William Ambrose Wright - Atlanta, GA
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This plaque tells us this tree is dedicated to William Allen Wright (1844-1929), Comptroller-General of Georgia for fifty years. It is located in back of the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Georgia.
Waymark Code: WMGMW1
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/21/2013
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As one faces the back of the building, to the right of the American Legions "Flame of Freedom" is a magnolia tree with a dedication plaque at its base. This is the Capitol Avenue SW side of the Capitol grounds. It is interesting to note this was placed only a few months after his death.
Brief biographical information can be found at (
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"William Ambrose Wright (January 18, 1844 – September 13, 1929) was a soldier in the Army of the Confederate States of America, Comptroller General & Insurance Commissioner, 1879–1929, Lawyer, Lieutenant, Confederate States of America, and a Statesman.
Born at Louisville, Georgia, he was honored for 50 years of service to the State as Comptroller General (The official responsible for Georgia's accounting activities)."
The following text of the plaque comes from the GeorgiaInfo web site at (
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WILLIAM AMBROSE WRIGHT PLAQUE
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM AMBROSE WRIGHT
BORN AT LOUISVILLE GEORGIA, JANUARY 19, 1844.
DIED AT ATLANTA, GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 13, 1929:
SOLDIER, STATESMAN, AND CHRISTIAN KNIGHT:
A GALLANT OFFICER IN THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE
STATES OF AMERICA; FOR FIFTY YEARS COMPTROLLER
GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH; GUARDIAN OF ITS HONOR AND ITS PEOPLE'S FRIEND. A GENTLEMAN
IN WHOM LIVED THE GRACES, THE VIRTUES AND THE
HEROISMS OF THE OLD SOUTH:
THIS TREE IS LOVINGLY PLANTED, AND THIS
TABLET REVERENTLY INSCRIBED BY
THE ATLANTA LADIES MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
JANUARY 19, 1930.