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  Rebecca Latimer Felton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Felton's husband, William Harrell Felton, was a Methodist minister with a similar interest in agriculture.
Felton thus became the first woman seated in the Senate, and served until George took office on November 22, 1922, one day later.
Felton was engaged as a writer and lecturer and resided in Cartersville, Georgia, until her death in Atlanta, Georgia.
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 HighBeam Encyclopedia – Free Online Encyclopedia for Reference, Research, Facts
FELTON, WILLIAM HARRELL [Felton, William Harrell] 1823-1909, American political leader, b.
In his long political struggle, his chief aide was his second wife, Rebecca Latimer Felton, 1835-1930.
Born near Atlanta, she wrote for the Atlanta Journal for nearly 30 years and was a champion of clean government, penal reform, temperance, and woman suffrage.
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 My Family
William Junior ISBELL was born on 21 Nov 1925 in Alabama.
William Zachariah ISBELL was born in 1771 in Warren County, Tennessee.
She was married to William B. in 1909 in Estill Co., Ky..
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 Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate, was born June 10, 1835 in Decatur, Georgia, U.S.A. In 1852 she graduated first in her class from Madison Female College in Madison, Georgia.
Felton continued working to support election of friends who shared her isolationist and increasingly racist views.
Rebecca Felton died January 24, 1930 in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of ninety-four.
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 EURE Obits from Louise P. Lyon's Collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
A native of Gates County, she was the widow of W. Harrell and a daughter of Oliver and Mrs.
PORTSMOUTH - William Lee Eure Sr., 76, of 314 Rockbridge Road, a native of Gates County, N.C., and the husband of Lola Hoggard Eure, died Saturday in a hospital.
Elizabeth Felton Eure died Feb. 6 in Richmond, Va. A native of Gates County she was the widow of Walter N. Eure.
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 TheStoryGroup.com: History Scrapbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
With great verve and enthusiasm, Felton fought for political and social changes that can still be seen today both on the national and state level.
According to Vivian Price, author of The History of DeKalb County, Georgia 1822 – 1900, Felton said of her appointment that "it meant that a woman reared in the sheltered security of an antebellum plantation was to be the first of her sex to sit in the United States Senate.
Felton died on January 24, 1930, in Atlanta, and is buried near her husband in Cartersville.
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 William Harrell Felton
She was the first woman to enter the U.S. Senate, where she served briefly in 1922 by appointment.
William Harrell FELTON - FELTON, William Harrell (1823—1909) FELTON, William Harrell, (husband of Rebecca Latimer...
Rebecca Latimer FELTON - FELTON, Rebecca Latimer (1835—1930) Senate Years of Service: 1922-1922 Party: Democrat...
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 Felton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Felton, English assassin of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
Rebecca Latimer Felton, American teacher, writer and politician
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
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 Jethro Felton 1826
Jethro Felton was son of Shadrach Felton and Susan Savage.
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Felton served as her husband's secretary and wrote a weekly column for her hometown newspaper.
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 William Harrell Felton in Bartow County History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Elected to Congress in 1871, Felton became the leader of the Independent party movement following the Civil War, and later served as a representative from Bartow County to the state legislature.
An outstanding orator and formidable debater, Felton embraced prohibition, championed prison reform, and battled successfully for a bill to improve education funding.
Licensed as a Methodist minister in 1848, Felton served as a popular preacher in Bartow County for almost fifty years.
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 Hancock Genealogy - hang23.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Hiram Doye Taylor "Doye" (Mary Jane Hancock, Littleton Albritton Hancock, Cader Hancock, Durham Hancock, James Hancock, James Hancock, William Hancock, William Hancock, William Hancock, Simon Hancock, William Hancock, Thomas Hancock, Thomas) was born on 30 Jan 1921 in Cecil Georgia.
Bonnie Mae Taylor (Mary Jane Hancock, Littleton Albritton Hancock, Cader Hancock, Durham Hancock, James Hancock, James Hancock, William Hancock, William Hancock, William Hancock, Simon Hancock, William Hancock, Thomas Hancock, Thomas) was born on 8 Dec 1933.
Clara Mae Taylor (Lillian Tonnie Hancock, Littleton Albritton Hancock, Cader Hancock, Durham Hancock, James Hancock, James Hancock, William Hancock, William Hancock, William Hancock, Simon Hancock, William Hancock, Thomas Hancock, Thomas) was born on 30 Jun 1914 in Berrien.
