Draft:Samuel Lumpkin (judge)

Samuel Lumpkin (December 12, 1848 – July 18, 1903)^[1] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1891 until his death in 1903.

Member of the Georgia State Senate from 1878 to 1880.

Judge Samuel Lumpkin of the supreme court of Georgia died this morning st 4:30 at the home of his brother-in-law Mr. A. S. Richardson about twelve miles northwest from this place. He died of hemorrhage of the lungs He had been visiting Mr. Richardson about a week, was in his usual health and spent yesterday at a fishery down on Dry Fork creek. His attack and death were unexpected. He had been suffering for the past two years from rheumatism though not seriously. The funeral of Judge Lumpkin will take place Monday at the Lumpkin family burying ground near Lexington in Oglethorpe county.^[1]

Lumpkin died in Wilkes County, Georgia, at the age of 54.

References

^ ^a ^b "Obituary for Samuel Lumpkin", The Macon Telegraph (July 19, 1903), p. 9.

Political offices
Preceded by Mark Harden Blandford	Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia 1891–1903	Succeeded by Henry Gray Turner

Category:1848 births Category:1903 deaths Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)

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[Obit-1] "Obituary for Samuel Lumpkin", The Macon Telegraph (July 19, 1903), p. 9.

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