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COL William Arnold Hemphill

Birth: 5 Mar 1842
Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Death: 17 Aug 1902 (aged 60)
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial: Oakland Cemetery

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Mayor of Atlanta
January 1891 – January 1893

Parents: William Stephen Hemphill and Sarah Ann Fowler

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Parents

William S. Hemphill

1817–1874
Sarah Ann Fowler Hemphill

1817–1920

Spouses

Emma Batts Sanders Hemphill

1844–1900 (m. 1871)
Mabel Field Hillyer Hemphill

unknown–1909 (m. 1901)
Mary Anderson Hemphill

1847–1870

Siblings

Samuel Coday Hemphill

1839–1844
Martha Ann Hemphill Fain

1844–1876
Robert Alexander Hemphill

1847–1930
Mary J Hemphill Evans

1851–1936
Theodosia R. Hemphill

1854–1855
Joseph L. Hemphill

1854–1894
John T. Hemphill

1856–1858

Children

Mamie Hemphill Erwin

1869–1898
William Arnold Hemphill Jr

1872–1918
Lula Belle Hemphill Quinby

1876–1949
Emma Hemphill Scully

1878–1915
Julia Hemphill

1881–1903
Marguerite Hemphill Margeson

1887–1955

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Source: Cooper, Walter G., Cotton States and International Exposition and South, illustrated, Including the official history of the exposition, 1890

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Source: History of Atlanta, Georgia, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Ed. by Wallace P. Reed, 1889 [includes lengthy biographical sketch of Hemphill]

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William S. Hemphill

Sarah Ann Fowler Hemphill

Emma Batts Sanders Hemphill

Mabel Field Hillyer Hemphill

Mary Anderson Hemphill

Samuel Coday Hemphill

Martha Ann Hemphill Fain

Robert Alexander Hemphill

Mary J Hemphill Evans

Theodosia R. Hemphill

Joseph L. Hemphill

John T. Hemphill

Mamie Hemphill Erwin

William Arnold Hemphill Jr

Lula Belle Hemphill Quinby

Emma Hemphill Scully

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