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A. T. Atwater (born c.1873) —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, about 1873.
Republican. Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Georgia, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1948.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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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Relatives:
Married 1868
to Emma Bivings. |
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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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Stephen Bolles (1866-1941) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Springboro, Crawford
County, Pa., June 25,
1866.
Son of Nelson Richard Bolles and Malvina Belle (Whitford) Bolles.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor and
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1928;
member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1941 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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Benjamin Franklin Bomar (1816-1868) —
also known as Benjamin F. Bomar —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., August 9,
1816.
Physician;
newspaper publisher; mayor of
Atlanta, Ga., 1849-50; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Died February
1, 1868 (age 51 years, 176
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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John Cardwell (1837-1890) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., January
28, 1837.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1885-89.
Died, of heart
disease, in Richmond, Fort Bend
County, Tex., April 17,
1890 (age 53 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Garneth Carter (b. 1877) —
also known as James G. Carter —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., December
15, 1877.
Merchant
tailor; letter
carrier; newspaper manager; U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1906-16; Tananarive, 1916-27; Calais, 1927-40; Bordeaux, 1940; U.S. Consul General in Tananarive, 1941-42.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861-1940) —
also known as Oscar B. Colquitt —
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.
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; member, U.S. Board of Railway Labor
Mediation.
Methodist.
Died March 8,
1940 (age 78 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Benjamin Jefferson Davis (b. 1870) —
also known as Ben J. Davis —
of Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., May 27,
1870.
Son of Michael Davis and Katherine Davis.
Republican. Bricklayer;
school
teacher; newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Georgia, 1896
(alternate), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1924-28.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Braswell Drue Deen (1893-1981) —
also known as Braswell Deen —
of Alma, Bacon
County, Ga.
Born near Baxley, Appling
County, Ga., June 28,
1893.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; president,
South Georgia Junior College, 1924-27; newspaper editor; real estate
developer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1933-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940.
Methodist.
Died in Alma, Bacon
County, Ga., November
28, 1981 (age 88 years, 153
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Alma, Ga.
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Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855-1938) —
also known as Harry S. Edwards —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., April 23,
1855.
Son of James Corson Edwards (1802-1861) and Elizabeth Griffin (Hunt)
Edwards (1820-1904).
Newspaper editor; author; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1904;
Proleague Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1920.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., October
22, 1938 (age 83 years, 182
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, 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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J. H. Estill —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1902.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1902 |
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Thomas Rueben Gibson (1857-1896) —
also known as Thomas R. Gibson —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born July 5,
1857.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Beirut, 1893-96, died in office 1896.
Died in Beirut, Lebanon,
September
20, 1896 (age 39 years, 77
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Fleming Grantland (c.1790-1819) —
of Georgia.
Born about 1790.
Newspaper editor; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Georgia
state senate.
Died January
28, 1819 (age about 29
years).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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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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John Temple Graves (1856-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Willington Church, Abbeville
County, S.C., November
9, 1856.
Son of Gen. James Porterfield Graves and Katherine Floride (Calhoun)
Graves.
Newspaper editor; orator;
Presidential Elector for Florida, 1884;
Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1888;
People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August 8,
1925 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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James H. Gray (1915-1986) —
of Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga.
Born in Westfield, Hampden
County, Mass., May 17,
1915.
Democrat. Editor and publisher of the Albany Herald newspaper;
owner of WALB radio and
television stations; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1960; candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1966; mayor of
Albany, Ga., 1974-86; died in office 1986.
The James H. Gray Civic Center in Albany is named for
him.
Died, following a heart
attack, at the New England Medical
Center, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
19, 1986 (age 71 years, 125
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Cleair Ranger. |
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Thomas Jefferson Hamilton (b. 1885) —
also known as Thomas J. Hamilton —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Grovetown, Columbia
County, Ga., November
20, 1885.
Son of William Winslow Hamilton and Kate Fleming (Mosly) Hamilton.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor;
director, Georgia and Florida Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Milford Wriarson Howard (1862-1937) —
also known as Milford W. Howard —
of Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, Ala.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born near Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., February
18, 1862.
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1895-99; novelist;
appeared as an actor
in a silent
movie based on one of his novels; one of the editors of the
conservative magazine The Awakener in the 1930s.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
28, 1937 (age 75 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sallie
Howard Memorial Chapel, Mentone, Ala.
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.; Possum Poke, Poulan, Worth
County, Ga.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Son of George A. Osborn and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster;
member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1936.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April 11,
1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton (1850-1914) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Effingham
County, Ga., June 26,
1850.
Son of Philip
Coleman Pendleton and Catherine Sarah Melissa (Tebeau) Pendleton
(1822-1889).
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Georgia state
legislature, 1882-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1912
(speaker).
Swedenborgian.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., January
16, 1914 (age 63 years, 204
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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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Virginia Polhill Price (b. 1896) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., February
4, 1896.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1936; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1940.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Edward Russell (1845-1909) —
also known as Benjamin E. Russell —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.
Born in Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla., October
5, 1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1880;
mayor
of Bainbridge, Ga., 1881-82; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-83; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1893-97.
Died in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., December
4, 1909 (age 64 years, 60
days).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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Richard Brevard Russell (1861-1938) —
also known as Richard B. Russell —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.; Russell, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., April 27,
1861.
Son of William John Russell and Rebecca Harriette (Brumby) Russell.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter;
newspaper editor; president, Hoschton Telephone
Co.; organizer, Athens Street
Railway Co.; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-88; circuit judge in
Georgia, 1898-1906; candidate in primary for Governor of
Georgia, 1906; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1907-16; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1923-38; died in office 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
Died December
3, 1938 (age 77 years, 220
days).
Interment at Russell
Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.
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Lester L. Schnare (b. 1884) —
of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis., May 15,
1884.
Son of Henry W. Schnare and Anna M. (Hefling) Schnare.
School
teacher; newspaper editor; stenographer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1916-17; Canton, 1917-18; Yokohama, 1918; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1920, 1921; Kobe, 1920-21, 1921-22; Swatow, 1922-23; Cartagena, 1923-27; Breslau, 1927-31; Hamburg, 1931-35; Milan, 1935-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) —
also known as Robert L. F. Sikes —
of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla.
Born in Isabella, Worth
County, Ga., June 3,
1906.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Sikes and Clara Ophelia (Ford) Sikes.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District
1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Elks.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts
of interest.
Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117
days).
Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
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Patrick Walsh (1840-1899) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Ballingarry, County Limerick, Ireland,
January
1, 1840.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-76; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1884;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1894-95; mayor of
Augusta, Ga., 1897-99.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., March 19,
1899 (age 59 years, 77
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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