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Ivan Earnest Allen, Sr. (b. 1877) —
also known as Ivan Allen —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga., March 1,
1877.
Son of Daniel Earnest Allen and Susan Reese (Harris) Allen.
Democrat. Business
executive; member of Georgia
state senate, 1919-21; treasurer of
Georgia Democratic Party, 1936; Presidential Elector for Georgia,
1940,
1948;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Rotary; Moose.
Gave Fort Mountain to the state of Georgia.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Earnest Allen and Susan Reese (Harris) Allen; married 1908 to Irene
Beaumont; father of Ivan
Earnest Allen, Jr.. |
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G. Albert Armor (1907-1979) —
of Corcoran, Kings
County, Calif.
Born in Greensboro, Greene
County, Ga., September
4, 1907.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1942; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Died in December, 1979
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Yates Atkinson (1854-1899) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Oakland, Meriwether
County, Ga., November
11, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-94; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1892-94; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1890-92; Governor of
Georgia, 1894-98.
Presbyterian.
Died in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., August 8,
1899 (age 44 years, 270
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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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
Gulf). |
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William Tapley Bennett, Jr. (1917-1994) —
also known as W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.; Tap
Bennett —
of Georgia.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., April 1,
1917.
Son of William Tapley Bennett and Annie Mem (Little) Bennett.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1964-66; Portugal, 1966-69.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi; Council on
Foreign Relations; Sphinx; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1994
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Allen Daniel Candler (1834-1910) —
also known as Allen D. Candler; "The One-Eyed
Ploughboy from Pigeon Roost" —
of Jonesboro, Clayton
County, Ga.; Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.
Born in Auraria, Lumpkin
County, Ga., November
4, 1834.
Son of Nancy Caroline (Matthews) Candler and Daniel
Gill Candler.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; in
the battle of Jonesboro, 1864, he was wounded, and lost an
eye; railroad
president; mayor
of Gainesville, Ga., 1872; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1873-77; member of Georgia
state senate, 1878-79; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1883-91; secretary of
state of Georgia, 1894-98; Governor of
Georgia, 1898-1902.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., October
26, 1910 (age 75 years, 356
days).
Interment at Alta
Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Ga.
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Charles Murphey Candler (1858-1935) —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., March 17,
1858.
Son of Milton
Anthony Candler and Eliza (Murphey) Candler (1839-1917).
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-1904, 1907-08; member of Georgia
state senate, 1905-06; Raiload
Commission, 1909-22.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., August 7,
1935 (age 77 years, 143
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eva McPherson Clayton (b. 1934) —
also known as Eva M. Clayton —
of North Carolina.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., September
16, 1934.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1992-2003;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000.
Female.
Presbyterian. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frank Patton Cooke (b. 1921) —
of Gastonia, Gaston
County, N.C.
Born in Floyd
County, Ga., January
17, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 26th District, 1955-59.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma Pi.
Still living as of 1959.
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Albert M. Deal (1868-1951) —
of Bulloch
County, Ga.
Born in Bulloch
County, Ga., January
2, 1868.
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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W. Roscoff Deal (1901-1967) —
of Bryan
County, Ga.
Born in Bulloch
County, Ga., May 20,
1901.
Son of Albert
M. Deal.
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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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.
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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Relatives:
Married to Loulie McClenden Gordon. |
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Marion Bayard Folsom (1893-1976) —
also known as Marion B. Folsom —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in McRae, Telfair
County, Ga., November
23, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1955-58.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Economic Association.
Treasurer of Eastman Kodak Company, 1935-53.
Died September
27, 1976 (age 82 years, 309
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Samuel Marvin Griffin (1907-1982) —
also known as Marvin Griffin —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., September
4, 1907.
Son of Ernest Howard Griffin (Pat) and Josie (Butler) Griffin.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Decatur County, 1935-36;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940,
1952;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Adjutant
General of Georgia, 1944-47; president, radio
station WMGR, Bainbridge, Ga., 1946; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1948-55; Governor of
Georgia, 1955-59.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Eagles; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions.
Died June 13,
1982 (age 74 years, 282
days).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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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.
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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Chris Hart IV (b. 1968) —
of Florida.
Born in Fort Benning, Chattahoochee
County, Ga., August
11, 1968.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 57th District, 1999-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1999.
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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.
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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Relatives:
Married to Helen Holmes Hill. |
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John Elmer Linder (b. 1942) —
also known as John Linder —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Duluth, Gwinnett
County, Ga.
