Nedom L. Angier
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Nedom L. Angier | |
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Mayor of Atlanta | |
| In office January 1877 – January 1879 | |
| Preceded by | Cicero C. Hammock |
| Succeeded by | William Lowndes Calhoun |
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| Born | November 10, 1814 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Oakland Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | New York University |
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Nedom L. Angier (November 10, 1814 – February 3, 1882) was the Mayor of Atlanta from 1877 to 1879. To date, he is the last Republican to hold that office.[citation needed]
Biography
Born in Acworth, New Hampshire,[1] he came to Georgia in 1839 and taught school for four years in Coweta County.[2] He then completed his medical training at New York University before arriving as an early Atlanta settler in 1847 where he practiced that trade and a few others.
He spent the year 1850 gold-hunting in California, but returned to Atlanta amassing real estate wealth before the American Civil War, including a health spring near the current intersection of today's Ponce de Leon and Glen Iris.
With Georgia's
After the war, Angier was rewarded for his loyalty with an appointment as
Later, Angier was a high
Angier died at his home in Atlanta on February 3, 1882.[3] He was buried at Oakland Cemetery and remembered by Angier Avenue and Angier Springs Road in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward.
References
- ^ "Acworth Matters and Men". The Granite Monthly. 45: 270. 1913.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. II. James T. White & Company. 1921. pp. 349–350. Retrieved May 10, 2021 – via Google Books.
- The Atlanta Constitution. February 4, 1882. p. 1. Retrieved May 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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