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 GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Felton opened a medical practice in Cartersville in 1847 but soon gave up medicine because of nerves and took up farming.
Felton's first wife died in 1851, and he married Rebecca Latimer two years later.
Felton served three terms but lost a reelection bid in 1880.
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 AllRefer.com - William Harrell Felton (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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William Harrell Felton 1823–1909, American political leader, b.
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 Rebecca Latimer Felton in Bartow County History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The author of numerous books, including Memoirs of Georgia Politics, Felton was also a columnist for twenty-eight years with the Atlanta Constitution.
Entering politics as the advisor and political strategist of her congressman husband, William Felton, Rebecca soon became an outspoken opponent/proponent of various political issues.
Her ultimate success in the political arena came in 1922 when she was honored with the unique distinction of being sworn in as the first woman senator.
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 Family of William W. Hill
William Elijah CSA, born Apr 15, 1847 Georgia; married Amanda Wiley.
Kenneth Knight and Mary Williams, Sep 10, 1891 Early County, Georgia; married Nellie Iola Jones, daughter of Bryant Monroe Jones and Delphia Oberta Johnson, Mar 3, 1912 Early County, Georgia; died Mar 17, 1950 Georgia at age 80; buried after Mar 17, 1950 Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cedar Springs Community, Early County, Georgia.
Dora Williams, daughter of (--?--) Williams, Jan 17, 1895 Early County, Georgia; married Ida Williams, daughter of (--?--) Williams; died Dec 5, 1948 at age 74; buried Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Miller County, Georgia.
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Williams Patrick PIERCE, II, s/k/a Patrick William Pierce, II v.
Williams Patrick Pierce, II ("appellant") appeals the November 2001 judgment of the trial court revoking his previously suspended sentences after finding that he v...
Upon a Petition for Rehearing En Banc On July 5, 2006 came the appellant, by court-appointed counsel, and filed a petition requesting that the Court set aside the judgment rendered herein on, and grant a rehearing en banc thereof.
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 The Descendants of Matthew Talbot, Gentleman
We do not know if Jane, born in 1714, had been married previously and, indeed, little is known about her except that her mother's maiden name was Isham and that she was the niece of William Randolph.
The Martha Talbot Story is a fascinating account of the life and times of the 11th child and 5th daughter of William and Mary Bailey Talbot.
Set in Georgia and Alabama during the turbulent decades surrounding the Civil War, the story describes how one southern lady lived her life in the middle of both the good times and the bad.
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William Arnold, Waldo Cohn, Richard Kimball, Elliot Volkin, and William and Liane Russell were among the Biology Division's most respected staff members, a group that included 70 scientists and technicians by 1947.
The biological research that attracted the most public interest was the genetic experiments conducted under the supervision of William and Liane Russell, who used mice to identify the long-term genetic implications of radiation exposure for humans.
William Harrell, the university business manager, paraded prominent scientists to the Laboratory for orientation; but when offered the director's position, all demurred.
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 ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS MCCLURE RICE AND ELIZABETH WILSON RICE - Person Page 10
She was the daughter of Edward Lee Rice and Lucille Felton Haray.
     Felton Rice was born on Mar 9, 1905.
Emory Mortan (M) George William Henderson (M) George William Henderson married Olive Ann Means, daughter of Joseph Arnold "Jodie" Means and Florence Benina Wood, on Nov 2, 1920 at Wharton County, Texas.
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 Felton Family Genealogy Forum
To all Velt, Veltin, Velten, Felten and Felton Ancestors - Kathryn Schroy 7/12/06
Re: William Elijah Felton, - DeJean Melton 2/13/05
Re: William Elijah Felton, - DeJean Melton 3/13/05
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Fellrath to Feminist
Felton, Charles Norton (1832-1914) — also known as Charles N. Felton — of
Felton, Dan — of Marianna, Lee County, Ark. Democrat.
Felton, Rebecca Latimer (1835-1930) — also known as Rebecca Ann Latimer — of Cartersville,
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 Obits G
Gallaher was born in 1883 and was Miss Hattie Dupree, daughter of James William Dupree and Odella Byrom Dupree, before her marriage to Mr.
Winfield Williams, was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, June 6, 1900.
She was born January 10, 913 in Schley County to the late Willie Fulford Mott and William Harvey Mott.
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 washingtonpost.com: Ladies of the Club
She was an esteemed Georgia Dem-ocrat, a noted writer, lecturer and agricultural reformer, who happened to be the widow of Rep. William Harrell Felton.