Born in Deer River, Itasca
County, Minn., September
9, 1942.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1975-81, 1983-91; candidate for
Georgia
state senate, 1980; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1993-2008 (4th District 1993-97,
11th District 1997-2003, 7th District 2003-08); defeated, 1990.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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James Grubbs Martin (b. 1935) —
also known as James G. Martin —
of Davidson, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
11, 1935.
Son of Arthur Morrison Martin and Mary Julia (Grubbs) Martin.
Republican. College
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from North
Carolina, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1973-85; Governor of
North Carolina, 1985-93.
Presbyterian. Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Mitchell (1807-1865) —
of Kendallville, Noble
County, Ind.
Born in Root, Montgomery
County, N.Y., January
19, 1807.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1842-43; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1843; candidate for delegate to
Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1861-63; defeated,
1862.
Presbyterian.
Died in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., September
11, 1865 (age 58 years, 235
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Kendallville, Ind.
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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.
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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Maston Emmett O'Neal, Jr. (1907-1990) —
of Georgia.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., July 19,
1907.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1965-71.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died in 1990
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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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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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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Harry Maurelle Reid (b. 1853) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., February
15, 1853.
Son of Simpson
Reid and Catherine Matilda (Whiteside) Reid.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Solicitor
General of the Coweta Judicial Circuit, 1881-89; superior court judge
in Georgia.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Pattillo Ridley (b. 1955) —
also known as John Ridley —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Crawford Long Emory University Hospital,
Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
25, 1955.
Son of Harry William Ridley, Jr. and Francis Jo Pattillo Ridley.
Democrat. Special assistant, U.S. Congress, 1974-78; legislative
attaché, Georgia General Assembly, 1978-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1980,
1988
(alternate); candidate in primary for Georgia
state house of representatives 56th District, 1980; vice-chair,
DeKalb County Democratic Party, 1980-84; city commissioner, Decatur,
Ga., 1998-2002.
Presbyterian. Scottish
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Relatives:
Married 2000
to Susan Elaine Hart Ridley. |
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David Dean Rusk (1909-1994) —
also known as Dean Rusk —
Born in Cherokee
County, Ga., February
9, 1909.
Rhodes
scholar; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1961-69.
Presbyterian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1969.
Died of congestive
heart failure, in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., December
20, 1994 (age 85 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Francis Muir Scarlett (1891-1971) —
also known as Frank M. Scarlett —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., June 9,
1891.
Son of Frank M. Scarlett and Bessie Brailsford (Bailey) Scarlett.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1936;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1946-68;
took senior status 1968.
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
The federal building in Brunswick, Ga. is named for
him.
Died November
18, 1971 (age 80 years, 162
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank M. Scarlett and Bessie Brailsford (Bailey) Scarlett;
married, June 15,
1923, to Mary Louisa Morgan (died 1962); married, May 29,
1965, to Mary Roberta Walker. |
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G. Bertram Smith (1892-1978) —
of Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Chandler Township, Huron
County, Mich., 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in oil
refining; real estate
business; mayor of
Hammond, Ind., 1942-48.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 10,
1978 (age about 85
years).
Interment at Flora
Hill Memory Garden, Tucker, Ga.
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Hoke Smith (1855-1931) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., September
2, 1855.
Democrat. U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1893-96; Governor of
Georgia, 1907-09, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1911-21.
Presbyterian.
Died November
27, 1931 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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John Beal Smith (1846-1930) —
of Texas.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., March 28,
1846.
Son of John
Titus Smith.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas
state legislature, 1911.
Presbyterian.
Died, of valvular heart
disease, February
8, 1930 (age 83 years, 317
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Crockett, Tex.
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Robert Grier Stephens, Jr. (1913-2003) —
also known as Robert G. Stephens, Jr. —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
14, 1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1951-53; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Clarke County, 1953-59; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1961-77.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Kiwanis;
Woodmen.
Died, in a hospital
at Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
20, 2003 (age 89 years, 190
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Charles Longstreet Weltner (1927-1992) —
also known as Charles L. Weltner —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
17, 1927.
Son of Philip Weltner and Sally Cobb (Hull) Weltner.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1963-67; superior court
judge in Georgia, 1976-81; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1981-92; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1992; died in office 1992.
Presbyterian.
Died August
31, 1992 (age 64 years, 258
days).
Interment at Arlington
Burial Park, Near Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.
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John Joachim Zubly (1724-1781) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in St. Gall, Switzerland,
August
27, 1724.
Ordained
minister; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775-76; accused
of treason
against the Continental Congress and banished
in 1777; half of his estate was confiscated;
returned to Savannah in 1779.
Presbyterian. Swiss
ancestry.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., July 23,
1781 (age 56 years, 330
days).
Interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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