Bishop Warren Akin Candler^{[1, 2, 3]}

1857 - 1941  (84 years)

• Name	Warren Akin Candler
  		Bishop Warren Akin Candler (1857-1941)
  Title	Bishop
  Nickname	"King Shorty"
  Born	23 Aug 1857	Villa Rica, Carroll, Georgia
  Gender	Male
  Pastor	1898
  	Elected Bishop, Methodist Episcopal Church South.
  Education	1914	Druid Hills, DeKalb, Georgia
  	Chancellor, Emory University.
  Church Affiliation	Methodist Episcopal Church, South
  		Divines How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”
  Died	25 Sep 1941	Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia   [4]
  Buried	Oxford Historical Cemetery, Oxford, Newton, Georgia
  Person ID	I20899	Dickinson
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Samuel Charles Candler,   b. 6 Dec 1809, Columbia County, Georgia ,   d. 13 Nov 1873, Villa Rica, Carroll, Georgia  (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Martha Bernetta Beall,   b. 6 Dec 1819, Franklin County, Georgia ,   d. 3 Jul 1897, Villa Rica, Carroll, Georgia  (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	8 Dec 1833	Georgia   [5]
  Family ID	F6520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Antoinette Curtwright,   b. 23 Oct 1859, LaGrange, Troup, Georgia ,   d. 23 Jul 1943, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia  (Age 83 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1877	LaGrange, Troup, Georgia   [6]
  Children	+ 1. Annie Florence Candler,   b. 17 Jan 1879, Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia ,   d. 23 Apr 1957, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida  (Age 78 years)  [Birth] + 2. John Curtwright Candler,   b. 8 Jun 1883, Columbia County, Georgia ,   d. 20 Sep 1951, Sylva, Jackson, North Carolina  (Age 68 years)  [Birth]   3. Warren Akin Candler,   b. 4 Nov 1887, Georgia ,   d. 13 Aug 1888, Georgia  (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   4. Emory Candler,   b. 13 Mar 1893, Oxford, Newton, Georgia ,   d. 2 Nov 1894, Oxford, Newton, Georgia  (Age 1 years)  [Birth] + 5. Samuel Charles Candler,   b. 9 Dec 1895,   d. 10 Feb 1973  (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2018
  Family ID	F6586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Aug 1857 - Villa Rica, Carroll, Georgia Married - 21 Nov 1877 - LaGrange, Troup, Georgia Education - Chancellor, Emory University. - 1914 - Druid Hills, DeKalb, Georgia Died - 25 Sep 1941 - Atlanta, Dekalb, Georgia Buried - - Oxford Historical Cemetery, Oxford, Newton, Georgia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), "Warren Akin Candler" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Akin_Candler. [S70] New Georgia Encyclopedia, (Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press), http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/., "Warren Akin Candler (1857-1941)" at http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/warren-akin-candler-1857-1941. [S476] Emory Libraries and Information [online], (Atlanta, Georgia: Emory University), "Warren A. Candler papers, 1846-1977" at https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/candlerwarren2/. [S016407] Georgia, Death Index, 1919-1998 [database on-line], (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001). Name: Warren A Candler Gender: Male Race: White Age: 84 Birth Date: abt 1857 Death Date: 25 Sep 1941 Death Place: DeKalb, Georgia, USA Certificate Number: 21915 [S336410] Georgia's Last Frontier: The Development of Caroll County, James C. Bonner, (Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1971), 106. [S336457] Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013).