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Decatur County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Decatur County

Abraham Benjamin Conger (1887-1953) — of Bainbridge,DecaturCounty, Ga.Born in Ty Ty, Worth County (nowTiftCounty), Ga.,July 14,1887.Lawyer;mayorof Bainbridge, Ga.; elected 1921;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1949-53; diedin office 1953.Died in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,December9, 1953 (age66 years, 148days).Interment at Oak City Cemetery.

Index to Locations

BainbridgeOak City Cemetery

Oak CityCemetery
Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia

Samuel Marvin Griffin (1907-1982) — also known asMarvin Griffin — of Bainbridge,DecaturCounty, Ga.Born in Bainbridge,DecaturCounty, Ga.,September4, 1907.Member ofGeorgiastate 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;AdjutantGeneral of Georgia, 1944-47; president,radiostation WMGR, Bainbridge, Ga., 1946;LieutenantGovernor of Georgia, 1948-55;Governor ofGeorgia, 1955-59; American Independent candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1968.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Moose;Eagles;JuniorOrder;Woodmen;SigmaDelta Chi;Lions.DiedJune 13,1982 (age74 years, 282days).Interment at Oak City Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof Ernest Howard Griffin and Josie (Butler) Griffin; married1931 to MaryElizabeth Smith.
		See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —NNDBdossier
		Books about Marvin Griffin: Scott E.Buchanan,Someof the People Who Ate My Barbecue Didn't Vote for Me: The Life ofGeorgia Governor Marvin Griffin

	Relatives: Sonof Abraham Benjamin Conger (1853-1908) and Elizabeth D. (Young)Conger; brother ofIsaacYoung Conger; married1915 toMargaretOnys Willis; third cousin thrice removed ofHughConger; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesW. Conger.
		Political families:Conger#1 family of New York;Conger#2 family of Bainbridge and Ty Ty, Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsofederaljudicial profile —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges

Benjamin Edward Russell (1845-1909) — also known asBenjamin E. Russell — of Bainbridge,DecaturCounty, Ga.Born in Monticello,JeffersonCounty, Fla.,October5, 1845.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1880;mayorof Bainbridge, Ga., 1881-82; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1882-83; postmaster atBainbridge,Ga., 1885-90;U.S.Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1893-97.Died in Bainbridge,DecaturCounty, Ga.,December4, 1909 (age64 years, 60days).Interment at Oak City Cemetery.

	Relatives:Cousin *** ofRienziMelville Johnston.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Maston Emmett O'Neal Jr. (1907-1990) — of Georgia. Born in Bainbridge,DecaturCounty, 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,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons.Died in1990(ageabout82 years).Interment at Oak City Cemetery.

Solomon Meldrim Brash (1874-1939) — also known asSolomon M. Brash;Sol Brash — of Apalachicola,FranklinCounty, Fla.Born in Apalachicola,FranklinCounty, Fla.,May 23,1874.Vice-Consulfor Denmark inApalachicola,Fla., 1897-1907;Vice-Consulfor Uruguay inApalachicola,Fla., 1905-07.Jewish.Died in Lake City,ColumbiaCounty, Fla.,July 5,1939 (age65 years, 43days).Interment at Oak City Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Henry Brash and Henrietta (Cohn) Brash; married1900 to SadieLichtenstadter; married1907 to RitaMay Lichtenstadter.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Margaret Onys Conger (1893-1974) — also known asMargaret Onys Willis;Mrs. A. B.Conger —of Bainbridge,DecaturCounty, Ga.Born in Georgia,February7, 1893.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1940.Female.Died in Georgia,November20, 1974 (age81 years, 286days).Interment at Oak City Cemetery.

	Relatives:Daughter of Elisha James Willis and Margaret (Davis) Willis; married1915 toAbrahamBenjamin Conger (brother ofIsaacYoung Conger).
		Political family:Conger#2 family of Bainbridge and Ty Ty, Georgia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

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