The Political Graveyard: DeKalb County, Ga. (original) (raw)

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Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia
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| | George W. Scott — of Florida. Democrat. Candidate for Governor of Florida, 1868. Interment somewhere. |

Decatur Cemetery
Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia
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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. 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. |
| | Leslie Jasper Steele (1868-1929) — also known as Leslie J. Steele — of Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga. Born near Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga., November 21, 1868. Democrat. Mayor of Decatur, Ga., 1915; member of Georgia state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1923-24; U.S. Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1927-29; died in office 1929. Died July 24, 1929 (age 60 years, 245 days). Interment at Decatur Cemetery. |
| | Milton Anthony Candler (1837-1909) — also known as Milton A. Candler — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Campbellton, Fulton County, Ga., January 11, 1837. Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1870; U.S. Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1875-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1892. Slaveowner. Died in Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga., August 8, 1909 (age 72 years, 209 days). Interment at Decatur Cemetery. |
| | Charles Jackson Murphey (1799-1861) — also known as Charles Murphey — of Georgia. Born in Anderson District (now Anderson County), S.C., May 9, 1799. Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1851-53. Slaveowner. Died in Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga., January 16, 1861 (age 61 years, 252 days). Interment at Decatur Cemetery. |
| | William Schley Howard (1875-1953) — also known as William S. Howard — of Kirkwood (now part of Atlanta), DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Kirkwood (now part of Atlanta), DeKalb County, Ga., June 29, 1875. Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Sen. Patrick Walsh, 1894-95; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1900; solicitor general, Stone Mountain judicial circuit, 1905-11; U.S. Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1911-19.Englishancestry. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., August 1, 1953 (age 78 years, 33 days). Interment at Decatur Cemetery. Relatives: Son of Thomas Coke Howard; married, October 27, 1904, to Lucia Augusta DuVinage; grandfather of Pierre D. Howard Jr.. Political family: Howard family of Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Cross-reference: Robert Ramspeck See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial |
| | Charles Murphey Candler (1857-1935) — of Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga., March 17, 1857.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 78 years, 143 days). Interment at Decatur Cemetery. |
| | Robert Augustus Alston (1832-1879) — also known as Robert A. Alston — of DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., 1832.Lawyer;farmer;newspaper publisher; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1878-79; died in office 1879.Methodist. A farmer named Ed Cox, angry over the sale of a prison labor lease which Alston had negotiated, armed himself, announced he would killAlston, sought him in the Georgia state capitol building, and found him in the State Treasurer's office. Both men drew their pistols. Alston was mortally wounded by a shot to the head, and died later that day, in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., March 11, 1879 (age about 46 years). Cox was also shot and injured, but recovered, was convicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Interment at Decatur Cemetery. |
| | George Scott Candler (1887-1973) — also known as Scott Candler — of Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga., June 23, 1887. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940. Died in Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga., February 13, 1973 (age 85 years, 235 days). Interment at Decatur Cemetery. |

Rock Chapel Historic Cemetery
Near Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia
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| | William Parks Bond (1832-1898) — of Lithonia, DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Hall County, Ga., February 7, 1832. Democrat. Physician; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia state senate, 1880-81; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1884-85.Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Lithonia, DeKalb County, Ga., July 14, 1898 (age 66 years, 157 days). Interment at Rock Chapel Historic Cemetery. |

Flora Hill Memory Garden
Tucker, DeKalb County, Georgia

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