Copyright 2008 by Donald Allen and Elizabeth Robertson
 

The below biographies are reprinted from the book "MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA", Historical and Biographical Sketches, but
S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., PUBLISHED IN 1896.
These may have been 'paid' bios since they do not include all the county leaders of that time.  Notes have been added as to place of burial and birth and death
dates where known.

The Family Sketches (indicated by red font) are submitted by researchers shown in column two.

HARALSON COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES AND FAMILY SKETCHES.
 

CHARLES WESLEY POPE  (By E. Robertson)
Charles Wesley Pope, grandson of William Wesley Pope and Hetha Longshore Brannon, son of John William Pope and Betty Newman Pope.
He was born in Haralson Co., Ga. February 16, 1890 and died October 13, 1973. Married November 5, 1911 Mattie May Willoughby, from Newell, Alabama,
daughter of Homer and Molly Willoughby. They had five children: Maurice (struck by lightning in his 20's), Dr. Hughlan Pope, Stanley, Virginia and Mary Elizabeth.
He was a Baptist minister and it is believed he was 'called' to preach at Steadman Baptist Church. He was pastor there in 1916 and again in 1920 and 1921.
He obtain his degree from Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a instructor at Mercer University for the year 1924-1925. His M. A. thesis was
"The Psychological Characteristics of the Great Wakening'. Mercer University, 1925.
He was the pastor at several churches and was Executive Secretary of Tennessee Baptist Convention in the 1950's. He and his wife Mattie May Willoughby
retired in Tallapoosa during the 1960's or early 1970's.
Charles Wesley Pope and Mattie May are buried at Steadman Baptist Church in Haralson Co., GA.  (Return to Top)
(Family History)

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Either Carroll Or Paulding County Paper June 1924
Candler Pays Tribute To the Memory of Wm. C. McBrayer

     In the year 1823 Andrew Erwin Mcbrayer, moved from North Carolina to
Georgia bringing with him health, strength and character--- nothing else.  He
lived to a good old age without a stain on his splendid character and left
sons and daughters, who never forgot or abused the heritage of a good name he
left them.
     Soon after his arrival in Georgia he contracted with Samuel Leathers to
work on his farm and married Miss Nancy Leathers in 1826.  He moved with his
young wife to a little farm on Sweetwater Creek, in Paulding county and raised
eight sons and two daughters. 
     A simple statement of a few common facts but not all the history that
Andrew E. McBrayer made.  The lands he cleared, the houses he built, the roads
he assisted in making with his own hands and better the splendid sons he gave
to his country, assets to the states-- not liabilities, for not one of them
was ever known to violate the law.  Are all parts of the history of Georgia. 
     He died at the age of 82 years, his wife living to the age of 95 years. 
     When the Civil War broke out five of his sons volunteered in  the
country's defense, fighting on until their commanders surrendered and then
returned home to their farms; making splendid citizens.
     King David of Israel, laid down the principal that as his post is that
goeth down to the battle.  So that his post be that tarrieth by the staff,
they shall fare alike.   So three sons among whom was William C.  McBrayer,
who remained at home and worked on the farm to feed and clothe their soldier
brothers on the battlefield were no less patriotic than the others who fought
in battle.  Coming to manhood he joined the Baptist church and married Miss
Delia Brown in the year 1873.  He served as postmaster at Draketown about
twelve years.  Several years as Justice of Peace, and served the people of
Haralson County as Tax Assessor for four terms. 
     Through all the years of his quiet life he was zealous of the untarnished
McBrayer name.  Faithful to every trust.  As husband, father, citizen and
christian gentleman;  very quietly on June 25, 1924 he fell asleep leaving his
children the heritage of a name, oftentimes better than silver or gold. 
     This tribute is written by a friend who knew him when we were little
boys, knew him in manhood, knew him to love him through all the years of his
quiet life.
     W.B. CANDLER, Villa Rica, Ga. 


Additional Comments:
William Clark McBrayer, son of Andrew Erwin McBrayer and Nancy Ann Leathers,
was born in Paulding County on Dec. 14, 1848.  He was married to Ardelia
Brown. 

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Middle Ga. Argus - December 1894
The subject of this sketch, Robert W. Mays, was born in Butts county Ga., and is a son of Henry S. and Matilda R. (Stroud) Mays, natives respectively of South
Carolina and Georgia.

MAYS, ROBERT W.     In 1862, R. W. Mays enlisted in the 30th Georgia Volunteers, and served as a private and took part in many battles and received a
wound a the battle of Chickamauga which retired him from service; but he partially recovered and, with retired papers in his pocket, returned to the army,
and was engaged in the last battle of the war - Bentonville.  After the struggle had ended, he returned home to his widowed mother and two younger brothers
 (his father having killed during the war) and commenced life a poor man with a limited education.  In 1870 he was elected tax receiver and re-elected in 1872. 
He used his salary, accruing from the office, in acquiring a medical education.  He was quite successful in his practice.  In 1880 he retired from practice,
and was that year elected to the Legislature and did much good for the State and county.

He is brave, but tender, and is more than ordinarily loved by the poor.  He is of a nervous temperament and is possessed of indomitable will and energy, as is
proven by the fact that he has risen from a poor boy to a man of wealth and influence.

In 1880 he married Miss Laura J. Gray, daughter of Augustus Gray, and is now the father of three bright children - Robert Lee, Mary Augustus, "John Billie."

In politics he is an independent thinker, and is the champion of his country and not of any particular party.  He is now devoting his time principally to agriculture,
in which industry the greater part of his money is invested;
though he has a large property in Jackson and still more in Tallapoosa, Ga., Dr. Mays is in the fairest sense of the word a self-made man.
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THOMPSON, JULIA ELVIRA and ROY G. WELLS.   
This family sketch was submitted by K. H. Simonson. 
 