Late in Rebecca Felton's very long life, Georgia Sen. Thomas E. Watson died in office, and the governor decided to appoint her to the Senate as a token of the state's admiration for her.
And a token it was: Her term spanned a few hours from November 21, 1922, to November 22, 1922.
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 The Post-Searchlight - Mrs. Felton goes to Washington
Born in Decatur, Ga., in 1835, Rebecca was a bright girl—in 1852 she graduated from Madison Female College at the head of her class.
At the same time she was editing the family newspaper and traveling around the state giving lectures supporting women’s education, women’s suffrage and prison reform.
Walsh of Montana expressed reservations, but by the end of the day Rebecca L. Felton and William Harris moved to the rostrum, and Georgia became the first state in the nation to be represented in the Senate by a woman.
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 Broadway To Vegas October 17, 2004
wife of William Harrell Felton, a Senator from Georgia., Ga., served as secretary to her husband while he was a Member of Congress 1875-1881.
She was appointed by the Governor to the United States Senate on October 3, 1922, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas E. Watson.
Felton has gone down in history as the first woman to occupy a seat in the United States Senate; the Senator who, having served one day, served the shortest term; and the oldest Senator, at age eighty-seven, at the time of her swearing-in.
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 ORNL Review Vol. 25, Nos. 3 and 4, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
William Russell, who conducted pioneering studies of the mutagenic effects of environmental radiation and chemicals on mice.
William Pollard (center) and Gould Andrews, both of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies, welcome Eleanor Roosevelt to Oak Ridge.
Because the Argonne and Brookhaven laboratories would be operated by associations of universities, William Pollard and the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies considered assuming Monsanto's contract.
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 All Things Cherokee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
He was born 12Aug1830 in SC and died 18Sep1905 in Floyd Co., GA. He had a son William Payton Hammonds born 1856 in Gwinnett Co, GA. The son died 17Jan1940 in Chattooga Co, GA. It is rumored that John Berry Hammond married Jeannette Peppers Guest or Guess.
Query: looking for my grandmothers ancestors of, said to be mixed of Indian descent Anna Bass, father William Bass, mother Ann Bass William was born in NC in 1827, moved to SC(?) Total of 8 children born to he and his wife.
Query: Looper, Childress, Perkins: Looking for info on William Perry "Peck" Looper born Mar 24 1861 in Dacusville, Pickens Co, SC died Aug 25 1949 in Dawsonville, GA Married Ambrilla Childress (any info on her would be great).
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 Polk County, GA Obits - Surnames H
Surviving are: two sisters, Annie Belle Hackney Swinney of Cedartown and Betty Laura Hackney Williams of Rome; two brothers, Clyde Earnest Hackney of Savannah and William Coye Hackney of Cedartown and a number of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by husband, William Hall Hackney.
Surviving are: son, William D. Harkins of Baker, Fla.: three daughters, Marion Yvonne Womack of Aragon, Brenda Sue Hill of Mossy head, Fla., and Judy Ann Marini of Laurel Hill, Fla.; sister Dora Mae Ivey of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; 16 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; and two great, great grandchildren.
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 Lowcountry NOW: Obituaries - Obituaries for August 25, 2002 08/25/02
Survivors: parents, Larry and Connie Williams; and siblings, Laura, Willis, Shon, and Paul.
Send flowers to the funeral of James Felton Williams.
William Caleb Spivey, 85, died peacefully at his home Friday afternoon.
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 ECU Photograph Gallery
Class of 1965 top row l to r: William E. Clark and William H. Clark.
Class of 1965 top row l to r: William Raynor, Gid Reavis and Thomas Reber.
Class of 1965 top row l to r: Frances Williams, Frederick Williams, Herbert Williams and James Williams.
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 Va-Pilot Obituaries
GATESVILLE -- Annie Mary Felton Eure, 86, of the 300 block of Harrell's Church Road, died Jan. 25, 2003 in Down East Health and Rehab, Gatesville.
Eure was born in Gates County and was the daughter of the late Elijah and Ellen Harrell Felton.
Garrish is survived by two daughters, Agnes Garrish Garrish and husband, William and Martha Garrish O'Neal and husband, Ronnie Van; a sister, Lorena O'Neal, all of Ocracoke; three brothers, William Ballance of Nederland, Texas, Elisha Ballance and Maurice Ballance, both of Ocracoke; a grandson, Ronnie Van O'Neal Jr.; and a great-grandson, Ronnie V. O'Neal III.
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