1865-66, 1887-91; circuit judge in
Florida, 1877-85; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885.
Died in Chipley, Washington
County, Fla., May 5,
1903 (age 82 years, 226
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Great-grandson of John
Floyd; son of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith
(Floyd) McAdoo (1832-1913); married, November
18, 1885, to Sarah Houston Fleming (1867-1912); married, May 7,
1914, to Eleanor Randolph Wilson (1889-1967; daughter of Woodrow
Wilson); married, September
14, 1935, to Doris Isabel Cross (1909-2005).
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads;
president, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William McPherson McIntosh (1815-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., February
14, 1815.
Married, January
27, 1842, to Maria Louisa Allen (1824-1885; daughter of Singleton
Walthall Allen; aunt by marriage of Willis
B. Adams); father of Jessie McIntosh (who married Peyton
M. Hawes) and Anna Cassandra McIntosh (who married Budd
Clay Wall); grandfather of Julia May Cade (who married Albert
Sidney Hawes); great-grandfather of Peyton
Samuel Hawes.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-56; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1860;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died from gunshot
wounds received at the Civil
War battle at Garnett's Farm, Henrico
County, Va., June, 1862
(age 47
years, 0 days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Harold D. Melton —
Born in Washington,
D.C.
Lawyer; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 2005-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Milton (1807-1865) —
of Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., April 20,
1807.
Grandson of John
Milton (1740?-?); son of Homer Virgil Milton (1781-1822); married
to Susan Cobb; married 1844 to
Caroline Howze; grandfather of William
Hall Milton and Susie Cobb Milton (who married William
Yates Atkinson).
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Florida, 1848;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1850; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1860;
Governor
of Florida, 1861-65; died in office 1865.
At the end of the Civil War, believing that "death would be
preferable to reunion," he committed suicide
by gunshot,
Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla., April 1,
1865 (age 57 years, 346
days).
Interment at St.
Luke's Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Fla.
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William Carlton Mobley (1906-1981) —
also known as W. Carlton Mobley —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born near Hillsboro, Jones
County, Ga., December
7, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary to U.S. Rep. Samuel
Rutherford, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1932-33; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1954-72; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1972-74.
Member, Sigma Pi.
Died October
14, 1981 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Interment somewhere
in Forsyth, Ga.
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Rupert Leo Murphy (b. 1909) —
also known as Rupert L. Murphy —
of Georgia.
Born in Byromville, Dooly
County, Ga., July 27,
1909.
Son of Luther H. Murphy and Ardelia (Woodruff) Murphy; married, April 18,
1931, to Marion Kerlin.
Democrat. Lawyer; traffic manager in textile
industry; member, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1955-78.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jack Murr (b. 1914) —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Ozark, Dale
County, Ala., September
22, 1914.
Married, June 12,
1942, to Susie Virginia Hand.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1949-56.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1956.
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George Moultrie Napier (1863-1932) —
also known as George M. Napier —
of Monroe, Walton
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in LaFayette, Walker
County, Ga., March 28,
1863.
Son of Nathan Campbell Napier and Julia Louise (Sharpe) Napier;
married, December
16, 1905, to Frances Nunnally.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1921-32; died in office 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., May 4,
1932 (age 69 years, 37
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Monroe, Ga.
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Horace Elmo Nichols (c.1913-2000) —
also known as H. E. 'Nick' Nichols —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Alabama, about 1913.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia, 1948; circuit judge
in Georgia Rome Circuit, 1953; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1966-75, 1980; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1975-80.
Died, of a stroke, in
a hospice
at Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 8,
2000 (age about 87
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Abit Nix (b. 1888) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Jackson
County, Ga., July 3,
1888.
Son of John Morgan Nix and Dora (Bennett) Nix; married 1913 to Eunice
Little.
Democrat. Lawyer; director, Citizens and Southern Bank;
director, Progressive Life
Insurance Company; director, New Georgian Hotel
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1940,
1948.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary; American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. (b. 1938) —
also known as Sam Nunn —
of Perry, Houston
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., September
8, 1938.
Grandnephew of Carl
Vinson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1969-72; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1972-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1996.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Still living as of 2009.
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Benjamin Hilborn Oehlert, Jr. (1909-1985) —
also known as Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.; Georgia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1909.
Son of Benjamin H. Oehlert and Sarah (Landis) Oehlert; married, March 27,
1937, to Alice Greene.
Lawyer; vice-president, Coca Cola
Company; president, Minute
Maid Company; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1967-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Theta Xi.
Died in 1985
(age about
75 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby (1867-1955) —
also known as Woodson R. Oglesby —
of Tuckahoe, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., February
9, 1867.
Cousin of Richard
James Oglesby.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1906; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1913-17.
Died in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., April 30,
1955 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Interment at Eastern
Cemetery, Quitman, Ga.
