Find A Grave - Georgia

Abbot, Joel b. March 17, 1776 d. November 19, 1826
US Congressman. He studied as a physician in his father's medical practice, and in 1794 established a practice of his own in Washington, Georgia. Abbot served in local offices including the city council, and was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1799, 1802 to 1804, 1808, and 1811. In 1816 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican. He won reelection twice as a Democratic-Republican, and once as a Crawford Republican, serving four terms...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
Abercrombie, James b. February 18, 1792 d. July 2, 1861
US Congressman. He served during the War of 1812 as a Corporal in the Georgia State Militia Cavalry. He was elected to represent Alabama's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1851 to 1855.
Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Abernathy, Lee Roy b. August 13, 1913 d. May 25, 1993
Gospel Singer, Songwriter. He is considered by many consider to be one of Gospel music's greatest piano players. While giving vocal and piano lessons out of his music store, he and his wife Louise began the first "mail-order piano courses," which taught thousands throughout the world. He trained several performers who credit him for their success in the Gospel music field. He achieved great success on his own by writing some of the genre's most well known songs, including "Everybody's Going to...[Read More] (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Cherokee Memorial Park, Holly Springs, Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
Abernathy, Ralph David b. March 11, 1926 d. April 17, 1990
Social Reformer. He was an early civil rights organizer and minister who is best known as the leading confidante and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Born in Linden, Alabama, he was the son of a successful farmer. He became pastor of the First Baptist Church of Montgomery, Alabama in 1951, and became associated with Dr. King a few years later. Resigning as pastor of his church, he and his family moved to Atlanta...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Lincoln Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Plot: in the wall of the chapel which is located in the office building (not the main Mausoleum)
Adams, Ace Townsend b. March 2, 1912 d. February 26, 2006
Major League Baseball Player. He played in the Major Leagues for six seasons (1941 to 1946) as a pitcher for the New York Giants. A relief specialist, he led the National Leagues in Saves in 1944 and 1945, and in Games Pitched in 1942, 1943 and 1944, and was named to the 1943 National League All-Star Team. His 70 appearances (67 in relief) in 1943 set a Major League record. He had reached the Majors at age 29, much later in his career as most ball players. By the time he was 34 he saw his...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Friendship Cemetery, Donalsonville, Seminole County, Georgia, USA
Adamson, William Charles b. August 13, 1854 d. January 3, 1929
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Georgia's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1917. His most significant piece of legislation was the Adamson Act, which proposed an 8 hour workday and overtime pay for railway employees. President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law on September 3, 1916. Although it was an emergency bill intended to head off a crippling...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Carrollton City Cemetery, Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, USA
Agee, Mel b. November 22, 1968 d. June 15, 2008
Professional Football Player. He played at the defensive end and defensive tackle positions for five seasons (1991 to 1995) in the National Football League with the Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons. A star player during his collegiate years at the University of Illinois, he achieved first-team All-Big Ten status. He was selected by the Colts in the 6th round of the 1991 NFL Draft and appeared in 54 career games. In addition to the NFL, Agee played in the Arena Football League with Tampa...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Gwinnett Memorial Park, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
Aiken, Conrad b. August 5, 1889 d. August 17, 1973
Author. Born in Savannah, Georgia, when he was a small boy his father killed his mother and then himself, a tragedy that had an influence on his development. From age 11 he was raised by a distant relative in Massachusetts and he studied at Harvard University from 1908 to 1912, where his classmates included poet T.S. Eliot. After World War I he divided his time between the United States and England and played a...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Akerman, Amos Tappan b. February 23, 1821 d. December 21, 1880
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he became a prominent lawyer in Georgia during the 1850s. First opposed to secession when the Civil War loomed, he nevertheless joined the Confederacy after the war erupted in April 1861. After briefly serving as a Private in the 3rd Georgia (State Guard) Cavalry, he was commissioned into the Confederate Quartermaster Corps as a Colonel in 1864, a duty he served in until the end of the war. After the end of the conflict he...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA
Akin Sr., Warren b. October 9, 1811 d. December 17, 1877
Civil War CSA Congressman. A prominent member of the Georgia State Bar, he established a family law practice that still exists today, and was the first lawyer to argue cases in front of the Georgia Supreme Court. After unsuccessfully running for Governor of Georgia in 1860 (losing to Governor Joseph E. Brown), he supported secession at the onset of the Civil War. He was elected to represent Georgia in the 2nd...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Cassville Cemetery, Cassville, Bartow County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Section B
Alexander, Edward Porter b. May 26, 1835 d. April 28, 1910
