Index to Locations DecaturUnknown locationDecaturDecatur CemeteryNear LithoniaRock Chapel HistoricCemeteryTuckerFlora Hill Memory Garden
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Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  George W. Scott — of Florida. Democrat. Candidate forGovernor ofFlorida, 1868.Interment somewhere.
DecaturCemetery
Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Robert C. Word Ramspeck (1890-1972) — also known asRobert Ramspeck — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.; Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.Born in Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,September5, 1890.Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep.WilliamS. Howard, 1912;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1929-31;U.S.Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1929-45.Presbyterian.Member,DeltaTheta Phi;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;OddFellows;JuniorOrder.Died in Castor,BienvilleParish, La.,September10, 1972 (age82 years, 5days).Interment at Decatur Cemetery. | | Leslie Jasper Steele (1868-1929) — also known asLeslie J. Steele — of Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.Born near Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,November21, 1868.Democrat.Mayorof Decatur, Ga., 1915; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1923-24;U.S.Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1927-29; died in office1929.DiedJuly 24,1929 (age60 years, 245days).Interment at Decatur Cemetery. | | Milton Anthony Candler (1837-1909) — also known asMilton A. Candler — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.; Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.Born in Campbellton,FultonCounty, Ga.,January11, 1837.Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1870;U.S.Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1875-79; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1892.Slaveowner. Died in Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,August8, 1909 (age72 years, 209days).Interment at Decatur Cemetery. | | Charles Jackson Murphey (1799-1861) — also known asCharles Murphey — of Georgia. Born in Anderson District (nowAndersonCounty), 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,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,January16, 1861 (age61 years, 252days).Interment at Decatur Cemetery. | | William Schley Howard (1875-1953) — also known asWilliam S. Howard — of Kirkwood (now part of Atlanta),DeKalbCounty, Ga.Born in Kirkwood (now part of Atlanta),DeKalbCounty, Ga.,June 29,1875.Democrat.Lawyer;private secretary to U.S. Sen.PatrickWalsh, 1894-95; served in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1900; solicitor general, StoneMountain judicial circuit, 1905-11;U.S.Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1911-19.Englishancestry.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,August1, 1953 (age78 years, 33days).Interment at Decatur Cemetery. | | Charles Murphey Candler (1857-1935) — of Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.Born in Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,March17, 1857.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1886-1904, 1907-08; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1905-06;RailoadCommission, 1909-22.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,August7, 1935 (age78 years, 143days).Interment at Decatur Cemetery. | | Robert Augustus Alston (1832-1879) — also known asRobert A. Alston — ofDeKalbCounty, Ga.Born in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,1832.Lawyer;farmer;newspaperpublisher; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1878-79; died in office 1879.Methodist.A farmer named Ed Cox, angry over the sale of a prison labor leasewhich Alston had negotiated, armed himself, announced he wouldkillAlston, sought him in the Georgiastatecapitol building, and found him in the State Treasurer's office.Both men drew their pistols. Alston was mortally wounded by ashot tothe head, and died later that day, in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,March11, 1879 (ageabout 46years). Cox was also shot and injured, but recovered, wasconvicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment.Interment at Decatur Cemetery. | | George Scott Candler (1887-1973) — also known asScott Candler — of Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.Born in Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,June 23,1887.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1940.Died in Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,February13, 1973 (age85 years, 235days).Interment at Decatur Cemetery.
Rock ChapelHistoric Cemetery
Near Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Parks Bond (1832-1898) — of Lithonia,DeKalbCounty, Ga.Born inHallCounty, Ga.,February7, 1832.Democrat.Physician;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1880-81; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1884-85.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Lithonia,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,July 14,1898 (age66 years, 157days).Interment at Rock Chapel Historic Cemetery.
Flora Hill MemoryGarden
Tucker, DeKalb County, Georgia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | G. Bertram Smith (1892-1978) — of Hammond,LakeCounty, Ind.Born in Chandler Township,HuronCounty, Mich.,1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked inoilrefining;real estatebusiness;mayorof Hammond, Ind., 1942-48.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Moose;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Kiwanis.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,May 10,1978 (ageabout 85years).Interment at Flora Hill Memory Garden.
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