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)
Florence Victoria Candler Ashford 1867 – 1938
(Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia)
Thomas C. Candler 1870 – 1931
(Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia)
Major William Daniel Candler 1874 – 1955
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Kate Edna Candler 1875 – 1881
(Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia)
John Charles Candler 1878 – 1936
(Buried: Sunset Cemetery, Madisonville, Tennessee)
Victor Candler 1881 – 1925
(Buried: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Georgia)
Anne Margaret Candler Clark 1887 – 1956
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Florida)
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
Colonel of 34th Georgia Infantry Regiment
1863: Participated in the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi
1863: Participated in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
1864: Participated in the Battle of Resaca, Georgia
1864: Wounded during Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Georgia
1864: Participated in the Battle of Atlanta Georgia
1862 – 1865: Served in the Confederate Army rising to rank of Colonel
Wounded multiple times during the War
1864: Wounded and lost an eye during the Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia
Occupation after War:
Worked in Agriculture, manufacturing & Railroads in Jonesboro, Georgia
Supporter for the end of Reconstruction in the South
1872: Mayor of Gainesville, Georgia
1873 – 1877: Georgia State Representative
1878 – 1879: Georgia State Senator
Manufacturing Businessman & Railroad President
1883 – 1891: United States Representative from Georgia
1894 – 1898: Georgia State Secretary of State
1898 – 1902: Governor of Georgia
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
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