- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Wm. G. McAdoo's Birthplace historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Cobb County
Birthplaces--Georgia--Cobb County
McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Powder Springs Rd. just east of Ga. 360 junction
Text of marker: "WM. G McADOO'S BIRTHPLACE. The house atop hill was one of few battlefield houses surviving military operations of the Kennesaw Campaign. McAdoo ownership was Jan. 6, 1863 - Feb. 3, 1864. Here, Oct. 31, 1863 was born the Hon. Wm. G. McAdoo, Secy. of the Treasury, 1913 - 1918; Candidate Dem. presidential nomination; 1924, 1928. U.S. Senator, California, 1933-1939. Place was named MELORA during McAdoo occupancy. S.B. Oatman owned it at time of Battle of Kolb's Farm. 033-10 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1952" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_wm.-g.-mcadoos-birthplace
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_wm-g
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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