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  Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (Hi-Hz)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hugh Falconer was a British naturalist and palaeontologist.
HUGH J. Hugh J Gallen was an American politician.
HUGH M. Hugh M Dorsey was an American politician.
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 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Hugh M. Dorsey (1871-1948)
While Dorsey tried with some success to bring Georgia into a more progressive era, he will forever be remembered as the man who prosecuted the notorious Leo Frank case.
Dorsey, who was unknown until the Frank case, rode his newfound popularity to the gubernatorial race of 1916.
Dorsey died in Atlanta on June 11, 1948, and was buried in Westview Cemetery.
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 Genealogías vampíricas.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
[M] Lasker <6> Sire of Maureen O'Leary (1842).
[M] Astio Giavetti <6> Sire of Antonio Calbullarshi (1723).
[M] Antonio Calbullarshi <7> (~1700:1723) Progeny of Astio Giavetti.
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 The Ballad of Leo Frank
Dorsey hoped to use his current position as a steppingstone to a state or national political career.
Hugh Dorsey and the detectives took Conley to the factory and asked him to walk them through the events of the fateful day.
Dorsey must have hoped that no one would realize its significance: If the umbrella had been standing in the shaft undisturbed until now, then that proved that Conley was lying.
pittsford.monroe.edu /directory/~decarlo/Leo_Frank.htm   (2908 words)

  
 Hughes, Dudley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dudley M. Hughes (1848-1927), son of Daniel Greenwood and Mary Henrietta Moore Hughes, was born in Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, Georgia on 10 October.
Hughes run for governor during the early 1900s, and a few of these letters are interspersed in the Georgia political papers.
Hugh Lawson Dennard Hughes, and Henrietta Louise Hughes.
www.libs.uga.edu /russell/collections/dhughes.html   (3998 words)

  
 TDGH - June 11
Dorsey submitted the request because Roan had indicated that Conley should be moved to the Fulton County Jail (popularly known as The Tower) instead of being held at Atlanta police headquarters.
Dorsey devoted most of his administration to leading Georgia's efforts in World War I. Dorsey ran for the U.S. Senate in 1920, but was defeated by his previous ally Tom Watson.
Dorsey returned to practicing law and finally served as superior court judge in Atlanta from 1935 until his death in 1948.
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/tdgh-jun/jun11.htm   (1312 words)

  
 The Crypt: Camden County, Georgia In the News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hendricks spoke in behalf of Hugh M. Dorsey for the United States senate.
He revealed Senator Hoke Smith's erratic course in the senate, in such strong light as to convert at least one Hoke Smith vote to Dorsey to the writer's knowledge.
And Tom Watson was flayed, drawn and quartered, while the thorough consistency of Dorsey with the Democratic platform and his good services while governor were eloquently played up.
www.camdencounty.org /ccnews/8-26-20.html   (995 words)

  
 Benjamin Brawley . A Social History of the American Negro
At last the conscience of the nation began to be heard, and after 1883 there were remedial measures.
However, as the present work passes through the press, word comes of the remarkable efforts of Governor Hugh M. Dorsey for a more enlightened public conscience in his state.
In addition to special endeavor for justice in the Williams case, he has issued a booklet citing with detail one hundred and thirty-five cases in which Negroes have suffered grave wrong.
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 Seattle Catholic - Help Save Mrs. Terri Schiavo's Life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The 1998 murder of Hugh Finn in a Manassas, Virginia, nursing home by means of the removal of tubes which kept him fed and hydrated was not an anomaly.
Just as was the case with the late Hugh Finn, who was starved and dehydrated to death as a result of the efforts of his wife and a judge in the Commonwealth of Virginia, it is Mrs.
And just as was the case with Hugh Finn (in which two bishops, Archbishop Thomas Kelly of Louisville, Kentucky, the city where Hugh Finn had been a popular anchorman prior to an automobile accident in March of 1996, and Bishop Walter Sullivan of the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, supported Mrs.
www.seattlecatholic.com /article_20030820.html   (5164 words)

  
 Barbara Foley, "In the land of cotton: economics and violence in Jean Toomer's 'Cane'", African American ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
And Dorsey, the Messenger editors sardonically commented, was motivated not so much by humanitarianism as by a pragmatic desire to safeguard Georgia's labor supply (Anon., "Governor").
As Dorsey commented regarding the Williams case, "After some communities in Georgia have driven away their farm labor and their farm loans, they will have an opportunity to sit down and think over calmly whether it pays to deal justly with the negro" (Atlanta Constitution 3 Apr. 1921: 8).
Dorsey, Hugh M. "A Statement from Governor Hugh M. Dorsey as to the Negro in Georgia." Atlanta, 1921.
www.andromeda.rutgers.edu /~bfoley/foleyinlandofcotton.html   (8733 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Dorsey
Dorsey, Frank Joseph Gerard (1891-1949) — also known as Frank J. Dorsey — of Philadelphia,
Dorsey, George Washington Emery (1842-1911) — also known as George W. Dorsey — of Fremont,
Dorsey, Hugh Manson (1871-1948) — also known as Hugh M. Dorsey — of Georgia.
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 NEW HARMONY COLLECTION, 1814-1884
Dorsey (1776-1857) was born in Maryland, but in 1804 moved with his family to Oxford, Ohio.
In 1827 Dorsey went to New Harmony to take charge of educating "the young Harmonians." The $3000 which he was authorized to spend the first year was to come from rents which did not materialize.
Dorsey shortly was delegated by the Owen family to take care of their business interests at New Harmony, and remained there until at least 1833.
www.indianahistory.org /library/manuscripts/collection_guides/M0219.html   (2888 words)

