Charles A. Collier
Charles Augustus Collier | |
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Oakland Cemetery 33°44′55″N 84°22′17″W / 33.74861°N 84.37139°W | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | U.S. Law |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia |
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| Spouse | Susan Julia Eliza Rawson |
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Charles Augustus Collier (
Early career
Collier was born in 1848 in a Georgia village that would later be known as Gate City.[1] He was the son of Judge John J. Collier and Henrietta E. Wilson.[2] At the age of 18, he entered into the University of Georgia to study law. While there, he joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.[1] Collier graduated from the University of Georgia in 1869 with a degree in law and was admitted to the bar in 1871.[2] Shortly after, he left the law profession and went into mercantile pursuits and banking.[2]
Piedmont Exposition
He was elected to the Board of
From 1892 to 1896 he was a member of the
The 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition (1895)
Serious preparations for the Exposition began in 1894. On October 16, 1894, Collier and John Randolph Lewis wrote to Booker T. Washington making him the Chief Commissioner of the State of Alabama for the Exposition and charging him with creating an exhibit show casing the talents of African-Americans in Alabama.[3]
During the Exposition, Collier named several days of honor. One of these days included Sigma Alpha Epsilon day, where he addressed fellow SAE fraternity brothers in the auditorium.[1]
Mayor
Collier was elected as Mayor of Atlanta for the first time from 1897 to 1898.
His wife, Suzie (died 1897) was the daughter of William A. Rawson.[5] His son John Collier Sr. was commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1933 to 1945 and known for his effort to reform the BIA with the Indian New Deal. His daughter Julia Collier Harris was a writer and journalist who won a 1926 Pulitzer Prize, the first to go to a Georgian.
Notes
- ^ a b c Mellus, 1900
- ^ a b c d Cyclopaedia 1897.
- ^ Harlan 1989.
- ^ "Collier, Charles Augustus". GeorgiaInfo - New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ a b Taliafero 2001.
References
- "Collier, Charles A.". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States. Vol. 5. New York: James T. White & Co. 1897. p. 158. .
- Harlan, Lewis R., ed. (1989). The Booker T. Washington Papers. Vol. 3. University of Illinois Press. p. 480. .
- Mellus, Edward (Ed.) (1900)The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. (Vol. XX. No. 1.) Atlanta, Georgia:Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.
- Taliafero, Tevi (2001). Historic Oakland Cemetery. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. p. 51. OCLC 1084577861.
External links
- "Charles Augustus Collier". Lawyer, City of Atlanta Government Official. Find a Grave. March 15, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
