Ben_J._Tarbutton
Ben J. Tarbutton
American businessman and politician
Benjamin James Tarbutton (May 14, 1885 – September 19, 1962), was a businessman and politician in Georgia.
Ben J. Tarbutton | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Sandersville, Georgia | |
| In office 1948–1952 | |
| Member of Georgia State Senate | |
| In office 1947–1949 | |
| Member of Georgia House of Representatives | |
| In office 1949–1953 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benjamin James Tarbutton (1885-05-14)May 14, 1885 Sandersville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | September 19, 1962(1962-09-19) (aged 77) Sandersville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Old City Cemetery |
| Spouse |
Rosa Moore McMaster (m. 1928) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Emory College |
Benjamin James Tarbutton was born on May 14, 1885, in Sandersville, Georgia.[1][2] He graduated from Emory College in Oxford, Georgia, in 1905.[2] He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.[2]
After working in his father's mercantile business, he purchased the Sandersville Railroad in 1916, and was the president and director of the Central of Georgia Railroad from 1951 to 1954.[2] He was involved in starting the kaolin mining industry to Sandersville.[2] He was mayor of Sandersville from 1948 to 1952, a member Georgia State Senate from 1947 to 1949 and of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953, and a member of the Georgia delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1952 and 1956.[2][3][4]
Tarbutton married Rosa Moore McMaster of Waynesboro, Georgia, on November 22, 1928. They had two children, Ben and Hugh.[2]
Tarbutton died on September 19, 1962, in Sandersville. He was buried at the Old City Cemetery in Sandersville.[2]
- Averitt, Jack N. (June 2009). Families of Southeastern Georgia. ISBN 9780806350998.
- "Ben J. Tarbutton Fund". Georgia Historical Society. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
- Legacy: The Tarbutton Family, Emory Magazine, Spring 2000.
- Cheeves, Denise Nicole (2004), Legacy, Trafford Publishing, pp. 156–158, ISBN 1-4120-4359-X.