  
 THE MYSTERY OF THE PENCIL FACTORY by Sidney Sutherland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dorsey: "You Christian dog!" This was printed in the pamphlets which, in verse and prose, assailed Frank and all Jews, and which were hawked among the crowds outside the courtroom.
Dorsey tried to make her say it had been after 3 o'clock, when it was known that Frank had returned to his office from luncheon.
On the 12th a tremendous mass meeting was held on the Capitol grounds and loud outcries directed to the governor against interfering with the laws of Georgia at the demand of Yankee Jews.
gaslight.mtroyal.ca /penclfct.htm   (4335 words)

  
 The Lynching of Leo Frank - The Crime library
Conley was held as a material witness in the police jail until the trial, in virtual isolation from any one other than the police or Dorsey, and pointedly unavailable to questioning by the defense lawyers.
Maude McKnight, the cook in the Frank household, was grilled for four hours and kept in jail for another twenty-four.
Hugh Dorsey responded to reporters' questions by pointing out that a wife is expected to defend her husband.
www.crimelibrary.com /notorious_murders/not_guilty/frank/5.html   (1195 words)

  
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Dorsey argued that, in light of Frank's failure to submit the State's rebuttal affidavits
By a vote of 7-2, with Justices Holmes and Hughes dissenting, the Court affirmed the denial of the writ.
Separate counsel were engaged to pursue this issue because the original trial counsel "had promised Hugh Dorsey that they would not use their client's absence during part of the judicial proceedings as a basis for future appeals.
www.law.ua.edu /lawreview/freedpt2.htm   (14636 words)

  
 AccessNorthGa.com - North Georgia's Newsroom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dorsey was born in Fulton County to the late Hugh M. and Myrtle Lewis Dorsey.
Dorsey was a member of the New Holland Baptist Church in Gainesville.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Tara Dorsey, son, Baby Boy Dorsey, brother, James M. Dorsey, and sister-in-law, Linda Dorsey.
www.accessnorthga.com /obits/obit.asp?ID=11287   (226 words)

  
 Timeline
Georgia governor, John Slaton commutes Leo Frank’s sentence to life imprisonment.In response, Frank is forcibly removed from his state prison cell and lynched by a mob.
Slaton’s decision to commute Frank’s sentence ruins his political career and Frank’s prosecutor, Hugh M. Dorsey, is elected the next governor of Georgia.
Frank is the only Jew to be killed by a lynch mob in the United States.
www.celebrate350.org /beta/timeline2.php?year=191   (504 words)

  
 University Faculty
Hinkle, Dale A. (Oklahoma A. and M. College), Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts), Professor Emeritus of Agronomy, 1948, 1977.
Hughes, Raymond Harget _ B.A. (Whitman College), M.S., Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin), University Professor Emeritus of Physics, 1954, 1990.
McFerran, Joe _ B.S.A., M.S. (University of Arkansas), Ph.D. (Cornell University), Professor Emeritus of Horticulture and Forestry, 1946, 1987.
www.uark.edu /admin/urelinfo/95-96_catalog/faculty/emeritig-z.html   (3288 words)

  
 Small Manuscript Collection
Indenture between William Moon and Nicy M. Cooper of Oconee County.
Conveys 54 1/4 acres from William Moon to Nicy M. Cooper in Oconee County for $300.
Conveys 64 acres of land from Moses Waddel to Asbury and Henry Hull for $384.
library.gcsu.edu /~sc/collections/small/smallmz11.htm   (7266 words)

  
 February 2003 Obituaries
Survivors include her husband of 66 years, George A. “Pete” Hopper of Cedar Hill; daughters, Martha Davis of Midland, Cleta Shelton of Trinidad, Georgia McKelvey of Dallas and Carolyn Whiteley of Cedar Hill; a brother, Sam Norton of Bardwell; and a sister, Mary Wilson of Kaufman: 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Hugh M. “Dorsey” Owens, 90, Chandler were held Thursday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m.
Dorsey joined the Army in 1939 and went to Hawaii for basic training.
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He was Justice of the Peace in the 417th District G. M., Walton county, for a number of years, and was a master Mason, belonging D the F. and A. Lodge at Loganville.
Robert M., was born in October 1862, and was married to Miss Mandy Knight, and had seven children.
Ida was born in June, 1872, and married Hugh Dorsey.
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 Maryland Marriage References - Maryland State Archives
George, m, by 15 Feb 1743, Dorothy, dau.
Elizabeth, sister of Elizabeth Singleton of CE Co., m.
Sarah, sister of Daniel Sinn of FR Co., m.
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 Georgia, Timeline of State History - SHG Resources
The cartoon supposedly shows a serpent divided into 10 pieces with the head labeled NE for New England and the other segments labeled NY, NJ, P, M, V, NC, SC and G. The plan of union is rejected.
March 7 -Governor James M. Smith leases and farms out all convicts of the state to Grant, Alexander and Co. for two years at $50 per capita per year.
George Washington Carver testifies before House Ways and Means Committee on the value of peanuts which are being planted in greater quantities by Georgia and South Carolina farmers.
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 Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients - (A-L)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
By an imaginary ruse he secured their surrender and kept them at bay when the regimental commander discovered him and rode away for assistance.
Carrying out his duties faithfully during this period, Betham was recommended for gallantry and skill and for his cool courage while under the fire of the enemy throughout these various actions.
C. Parry to Gen. Hugh Ewing through a terrific fire and in plain view of the enemy.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/mohciv.htm   (15105 words)