THE WESSONS OF HARALSON COUNTY

The earliest records of Wessons in America, appears to be that of James Wesson B: 1754 Brunswick Co. Virginia, D: 1826 Rutherford Co. North Carolina.
He was married to Nancy Ann Cleary B: 1770 Brunswick Co. Virginia D: 1856 Cleveland Co. North Carolina. There were 3 Girls and 5 Boys born to this union.
One of the Sons, Henry, B.  1794 Brunswick Co. is the patriarch of the Georgia Wessons. . A virtual diary of Henry’s movements over the years, is known.... 1803
migrated, with family, to Rutherford Co. NC. 1812 enlisted Rutherford Co. 2nd Regiment War of 1812. 1815 Henry and Mother, Nancy signed James Wesson’s
Will as executors. 1817- 1825, not proven, but probable, Henry marries in this time frame. 1820 Rutherford Co. NC Census lists Henry Wesson, 1 male 18-26. 1 male; 1-9; 1
female 16-26.            1826 Henry and Mother in court qualified as executors of James Wesson’s estate.  In this same year shown as paying Poll Tax in Lincoln Co NC. 1827
Henry sells his share of land from Father’s estate to his Brother, William. 1829 Henry joins Antioch Baptist Church, located in York Co. SC, just over the State line,
 a mile or  so south of his home in Lincoln Co. NC 1830
Lincoln Co. Census shows ,Henry Wesson 1 male 30-40   1 male 15-20 2 males 5-10 2 males under 5; 1 female 30-40.  1838 Dismissed by letter  from
Antioch Baptist Church.

1840 Family in Union Co. SC.  By1860 they were in Cobb Co. at Big Shanty, Georgia     ( now Kennesaw).  In the Civil War, Henry and Son, William Charles, entered Co A 7th
Regiment Georgia Home Guards and fought Sherman in the trenches in and around Atlanta. After the War, Henry died in Cobb Co and the family went separate ways. William Charles
migrated down thru Georgia and at one point farmed in Haralson Co. According to a Wesson decendant, living in Alabama, one of the Sons of Henry, Joab, migrated to Alabama there
 by establishing the Wesson lineage in Alabama. The attached picture is of James Morris Wesson B: 1862 Died 1935 ,   a Son of  William Charles Wesson B: Aug. 1826 North Carolina
and Synthia Dobbs B: June 1831 Georgia, and Sabra Elvira Simpson/Wesson B: Jan. 1861 Died 1952 Daughter of Joel and Sabra Griffin/Simpson.  James Morris and Sabra Elvira
were married in Haralson County 3 Oct. 1880
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FAMILY OF JOEL M SIMPSON

{Picture ASSUMED to be Joel and Sabra Griffin/Simpson, as it was found in the trunk of Sabra Elvira Simpson/Wesson |
after her death in 1951.  She was a daughter of Joel and Sabra.]

The parents of Joel Simpson was Henry and Sarah Simpson. Henry was B: 1796 in South Carolina and was a wagon maker and wheelwright by trade.
His Wife Sarah B: 1800 also in South Carolina. They migrated to Georgia after 1840 with a family of 4 boys and one girl.

The 1850 Census shows them as living in Paulding Co Georgia and Henry plying his trade as wagon maker.  By 1860 the family had moved on to Haralson Co with Henry,
even tho advanced in age, still at work as a wheelwright. He and Sarah independently, but near the Son Joel. By this time Joel B: Mar.4, 1832 Laurens Co. South Carolina
 was married,1854 in Cobb Co Georgia, to Sabra Griffin B: Feb 4 1829 Laurens Co South Carolina. It is believed, although  not proven, that Sabra was the daughter of the
Morada Griffin, shown on the 1860 Census of Haralson Co. living next to the Simpsons. Joel M Simpson was enlisted into the Confederate Army May 13, 1862 Co.K 40th
Georgia. Promoted to 1st Corporal 15 Nov. 1863. The 40th Georgia was in many engagements with the Union Army under General Sherman and eventually General Grant in the
 State of Mississippi at places such as Jackson, Champion’s Hill, Bakers Creek, and the Big Black River, all the while slowly retreating, in the face of overwhelming numbers ,
until finally being trapped at the Mississippi River in Vicksburg. From May 18 1863 to July 4,1863 the Union Army of the Tennessee under command of Grant held the town of
Vicksburg under siege for 47 days. The population, both civil and military was forced into eating the live stock... including horses and mules. Near the end it is said that rats were
considered a delicacy not unlike fried squirrel. After being paroled July 4. Joel returned home to Haralson for a period and then returned to the army. His next encounter with the
Union army, again under the command of Grant. at Chattanooga, Tennessee called Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. Joel was once again forced to beat a hasty retreat
off the back side of Missionary Ridge.. .and once again, start a fight and retreat movement to Atlanta. After a short stay in the trenches around Atlanta Joel’s chronic condition finally
forced him to be confined to the Confederate St Mary’s Hospital at LaGrange on July31, 1864. Thus ends any known participation by Joel in the war. Joel’s Wife, Sabra died,
according to her grave marker, Sept 5, 1889. Joel remarried a Martha J_____ Joel Died Jan 28, 1919. The double head stone on their graves in the cemetery of Bethlehem Baptist
Church Felton , Haralson Co. is confusing. Although  the markers list Father... Mother, the name is Sarah not Sabra. Sarah was Joel’s Mother. The birth dates appear to have been
switched also. . . . as Sabra was known to have been 4 years older than Joel.                             Back to Top

HOLCOMBE, JAMES WASHINGTON

James W Holcombe was B: 28 Nov.1833, the first born of John Kellette Holcombe and Rachel C Morris. He married |
Louisa Arianna Worthy 7 February 1860. Arianna was the first born of John H Worthy and Mary Margaret Jones. She was born in Upson Co. Georgia 1839.
James W was a farmer in Haralson Co near Buchanan Georgia. When civil war broke out between the States he was inducted into Co.H 1st Cay. Georgia
Capt. Tumlin’s Co assigned to Col. Morrison’s Regiment. As a volunteer he was paid a $ 50 bonus From his enlistment date of 19th April 1862 until 30th of
June 1862....in addition to the $ 50 bounty he was paid $ .40 cents a day, or $ 28.80, for the use of his horse and arms. In the time frame Nov/Dec 1862 he
was promoted to 5th Sgt and again $ .40 cents a day for his horse and arms totaling $24.40. He was also shown as Absent....at home sick at this time.
 Confederate Service Records for James W show that in Feb. 1863 he was listed as Absent . . . detained in Georgia by order of General Wheeler,
commanding the 1 Cav..

After the war, James W returned to farming and raising a family. In 1874, while chopping firewood, he cut himself with the axe causing his death.
This left Arianna with 5 children to raise. The following year, 1875, Arianna contracted tuberculosis. To isolate her from the family, a tent was set up in the
 woods near the house. The family would bring her food half way, and set it on the ground, she would come out and eat and go back to the tent while the family
retrieved the dishes. This lasted until her death in 1875.

The 5 orphans were distributed among the Worthy and Holcombe families to raise. John Kellette and Rachel taking two, in addition to the Son of the
deceased Reuben and Martha Worthy. When John W Worthy and Emily Hannah Holcombe were married in Dec 1879 they took one of the Orphans, 13 year
 old John W Holcombe into their home to care for until he reached maturity and Emily Hannah’s death in 1884

The 5 Children of James and Arianna Holcombe as given to her Daughter ,Adeline Vera (Eugenia) Short on December 20, 1933 in an interview for the book
Holcombe: Nation Builders, by Mary Emma Jane Holcombe/McWilliams

Ruben Kellett: M. Ester Posey 12 Children
Jo Estelle:Henry White, 10 children
John W : Mollie Miler, 10 Children
Mary Emma Jane; Robert S. McWilliams, 8 Children
James D: Mattie Stevenson, 4 Children
(File contributed by James T. Worthy)            

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Columbus, Georgia January 3, 2004

I haven’t taken the time to trace these names down, but some I recognize from memory. On Page 1 signed Your loving sister, Mollie I believe this
actually was Emma Jane’s 1st Cousin.  The only Sister Emma Jane had was Jo Estelle. . . .according to Emma Jane. On page 5 I get a special twinge.
This was the second Wife of John Kellette Holcombe, after Rachel died. Evidently she played a big part in raising Emma Jane. The sad part is that I have
seen her lonely grave in the Buchanan Cemetery all by its self, John Kellette chose to be buried with Rachel in Macadonia. On a lighter note, on page 6
Emma Jane’s future husband , Robert Samuel Mc Williams makes 3 entries in the book going from “kind friend” to “dear girl” as his courage rises.        
 James T. Worthy
                                                                   

            MARY EMMA JANE HOLCOMBE’ S AUTOGRAPH BOOK

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WORTHY, JOHN H.
John H Worthy was born 1817 Putnam Co Georgia to parents of William Worthy and Mary Polly Respess.  Mary was the daughter of Richard Respess a
former Revolutionary War soldier from North Carolina living in Putnam Co.   When John H was 5 years old the two families of Worthy and Respess migrated west into the
Indian territory of what is present day Upson County Georgia.  They established plantations near the Flint River forming the boundry line of Talbot/Upson counties, on the Waymanville
 Rd. 12 miles from Thomaston.    At 18 years of age John H joined the Georgia Mounted Militia during the Creek Indian Wars.   He advanced in rank from Private to Sergeant and
eventually in 1840, to Captain.   During this time period he met and married Mary Margaret Jones of Fayette Co  Georgia October 9 1838.    In the mid 1850s John H moved his family
to Haralson County near Buchanan Georgia.  There began courtships and intermarrying of the Worthy siblings and those of  John Kellett Holcombe.   On 25 March 1862 John H was
enlisted in the Confederate Army at 45 years of age.    He was assigned to the 35th Ga   Haralson Brown Guards, and attached to Gen A. P. Hill's Light Infantry under Gen . Stonewall
Jackson's command fighting in Virginia.     John H was on the field of battle when his Son in Law, Reuben Holcomb was killed at Seven Pines, Virginia May 31, 1862.   Reuben was the
22 year old Son of John Kellett Holcomb, married to John H's daughter Martha,     John H was also on the field of battle when the other Son, William Martin Holcomb, was killed at
Cedar Mountain, Va. September 7, 1862.       After a couple of years the 30 mile over night marches made by Gen Jackson, and the fighting of his brigades the next day, without
benefit of sleep or food, began to wear down the 45 year old  John H.      He was given a medical discharge due to failing night vision and rheumatism on 25 October 1864.  
John H returned to his farm outside Buchanan.
 

AUSTIN AYRES
AUSTIN AYRES, farmer, Felton, Haralson Co., Ga., son of Martin and Sarah Ayres, was born in Greenville, S. C., May 18, 1822. His father was a farmer, and came by
wagon from South Carolina to Georgia, and settled in Gwinnett county, in 1825. In 1836 he moved from Gwinnett to Paulding counts,, Ga., and settled on a lot of land he drew
from the government, and on which the subject of this sketch now lives. At that time the country was filled with Indians and wild game, and for many months his father's family, lived
 in a log cabin with a dirt floor, Mr. Ayres' advantages for schooling- were exceedingly meager. In 1838 he was a member of the military force which removed the Indians from
Georgia. He began farm life for himself in 1846, by clearing land; then he made his purchased forty- acre tract. To this he has added till he now owns I,437 acres of land. For
twenty-five years he has been a justice of the peace, and is still holding the office.

He has been extremely successful, and being one of the wealthiest, as well as one of the oldest citizens of the county, is highly esteemed, and commands the utmost respect of
everybody. To have held the office of justice of the peace so long, common sense and a sense of justice must be paramount characteristics. Mr. Ayres was married Sept. 28, 1843,
to Miss Susan, daughter of Nathan and Priscilla Latin, who came from Tennessee to Georgia in 183o. To them eleven children have been born: Harriet, Mary Adaline, Jane, Nancy
Letitia, Lou Genia, Alfred, Berry Reubin, Hiram, Sarah Frances, and William Solomon and Isaac, deceased. Mr. Ayres is a member of the Missionary Baptist church, having been
 baptized July 21, 1843,

WILLIAM J. BROWN, farmer, Buchanan, Haralson Co., Ga., son of William 1.and Susan Brown, was born in Henry county, Ga., in 1852. His paternal grandfather, Roland Brown,
was a farmer, a poor man, and came from South Carolina to Georgia early in the present century. His wife was a Miss Dicv Waldrop, also a native of South Carolina. The parents of
our subject were born in Georgia, and the father was reared on a farm, but he started in life for himself as a brakeman on the Georgia railway. He was promoted to a conductorship
on a freight train, and, saving some money, came to and settled on a farm in Haralson county in 186o. During the war he served as captain in the army until the surrender. He also was
elected and served as a 'justice of the inferior court, and died in 1886. Mr. Brown received a very limited education, and has followed farming exclusively. He was married Dec. 23, 1873,
to Miss Nancy Carolina, daughter of Seaborn and Melinda Caroline McGarity, of Paulding county, Ga.

To them nine children have been born: Carrie Leota, Willie S., Eva May, Cora Ella, Robert Joseph, Sarah Udara, Bertie, Agnes Pearl, James Benjamin. Mrs. Brown is an exemplary
member of the Methodist church. Mr. Brown is a master Mason, one of the most prosperous farmers in the county, and as a citizen Commands the respect and esteem of all who
know him.

C. C. EAVES

C C. EAVES, farmer, Buchanan, Haralson Co., Ga., son of L. B. and Lavinia (Camp) Eaves, was born in Paulding county, Ga., in 1834. His father came from Rutherford county,
N. C., where he married his wife, a daughter of Cleburne Camp, who came to Georgia in 1832. When his parents settled in Haralson county they were in moderately good
circumstances. His father died at the age of SIXTY- five and the mother at the age of seventy-two years. Mr. Eaves was reared on the farm, but like thousands of others,
children of frontiersmen and pioneers, received very meager schooling, owing to inconveniences and disadvantages, both of Accommodations and teachers. He, however.
by studying at home at night by fire-light, improved himself very much in that respect. In 1862 he enlisted in Montgomery's artillery, with which he remained about six months,
when, being taken sick, he returned home and sent a substitute to the army. His attention has been given principally to his farm, although at one time he engaged in merchandising,
and now, in addition to his farm, runs a grist mill. A plain, commonsense, unostentatious farmer, he is entirely content with his vocation, with its sufficient income, and with being
regarded by his neighbors as an honorable man and citizen.

Mr. Eaves married in 1865, for his first wife, Miss Amanda, daughter of John and Betsy Kirk , of Pike county, Ga., by whom he had nine children: Johnnie Cleburne, William Taylor,
Benjamin F'ranklin, Davy Alonzo, Davis, Lovie, Bailey Sedford and Jackson. He married for his second wife Miss Jennie, daughter of Absolom Wilson. Himself and wife are
consistent and zealous members of the Primitive Baptist church. About the close of the war he was, elected a justice of the peace.
[Note - 2-5-2003. Full Name: Calburn Camp; Buried at Piney Woods Cemetery. Bn. Sept. 26, 1832, Died Dec. 9, 1912
First Wife: Mary Amanda Kirk, bn. Nov. 7, 1848, Died May 4, 1882
Second Wife: Nancy Ann Wilson, Bn. Nov. 7, 1847, Died Apr. 30, 1937]                                          Back to Top       

JAMES F. GARNER                       

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WILLIAM GAULDING

WILLIAM GAULDING, physician, Waco, Haralson Co., Ga., son of John and Jane Gaulding, was born in Oglethorpe county, Ga., April 15, 1833. His parents subsequently
removed to Troup county, where he was reared and received the very indifferent education he started in life with. Having more fully educated himself and studied medicine, he
attended Georgia Medical college, Augusta, from which he graduated in 1856, and immediately aftenward located at Haralsonville, Troup county. After remaining there twenty
years, and establishing a very large and remunerative practice, he removed, in 1876, to Carroll county, where he remained -until December, 1893, adding to his reputation as one
of the most skillful and successful physicians in that part of the state. At the last-named date he moved to Waco, where he is still actively practicing his profession, Enjoying the
 unreserved confidence of a large and still increasing constituency. He was postmaster a number of years at Haralsonville, conducted a drug store at Carrollton and Waco, and
engaged extensively in farming during his professional life, and has accumulated a quite large estate. Dr. Gaulding was married May 6, 1856, to Miss Amanda R., daughter of R. W.
 and Elizabeth Brown, a union which has been blessed with eleven children: Aldora, Lizzie Love, Henry Valentine, Benjamin Holmes, deceased, Lizzie Thomas, .1. W., Odessa,
Seaborn May, Exar, deceased, Clyde Speer, and Luella, deceased. Dr. Gaulding was originally an "old-line" Whig, and voted against secession, but is now affiliated with the
populists. He is a master Mason, and himself and wife are prominent and influential members of the Methodist church.
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W. F. GOLDIN

W F. GOLDIN, physician and surgeon, Draketown, Haralson Co. Ga., son of Seaborn and Sarah Goldin, was born in what is now Haralson county, near where he now lives,
Feb. 6,1851. His father was born in what is now Walton county, Ga., in 18l7, and his mother was born in the same locality. His parents Moved from Walton to Paulding county in
1844, and settled on a tract of land, which he subsequently converted into a fruit and nursery farm. Dr. Goldin's educational advantages during his boyhood and youth were of the
most limited and indifferent sort; but after he attained manhood he attended the Tallapoosa, Ga., high school, where he acquired a very good education. He then read medicine,
 and under a temporary license practiced awhile. In 1875 he entered Atlanta Medical college, from which lie was graduated in 1877, and located in Draketown.

In 1888 Dr. Goldin went to London, England, and took a special course in surgery in the London medical colleges, and has since built up a large and very remunerative practice.
He stands at the head of his profession in that part of the state, is very popular, and is steadily growing in reputation. In addition to his practice Dr. Goldin conducts a general
merchandise store and is engaged in sawmilling. He not only excels in his profession, but is regarded as possessing superior business and financiering ability. In 1890 he was
elected to represent the Thirty-eighth senatorial district in the General assembly, and established a reputation As a wise and able legislator. Dr. Goldin was married in 1878 to
Miss Sarah Louisiana, daughter of Dr. R. B. and Sarah Hutcheson, and to them six children have been born: Grover Cleveland, Sarah Effie, Robert Battey, John Maddox and
 Arlina and Cora Glenn, the two last deceased. Dr. Goldin is a master Mason, and himself and family are very prominent members of the Missionary Baptist church.

GEORGE R. HAMILTON

GEORGE R. HAMILTON, merchant-farmer, Breman, Haralson Co., Ga. Son of John L. and Marguerite (Reid) Hamilton, was born in Carroll County Ga., Sept. 6, 1830.
His father was a son of Archibald Hamilton, and was born in Abbeville district S. C., March 10, 1800, was a poor man, and came to Georgia on a wagon in 1812, and settled
in what is now Gwinnett county, and in 1829 moved to Carroll County. He was a volunteer in the Company of Capt. Waguons, which accompanied the indians as a guard on
 their removal from Georgia. Mr. Hamilton’s Maternal grandfather was George Reid. Mr. Hamilton received only the very limited and indifferent education obtainable at that time
and locality, and began life for himself as a farmer on rented land. In 1856 he was elected ordinary of the county, serving efficiently and acceptably, and just before the war was
appointed postmaster at Buchanan. His only experience during the war was in capturing deserters near Bowdon in Carroll county. He is still conducting his farm, and in addition
 is keeping a general merchandise store at Breman. He is one of the oldest settlers in Haralson County, popular, and has been very successful. He has never married.

[Note: 2/5/2003: Buried at Hamilton Burial Ground, Bn. Sept. 2, 1830, Died Nov. 28, 1904]

ROBERT B. HITCHCOCK

ROBERT B. HITCHCOCK, farrner and saw-mill man, Buchanan, Haralson Co., Ga., son of T. C. and Martha (Jenkins) Hitchcock, was born in Polk county, Ga., in 1862.
His father was the son of J. C. Hitchcock, a farmer, and was born near Rockmart, Polk Co., Ga., and raised and educated there. He enlisted as a soldier in the late "unpleasantness,"
but as he belonged to the home guards, was in no battle. His mother was also born in Polk county. Mr. Hitchcock's boyhood was passed during the most trying period of our history,
 and he was deprived almost entirely of educational advantages-teachers scarce and not the best, and school houses inconvenient and uncomfortable. He came to Haralson county
 when seventeen years old, in 1879, and began the battle of life moneyless, among strangers. He farmed successfully for some years, saved money, and then engaged in saw-milling
with the best of success. He is financially strong; and is justly regarded as one of rising young men of the county. Mr. Hitchcock was married July 6, 1888, to Miss Mellie, daughter of
 William and Mary Summerville, Polk county, to whom three children have been born: Israel Columbia, Robert Simpson and Selina Christine. Mr. Hitchcock is a master Mason.
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JAMES R. HEAD

JAMES R. HEAD, farmer, Tallapoosa, Haralson Co., Ga., son of D. B. and Harriet Head, was born in Baldwin county, Ga., Sept. 12, 1823. His grandfather and grandmother
on his fathcrs side were born in Virginia, his grandfather, James Head, coming to Georgia just before the revolutionary war. Mr.Head's father was reared a farmer, but in 1837 he
engaged in merchandising, which he continued until 1942, when he returned to the farm. In the meantime he studied medicine and in 1845 entered upon the practice, which he
successfully followed until his death, which occurred in 1887, and was occasioned by a fall from a wagon near Gadsen Ala. Mr. Head was reared in Fayette county , Ga., until
he was thirteen years of agc (1836),when his parents moved to Carroll county. His education was limited to what was obtainable at the common country schools within the
brief time then allowed farmers' boys. Mr. Head enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. William Potts of Newnan, Ga., which became a part of the Second regiment, Georgia
state troops. With his command he participated in the battle at New Hope church, went thence to Marietta, then to Atlanta and Jonesboro. From there the command went with Gen.
Hood when he made his flank movement to Nashville, Tenn. Beginning life with nothing, he has by industry, upright dealing and good management, acquired a quite large property and
is accounted one of the most substantial and responsible citizens of the county. Farming has been his life-pursuit; but he was a justice of the peace five years, and is now a member of the
board of education. Mr. Head was married Feb. 24, 1842, to Miss Amanda A., daughter of Solornon and Mary Stisher of Carroll county, who has borne him three children:
Mary Ann Harriet, Marguerite Roberts and Elizabeth Missouri. Mr. Head is a master Mason and an exemplary member of the Missionary Baptist church.

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JOHN K. HOLCOMBE, JR

JOHN K. HOLCOMBE, JR., farmer, Buchanan, Haralson Co., Ga., son of John K. and Rachel Holcombe, was born in Carroll county, Ga., Jul 4, 1848. His father was born IN
Laurens district, S. C., in 1810, and came to Georgia with the family in a one-horse wagon , and settled in what is now DeKalb County GA,in 1820. His education was very limited,
 and he followed farming all his life. Mr. Holcombe's mother was born in what is now De Kalb county in 1815 and was married to her husband in 1830 Mr. Holcombe received a
very limited education, as he was merely a boy, and lad while the war was being waged, and the schools suspended; but being ambitious he studied at home and acquired a fairly
good education. He was reared a farmer, but ran machinery at one period of his life, and has also done a general merchandise business. The estimation in which he is held by the
 people of Haralson county is evidenced by the fact that for ten years he held the office of sheriff. He has been successful in all his under-takings, has accumulated a compentency,
and while one of the most popular, he is accounted one of the solidest men in the county . Mr.Holcombe married Miss Mary, daughter of Levi and Lucretia (Reeves) Stidman of
 Bartow county . Her grandfather, Martin Stidman, was one of the first settlers of Bartow (then Cass) county. Six children have blessed this union: William F., Reuben Cornelius,
Estelle, Sarah Elizabeth, Emilia and John Kellette. As Mr. Holcombe is yet young, so popular and so well capacitated for public position, it is quite certain he will again be called
into the public service.

[Note: 2/5/2003: Buried at Buchanan City Cemetery, bn. 7/4/1848, Died 10/24/1920
Wife Mary bn. 9/21/1847, died 12/24/1932]                                  Back to Top

A. J. HUNT ex-postmaster, farmer, Buchanan, Haralson County, GA., son of S. M. and Luvina (Wilson) Hunt, was born in Cherokee County, GA., Feb. 24, 1843. His father was
born in Pickens district, S. C. , in 1812 and his mother was born in Virginia in 1815. Mr. Hunt was raised on the farm, and had but a few months’ education and that under indifferent
 teachers and under uncomfortable conditions. But when he grew upm, and during his leisure time, and the friently aid of a pine-knot light, he added largely to his stock of knowledge,
and has now a pretty good education. He enlisted Feb., 26, 1861, in Company E, First Georgia regiment, under Capt. J. D. Walker of Augusta, and was chosen sergeant. The company
was assigned to "Tige" Anderson’s brigade and among other important battles in which his command participated were Yorktown, seven days’ fight around Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Centerville, Va. He remained in the service until the surrender. At the close of the war his only capital was two suits of clothes; but he went to farming and has been successful in that
and other undertakings beyond his most sanguine expectations, and honored with office by his appreciative fellow-citizens. In 1875 he was elected a justice of peace and in 18-8
elected sherriff of the county, in each case doing faithful and efficient service. All that he has, he has made himself, and under great disadvantages; but his success illustrates what industry
and persistent effort call accomplish. Mr. Hunt was married, February, 1865, to Miss Laura, daughter of Champion and Elvira (Stewart) Westbrook of Lumpkin county, Ga.
Her father was a native of Tennessee, and her mother of North Carolina. The following children have been born to them: Eva Lee, Emma Loretta, Cora Analey, Robert Champion,
Joseph Blanse, Samuel Mason, Vila Gertrude. Mr. Hunt is a master Mason, and his family are consistent members of the Baptist church.

[Note: 2/5/2003: Full name: Andrew J., Buried at Buchanan City Cemetery, Bn Feb. 24, 1843, Died June 6, 1917. Wife Laura J. Bn May 25, 1848, Died Oct. 22, 1932]

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R. B. HUTCHESON   
 

R. B. HUTCHESON, physician, Draketown, Haralson Co., Ga., son of John and Susannah Hutcheson, was born in McDonough, Henry Co., Ga., in 1825. His parents were born
and raised in South Carolina. His father was a carpenter, and the family came to Georgia in 1822. Dr. Hutcheson was reared and educated in Henrv county, the education being
such as could be obtained at the "old-field" schools common to the rural districts in his bovhood days. In 1852 he moved to that part of Paulding which is now included in Haralson
countv, and bought land and settled where he now lives. He grew up with the country, is widely and favorably known, and is one of the wealthiest citizens in the county. In 1853-54
 he engaged in the manufacture of buggies at Cedartown, Ga., and in 1854 secured a license to practice medicine, and practiced manv years with great success. He was and is now
extensively engaged in farming. He was elected a delegate to represent the Thirty-eighth senatorial district in the constitutional convention of 1867-68 and was elected to represent
Haralson county in 1873-74 ill the general assembly. He was again elected in 1886 to the general assembly. The doctor is a man of strong convictions, firm in his faith and outspoken
 in advocacy. Dr. Hutcheson has been married twice. His first wife was Miss Mary J., daughter of John Stateham, whom he married Oct. 29, 1848, and by whomhe had three children:
John R., James F. and William D., deceased. His second wife was Miss Ellen, daughter of Jacob Hogue, who has borne him eight children: Frances M. Edward B., Mary S., Sallie S.,
Mattie E., Amanda, Robert H. and Jacob, deceased. Dr. Hutcheson is a master Mason and a member of the Missionary Baptist church.

G. R. HUTCHINS

G. R. HUTCHINS, lawyer, Tallapoosa, Haralson Co., Ga., son of Nathan L. and Matilda Hutchins, was born in Randolph county, Ala., Jan. 22, 1867.His father was born in
Coweta County, Ga., in 183I. IN 1850 he went to Alabama, and from there to Mississippi. Subsequently he returned to Alabama, and being there when the war began,
enlisted in the Thirteenth Alabama regiment, which was assigned to A. P. Hills' corps. He remained in the service until the surrender, receiving two wounds (one in the hip
and one in the hand), from which he is disabled. After the war he married and returned to Troup county, Ga., and became a contractor. Not long afterwards he removed to
 Heard county Ga., where he remained until 1893, when he came to Haralson county ,. While in the army he was the first soldier in his company who was given a furlough on
account of good service. Mr. Hutchins' mother was a daughter of James B. Greer, and was born in 1834. Mr. Hutchins received but little schooling during his boyhood, only
ten days after he was thirteen years of age. Later, however, he acquired a very excellent education, and for several years was engaged in farming and saw-milling. In 1885 he
taught school in Haralson county, and read law, and Jan. 22, 1886, was admitted to the bar and located in Tallapoosa, where he still lives. In 1888 he was elected mayor of
Tallapoosa, and in 1891 was a member of the city council. In 1892 he was elected mayor again to fill an unexpired term, and in 1893 was re-elected for a full term. Mr. Hutchins
had nothing-not even a good education-to start life with, excepting pluck, energy, a resolute purpose, and integrity of character. Yet, at the age of nineteen he was admitted to the bar,
and has bounded to the front as the most promising young lawyer in his circuit, rapidly gaining a large and influential clientage, and already, young as he is, has been called by his
 fellow-citizens to honorable and responsible official positions. It is safe to predict for him a professional reputation surpassed by few, and distinction in the political and other fields.
Mlr. Hutchins has been married twice. His first wife was Miss Maggie, daughter of Calvin and Mary Fults, of Cobb county, Ga., to whom he was married in February 1887, and
who died without issue. In November, 1891, he was married to Miss Marie, daughter of W. H. and Leora Kimball, formerly of Michigan, by whom he has had two children,
Harold Charles and Marie Louise. Mr. Hutchins is a prominent member of the Christian church.                                                  Back to Top

WILEY JAMES

WILEY JAMES, farmer, Tallapoosa, Haralson Co., Ga., son of John P. and Nancy James, was born in Henry county, Ga., Aug. 10, 1834. His father was born in Rockingham county,
N. C., in 1809, and when a young man came to Georgia in a wagon and settled on a farm in Henry county. His mother was born in Washington county, Ga., in 18I5. Mr. James'
parents were poor, and he was raised comparatively uneducated. When only thirteen years of age his father died, leaving his widow without property and a family of children to
raise and educate. But she was a woman of great strength of mind, uncommonly good judgment, and great strength of character. By her good management the little that was left
 was made extraordinarily productive and accumulative, so that she was enabled to give the daughters a college education. And Mr. James, after he became grown, was enabled
to attend the excellent school at Worthville, in Butts county, Ga., and acquire a good education. He was married Dec. 7, 1858, to Miss Patience Foster-born March 14 1842-daughter
 of Andrew J. and Edna Foster, natives of South Carolina. Seven children were the offspring of this marriage: Anna B., Nola B., Hooten A., Frankie E., Wyly C. and John A. and,
Mary C., deceased. Mr. James moved from Campbell county, Ga., to Haralson in 1886, and enjoys the unaffected esteem of all who know him. He is a Knight of Honor, and himself
and family are members of the Missionary Baptist church.

WILLIAM JOHNSON, JR.

WILLIAM JOHNSON, JR., farmer, Buchanan, Haralson Co., Ga., son of William and Polly (Ayres) Johnson, was born in Haralson county in 1853-His father was born and raised
in what is now Haralson county, reached manhood poor and penniless and uneducated. He made his first money splitting rails at fifty cents per hundred, and worked at that and saved
money until he had enough to buy a small tract of land on Tallapoosa river. He was a Baptist preacher and a very useful citizen. His mother was a native of North Carolina. Mr. Johnson
was raised a farmer, and as there were no schools then in his neighborhood, received no education, but after he was married received instruction from his wife by a pine-knot fire light.
He has always lived in Haralson county, and is so highly esteemed as to have been elected sheriff of the county in 1891. When he married he did not have a dollar, but he has worked
 hard and saved money, and now has a nice farm and is comfortably situated. He is rated among the best citizens of Haralson county and none command higher respect or are more
 highlv esteemed. Mr. Johnson married Miss Mary Munroe-born in 1843 -daughter of Duncan Munroe, and to them five children have been born: Oscar,Martha Jane, Willie,
Mollie and Charlie. Mr. Johnson is a master Mason and himself and wife are exemplary members of the Baptist church.                                           Back to Top

JUDGE JOE W. KELLEY

JUDGE JOE W. KELLEY, residing at Buchanan, Haralson Co., Ga., is the son of William L. and Frances C. Kelley. He was born in Polk county, at Wilson Springs, Ga.,
 July 16, 1856. His father was born in Tennessee, Oct. I5, 1833, and was brought to Forsyth county, Ga., in his infancy, where he was reared until he was eighteen years old,
and then moved to Polk county, Ga. His grandfather, William Kelley, was a native of South Carolina, but migrated to Forsyth county, Ga., where he lived several years. While
on his way to the west he died in Tennessee. The progenitor of the American branch of this family was William Kelley, born in Ireland. The grandmother of judge Kelley was a
Miss Millie Heath, of Scotch descent, and his mother was Frances C., daughter of Joseph H. Hobbs and Peggie (Summerlin) Hobbs. She was born April 3, 1830, in Cherokee
(now Haralson) county, Ga., and was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Judge Kelley's father was a gallant soldier of the Ninth Georgia battalion of artillery and was in the battles of the
western army to the burning of Atlanta. After the war he returned to Haralson county, to his wife and children, renting land to cultivate the first year. It is worth while telling as part
of the history of the times that when this soldier-father returned to his home, he and his eldest son, commonly called Buck, whose full name is Joseph William Andrew Jackson Kelley,
made the crop, with only, the food which the grass fields furnished, the young lad holding the horse to graze, and also taking his part at the hoe. The second year the family moved to
forty-acre lot in the woods, which the thrifty mother had bought from her father during the war, and building a house and making a clearing, cultivated it for a living. Thus it appears
that Judge Kelley was a worker from his youth. Sometimes he hired out as a farm hand to help his father to keep out of debt and to pay for more land which the family now owns,
 and he labored for his father until reaching manhood. He only had the advantage of about nine months’ schooling at the common country summer schools until he was twenty-one
years of age. At the age of twenty-two he began teaching school himself, which he continued for several years. In the meantime (Dec. 16, 1879) he married Miss Lydia J. Hitt,
daughter of Allen R. Hitt and Elizabeth (Le Grand) Hitt. His wife's mother was a daughter of Thomas Harrison, of South Carolina, and was related to Gen. William L Harrison.
 For the first few years judge Kelley improved a farm and taught school from three to eight months each year. After two years in school at Buchanan he again taught school,
making himself competent to discharge the duties of the position to which he was called in 1889. As a proof of esteem he was elected tax collector of Haralson county, in 1889, and
 havin- given faithful services for two years, was re-elected in 1891, and on the expiration of his second term in 1893 the people of his county, who saw his worth, elected him to
the highly important office of ordinary, in which position he is now serving acceptably to the people. As may be seen, judge Kelley is popular and held in high esteem by his
community. It is gratifying to know that a gentleman says of him that as ordinary of Haralson county he has done more good work than all of his predecessors for forty years.
 He has interested himself very greatly in the improvement of his county without material increase of its taxes. The public roads have been very much improved through his orders;
the first iron bridge was built-two completed and another under construction, all spanning the Tallapoosa river, furnishing accommodation in travel to large numbers of citizens.
 His administration has been a great benefit to his county. Judge and Mrs. Kelley have a family of six children: Winifred C., Louella F., Howell Tilden, Flora Lee, Murdock Cleveland,
Bertie Americus.

Judge Kelley is a master Mason and Mrs. Kelley is a member of the Primitive Baptist church.            Back to Top                             

ELIJAH KIRK

ELIJAH KIRK, farmer-merchant, Felton, Haralson Co., Ga., son of Jack and Elizabeth Kirk, was born in Pike county, Ga., March 16, 1857. His parents were very poor-so poor
they could not spare him from the crop, so the only schooling he received was a few weeks each year after the crop was "laid by." On reaching manhood he came to Haralson county,
where he worked on farms until he accumulated enoug h money to buy a small farm. He worked diligently and intelligently on his farm, made good crops for his force, and saved money.
 He managed his small annual surplus with unusual discretion, until in 1890, he found himself possessed of enough capital to embark in a general merchandise store. He has been
phenomenally successful in this enterprise, and has now the largest store in Felton, and is doing a large and profitable business. In addition, he owns several nice desirable farms
 which he rents. He is popular in the community, highly esteemed by his fellow citizens, and considered one of the best financiers in his section. All he lacks to round off and
complete his character and fill the measure of his happiness is a good wife.
[Note: 2/5/2003: Buried at Mt View Cemetery, Bn 3/15/1856, Died 11/2/1930]

N. J. LANGSTON

J. LANGSTON, physician, Waco, Haralson Co., Ga., son of Reuben J. and Sarah Langston, was born in Franklin county, Ga., Dec. 10, 1848. His father was a farmer in
ordinary circumstances, and both father and mother were born and lived and died in Franklin county. Dr. Langston received the benefit only of the very limited educational
advantages afforded by the common country schools of the period and locality. These he supplemented by study at home, night by pine-knot light. Aug. 27, 1862, he enlisted in
 Company B, Capt. J. J. Owens, /Twenty-ninth Georgia regiment, and with his command participated in the following important battles: Jackson, Miss., Missionary Ridge,
Chickamauga, New Hope Church, and Resaca. During his service he was wounded three times, and a ball received when one was inflicted, still remains in his hip. After the

war he returned to his farm in Franklin county where he farmed until 1887, when he engaged in business as a traveling photographer, which, however, he continued but a few
months, when he became a traveling passenger agent for the Richmond & Danville Railway company, a position he held until 1891. He then studied medicine, and entering the
Southern Medical college, at Atlanta, graduated from it March 23, 1893. He located at once at Waco, and rapidly advanced to a front position. Dr. Langston has been twice
married. His first wife, married in 1869, was Miss Mary, daughter of John and Mary Duncan, of Elbert county, by whom he had two children: William H. and Maude. His second
wife, whom he married in 1891, was Miss Maggie, daughter of C. P Vandergriff of Temple, Carroll Co., Ga. Dr. Langston has already achieved unusual success in his profession,
and the promise of eminence in the future is very bright. His family are members of the Missionary Baptist church.            Back to Top                     

JAMES R. LATIMER

]AMES R. LATIMER, merchant, Waco, Haralson Co., Ga., son of R. T. and Lovy J. (Tweedell) Latimer, was born Aug. 7, 1858. His father was born in South Carolina, and
when a young man came to Georgia and settled on a small farm in Cobb County. His mother was a daughter of Rev. W. S. and Betsey Tweedell of the same county. Mr. Latimer
was in his boyhood during the civil Avar, and received no schooling, but subsequently acquired a very good education. He worked on the farm until 1879, when, with $200 capital,
he entered upon a mercantile life at Bowdon, Carroll Co., Ga. After doing a successful business there until 1886, he moved to Waco, where he continued business, and enjoyed a
prosperity beyond his most sanguine expectations. He is popular with the people, a steady-going business man, enjoys the confidence of the public, and is considered one of the most
 prosperous young men in the county. Mr. Latimer was married in Philadelphia, Penn. to Miss Emmie, daughter of Dr. Joseph R. and Hattie E. Hood. Mr. Hood went to Philadelphia
in 1881 for the purpose of advertising a patent cultivator, and returned to Randolph county,, Ala., in 1887. This union has been blessed with two children: Ottie Bell and Robert Earl.
 Mr. Latimer is a master Mason, and himself and family are members of the Missionary Baptist church.

MILES W. LINER

MILES W. LINER, farmer, Tallapoosa, Haralson Co., Ga., son of Christopher D. and Sarah Liner, was born in Carroll county, Ga., May 26, 1836. His parents went from
Walton county, Ga., to Mississippi, in 1835, but returned to Georgia and settled in Carroll county early in 1836. Mr. Liner was raised in Carroll county and was educated at the
"old-field" common schools, taught in the dirt floor log cabins. He was exempt from military service during the war on account of physical disability. Mr. Liner was married
 Sept. :23, 1858, to Miss Marguerite E., daughter of Robert A. and Jane Katharine Read of Carroll county, by whom he has had sixteen children: George Alexander, Henry
Wise, Sarah Katharine, John Franklin, Robert Christopher, Mary Elizabeth, Susan Indiana, James Quitman, Harvey Washington, Rhoda Malighty, Madison, Van Buren, Jefferson,
Malachi, Emma Rosella, and Simeon Jack son (deceased). Mr. Liner is a well-to-do farmer, respected by everybody, unambitious, and content with the generous yield of his
 well-cultivated lands.

T. J. LOVELESS

T. J. LOVELESS, merchant-farmer, Buchanan, Haralson Co., Ga., son of Thos. and Rebecca Loveless, was born in Newton county, Ga., in 1832. His parents were born in
Greenville district in South Carolina in 18oo, where they were married and lived until 183o. That year they came to Georgia in a wagon, settled in the woods in Newton county,
where they cleared a farm, meantime living in a dirt-floor log cabin. Here they followed farming and raised their children. Mr. Loveless was raised on the farm, and attended school
at the dirt-floor log house, lighted through the spaces between the logs, with slabs for seats and writing desks, and chimney made of mud and sticks. After his graduation Mr. Loveless
himself taught school in these historical structures, and afterward farmed. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, Capt. W. Bass, Fourth Georgia regiment, and after serving six months
went into the regular army, Company C, Capt. John A. Grice, Fifty-sixth Georgia regiment, Col. E. P. Watkins. With his command he was in very active service, and participated
in many important battles: Baker's Creek, where he was slightly wounded; siege of Vicksburg, where he was captured; Mission Ridge, and from there with Gens. Johnston and
Hood in front of Gen. Sherman: shared in the defense of Atlanta, and was in the battle of Jonesboro. He was first lieutenant of his company, and as the captain was nearly always
 absent, he was in command. He remained in the service until the surrender, and after that resumed the cultivation of his farm, which he did with success until 1882, when he opened
a general merchandise store in Buchanan, and is profitably conducting both. He is now the leading merchant of Buchanan, and, in connection with his Store, is keeping a hotel. He
 has been very, successful as a farmer, merchant, and hotelkeeper, has made money, and is a much-liked and highly esteemed citizen. Mr. Loveless was married in 1857 to Miss
Lotilsa J., daughter of Thomas and Letitia (Lindley) Camp, who were native South Carolinians, but who, early in life came to Georgia, where they raised their family. One child only,
Robert E., has blessed this union. Mr. Loveless is a master Mason, and himself and wife are exemplary members of the Baptist church.

[Note: 2/5/2003: Buried at Buchanan City Cemetery. Bn. July 7, 1832, Died Oct. 29, 1907.  Wife Jane Camp bn July 5, 1837, Died June 28, 1904]

F.M. LYLE

F. M. LYLE, saw and grist-mill man, Draketown, Haralson Co.,Ga., son of J. H.and Mary Ann Lyle, was born in Polk county, Ga., May 4, 1855. His father was born in Campbell
county, Ga., and went from there to Polk county when he was thirteen years old. Mr. Lyle's parents, when he was six months old, moved from Polk to Paulding county, in which he
was raised and educated-the education being rudimental and the school taught in churches. This education and a good store of pluck and energy was his capital; and that he has
 employed it wisely and well is evidenced by his sucess. When he began life for himself it was as a farmer; but as his capital increased his enterprise increased also, so that now he
is operating a saw-mill, a grist-mill and a cotton-gin, doing well with all, and prospering. From no cash capital at the start, he has by industry and good management accumulated
paying property , so that now he is enjoying a good, comfortable income. Mr. Lyle was happily married in 1878 to Miss Fannie,daughter of W. C. White, of Haralson county, a
union which has been blessed with seven children: Minnie Lee, Ola, William Fletcher, Effie, Sarah Ellen, Henry Lee, Johnnie. Mr. Lyle is a master Mason, and a zealous member
 of the Protestant Meth