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Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
LinwoodCemetery
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Founded 1894
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Jefferson Franklin Long (1836-1901) — also known asJefferson F. Long;Jeff Long — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born inslaverynear Knoxville,CrawfordCounty, Ga.,March 3,1836.Republican.Merchanttailor;U.S.Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1870-71; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Georgia,1876,1880.Africanancestry.Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,February4, 1901 (age64 years, 338days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
RiversideCemetery
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Emory Speer (1848-1918) — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Culloden,MonroeCounty, Ga.,September3, 1848.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1879-83;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1883-85;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1885-1918;died in office 1918.Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,December13, 1918 (age70 years, 101days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | William Augustus Bootle (1902-2005) — also known asWilliam A. Bootle — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Walterboro,ColletonCounty, S.C.,August19, 1902.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1929-33;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1954-72; tooksenior status 1972.Baptist.Member,PhiDelta Theta;Freemasons;Civitan.DiedJanuary25, 2005 (age102 years,159 days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Chauncey Vibbard (1811-1891) — of New York. Born in New York,1811.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 18th District, 1861-63.Died in1891(ageabout80 years).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Ed Gochenour (c.1953-1999) — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born about 1953. Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1980.Died, ofcancer,in ahospitalat Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,November7, 1999 (ageabout 46years).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Denmark Groover Jr. (1922-2001) — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Quitman,BrooksCounty, Ga.,June 30,1922.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Bibb County, 1953-57,1963-65, 1971-75, 1983-95.Methodist.Member,PhiDelta Theta;Associationof Trial Lawyers of America.During World War II, served as a pilot in the "Black Sheep Squadron";an injury left his right armpartiallyparalyzed. Sponsored the bill to put the Confederate battle flagon the Georgia state flag in 1956; supported the removal of theemblem in 2001.Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,April18, 2001 (age78 years, 292days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | Politicians formerlyburied here: |  | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) — also known asLucius Q. C. Lamar — of Covington,NewtonCounty, Ga.; Abbeville,LafayetteCounty, Miss.; Oxford,LafayetteCounty, Miss.Born near Eatonton,PutnamCounty, Ga.,September17, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;cottonplanter;president,University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1853;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,1877, 1881;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.Methodist.Member,SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Slaveowner. Died in Vineville (now part of Macon),BibbCounty, Ga.,January23, 1893 (age67 years, 128days).Original interment at Riverside Cemetery; reinterment in 1894 atSt.Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.| |  Relatives: SonofLuciusQuintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) and Sarah Williamson (Bird)Lamar; married to Virginia Longstreet; nephew ofMirabeauBuonaparte Lamar and Loretta Rebecca Lamar (who marriedAbsalomHarris Chappell); uncle ofWilliamBailey Lamar; fourth cousin ofWilliamMcKendree Robbins andJosephRucker Lamar; fourth cousin once removed ofGastonAhi Robbins. | | | | Political family:Lamarfamily of Georgia. | | | | Lamar counties inAla.,Ga. andMiss. arenamed for him. | | | | ThemunicipalityofLamar,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — LamarHall,at theUniversityof Mississippi,Oxford,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. — LamarRiver,in Yellowstone National Park,ParkCounty, Wyoming, isnamed forhim. — LamarBoulevard,inOxford,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. — LamarAvenue,inMemphis,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — LamarSchool(founded 1964), inMeridian,Mississippi, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipedia article —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Lucius Q. C. Lamar: John F.Kennedy,Profilesin Courage | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
Rose HillCemetery
Riverside Dr.
