Fleming Grantland DuBignon
Fleming Grantland DuBignon | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | July 25, 1853 Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | November 19, 1909 (aged 56) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Spouse | Caroline Nicoll Lamar (m. 1874–1909; his death) |
| Relations | Seaton Grantland (grandfather) |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Fleming Grantland DuBignon (July 25, 1853 – November 19, 1909) was an American lawyer who was eminent in Savannah, Georgia.
Early life
DuBignon was born in 1853 at "Woodville," near Milledgeville, Georgia, to Charles DuBignon Sr. and Ann Virginia Grantland.[1] He was their fourth child of five, following Charles, Seaton and Kate and before Christopher. His maternal grandfather was Seaton Grantland,[2] United States Congressman.[1]
He was privately tutored in Milledgeville by Reverend Washington Baird (1804–1868),[3] a Pennsylvania native,[4] who was asked by Seaton Grantland to relocate to teach his children.[1]
After receiving a military education at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia (class of 1871),[5] DuBignon graduated from the University of Virginia.[1]
Career
After being admitted to the bar, in 1876 DuBignon formed a law partnership with R. Whitfield and, later, with A. McKinley.[1]
Between 1875 and 1877, DuBignon served as Judge of the County Court of Baldwin County, Georgia.[1] In 1880 and 1881, he represented the county in the Georgia House of Representatives, followed that as a member of the Georgia State Senate, and then in 1883 he moved to Savannah, Georgia.[6] He lived with his family at 15 West Perry Street.[7]
In 1884, he would be elected President of the Georgia State Senate. Ill-health prevented him receiving the nomination for Governor of Georgia in 1901.[6]
In 1889 DuBignon joined fellow attorneys Robert G. Erwin and Walter S. Chisholm Jr. to create Chisholm, Erwin & DuBignon. The 1890 death of senior partner Walter S. Chisholm Sr. the name shuffled to Erwin, DuBignon & Chisholm. William L. Clay joined the partnership in 1892.[8]
In 1903 DuBignon formed a partnership with his son-in-law Robert Cotten Alston to create DuBignon & Alston. Alston had married DuBignon's daughter, Caro, in 1900. The partnership was dissolved when DuBignon fell into poor health.[9]
Personal life
In 1874, DuBignon married Caroline Nicoll Lamar, daughter of Colonel Augustus Lafayette Lamar, with whom he had four children between 1876 and 1881: Caro, Anne, Charles and Mary.[6] Caro wrote a profile of her mother, who was nicknamed "Old Miss", which was printed in History of Baldwin County (1925).[10]
DuBignon had constructed a two-story brick home on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia.[11] It was demolished in 1954.[12]
Death
DuBignon died in Atlanta in 1909, aged 56. He was interred in Savannah's Laurel Grove Cemetery. His widow survived him by seven years, and lies beside him following her death at aged 61.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ga.), Harrison, James P. & co., publishers (Atlanta (1882). Georgia's General Assembly of 1880-1: Biographical Sketches of Senators, Representatives, the Governor, and Heads of Departments; Illustrated with Portraits. J.P. Harrison. p. 177.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Knight, Lucian Lamar (1914). Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends ...: Under the code duello. Landmarks and memorials. Historic churchyards and burial-grounds. Myths and legends of the Indians. Tales of the revolutionary camp-fires. Georgia miscellanies. Historic county seats, chief towns, and noted localities. author. p. 350.
- ↑ Wilson, John Simpson (1869). The Dead of the Synod of Georgia: Necrology; Or, Memorials of Deceased Ministers, who Have Died During the First Twenty Years After Its Organization. Franklin Print. House. p. 322.
- ↑ Pa.), Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, Washington County (1889). Biographical and Historical Catalogue of Washington and Jefferson College: Containing a General Catalogue of Jefferson College, and of Washington College, and of Washington and Jefferson College. Elm street printing Company. p. 60.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Institute, Virginia Military (1927). Register of Former Cadets : Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, 1927. Mitchie Company. p. 42.
- 1 2 3 Cook, Anna Maria Green (1925). History of Baldwin County, Georgia. Keys-Hearn printing Company. p. 312.
- ↑ Social Directory 1902. Morning News Print. 1902.
- ↑ Association, Georgia Bar (1906). Report of the Annual Session of the Georgia Bar Association. Georgia Bar Association. p. 344.
- ↑ Northen, William J. (1912). Men of Mark in Georgia: A Complete and Elaborate History of the State from Its Settlement to the Present Time, Chiefly Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of the Most Eminent Men of Each Period of Georgia's Progress and Development. A. B. Caldwell. p. 50.
- ↑ Cook, Anna Maria Green (1925). History of Baldwin County, Georgia. Keys-Hearn printing Company.
- ↑ Williford, William Bailey (February 1, 2010). Peachtree Street, Atlanta. University of Georgia Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8203-3477-6.
- ↑ "DuBignon-King House". album.atlantahistorycenter.com. Retrieved July 10, 2026.