C. Wheeler MANGUM
Birth:
1846
DeKalb, Georgia
Death:
10 Feb 1922
Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia
Burial:
12 Feb 1922
Palmetto, Fulton, Georgia
Marriage:
5 Mar 1932
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He enlisted in the War between the States as a young boy, and served in many
regiments until the end of the war. Returning from the war, he was active in
helping rebuild his beloved Atlanta during the reconstruction. He was always a
leader among Atlanta's Confederate veterans, being commander for many years
of Camp W. H. T. Walker, of the U. C. V., and a regular attender at
Confederate conventions. He went to work with the W. & A. R. R., attaining the
post of Yardmaster. From 1908 to 1916 he was Sheriff of Fulton County, GA.
He was a charter member of St. Paul's Methodist Church, a trustee, a
steward, and a Sunday School Teacher. (Sources: The Atlanta Journal 10 Feb 1922
pages 1 and 16; The Atlanta Journal 11 Feb 1922 page 3.)
Source of Information about Children: Last Will and Testament of Martha C.
Mangum, dated 12 April 1922.
Source of Wedding date: Letter from Mattie Mangum to James Evans Mangum dated
2 Mar 1932.
From a poem he copied in 1878 that was originaly written by his father C. W.
Mangum in 1844, we learn that the mother of C. W. Mangum (rin 1727) was Mary
L.(Maiden name and birthplace unknown)
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Birth:
4 Jul 1893
Georgia
Death:
26 Nov 1972
Walter Reed Hosp, Washington
Notes:
Served in the U.S.Army and retired with the rank of Col. He was on General
Pershing's staff, and wrote many of his speeches. He also wrote many speeches
for other high ranking officers, and quite possibly wrote the speech that Gen.
Douglas McArthur gave at the signing of the Japanese surrender, as there is a
rough draft of the actual speech among his memorbilia. He was greatly involved
in the American Battlefields National Monument Commission. He wrote and
received letters from Dwight Eisenhower. He served on the Board of Directors
at the Riggs Bank after retirement. He was a romantic, and wrote beautiful
poetry, and was also published in the Banking Industry trade Journal. All
indications show that he was a great fan of General Pershing. His discharge
papers indicate that he served as Assistant Executive Officer and Acting
Executive Officer for the Adjutant General, War Department,Wash. D.C. He
served in similar capacity for the Adjutant General, General Headquarters,
United States Army Forces, Pacific, In Manila, Philippine Island, and Tokyo,
Japan. He also served as Intelligence Officer, the Adjutant General's Office,
Washington D.C. He served from 1 Jan 1942 until 24 Nov. 1946, and had been in
the Reserves at least from 1921. He received the Legion of Merit in 1947. and
retired in 1954 after serving thirty-four years and six months in the Army. It
is not clear if he had more than one marriage, or if he had offspring. There
is no mention about him having any children in his writings, but there is some
evidence that leads one to belive that there may have been another marriage when
he was younger. He was President of th 1916 sophmore class at Young Harris
College, a Methodist college named after Judge Young L. G. Harris, located in
Young Harris, GA. He was on the Young Harris debating society, the Temperance
Society, and was center on the sophmore basketball team. (Source: 1916 class
yearbook "Entonah")
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C. Wheeler Mangum - Blocked
C. Wheeler Mangum
was born at DeKalb, Georgia 1846.
He married Blocked 5 Mar 1932 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
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James Evans Mangum, Colonel,U.S.Army
born 4 Jul 1893.
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C. Wheeler Mangum died 10 Feb 1922 at Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia .