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Fretwell, John Wesley, whose death occurred in the city of Savannah, on the morning of Jan. 6, 1904, was one of the representative businessmen and honored citizens of Savannah, where he was long engaged in the book and stationery business, having been at the head of the extensive enterprise which is now conducted under the title of John W. Fretwell’s Sons.  His life was characterized by sterling integrity of purpose and he stood as a type of useful and noble citizenship, commanding the respect and confidence of all with whom he came in contact.  Capt. John Wesley Fretwell was born in Fort Valley, Houston county, Ga., Sept. 10, 1847, his parents having been well know residents of that section, where his father was a successful planter.  He received a good common-school education and left school when fourteen years of age to go forth in the service of the Confederate States, which had taken up arms in defense of their inherent rights.  He enlisted in Company E. Fifty-fourth Georgia volunteer infantry, as a drummer boy, and he remained with his command until it was cut off by the Union forces at Frankfort, Ky.  He remained in that state about a year after the war closed, being there engaged in the livery business.  In 1866 he disposed of his interests in this line and returned to his native state, locating in Savannah, which continued to be his home until he was called from the scene of life’s endeavors.  During the first three years of his residence here he was employed as bookkeeper by R. A. Wallace, and he then became associated with William N. Nichols in the printing and stationery business, under the firm name of Fretwell & Nichols.  This alliance continued for a quarter of a century, when the partnership was dissolved and Captain Fretwell engaged independently in the stationery business, in which he successfully continued until his death, building up a large and prosperous trade and making for himself an unassailable reputation as an able and honorable business man and loyal citizen.  He was an uncompromising Democrat in his political proclivities but never sought the honors or emoluments of public office.  He was a valued member of Company A, Savannah Volunteer Guards, for many years, filling all minor offices in the same and ten being made captain of the company, holding this office at the time of his retirement.  He was a trustee of Golden Rule Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was a member of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church.  His remains were laid to rest in Bonaventure cemetery, and the city of Savannah recognized in his death the loss of one of its worthy citizens and influential business men.  In 180 Captain Fretwell was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Howard Jones, of Beaufort, S. C., who survives him, as do also their nine children, namely:  William Wallace and Charles Edward, who are individually mentioned in this work, Mary L., who is the wife of Fred R. Howard; Lela Ellen, who is the wife of Gary Rogers; Meta, who is the wife of J. R. Koerper; and Ethel Cleveland, Louise, John Wesley, and Howard Jones.  All the children are residents of Savannah.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson)

Fretwell, William Wallace, senior member of the firm of John W. Fretwell’s Sons, dealers in books and stationery, Savannah, was born in this city, Dec. 7, 1871, being the eldest of the nine living children of the late John W. Fretwell, of whom a memoir appears in this publication.  William W. Fretwell secured his earlier educational discipline in the public schools of Savannah and supplemented this by a course of study in the Bradwell institute, at Hinesville, Liberty county, an institution conducted by Captain Samuel D. Bradwell, one of the able educators of the state.  At the age of sixteen years Mr. Fretwell left school and began his business career as a clerk in the stationery store of the firm of Fretwell & Nichols, of which his father was the senior member.  This partnership was finally dissolved, and thereafter John W. Fretwell conducted the enterprise individually until his death, Jan. 6, 1904, since which time the business has been continued by his two sons, William W. and Charles E., under the title noted in the opening of this article.  The establishment of the firm is one of the largest of the sort in the city, and three floors are devoted to the accommodation of the stock and to the salesroom, the location of the house being No. 9 Bay street, west.  The Fretwell brothers are reliable, progressive and able young business men and are maintaining the high prestige which their concern has enjoyed for so many years, proving worthy successors to their honored father.  William W. Fretwell is a stanch Democrat and is a fraternal way is identified with the Order of Eagles and Golden Rule Lodge, No. 12, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  On Sept. 6, 1899, Mr. Fretwell was united in marriage to miss Lorena Gertrude Cox, of Meldrim, Effingham county, Ga., where her father, Francis Marion Cox, is now serving as postmaster.  She was born at Excelsior, Bullock county, Ga.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson)

Fulton, Charles F., one of the representative real-estate men of Savannah, was born in this historic old city, on Dec. 8, 1870, and is a son of Capt. Joseph E. and Lela A. (Fraser) Fulton.  The former was a captain in the Confederate army and was formerly engaged in the real-estate business in Savannah, where he died in 1901, having been a son of Silas Fulton, a resident of Savannah.  Lela A. (Fraser) Fulton, is a native of Georgia and still maintains her home in Savannah.  She is a daughter of Capt. James Fraser, who was an officer in the Confederate service during the Civil war, having commanded a company of Georgia volunteers.  Charles F. Fulton has been a resident of Savannah from the time of his birth and to the city schools he is indebted for his educational discipline, graduating in the high school as a member of the class of 1887.  He gained his initial experience in the real-estate business through association with his father, while he has been individually engaged in this line of enterprise about fifteen years, during which he has been most successful, having well equipped offices at No. 18 Bryan street East.  He is president of the Citizens Trust Company, is a director of the Georgia Historical Society, a member of the board of managers of the Telfair Art Society, and a member of the directorate of the Savannah Young Men’s Christian Association.  He is a Knight-Templar Mason and a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and has the distinction of being a past-master of Solomon Lodge, No 1, Free and Accepted Masons, the oldest Masonic lodge in the State of Georgia, while he is also past district deputy of the Masonic grand lodge of the state and a trustee of the Masonic Home, at Macon.  He is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, is a member of the Savannah Yacht club, and both he and his wife are members of the Baptist church.  In 1892 Mr. Fulton was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Adams, of Savannah, daughter of William B. Adams and a sister of Hon. Samuel B. Adams, of this city.  They have four children, Lela, Harold A., Charles E. and Elizabeth.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson)

Furlong, James F., of Savannah, is a native of that city, where he was born on July 29, 1857, being a son of Thomas and Ann (Kirbar) Furlong, both of whom were born in Ireland.  Their marriage occurred in the early ‘50s, in the city of Savannah, where their acquaintanceship was formed.  The father died in this place in 1876, and his widow passed away in 1898, both having been devoted communicants of the Catholic church.  Of their seven children only two are living, James F. and William F.  One son, Robert, was a member of the Chatham Artillery in the Spanish-American war, and while in the service was severely kicked by a horse, the injury necessitating an operation and culminating in his death.  James F. Furlong attended the public schools of Savannah until he was about sixteen years of age, early taking up the active responsibilities of life, by entering upon an apprenticeship at the blacksmith’s trade and making a specialty of the horseshoeing branch.  In this line he became a specially skilled artisan, and for years he has had the reputation of being one of the most expert workmen of the sort to be found in the South.  For three years, ending when he was twenty-two years of age he traveled throughout all sections of the Union with Prof. O. R. Gleason, the famous horse trainer, being retained in this gentleman’s employ by reason of his great skill in shoeing horses.  In 1882, at the age of twenty-five years, he engaged in business for himself, in Savannah, where he has since remained and where he was the senior member of the firm of Furlong & Spalding, his associate being Randolph Spalding until Jan. 1, 1906, when the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Furlong now conducting the business alone.  He occupies a large brick block, two stories and basement, with frontage on West Congress, St. Julien and Montgomery streets, where he has the best of facilities and controls a large business, as general blacksmith, wagonmaker, wheelwright, etc.  He makes a specialty of fine horse shoeing, and his trade in this line is enormous, being practically as great as that of all other local shops combined.  In his political allegiance Mr. Furlong is a stanch Democrat, and he and his family are communicants of the Catholic church, being identified with the parish of the Church of the Sacred Heart.  He is affiliated with the Ancient Order of Hibernians.  In 1882 Mr. Furlong was united in marriage to Miss Kate Green, daughter of Dennis Green, of Augusta, Ga.  They have three sons, James F., Jr., Joseph J., and Thomas A.  The first mentioned served as a member of the Chatham Artillery in the Spanish-American war, and is now manager of the branch of the Cudahy Packing Company’s business in Mobile, Ala.  Joseph J. is foreman of the horseshoeing department for his father, and Thomas A. is a student in the Benedictine college, in Savannah.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson)

