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Floyd County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Floyd County

Benjamin Cudworth Yancey Jr. (1817-1891) — also known asBenjamin C. Yancey, Jr. — of Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.;CherokeeCounty, Ala.;ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,April27, 1817.Planter;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Edgefield, 1846-49;member ofAlabamastate senate, 1855-56; U.S. Minister toArgentina, 1858-59; colonel in the Confederate Army during theCivil War; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1875-79.Slaveowner. DiedOctober24, 1891 (age74 years, 180days).Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.

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RomeMyrtle Hill Cemetery

RomeOak Hill Cemetery

Myrtle HillCemetery
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia

Ellen Wilson (1860-1914) — also known asEllen Louise Axson — Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,May 15,1860.First Lady of New Jersey, 1911-13;First Ladyof the United States, 1913-14; died in office 1914.Female.Died, fromBright'sdisease, in theWhiteHouse,Washington,D.C.,August6, 1914 (age54 years, 83days).Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Daughter of Samuel Edward Axson and Margaret Jane (Hoyt) Axson;married,June 24,1885, toWoodrowWilson; mother of Eleanor Randolph Wilson (who marriedWilliamGibbs McAdoo); grandmother ofWoodrowWilson Sayre.
		Political family:Wilson#1 family of California and Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail

	Relatives: Sonof Caroline (Bird) Yancey and Benjamin Cudworth Yancey; half-brotherofSamuelSmith Beman; brother ofWilliamLowndes Yancey; married to Laura Hines and Sarah ParisHamilton.
		Political family:Earle #1family of South Carolina.
		Epitaph: True Man, True Hero / TruePhilanthropist / Thy Golden Motto / "Duty WithoutFear"
		See alsoWikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial
		Image source: J. W. DuBose,The Lifeand Times of William Lowndes Yancey (1892)

Homer Virgil Milton Miller (1814-1896) — also known asHomer V. M. Miller — of Georgia. Born in Pendleton,AndersonCounty, S.C.,April29, 1814.Democrat.Physician;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1871.Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,May 31,1896 (age82 years, 32days).Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.

Augustus Romaldus Wright (1813-1891) — of Georgia. Born in Wrightsboro,McDuffieCounty, Ga.,June 16,1813.Democrat. State court judge in Georgia, 1842-49;U.S.Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1857-59;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.Slaveowner. Died near Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.,March31, 1891 (age77 years, 288days).Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.

Henderson Lovelace Lanham (1888-1957) — also known asHenderson L. Lanham — of Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.Born in Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.,September14, 1888.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Floyd County, 1929-34,1937-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1940,1952;U.S.Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1947-57; died in office1957.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaChi;Kiwanis.Died in atraincollision with hisautomobileat a crossing in Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.,November10, 1957 (age69 years, 57days).Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.

John W. Maddox (1848-1922) — of Summerville,ChattoogaCounty, Ga.; Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.Born inChattoogaCounty, Ga.,June 3,1848.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;ChattoogaCounty Commissioner, 1878-80; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1880-86; superior court judge inGeorgia, 1886-92;U.S.Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1893-1905; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee);mayor ofRome, Ga., 1907.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.,September27, 1922 (age74 years, 116days).Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.

	See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article
		Image source: Autobiographies andPortraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)

John William Henderson Underwood (1816-1888) — also known asJohn W. H. Underwood — of Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.Born in Georgia,November20, 1816.Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature, 1850;U.S.Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1859-61.Slaveowner. DiedJuly 18,1888 (age71 years, 241days).Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.

Nathan Henry Bass Sr. (1808-1890) — of Georgia. Born inPutnamCounty, Ga.,October1, 1808.Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1862.Slaveowner. Died in Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.,September22, 1890 (age81 years, 356days).Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery.

Oak HillCemetery
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia

John Henry Lumpkin (1812-1860) — also known asJohn H. Lumpkin — of Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.Born inOglethorpeCounty, Ga.,June 13,1812.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1836;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1843-49, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45,5th District 1845-49, 1855-57); circuit judge in Georgia, 1849-54;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1860.Slaveowner. DiedJune 10,1860 (age47 years, 363days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Nephew ofWilsonLumpkin.
		Political family:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

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