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Chappell, Absalom H. (Absalom Harris), 1801-1878

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Personal name headingChappell, Absalom H. (Absalom Harris), 1801-1878
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Variant(s)Chappell, Absalom Harris, 801-1878
LocatedSandersville (Ga.) Forsyth (Ga.) Columbus (Ga.)
Birth date1801
Death date1878
Place of birthMount Zion (Hancock County, Ga.)
Place of deathColumbus (Ga.)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. House of Representatives
Profession or occupationLawyers Politicians
Found inHis Miscellanies of Georgia, 1874: t.p. (Absalom H. Chappell)
OCLC data base, 1/31/89 (hdg.: Chappell, Absalom H. (Absalom Harris), 1801-1878)
Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed September 21, 2023: Chappell, Absalom Harris (Representative from Georgia; born at Mount Zion, Hancock County, Ga., December 18, 1801 ... admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Sandersville, Washington County, Ga.; moved to Forsyth, Ga., in 1824 and practiced; member of the State senate in 1832 and 1833; served in the State house of representatives 1834-1839; moved to Macon, Ga., in 1836 and continued the practice of law ... elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress ... resumed the practice of law; moved to Columbus, Ga. ... died in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga., December 11, 1878)
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