Gamble, Thomas, Jr., secretary to the mayor of Savannah and known as one of the representative newspaper men of the state, was born in the historic old city of Richmond Va., March 16, 1868.  He is a son of Thomas and Mary A. E. (Faunae) Gamble, both native of the city of Philadelphia, Pa., where the former was born on Jan. 25, 1833, and the latter on Aug. 5, 1839.  On the maternal side Mr. Gamble is a descendant of Thomas Dudley, the second colonial governor of Massachusetts; Simon Bradstreet, the last colonial governor of that commonwealth; Captain Simon Wainwright and others representing the early settled families of the Massachusetts colony.  Mr. Gamble secured his early education in the public schools of Philadelphia, completing a course in the high school.  In 1886-7 he was employed as a reporter on the Philadelphia Press and the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the following year was similarly engaged on the Richmond Whig, in his native city.  He then removed to Savannah, where he was engaged in reportorial and staff work for the News, Times, and Press until 1895.  In 1899 he was appointed secretary to the mayor Savannah, in which office he has since continuously served, by successive reappointments, indicating the high estimate placed upon his services by the incumbent of the mayoralty.  He is a Democrat in his political allegiance and his religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Gamble also is a member.  He is a member of the New England historical and genealogical society; the Gov. Thomas Dudley family association, of Massachusetts; the Society of the Colonial Wars; the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  He is a member of the board of managers of the Savannah public library, of which he was appointed secretary in 1903, his term in this office expiring Jan. 1, 1909.  He is the author of a “History of the City Government of Savannah,” and of a “Historical Sketch of Bethesda.”  For the past twelve years he has published the Weekly Naval Stores Review of Savannah, and is a recognized authority in naval stores market matters.   On May 15, 1890, he was united in marriage to Miss Florence O. Kilpatrick, daughter of John T. and Mary E. (Rebarer) Kilpatrick, of Savannah, and they have three children,-Helen, Thomas Weldon, and William Myers.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson)

Garbutt, George A., secretary and treasurer of the Hartfelder-Garbutt Company, of Savannah, dealers in mill and railroad supplies and machinery, is one of the progressive young business men of his native state.  He was born in Summertown, Emanuel county, Ga., March 26, 1881, and is a son of Robert M. and Missouri (Coleman) Garbutt, both of whom were likewise born in Emanuel county, the former in 1860 and the latter in 1864.  They now reside in Lyons, Tattnall county, where the father is a member of the firm of Garbutt & Donovan, of that place, being known as one of the leading saw-mill operators and lumber manufacturers of southern Georgia.  Georgia A. Garbutt attended the public schools until he had attained the age of sixteen years, when he went to work for his father.  At the age of nineteen years he completed a course in the famous Eastman business college, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., after which he was for a short time employed as a clerk in the office of the American Cotton Company, of Atlanta.  He returned home in the autumn of 1900 and became assistant bookkeeper in the office of Garbutt & Donovan, previously mentioned.  In 1903 he resigned this position and came to Savannah, where he became associated with Edward F. Hartfelder in the organization and incorporation of the company of which he is the present secretary and treasurer.  The company controls an excellent trade, which is constantly increasing.  In politics Mr. Garbutt is a Republican and his religious faith is that of the Baptist church.  He is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is a member of the Savannah chamber of commerce and the Savannah Yacht club.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson)