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1973
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Alfred Holt Colquitt (1824-1894) — also known asAlfred H. Colquitt — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Monroe,WaltonCounty, Ga.,April20, 1824.Democrat.Lawyer;planter;U.S.Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1853-55; member ofGeorgia state legislature, 1859;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Georgia,1868;received 5 electoral votes for Vice-President,1872;Governorof Georgia, 1877-82;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1883-94; died in office 1894.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March26, 1894 (age69 years, 340days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | Augustus Octavius Bacon (1839-1914) — also known asAugustus O. Bacon — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born inBryanCounty, Ga.,October20, 1839.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia,1868;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1871-83, 1892-93; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1884;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1895-1914; died in office 1914.Died inWashington,D.C.,February14, 1914 (age74 years, 117days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | James Jackson (1819-1887) — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.; Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.; Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ga.,October18, 1819.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1845-49; superior court judge inGeorgia, 1846-59;U.S.Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1857-61; served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1875-80;chiefjustice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1880-87; died in office 1887.Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,January13, 1887 (age67 years, 87days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | George Washington Bonaparte Towns (1801-1854) — also known asGeorge W. B. Towns — of Talbotton,TalbotCounty, Ga.Born in Georgia,May 4,1801.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1829; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1832;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1835-36, 1837-39, 1846-47 (at-large1835-36, 1837-39, 3rd District 1846-47);Governor ofGeorgia, 1847-51.Slaveowner. DiedJuly 15,1854 (age53 years, 72days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846-1929) — also known asNat E. Harris — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.; Hampton,CarterCounty, Tenn.Born in Jonesborough,WashingtonCounty, Tenn.,January21, 1846.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1882-86; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1894-96; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912;Governor ofGeorgia, 1915-17.Methodist.Member,Chi Phi;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;UnitedConfederate Veterans.DiedSeptember21, 1929 (age83 years, 243days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | North Winship (1885-1968) — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,December31, 1885.Lawyer;Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul inTahiti, 1910;Owen Sound, 1913-14;Petrograd, 1914-17;Milan, 1917-21;Bombay, 1921-22;Fiume, 1923-24;Cairo, 1924-27; U.S. Consul General inCopenhagen, 1928-31;Toronto, as of 1943;Montreal, as of 1945-47; U.S. Minister toSouth Africa, 1948-49; U.S. Ambassador toSouth Africa, 1949.Episcopalian.Died in1968(ageabout82 years).Entombed at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | James Henderson Blount (1837-1903) — also known asJames H. Blount — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born near Clinton,JonesCounty, Ga.,September12, 1837.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1873-93; U.S. MinistertoHawaiian Islands, 1893.Slaveowner. Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,March 8,1903 (age65 years, 177days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | Eugenius Aristides Nisbet (1803-1871) — also known asEugenius A. Nisbet;E. A.Nisbet —of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born inGreeneCounty, Ga.,December7, 1803.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1827-30; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1830-37;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1839-41;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1845-53;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;Anti-Brown Democratic candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 1861.Slaveowner. Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,March18, 1871 (age67 years, 101days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | Clifford Anderson (1833-1899) — of Georgia. Born inNottowayCounty, Va.,March23, 1833.State court judge in Georgia, 1856-58; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1859; served in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;Representativefrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65;Georgiastate attorney general, 1880-90.Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,December19, 1899 (age66 years, 271days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | Charles Lafayette Bartlett (1853-1938) — also known asCharles L. Bartlett — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Monticello,JasperCounty, Ga.,January31, 1853.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1882-86; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1888-90; superior court judge in Georgia, 1893-94;U.S.Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1895-1915; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,April21, 1938 (age85 years, 80days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Hardeman Jr. (1825-1891) — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Eatonton,PutnamCounty, Ga.,January12, 1825.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1853-57, 1863-64, 1874;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1859-61, 1883-85 (3rd District1859-61, at-large 1883-85); colonel in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War; postmaster atMacon,Ga., 1885-90.Slaveowner. Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,March 6,1891 (age66 years, 53days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | Philip Cook (1817-1894) — of Americus,SumterCounty, Ga.Born inTwiggsCounty, Ga.,July 31,1817.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1850; general in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865;U.S.Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1873-83;secretaryof state of Georgia, 1890-94; died in office 1894.Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,May 21,1894 (age76 years, 294days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | Henry Graybill Lamar (1798-1861) — also known asHenry G. Lamar — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Clinton,JonesCounty, Ga.,July 10,1798.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1820;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1829-33.Slaveowner. Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,September10, 1861 (age63 years, 62days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | John Basil Lamar (1812-1862) — also known asJohn B. Lamar — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,November5, 1812.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1837;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843; served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in the battle at Cramptons Gap, Frederick County (partnow inWashingtonCounty), Md., and died the following day,September15, 1862 (age49 years, 314days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855-1938) — also known asHarry S. Edwards — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,April23, 1855.Republican.Newspapereditor;author;postmaster atMacon,Ga., 1900-13; delegate to Republican National Convention fromGeorgia,1904;Proleague Independent candidate forU.S.Senator from Georgia, 1920.Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,October22, 1938 (age83 years, 182days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | Samuel Francis Gove (1822-1900) — of Georgia. Born in Weymouth,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,March 9,1822.Republican.U.S.Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1868-69.Baptist.Ordained as a minister in 1877 and was a traveling missionary formuch of the rest of his life.Slaveowner. Died in St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.,December3, 1900 (age78 years, 269days).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Coke Howard (1817-1893) — also known asThomas C. Howard — ofCrawfordCounty, Ga.; Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in South Carolina,1817.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1840; postmaster atAtlanta,Ga., 1856-58, 1861-65.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,1893(ageabout76 years).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery. | | George W. Ashburn (c.1814-1868) — ofMuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born about 1814.Hotelier;cottonbroker; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; opposedto secession, and led a regiment of Southern loyalists;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867.Shotandkilled bya group of masked men, in aboardinghouse at Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,March31, 1868 (ageabout 54years).Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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