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Known mostly as "Porter", he was considered talented engineer and artillerist when in 1857 he graduated 3rd in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Receiving his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in October 10, 1858, his routine postings and a teaching assignment at West Point were broken up by his brief participation in the Army's 1858 Utah Expedition and, in 1859, his historic work with surgeon [Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA
Allen Jr., Ivan b. March 15, 1911 d. July 2, 2003
Atlanta Mayor. After serving in World War II in the Army's Quartermaster Corps and working briefly for Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall, Allen ran his family's furniture business in Atlanta, eventually becoming president of that city's chamber of commerce. He defeated Lester Maddox to become mayor of Atlanta in 1961, and served in that office from 1962 to 1970. During his term, Allen took several steps to desegregate Atlanta, including removing signs designating water fountains and other public...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Allen (Lipscomb), Ted (Ted Allen) b. November 17, 1955 d. August 19, 2010
Professional Wrestler, Trainer. He was born in Cartersville, Georgia, and lived there all his life. Allen became a fan of pro-wrestling as a child and by age 14 was doing ring announcing for the Sports Palace in his hometown. He attended Cass High School and Shorter Collage in Rome, Georgia before making his wrestling debut in 1975. In 1980 he was wrestling under a mask with the name of "Nightmare" Ted Allen. His wrestling may not have earned him a lot of Championships, but his activities as a...[Read More] (Bio by: Miss Hildy)
Wofford Crossroads Baptist Church, White, Bartow County, Georgia, USA
Allman, Duane b. November 20, 1946 d. October 29, 1971
Musician. The Allman family was living near Norfolk, Virgina, when Army Sergeant Willis Alllman was murdered on the day after Christmas, 1949. His widow, Geraldine, took her sons Gregg, two, and Duane, three, to live in Daytona Beach, Florida. In 1959 while on a family trip the boys saw B.B. King perform. Their musical dreams were born at that show. They both started playing in local groups and Duane soon quit school to work on his music. They formed a band called The Escorts and later changed...[Read More] (Bio by: Julie Karen Hancock (Cooper) Jackson)
Cause of death: Motorcycle accident
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Anderson, Clifford b. March 23, 1833 d. December 19, 1899
CSA Congressman. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Represented Georgia in the Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865. Also served as a State Court Judge from 1856 to 1858, as a member of the Georgia State House of Representatives in 1859, as the Georgia State Attorney General from 1880 to 1890.
Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA
Anderson, Paul Edward b. October 17, 1932 d. August 15, 1994
Olympic gold medalist in weightlifting. Widely regarded to be the world's strongest man, he established national, Olympic, and world records in the superheavyweight class of weightlifting in the 1950s and early 1960s. He won the gold medal in the Munich Olympics of 1955 and the Melbourne Olympics of 1956. In addition, he visited the Soviet Union during the cold war and defeated the Soviet lifters, resulting in a standing ovation from some 15,000 Soviet observers, who dubbed him a "wonder of...[Read More]
Paul Anderson Youth Home, Vidalia, Toombs County, Georgia, USA
Anderson, Robert Houston b. October 1, 1835 d. February 8, 1888
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. An 1857 graduate of West Point, he graduated 35th in his class, then served at a New York state garrison and at Fort Walla Walla in Washington Territory as a lieutenant of infantry. At the time of the secession crisis, he accepted a commission as a Confederate lieutenant of artillery and was listed as "absent without leave" from the United States Army until May 17, 1861, when his resignation was received. Promoted to Major September 1861, he assumed the...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Andrews Raiders Memorial [memorial]
280 Feet south of this location on June 18, 1862, seven of the Union Army's brave Andrews Raiders were hanged and buried. On April 12, 1862, 22 Andrews Raiders seized the General, a tenderand three boxcars at Big Shanty (now Kennesaw) and raced toward Chattanooga on the Western & Atlantic Railroad in an effort to burn bridges and otherwise dismember a supply artery vital to the Confederacy. They had covered 87 miles when the General was overtaken by valiant pursuers led by Conducter Fuller...[Read More] (Bio by: Brent Nimmo)
Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Appling, Lucius 'Luke' b. April 2, 1907 d. January 3, 1991
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Known as "Old Aches and Pains", played shortstop 20 seasons (1930 to 1950), all with the Chicago White Sox. His finest season came in 1936 when he led the American League with a .388 batting average (the highest average ever for a shortstop) and drove in 128 runs. He also led the AL in Batting Average in 1943, hitting .328. He was selected to 7 American League All-Star teams. Elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964, and managed the...[Read More]
Sawnee View Gardens, Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Chapel West, Crypt 140 (3rd level from bottom)
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs b. March 20, 1907 d. December 13, 1992
Georgia Governor. Served as the Governor of Georgia from 1943 to 1947. Also served as a Member of the Georgia State House of Representatives from 1933 to 1937, Georgia State Attorney General from 1939 to 1943, and Delegate to to the Democratic National Convention from Georgia in 1944. (Bio by: K)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, USA
Plot: From main gate, turn right at seventh cross street. Arnall plot
GPS coordinates: 33.3879814, -84.7987137 (hddd.dddd)

Records 1 to 20 (of 670 total matches)

Records 21 to 40