Garder, Frederick William, secretary and treasurer of the Chatham Real Estate and Improvement Company, of Savannah, was born in that city, March 10, 1871, and is son of Frederick Arthur Garder, one of the well known citizens of Savannah.  He was reared and educated in his native city, and has here advanced to a position of prominence as a business man and as a loyal and public-spirited citizen.  Since December, 1891, he has been associated with the Chatham Real Estate and Improvement Company, of which he has been secretary and treasurer since November, 1901.  The company exercises beneficent functions, and for stability and due conservativeness in its operations its reputation is not excelled by that of any banking institution in the city.  Mr. Garder is a discriminating executive and administrative officer and has lent most valuable assistance in building up the large and prosperous business of the concern with which he has been so long identified.  He is a stalwart in the ranks of the Democratic party, but has never sought or held political office.  He has advanced through the chivalric grades of the time-honored Masonic fraternity, and is at the time of this writing, in 1905, eminent commander of Palestine Commandery, No. 7, Knights Templars.  He is a member of the Oglethorpe club, the Savannah yacht club, and the Savannah chamber of commerce, of which last organization he is a director.  During the Spanish-American war he served with the Second regiment, Georgia volunteer infantry, first as quartermaster and later as first sergeant.  The regiment was not called into active service in the field.  In 1899 Mr. Garder was appointed inspector of rifle practice for the First Georgia regiment, and is the present commissary of the organization.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson)

Horrigan, John J., sheriff of the city court, Savannah, was born in this city, Sept. 2, 1868, and is a son of Cornelius and Mary (Walsh) Horrigan, both native of Ireland, though their marriage was solemnized in the city of Savannah in 1854. Here the father died in 1870 and the mother in 1901. They are survived by only two children, John J. and Ellen, the latter being a resident of Savannah. John J. Horrigan was reared in his native city, attending the public and parochial schools, and at the age of fourteen years secured employment with the firm of Floyd & Co., cotton merchants, remaining with this concern fifteen years, during the last twelve of which he was superintendent of the cotton-packing department. While thus engaged he was elected in 1898 to represent his ward on the board of aldermen, and two years later was reelected, holding both this office and that of sheriff of the city court for two years and then declining a renomination for the position of alderman. In 1900 he was elected sheriff of the city court, this being a county office, and that his services have been altogether acceptable is shown in the fact that he was chosen as his own successor in 1902 and again in 1904. He is a member of the Savannah chamber of commerce, is a stanch Democrat in politics, is president of Division No. 2,
Ancient Order of Hibernians, a member of the Order of Beavers, and he and his wife are communicants of the Catholic church. On Aug. 2, 1898, Mr. Horrigan was united in marriage to Miss Anna T. Crowley of Savannah, and they have two children – Naomi Charlton, both June 18, 1899; and Mary, born March 1, 1901.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Houston, John, second governor of Georgia under the constitution of 1777, was a native of the state, having been born at Waynesboro on Aug. 31, 1744, his father, Sir Patrick Houston, being one of those who came over with Oglethorpe. The son received a good education and when the troubles with the mother country arose he was one of the first to assume an aggressive attitude toward the British government. In 1774 he called the first meeting of the band of patriots that organized the “Sons of Liberty” in Georgia, and acted as chairman of the meeting. In 1775 and 1776 he was a member of the Continental Congress, and would have been one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence but for the fact that he had been called home from Philadelphia to counteract the influence of John J. Zubly, who had left Philadelphia to work against the declaration. On May 8, 1777, he was appointed a member of the executive council, and on Jan. 8, 1778, succeeded John A. Treutlen as governor. Savannah was captured by the British during his administration and he was invested by the council with almost dictatorial power, because of the unhappy condition of the colony. In 1784 he was again elected governor and was one of the commissioners to the Beaufort convention to settle the boundaries between Georgia and South Carolina. Houston county was named in his honor. He died at White Bluff, near Savannah, July 20, 1796.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Houston, Sir Patrick, was one of those who came over with Oglethorpe and labored assiduously for the upbuilding of the Colony of Georgia. He was made the first register of land grants at a salary of £ 50 a year, but this was subsequently increased to £ 100, with fees amounting to £ 71 additional. He was one of the witnesses to the agreement of the Creeks acknowledging Malatche as their king or mico, made at Frederica on Dec. 14, 1747, and which led to the famous Bosomworth case. He became a large landowner near Savannah and his son, John Houston, (q.v.) was elected governor in 1778. During the Revolution Sir Patrick was so unfortunate as to incur the displeasure of both the British and Americans, being one of those denounced by the royalist legislature convened by Governor Wright, and in May, 1782, was branded as a Tory by the act of attainder passed by the colonial assembly, the penalty being banishment and confiscation of his property. The date of his death is uncertain.