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James Whetstone Overstreet (1866-1938) —
also known as James W. Overstreet —
of Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., August
28, 1866.
Married 1902
to Dicie Nunnally.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1898-99; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1906-07, 1917-23;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912.
Died in 1938
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Sylvania
Cemetery, Sylvania, Ga.
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Allen Ferdinand Owen (1816-1865) —
also known as Allen F. Owen —
of Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga.
Born in Wilkes
County, N.C., October
9, 1816.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1843-47; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Georgia, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1849-51; U.S. Consul in
Havana, 1851.
Died in Upatoi, Muscogee
County, Ga., April 7,
1865 (age 48 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Talbotton, Ga.
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Emmett Marshall Owen (1877-1939) —
also known as Emmett M. Owen —
of Zebulon, Pike
County, Ga.; Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born near Hollonville, Pike
County, Ga., October
19, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
farmer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1902-06; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1933-39; died in office
1939.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1939 (age 61 years, 245
days).
Interment at East
View Cemetery, Zebulon, Ga.
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George Welshman Owens (1786-1856) —
also known as George W. Owens —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
29, 1786.
Lawyer; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1832-33; resigned 1833; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March 2,
1856 (age 69 years, 186
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Stephen Pace (1891-1970) —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born near Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., March 9,
1891.
Son of Olin Stephen Pace and Hunter (Saville) Pace; married, December
20, 1916, to Martha Grace Ragan.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1917-20; member of Georgia
state senate, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1937-51.
Methodist.
Died in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., April 5,
1970 (age 79 years, 27
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Americus, Ga.
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Don Albert Pardee (1837-1919) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Wadsworth, Medina
County, Ohio, March 29,
1837.
Third cousin once removed of Jared
Whitfield Pardee; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Pardee and Tracy
Pardee; son of Eveline (Eyles) Pardee (1807-1873) and Aaron
Pardee; fourth cousin of Dwight
Whitfield Pardee; third cousin of Enoch
Homer Pardee (1826-1896); first cousin of Mary Elizabeth Pardee
(1830-1870; who married Enoch
Homer Pardee (1826-1896)); married, February
3, 1861, to Julia E. Hard; married, June 14,
1898, to Frances (Cunningham) Wells; first cousin once removed
and third cousin once removed of George
Cooper Pardee.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; district judge in Louisiana 2nd District, 1868-80; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; candidate for Louisiana
state attorney general, 1880; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1881-1919.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
26, 1919 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Wadsworth, Ohio.
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Frank Park (1864-1925) —
of Sylvester, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., March 3,
1864.
Son of James F. Park and Emma A. (Bailey) Park; married 1893 to Emma A.
Bridges.
Democrat. School
teacher; civil
engineer; lawyer; circuit judge in Georgia, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1913-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
20, 1925 (age 61 years, 262
days).
Interment at White
Springs Cemetery, White Springs, Fla.
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Homer Cling Parker (1885-1946) —
also known as Homer C. Parker —
of Statesboro, Bulloch
County, Ga.; DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Baxley, Appling
County, Ga., September
25, 1885.
Grandson of Hampton
Cling Parker; son of William Cling Parker and Sarah Belle
(Mattox) Parker; married 1910 to Annie
Laurie Mallary (died 1916); married 1922 to Lenore
L. Leedom; married 1942 to
Wilhelmina Lowe.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
mayor
of Statesboro, Ga., 1924-27; Adjutant
General of Georgia, 1927-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1931-35; Georgia
state comptroller general, 1936-37, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 22,
1946 (age 60 years, 270
days).
Interment at East
Side Cemetery, Statesboro, Ga.
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Charles Pelham (1835-1908) —
of Alabama.
Born in Person
County, N.C., March 12,
1835.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; circuit judge in Alabama, 1868-73; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1873-75.
Died in Poulan, Worth
County, Ga., January
18, 1908 (age 72 years, 312
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Poulan, Ga.
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Hugh Peterson, Jr. (1898-1961) —
of Ailey, Montgomery
County, Ga.
Born near Ailey, Montgomery
County, Ga., August
21, 1898.
Son of William James Peterson and Catherine Joannah (Calhoun)
Peterson; married, June 24,
1930, to Patience Elizabeth Russell.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1923-31;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1935-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sylva, Jackson
County, N.C., October
3, 1961 (age 63 years, 43
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Ga.
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McCracken Poston (b. 1959) —
also known as Ken Poston —
of Graysville, Catoosa
County, Ga.; Ringgold, Catoosa
County, Ga.
Born in Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa
County, Ga., October
24, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives; elected 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1996.
Attorney for Alvin Ridley, 1998-99; attorney for Byron
Low Tax Looper, charged with the murder of his opponent,
Tennessee State Sen. Tommy
Burks, 2000; attorney for Brent-Ray Marsh, operator of Tri-State
Crematory, accused in 2002 of not cremating or disposing of 300+
human bodies.
Still living as of 2002.
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