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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaWilliam Barton Wade DENT
(1806-1855)
DENT, William Barton Wade,
a Representative from Georgia; born in Bryantown, Charles County,
Md., September 8, 1806; attended a private school in Charlotte
Hall, St. Marys County, Md., and was graduated from Charlotte Hall
Military Academy in 1823; moved to Mallorysville, Wilkes County,
Ga., in 1824 and taught school; engaged in mercantile pursuits at
Bullsboro, Ga., in 1827; took an active part in founding the city
of Newnan, Ga., in 1828; subsequently engaged in agricultural
pursuits and milling in Coweta, Carroll, and Heard Counties; became
interested in large land holdings in Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas,
Tennessee, and Texas; served as a colonel in the State militia
during the Creek War; member of the State house of representatives
in 1843; returned to Newnan in 1849 and served as judge of the
inferior court of Coweta County; elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1854; died in Newnan, Coweta County,
Ga., September 7, 1855; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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