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Oglethorpe County
Georgia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Oglethorpe County

Middleton Pope Barrow (1839-1903) — also known asM. Pope Barrow — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born near Stephens,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.,August1, 1839.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1880-81;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1882-83; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Georgia,1888;circuit judge in Georgia, 1902-03; died in office 1903.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,December23, 1903 (age64 years, 144days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards LexingtonBeth-Salem PresbyterianChurch Cemetery LexingtonClarke Cemetery LexingtonPresbyterian Cemetery LexingtonRest Haven Cemetery Private or familygraveyards Oglethorpe County, Georgia William Harris Crawford (1772-1834) — also known asWilliam H. Crawford — of Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.Born inNelsonCounty, Va.,February24, 1772.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1803;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1807-13; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1813-15;U.S.Secretary of War, 1815-16;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1816-25; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1824; state court judge in Georgia, 1827.Slaveowner. Died inOglethorpeCounty, Ga.,September15, 1834 (age62 years, 203days).Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: UncleofNathanCrawford Barnett.   Crawford counties inArk.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Mo. andWis. arenamed for him.   Politician named for him:CrawfordWheatley   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier   Books about William Harris Crawford:Philip Jackson Green,Thelife of William Harris Crawford — Philip JacksonGreen,Thepublic life of William Harris Crawford, 1807-1825 —Everette Wayne Cutler,WilliamH. Crawford: A contextual biography — Robert ColemanLorish,WilliamH. Crawford and the presidential election of 1824

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

Joseph Hubbard Echols (1816-1885) — of Georgia. Born in Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.,December25, 1816.Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1861;Representativefrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Methodist.Died in Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.,September23, 1885 (age68 years, 272days).Interment at Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

William Marcellus Howard (1857-1932) — also known asWilliam M. Howard — of Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.; Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.Born in Berwick,St. MaryParish, La.,December6, 1857.Democrat.Lawyer;Solicitor-General, Northern Judicial Circuit, 1884-96; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1888;U.S.Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1897-1911.Died in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,July 5,1932 (age74 years, 212days).Interment at Clarke Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives:Married,January3, 1883, to Augusta C. King.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
		Image source: Autobiographies andPortraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)

George Rockingham Gilmer (1790-1859) — also known asGeorge R. Gilmer — of Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.Born near Lexington, Wilkes County (nowOglethorpeCounty), Ga.,April11, 1790.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1818-19, 1824;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1821-23, 1827-29, 1833-35;Governorof Georgia, 1829-31, 1837-39; Presidential Elector for Georgia,1836;Whig Presidential Elector for Georgia,1840.Slaveowner. Died in Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.,November16, 1859 (age69 years, 219days).Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Thomas Meriwether Gilmer and Elizabeth (Lewis) Gilmer; firstcousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; first cousin twice removed ofDavidMeriwether (1755-1822) andJamesMeriwether (1755-1817); second cousin once removed ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; third cousin ofReubenHandy Meriwether; third cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker.
		Political family:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		Gilmer County,Ga. is named for him.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial

Joel Abbot (1776-1826) — also known asJoel Abbott — of Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.Born in Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,March17, 1776.Democrat.Physician;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1799, 1802-04, 1808, 1811;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1817-25.Died in Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.,November19, 1826 (age50 years, 247days).Interment at Rest Haven Cemetery.

	Relatives:Married,May 15,1800, to Sarah Thomas.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

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