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Herbert Arlene (1917-1989) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Harrison, Washington
County, Ga., September
5, 1917.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1959-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 3rd District, 1967-80.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd Fellows; Elks.
First
black member of the Pennsylvania state senate.
Died November
9, 1989 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Reason Chesnutt Bell (b. 1880) —
also known as R. C. Bell —
of Cairo, Grady
County, Ga.
Born in Webster
County, Ga., January
28, 1880.
Son of Reason Alexander Bell and Martha (Elliott) Bell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Georgia, 1921-22; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1922-32; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1932-43, 1946-49; appointed 1932; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1943-46.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Reason Alexander Bell and Martha (Elliott) Bell; married, January
28, 1908, to Jennie Vereen; father of Vereen McNeill Bell
(1911-1944; novelist, Navy officer, killed in battle of Leyte
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John William Bennett (b. 1865) —
also known as John W. Bennett —
of Waycross, Ware
County, Ga.
Born in Wayne
County, Ga., September
15, 1865.
Son of John T. Bennett and Rebecca Jane (Akins) Bennett.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1892-96; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1919-22.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Charles Hillyer Brand (1861-1933) —
also known as Charles H. Brand —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Loganville, Walton
County, Ga., April 20,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-95; superior court judge in Georgia, 1906-17;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1917-33 (8th District 1917-33, 10th
District 1933); died in office 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., May 17,
1933 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at Shadow
Lawn Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Ga.
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William Gordon Brantley (1860-1934) —
also known as William G. Brantley —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Blackshear, Pierce
County, Ga., September
18, 1860.
Son of Benjamin
Daniel Brantley and Janet (McRae) Brantley.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-85; member of Georgia
state senate, 1886-87; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 11th District, 1897-1913; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
11, 1934 (age 73 years, 358
days).
Interment at Blackshear
Cemetery, Blackshear, Ga.
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John Slaughter Candler (1861-1941) —
also known as John S. Candler —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Villa Rica, Carroll
County, Ga., October
22, 1861.
Son of Samuel
Charles Candler and Martha Bernetta (Beall) Candler (1819-1897).
Democrat. Superior court judge in Georgia, 1896-1902; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1912.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd Fellows.
Died in Fulton
County, Ga., December
9, 1941 (age 80 years, 48
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Slaughter Candler (1890-1971) —
also known as Thomas S. Candler —
of Blairsville, Union
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., December
15, 1890.
Son of William Ezekiel Candler (1855-1927) and Elizabeth (Haralson)
Candler (1855-1934).
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Union County Democratic Party, 1920-39; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1939-45; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1945-66.
Methodist.
Member, Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., 1971
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Union
Memory Garden, Blairsville, Ga.
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Robert E. Chastain (b. 1890) —
of Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga.
Born in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., August
19, 1890.
Son of Rainey R. Chastain and Etta (Jones) Chastain.
Democrat. Oil
distributor; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Thomas County, 1941-42,
1945-46, 1949-50, 1953-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Baptist.
Member, Moose;
Odd Fellows; Elks; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Stephens Clay (1853-1910) —
also known as Alexander S. Clay —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born near Powder Springs, Cobb
County, Ga., September
25, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-87, 1889-90; member of Georgia
state senate, 1892-94; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1897-1910; died in office 1910.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
13, 1910 (age 57 years, 49
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.
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Zachariah Daniel Cravey (1894-1966) —
also known as Zack D. Cravey —
of DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Milan, Telfair
County, Ga., April 13,
1894.
Son of Robert Charles Cravey and Margaret Jane (Studstill) Cravey.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Telfair
County Tax Collector, 1920-33; Georgia state game and fish
commissioner, 1934-37; Georgia natural resources commissioner,
1941-43; Georgia
state comptroller general, 1947-63; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Lions;
Odd Fellows; American
Legion.
Died in November, 1966
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1921
to Jane Ophelia Pinkerton. |
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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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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.
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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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.
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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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.
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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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.
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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Henry Lincoln Johnson (1870-1925) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 27,
1870.
Republican. Blacksmith;
lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, 1912-16; member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1920-24.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, and died a few days later in Freedmen's Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
10, 1925 (age 55 years, 45
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, September
28, 1903, to Georgia Douglas Camp (1880-1966;
poet). |
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John Inzer Kelley (b. 1891) —
also known as John I. Kelley —
of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett
County, Ga.
Born in Lilburn, Gwinnett
County, Ga., November
23, 1891.
Son of Giles Sanford Kelley and Ada (Venable) Kelley.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1920; private secretary
to U.S. Sen. Thomas
E. Watson, 1921-22; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Gwinnett County, 1925-26.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Redmen; Junior
Order; American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henderson Lovelace Lanham (1888-1957) —
also known as Henderson L. Lanham —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
14, 1888.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Floyd County, 1929-34,
1937-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1947-57; died in office
1957.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Chi; Kiwanis.
Died in a train
collision with his automobile
at a crossing in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., November
10, 1957 (age 69 years, 57
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
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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.
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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Matthew Lauren McWhorter (b. 1889) —
also known as Matt L. McWhorter —
of Stephens, Oglethorpe
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Stephens, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., February
8, 1889.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
public service commission, 1936-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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Robert C. Word Ramspeck (1890-1972) —
also known as Robert Ramspeck —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., September
5, 1890.
Son of Theodore R. Ramspeck and Ida (Word) Ramspeck.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. William
S. Howard, 1912; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1929-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Odd Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died in Castor, Bienville
Parish, La., September
10, 1972 (age 82 years, 5
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Choice Boswell Randell (1857-1945) —
also known as Choice B. Randell —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born near Spring Place, Murray
County, Ga., January
1, 1857.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1901-13 (5th District 1901-03, 4th
District 1903-13).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., October
19, 1945 (age 88 years, 291
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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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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Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. (1897-1971) —
also known as Richard B. Russell, Jr. —
of Winder, Barrow
County, Ga.
Born in Winder, Barrow
County, Ga., November
2, 1897.
Son of Richard
Brevard Russell and Ina (Dillard) Russell (1868-1953).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Barrow County, 1921-31; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1927-31; Governor of
Georgia, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1933-71; died in office 1971; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Kiwanis;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
21, 1971 (age 73 years, 80
days).
Interment at Russell
Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Atlanta, Ga.
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Malcolm Connor Tarver (1885-1960) —
also known as Malcolm C. Tarver —
of Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga.
Born in Whitfield
County, Ga., September
25, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1909-12; member of Georgia
state senate, 1913-14; superior court judge in Georgia, 1917-26;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1927-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Woodmen;
Redmen;
Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died March 5,
1960 (age 74 years, 162
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Ga.
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