Jared Irwin Whitaker (May 4, 1818 – May 3, 1884) was the mayor of Atlanta, Georgia after a contentious election defeating William Ezzard, he didn't finish his term as mayor being appointed Commissary-General of Georgia's Civil War troops. He was succeeded by Thomas Lowe on December 13, 1861. Starting in 1864 he published Atlanta newspaper, The Daily Intelligencer and employed John H. Steele as editor. The newspaper was closed down in April of 1871 not able to compete with the Atlanta Constitution which bought all of its mechanical equipment in June of that year. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery. May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Nickname: The Horizon City, Hotlanta, The Big Peach Official website: http://www. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln+ Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Strength 2,213,363 1,064,200 Casualties KIA: 110,100 Total dead: 359,500 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 74,500 Total dead: 198,500 Wounded: 137,000+  The American... Thomas F. Lowe (1812 – November, 1875) took over as Atlantas mayor after Jared Whitaker was brought in for the Confederate cause at the start of the American Civil War. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... John H. Steele (January 6, 1807–January 11, 1871) was an American newspaper editor. ... Look up April in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily newspaper of Atlanta and metro Atlanta. ... Aerial map of Oakland Cemetery Oakland Cemetery is Atlanta, Georgias oldest and largest cemetery as well as its fourth largest green space (behind Freedom, Piedmont and Grant Parks). ...

He was named for his grandfather, former Governor of Georgia, Jared Irwin. This is a list of Governors of the state of Georgia, including governors of the British colony of Georgia. ... Jared Irwin (1750–March 1, 1818) was twice elected Governor of Georgia around the turn of the Nineteenth Century. ...