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As mayor he built the first [[City Halls of Atlanta|city hall]] and commissioned the first city map: the so-called [[Vincent Map]] of [[1853]], drawn by [[Edward A. Vincent]]. An illness forced him to resign in October 1853 and a special election was held two weeks later. He died in 1856 and is buried at [[Oakland Cemetery]]. |
As mayor he built the first [[City Halls of Atlanta|city hall]] and commissioned the first city map: the so-called [[Vincent Map]] of [[1853]], drawn by [[Edward A. Vincent]]. An illness forced him to resign in October 1853 and a special election was held two weeks later. He died in 1856 and is buried at [[Oakland Cemetery]]. |
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Revision as of 10:18, 16 December 2005
John F. Mims (November 10,1815–April 30,1856) sixth mayor of Atlanta and agent of the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company.
In the late 1840s he founded a flour mill with Lemuel Grant, Richard Peters and his younger brother William Peters but it didn't do well with competition from Mark A. Cooper's mill in north Georgia but was still important for the diversification of the city's enterprises.
As mayor he built the first city hall and commissioned the first city map: the so-called Vincent Map of 1853, drawn by Edward A. Vincent. An illness forced him to resign in October 1853 and a special election was held two weeks later. He died in 1856 and is buried at Oakland Cemetery.
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