In This Spot Set Apart By The City Is Buried Martha Lumpkin Compton August 25, 1827 - February 13, 1917 Wife Of Thomas M. Compton Daughter Of Governor Wilson Lumpkin And His Wife Annis Hopson Lumpkin In Honor Of This Lady, Atlanta Was Once Named Marthasville Oakland Cemetery at Atlanta, Georgia ATLANTA'S NAMESAKE DEAD (Associated Press) DECATUR, GA, Feb 13 -- Mrs. Martha Lumpkin Compton, after whom the city of Atlanta was twice named died at her home here tonight at the age of 90 years. In 1844 the village now called Atlanta, was named Marthasville in her honor. Four years later it was named Atlanta after the nickname of "Atalanta," which Mrs. Compton's father, Governor Wilson Lumpkin had given her. [ Montgomery Advertiser (Alabama), 14 February 1917]
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