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Houston, William, lawyer and patriot, was a son of Sir Patrick Houston. It is believed that he was born in Savannah, but in early life he went to England, where he studied law and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1776. Immediately after this he came back to Georgia and became an enthusiastic advocate of American liberty. He was twice elected to the Continental Congress and was one of the trustees that established the University of Georgia. The date of his death is not recorded.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Howard, William Marcellus, was born in Louisiana in 1857, though his parents were citizens of Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia, studied law and began practice at Savannah in 1880. In 1884 he was elected solicitor-general of the northern circuit by the general assembly; was reelected in 1888 and again in 1892; in 1896 was elected on the Democratic ticket to represent his district in Congress, and has been reelected to each succeeding Congress.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Huger, Joseph Alston, one of the representative citizens of Savannah and one who stands prominent in business affairs, comes of stanch old Southern stock and is a veteran of the Civil war, in which he rendered yeoman service in defense of the cause of the Confederacy. He was born in Pendleton, Anderson county, S.C., June 15, 1843, and is a son of Dr. Joseph A. and Mary Esther Huger, both of whom were likewise born in South Carolina, the former having been a native of the city of Charleston. Dr. Joseph A. Huger was a skilled physician and surgeon, and also carried on an extensive enterprise as a rice planter. His father, Daniel Elliott Huger, was a distinguished and influential citizen of the state of South Carolina, a lawyer by profession, served with distinction on the circuit bench, and also represented his state in the United States senate. His wife, whose maiden name was Isabella J. Middleton, was a daughter of Arthur Middleton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The founder of the Huger family in America was Daniel Huger, a French Hugenot, who came to this country in 1685, settling in South Carolina, with whose annals the name has ever since been identified, and the family have become linked, through marriages in several generations, with other prominent families of South Carolina, such as Middletons, the Pinckneys, the Rutledges and the Blakes. The maiden name of the mother of the subject of this review was Huger, and she and her husband were second cousins. Her brother, Gen. Benjamin Huger, was a distinguished officer in the Confederate service during the Civil war. Representatives of the Huger family were found enrolled as patriot soldiers of the Continental line in the war of the Revolution. Joseph A. Huger, received his early educational discipline in boarding schools of North Carolina, where the family had a summer residence, and in a military academy at Columbia, S.C., where he was a student at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. In the summer of 1861, at the age of seventeen years, he withdrew from school to enter the service of the Confederacy, receiving a commission as second lieutenant and later being promoted to first lieutenant. At the close of the war he was in command of a light battery of Georgia regulars, having served during practically the entire course of the great internecine conflict. He took part in the battles of Port Royal and Secessionville, in many skirmishes along the coast from Charleston to Brunswick, and was with the command of Gen. Joseph Wheeler in the operations about Atlanta, his battery forming a part of Wheeler’s artillery until it entered Savannah. At the time of Lee’s surrender Mr. Huger was with Johnston’s army in North Carolina. He never surrendered, having succeeded in making good his escape and returning to his home. Since the war he has given his attention to the rice planting industry, owning and managing the old homestead plantation which had been owned by both his father and grandfather, the fine old place lying opposite Savannah, in Beaufort county, S.C. He is also president of the company owning and operating the Planters’ rice mill, in the city of Savannah, and president of the Georgia-Carolina Navigation Company. In politics Mr. Huger gives unqualified allegiance to the Democratic party, but he has never sought or held public office. He is a member of the Savannah board of trade and of the Oglethorpe club.  Mr. Huger married Miss Mary Elliott, daughter of Dr. Ralph E. and Margaret (Mackay) Elliott, of Savannah, and the children of this union are five in number. Eliza Mackay is the wife of Robert C. Harrison, of Savannah, a nephew of Gen. W.W. Gordon, and the names of the other children are Caroline Pinckney, Emma Middleton, Percival Elliott and Clermont Kinloch.