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Willis B. Adams (1861-1913) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, May 13,
1861.
Son of Richard
Easton Adams and Sarah Antoinette (Cleveland) Adams (1840-1897).
Merchant; planter;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1905-08.
Died February
11, 1913 (age 51 years, 274
days).
Interment at Elmhurst
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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James Lynwood Bentley (1904-1975) —
also known as J. Lynwood Bentley —
of Thomaston, Upson
County, Ga.
Born in Thomaston, Upson
County, Ga., March 1,
1904.
Democrat. Farmer;
merchant; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Upson County, 1941-44; member
of Georgia
state senate, 1945-46; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Odd
Fellows.
Died July 7,
1975 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Trice
Cemetery, Upson County, Ga.
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Paul C. Broun (1916-2005) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Bogart, Oconee
County, Ga.
Born in Shellman, Randolph
County, Ga., March 1,
1916.
Son of Leroy Augustus Broun and Annie (Edwards) Broun.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II;
merchant; member of Georgia
state senate, 1963-2001.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Moose; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died February
14, 2005 (age 88 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Charles Candler (1809-1873) —
also known as Samuel C. Candler —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., December
6, 1809.
Son of Daniel Candler (1779-1816) and Sarah (Slaughter) Candler
(1784-1865).
Democrat. Planter;
merchant; member of Georgia
state house of representatives; member of Georgia
state senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1860.
Died in Villa Rica, Carroll
County, Ga., November
13, 1873 (age 63 years, 342
days).
Interment at Hill
Crest Cemetery, Villa Rica, Ga.
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Henry K. Harral (d. 1854) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Merchant; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 1844-47, 1849-51, 1852-53; member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1850.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., May 10,
1854.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Sidney Hawes (1864-1936) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born November
14, 1864.
Physician;
merchant; planter;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Elbert County, 1927-28.
Died in 1936
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin McFarland Long (1827-1903) —
also known as Benjamin M. Long —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.; Cordova, Walker
County, Ala.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga., November
5, 1827.
Son of John
Long and Nancy Davis (Long) Long.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
merchant; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-74; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1880-82; Presidential Elector for
Alabama, 1884;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1888;
candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1890; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1894.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Cordova, Walker
County, Ala., June 17,
1903 (age 75 years, 224
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Long —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Marshall's Ferry, Grainger
County, Tenn.
Merchant; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1868-69.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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William H. Mattox (1836-1900) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., 1836.
Planter;
merchant; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1865-66; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; member of Georgia
state senate, 1880-81.
Shot
and killed by
his son-in-law J. B. Jones, Jr., during a gunfight, in Elbert
County, Ga., November
17, 1900 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Elmhurst
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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E. George Sewell (c.1875-1940) —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Hartwell, Hart
County, Ga., about 1875.
Merchant; mayor of
Miami, Fla., 1927-29, 1933-35, 1939-40; died in office 1940.
Died April 2,
1940 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Olin Stewart Willis (b. 1901) —
also known as Olin S. Willis —
of Coolidge, Thomas
County, Ga.
Born in Meigs, Thomas
County, Ga., September
11, 1901.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Willis and Lottie Laura (Hambleton) Willis.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Thomas County, 1949-56.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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