  
 WRONGLY ACCUSED, FALSELY CONVICTED, WANTONLY MURDERED - Professor Wilkes - University of Georgia School of Law
   With difficulty prosecutor Hugh Dorsey persuades a newly convened Fulton County grand jury not to indict Jim Conley for the murder of Mary Phagan.  Unlike the grand jury that indicted Leo Frank, this grand jury knows that Conley has confessed to writing the murder notes.
Brown, Newton Augustus Morris, Eugene Herbert Clay, John Tucker Dorsey, Bolan Glover Brumby, and Fred Morris.  The “staggeringly audacious” plan is to arrange for a lynch party to abduct Frank from prison and string him up in Cobb County.
July 2, 1915   In a letter to a friend, Leo Frank writes of the commutation: “This is the breathing spell in the present phase of my life to gain the strength and reserve for the spurt to freedom, vindication and that honor which is justly and rightfully mine.
www.law.uga.edu /academics/profiles/dwilkes_more/his38_wrongly.html   (5547 words)

  
 Thomas E. Watson Revisited
His enemies laughed that he had been "shelved so long he was dusty." The old Populist ran against two of the most powerful politicians in the state, Senator Hoke Smith, the incumbent, and Governor Hugh M. Dorsey.
Smith had deserted the Populist principles that he had espoused during his days as a reform governor; having worked with Wilson in the Senate, he now refused to take a firm stand against the President's pet project, the League of Nations.
Dorsey ran as an outspoken advocate of the League.
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 H-Net Review: Stephen A. Brown on And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
On the morning of August 17, 1915, Leo M. Frank was lynched by a mob in Marietta, Georgia.
Further, the case resuscitated the flagging careers of men like Hugh M. Dorsey, the Atlanta prosecutor who eventually became Georgia's governor, and Tom Watson, the former Populist firebrand.
The case emerged at a pivotal moment in southern history when racial, religious, economic, and social factors coalesced in order to form the "New South." Mary Phagan, who worked for the Atlanta Pencil Company, the factory Frank supervised, was, in many ways, representative of the changing environment one found throughout the South at the time.
www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=242891085469025   (1801 words)

  
 Rome News - Tribune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The book, officially titled “The Georgia State Memorial Book, Adopted as the Official Record by the Military Department, State of Georgia, 1921,” features an introduction by then-Gov. Hugh M. Dorsey and a forward by then-Adjutant General of Georgia J. Van Holt Nash.
According to Dorsey’s narrative, it represents not only the first authentic service record of the war in Georgia but also the first of its kind in the country.
Its pages are filled with portraits of and information about the servicemen of Georgia who died during the war as well as other photographs and letters chronicling wartime at home and abroad.
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 I N H E R I T A G E
Raper aptly states that they helped to create a much needed ligament in race relations at the time, and were often held up as an example of hard work paying off.
In tune with such progress of the mind was then governor of Georgia, Hugh M. Dorsey.
In 1921, he issued a public statement condemning over a hundred atrocities committed, mainly by white racist mobs, against fls in the state.
www.inheritage.org /almanack/c_greene_05.html   (5060 words)

  
 georgia.gov - State Bar of Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The bill to create an integrated bar was finally passed by the Georgia House and Senate in 1963, a move motivated primarily by the concept of regulated self-discipline.
"The capstone of the State Bar," said 1964-65 Bar President Hugh M. Dorsey, Jr., "is the power of self-discipline, which has been sought so long and is needed so badly.
For the first time, all of us can and will be held to answer to the public for the conduct and character of our profession, and here we must not, and cannot, fail."
gabar.georgia.gov /01/home/0,2167,2166588,00.html   (213 words)

  
 TDGH - July 10
Three years and nine days from the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics, ACOG held ground-breaking ceremonies in Atlanta formally launching construction of the Centennial Olympic Stadium.
2002 Former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey was convicted for the murder of Derwin Brown, who had defeated Dorsey in an election the previous August.
All the Govt sores and Hospitals are ordered away and of course the citizens are alarmed, and many have left and others are leaving.
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/tdgh-jul/jul10.htm   (1519 words)

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