★★★ Candler, Allen Daniel

Allen Daniel Candler​

Born: November 4, 1834

Birthplace: Lumpkin County, Georgia

Father: Captain Daniel Gill Candler 1812 – 1888

Mother: Nancy Caroline Matthews 1815 – 1869

Wife: Eugenia Thomas Williams 1847 – 1924

(Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia)​

Children:

Hortense Alice Candler Bunkley Unknown – 1923​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)​

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Florence Victoria Candler Ashford 1867 – 1938​

(Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia)​

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Thomas C. Candler 1870 – 1931​

(Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia)​

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Major William Daniel Candler 1874 – 1955​

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

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Kate Edna Candler 1875 – 1881​

(Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia)​

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John Charles Candler 1878 – 1936​

(Buried: Sunset Cemetery, Madisonville, Tennessee)​

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Victor Candler 1881 – 1925​

(Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia)​

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Anne Margaret Candler Clark 1887 – 1956​

(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Florida)​

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Benjamin Carlton Lee Candler 1889 – 1959​

(Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia)

Education:

1859: Graduated from Mercer University​

Occupation before War:

1859 – 1861: Teacher in Banks County, Georgia​

Civil War Career:

1862: Enlisted as Private in 34th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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Colonel of 34th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee​

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1864: Participated in the Battle of Resaca, Georgia​

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1864: Wounded during Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Georgia​

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1864: Participated in the Battle of Atlanta Georgia​

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1862 – 1865: Served in the Confederate Army rising to rank of Colonel​

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Wounded multiple times during the War​

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1864: Wounded and lost an eye during the Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia​

Occupation after War:

Worked in Agriculture, manufacturing & Railroads in Jonesboro, Georgia​

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Supporter for the end of Reconstruction in the South​

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1872: Mayor of Gainesville, Georgia​

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1873 – 1877: Georgia State Representative​

1878 – 1879: Georgia State Senator​

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Manufacturing Businessman & Railroad President​

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1883 – 1891: United States Representative from Georgia​

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1894 – 1898: Georgia State Secretary of State​

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1898 – 1902: Governor of Georgia​

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1903 – 1910: Compiler of Records for State of Georgia​

Died: October 26, 1910

Place of Death: Atlanta, Georgia

Age at time of Death: 75 years old

Cause of Death: Kidney Failure due to Bright's Disease

Burial Place: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia