CANDLER, Milton Anthony^[1]

1837 - 1909  (72 years)

• Name	CANDLER, Milton Anthony
  Birth	11 Jan 1837	Near Campbelltown, Campbell, Georgia, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Misc	Aug 1852	Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States   [1]
  	Entered as a junior.
  	Address: University of Georgia
  Misc	1854	Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States   [1]
  	Senior class speaker
  	Address: University of Georgia
  Misc	1861–1863	Georgia, United States   [1]
  	Member of the Georgia Legislature
  Misc	1865	Georgia, United States   [1]
  	Member of the Georgia Constitutional Convention
  Misc	1868–1872	Georgia, United States   [1]
  	Senator in the Georgia General Assembly
  Misc	1874–1878	Georgia, United States   [1]
  	Member of the Georgia Congressional Delegation
  	He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses, serving until 1878.
  Misc	1894	Georgia, United States   [1]
  	Senator in the Georgia General Assembly
  Death	8 Aug 1909	Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States   [2]
  Burial	Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States   [2]
  	Address: Decatur Cemetery
  	Old Cemetery, Lot 205
  Person ID	I12282	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family	MURPHEY, Eliza Caroline,   b. 22 Oct 1839, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 4 Jan 1917, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	9 Jun 1857	Georgia   [1]
  Residence	3 Jul 1860	Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States   [3]
  	Attorney at Law
  	Listed as M.A. and Eliza C. Candler
  Residence	18 Jun 1870	Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States   [4]
  	Lawyer
  	Listed as Milton A. and Eliza Candler
  Residence	11 Jun 1880	Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States   [5]
  	Lawyer
  	Listed as M.A. and Eliza C. Candler
  Residence	1 Jun 1900	Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States   [6]
  	Lawyer
  	Address: Barry Street
  	Listed as Milton A and Eliza Candler. The census says that they had been married for 43 years and that only five children of the ten born to them were still living.
  Residence	1906	Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States   [7]
  	Listed as Milton A. and Eliza Candler, and his employment was with the law firm Candler and Thomson.
  Children	1. CANDLER, Charles Murphey Sr.,   b. 17 Mar 1858, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 7 Aug 1935, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 77 years)   2. CANDLER, Samuel Charles,   b. 9 Oct 1859, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 14 Dec 1924, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 65 years)   3. CANDLER, Milton Anthony,   b. 4 Nov 1861, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 12 Oct 1893, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 31 years)   4. CANDLER, Laura Eliza,   b. 4 Feb 1864, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 16 Oct 1880, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 16 years)   5. CANDLER, Florence,   b. 23 Oct 1867, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 10 Jun 1940, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 72 years)   6. CANDLER, Maury Lee,   b. 13 Feb 1873, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 5 Apr 1889, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 16 years)   7. CANDLER, Claude,   b. 25 Sep 1877, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 21 Dec 1972, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 95 years)   8. CANDLER, Ruth,   b. 24 Jan 1880, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States d. 5 Nov 1960, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F3666	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S114] Miscellaneous, University of Georgia, Centennial Alumni Catalog, June, 1901, Pp. 65-68. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, MEMORIAL ID: 9788. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Decatur District, DeKalb, Georgia, Page 41, Dwelling 288. [S69] 1870 Federal Census, Decatur District, DeKalb, Georgia, Pp 28 & 29, Dwelling 229. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, Decatur Military Dist. #531, ED 48, Page 12, Dwelling 100. [S110] 1900 Federal Census, GA Military Dist. #14, De Kalb, Georgia, ED 14, Page 1, Dwelling 17. [S446] Ancestry.COM, U.S. City Directories, 1906, Atlanta, GA, page 554.