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Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Alfred Iverson, Sr. (1798-1873) — of Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born inLibertyCounty, Ga.,December3, 1798.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1827-30; superior court judge inGeorgia, 1835-37, 1850-54; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1843-44;U.S.Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1847-49;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1855-61.Slaveowner. Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,March 4,1873 (age74 years, 91days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Walter Terry Colquitt (1799-1855) — also known asWalter T. Colquitt — of Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,December27, 1799.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1839-40, 1842-43;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1843-48.Slaveowner. Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,May 7,1855 (age55 years, 131days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | James Johnson (1811-1891) — of Georgia. Born inRobesonCounty, N.C.,February12, 1811.U.S.Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1851-53;Governor ofGeorgia, 1865; state court judge in Georgia, 1869.Slaveowner. DiedNovember20, 1891 (age80 years, 281days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Martin Jenkins Crawford (1820-1883) — also known asMartin J. Crawford — of Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born inJasperCounty, Ga.,March17, 1820.Democrat.Lawyer;member of Georgia state legislature, 1845-47; superior court judge inGeorgia, 1854, 1875-80;U.S.Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1855-61;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1880-83.Slaveowner. Died in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,July 23,1883 (age63 years, 128days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Thomas Flournoy Foster (1790-1848) — also known asThomas F. Foster — of Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.; Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born in Greensboro,GreeneCounty, Ga.,November23, 1790.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1822-25;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1829-35, 1841-43.Died in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,September14, 1848 (age57 years, 296days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Seaborn Jones (1788-1864) — of Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,February1, 1788.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1833-35, 1845-47 (at-large 1833-35,2nd District 1845-47).Slaveowner. DiedMarch18, 1864 (age76 years, 46days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Mark Harden Blandford (1826-1902) — of Georgia. Born inWarrenCounty, Ga.,July 13,1826.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;Representativefrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1883-90.Wounded during the Civil War, at McDowell, Va., andlost anarm.Died in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,January31, 1902 (age75 years, 202days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Henry Louis Benning (1814-1875) — also known asHenry L. Benning;"OldRock" —of Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born inColumbiaCounty, Ga.,April 2,1814.Democrat.Lawyer;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1853-59; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Georgia,1860;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Died in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,July 10,1875 (age61 years, 99days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Thomas Maduit Nelson (1782-1853) — also known asThomas M. Nelson — of Virginia. Born inMecklenburgCounty, Va.,September27, 1782.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Virginia 18th District, 1816-19.Slaveowner. Died near Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,November10, 1853 (age71 years, 44days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | James Abercrombie (1792-1861) — of Girard (now part of Phenix City),RussellCounty, Ala.Born inHancockCounty, Ga.,February18, 1792.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1820-22, 1824-25, 1838-39; memberofAlabamastate senate, 1825-33, 1847-50;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1851-55.Slaveowner. Died in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,July 2,1861 (age69 years, 134days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Hines Holt (1805-1865) — of Georgia. Born near Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,April27, 1805.Georgiastate treasurer, 1829-32;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1841; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1859;Representativefrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-63;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865; died in office1865.Slaveowner. Died while attending stateconstitutionalconvention at Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,November4, 1865 (age60 years, 191days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Thomas Wingfield Grimes (1844-1905) — also known asThomas W. Grimes — of Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,December18, 1844.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1868-69, 1875-76; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1878-79; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Georgia,1880;U.S.Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1887-91.Died in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,October28, 1905 (age60 years, 314days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Absalom Harris Chappell (1801-1878) — also known asAbsalom H. Chappell — of Forsyth,MonroeCounty, Ga.; Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.; Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born in Mt. Zion,HancockCounty, Ga.,December18, 1801.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1832-33, 1845; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1834-39;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843-45;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865, 1877.Slaveowner. Died in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,December11, 1878 (age76 years, 358days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | Porter Ingram (1810-1893) — of Georgia. Born in Marlboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.,April 2,1810.Representativefrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864.Died in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,December3, 1893 (age83 years, 245days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery. | | William Dudley Chipley (1840-1897) — also known asW. D. Chipley — of Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,June 6,1840.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;fought againstReconstructionalong with other members of theKu KluxKlan; he was among thoseimplicatedin themurderofGeorgeW. Ashburn in in 1868;tried ina military court, but Georgia's re-admission to the Union endedmilitary jurisdiction, so he and his co-defendants were released;general manager of the PensacolaRailroad;successfully promoted the construction of the Pensacola and AtlantaRailroadin 1881-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1884,1892;mayorof Pensacola, Fla., 1887-88; member ofFloridastate senate, 1895-97.Died in ahospitalatWashington,D.C.,December1, 1897 (age57 years, 178days).Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
ParkhillCemetery
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Harry Cook Jackson (1915-2000) — also known asHarry C. Jackson — of Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,July 23,1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; memberofGeorgiastate senate; elected 1961; candidate forGovernor ofGeorgia, 1974;mayorof Columbus, Ga., 1979-82.Methodist.Member,Rotary.DiedFebruary12, 2000 (age84 years, 204days).Interment at Parkhill Cemetery.
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