William Harrell Felton

Doctor, Minister, Farmer, Politician

Born: 6-19-1823, Lexington, GA Died: 9-24-1909, Cartersville, GA Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Cartersville Married: Ann Carlton; Rebecca Latimer Elected to Congress in 1871, Felton became the leader of the Independent party movement following the Civil War, and later served as a representative from Bartow County to the state legislature. An outstanding orator and formidable debater, Felton embraced prohibition, championed prison reform, and battled successfully for a bill to improve education funding. Licensed as a Methodist minister in 1848, Felton served as a popular preacher in Bartow County for almost fifty years.

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