★★★ Candler, Allen Daniel

Allen Daniel Candler

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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)
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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​

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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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