Index to Locations ForsythUnknown locationForsythForsyth CemeteryForsythOakland Cemetery UnknownLocation Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Carlton Mobley (1906-1981) — also known asW. Carlton Mobley — of Forsyth,MonroeCounty, Ga.; Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born near Hillsboro,JonesCounty, Ga.,December7, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;secretary to U.S. Rep.SamuelRutherford, 1929-32;U.S.Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1932-33; served in theU.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Georgia,1952;justiceof Georgia state supreme court, 1954-72;chiefjustice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1972-74.Member,SigmaPi.DiedOctober14, 1981 (age74 years, 311days).Interment somewhere.
ForsythCemetery Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Robert Pleasant Trippe (1819-1900) — of Georgia. Born inJasperCounty, Ga.,December21, 1819.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1849-53;U.S.Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1855-59; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1858-59;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861; served in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;Representativefrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1873-75.Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,July 22,1900 (age80 years, 213days).Interment at Forsyth Cemetery. | | Hillyer Rudisill (1875-1923) — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Forsyth,MonroeCounty, Ga.,April26, 1875.Republican. Postmaster atMacon,Ga., 1922-23 (acting, 1922).Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in thepostoffice at Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,February16, 1923 (age47 years, 296days). Ashortageof about $86,000 wasdiscoveredafter his death.Interment at Forsyth Cemetery.
OaklandCemetery Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Samuel Rutherford (1870-1932) — of Forsyth,MonroeCounty, Ga.Born near Culloden,CrawfordCounty, Ga.,March15, 1870.Democrat.Lawyer;banker;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1896-97, 1921-24; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1909-10;U.S.Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1925-32; died in office1932.Died inWashington,D.C.,February4, 1932 (age61 years, 326days).Interment at Oakland Cemetery. | | Thomas Banks Cabaniss (1835-1915) — of Forsyth,MonroeCounty, Ga.Born in Forsyth,MonroeCounty, Ga.,August31, 1835.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; memberofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1865; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1878;U.S.Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1893-95.Died in Forsyth,MonroeCounty, Ga.,August14, 1915 (age79 years, 348days).Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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