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Hull, Joseph Maxey, one of the old and honored citizens of Savannah and one who rendered valiant service in the cause of the Confederacy during the Civil war, was born on Little York plantation, Camden county, Ga., Feb. 1, 1823. He is a son of Joseph and Sarah M. (Hardee) Hull, the former of whom was born in St. Augustine, Fla., April 2, 1795, and the latter in Camden county, Ga., Dec. 25, 1800. Joseph Hull came from Florida to Camden county when he was eighteen years of age and his marriage was solemnized in 1818, after which he continued engaged in the planting industry in Camden county, which he represented in the state legislature for a period of six years. He took part in the war of 1812, having been a youth of eighteen years at the time. He was a son of William Hull, who died in St. Augustine, Fla. The latter was taken captive by the Spaniards, and was confined in the old fort at St. Augustine, dying three days after his release. His son Joseph was an infant at the time. Sarah M. (Hardee) Hull was a daughter of Maj. John Hays Hardee, an officer in the War of 1812, and a sister of Gen. William J. Hardee, who commanded a corps in Johnston’s army during the Civil war, and who was the author of that authoritative military publication known as Hardee’s Tactics. Col. Joseph M. Hull, the immediate subject of this review was reared and educated in Camden county, Ga., and at the outbreak of the Civil war was a resident of Suwanee county, Fla. He was elected and commissioned to command the Thirteenth regiment of Florida militia prior to the war, and nearly all of his command enlisted in the Confederate service when the great conflict between the states was finally inaugurated. Colonel Hull joined Captain Niblack’s company, which became a part of General Gardner’s brigade, but he remained in the army only a few months, Governor Milton, of Florida, having made requisition for his service as a member of his staff, in which connection he assisted in caring for the families of the soldiers in the field, issuing rations, etc. During the war he also engaged in manufacturing salt barrels for the use of the Confederate government, the salt being manufactured from the water of the Gulf of Mexico, and he had teams employed in transferring blockade goods from the Suwanee river to the railroad station, for the use of the government. Colonel Hull was a successful planter in Florida, where he was also engaged in the mercantile business for a time, and was part owner of a saw mill, near Jacksonville, that state, after the war. He has maintained his home in the city of Savannah since 1891, and is held in high regard by all who know him.  In politics he was originally an old-line Whig, but since the dissolution of that party he has been a stanch advocate of the principles of the Democratic party. He has long been a member of the Presbyterian church, and is at the present time a ruling elder in the Independent Presbyterian church of Savannah. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Royal Arcanum. On Sept. 26, 1846, Colonel Hull was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Blue, daughter of Maj. James and Mary (McDonald) Blue, of Darien, Ga., and the names of their children, with respective dates of birth, are as follows: James Blue, Aug. 14, 1847; Joseph, July 26, 1849; Mary E., Aug. 20, 1953; Alexander B., Aug. 9, 1857; and Robert M., Dec. 26, 1863. Three of Colonel Hull’s brothers sacrificed their lives in the Confederate cause during the Civil war. Capt. Oliver Perry Hull was killed in the battle of Corinth, Miss.; Maj. Robert Newton Hull was killed in South Carolina, while his command was following Sherman’s army; and First Lieut. Henry R. Hull died shortly after the battle of Leesburg, Va.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Hull, Robert M., who is one of the leading fire-insurance agents of Savannah, was born on the old homestead plantation, in Suwanee county, Fla., Dec. 25, 1863, and is a son of Col. Joseph M. and Mary (Blue) Hull, of whom mention is made in an article preceding this sketch. Col Robert Maxey Hull secured excellent educational advantages in his youth, having attended Paris Hill academy, in Screven county, Ga., the Scudder preparatory school, at Athens, and the University of Georgia. In initiating his business career he became a clerk in a cotton warehouse in Savannah and later was a clerical employee in the office of a cotton factor of the city. From 1885 to 1887 he was bookkeeper and cashier in a wholesale grain and grocery house, and on August 7, of the latter year he entered into partnership with William D. Dearing and engaged in the fire-insurance business, under the firm name of Dearing & Hull. This firm continued in business for fifteen years and became one of the leading concerns of the sort in the South. On Aug. 1, 1902, the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent and Colonel Hull has since continued individually and independently in the same line of enterprise, retaining the offices of the old firm and controlling a large and important business. He also devotes subordinate attention to dealing in real estate, and is the sole agent for the Remington typewriters in Savannah. He is a member of the directorate of the Germania bank, of Savannah. In politics he is a stanch Democrat, and served one term as alderman and one term as fire commissioner of the city. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Savannah chamber of commerce, the Oglethorpe club and the Savannah Yacht club. While a student in the University of Georgia he was a cadet, and later served one year as a private in the Savannah Volunteer Guards. For five years he was a member of the Georgia Hussars, of Savannah, and was a colonel on the staff of Hon. Allen D. Candler during the latter’s four years’ term as governor of the state. On April 9, 1891, Colonel Hull was united in marriage to Miss Minnie A. Macleod, daughter of Richard and Julia (Law) Macleod, of Savannah, and to this union have been born seven children, of whom three are living, viz.: Richard Macleod, Albert Lamar and Nannie Mercer. The names of the four deceased children were Robert M., Jr., Julia and Minnie (twins), and Ellen Axson.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Jones, Charles Colcock, lawyer and historian, was born in the city of Savannah, Oct. 28, 1831. In 1852 he graduated at Princeton and three years later at the Harvard law school. In 1856 he was admitted to the bar and began practice in his native city in partnership with John E. Ward. In 1860 he was elected mayor of Savannah and just before the outbreak of the Civil war made many speeches in different parts of the state in favor of secession. In 1862 he entered the army of the Confederate States as colonel of artillery and served until the close of the war, surrendering with Johnston's army in April, 1865. The following December he removed to New York city, where he practiced law until 1876, when he returned to Georgia and took up his residence in Augusta. From that time until his death he was interested in the study of the archeological remains of Georgia's former inhabitants. On this subject he wrote a number of interesting pamphlets, most of which are to be found in the collections of the Georgia Historical Society. He was also the author of several other works, the most important of which is a history of Georgia in two volumes. From 1879 until his death he was president of the Confederate survivors' association of Augusta. Altogether his published works number fourteen books, ten pamphlets, and twenty-nine addresses. He died at Augusta on July 19, 1893.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)

Jones, Francis Fitch, has built up a prosperous enterprise as a factor of naval stores in the city of Savannah, where he has resided for a decade and a half. He was born in the city of Charleston, S. C, March 18, 1860, and is a son of Augustus H. Jones, a representative cotton factor of that state and a son of Wiswall Jones, who also was born in Charleston, as was Augustus H. The mother of the subject of this sketch bore the maiden name of Julia Ann Fitch, and she is now a resident of Savannah, her husband being deceased. Francis F. Jones was reared and educated in his native city, and he has been connected with the cotton and navalstore trade from his boyhood to the present, so that his success is based on solid foundations of experience and definite knowledge of values. He came to Savannah in 1890, and here he has risen to prominence in his chosen line of enterprise, being numbered among the representative business men of the fair old city. He is a member of the Savannah board of trade and chamber of commerce, the Savannah Yacht club, the Soiree club, and also holds membership in those two noble organizations, the Sons of the Revolution and the Society of the Colonial Wars, being governor of the latter for the State of Georgia, while in the former he is a member of the board of managers for this state. He is a stalwart Democrat and takes a lively interest in local affairs, having served one term of two years as a member of the board of aldermen of Savannah.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)

Jordan, Rev. John D. DD., the distinguished and honored pastor of the First Baptist church of Savannah, was born in Princeton, Caldwell county, Ky., Feb. 9, 1861. He is a son of Benjamin and Julia (Arbridge) Jordan, the former a native of Princeton, Ky., and the latter of the State of Illinois. The paternal ancestry is of stanch Scotch-Irish derivation. The family was founded in America in the colonial era of our national history. Representatives of the name were found in the ranks of the patriot soldiers in the war of the Revolution, as they were also in the war of 1812, and the father of Doctor Jordan was a veteran of the Mexican war. In the Civil war members of the family were arrayed as soldiers in both the Confederate and United States service. Benjamin Jordan and his wife were strongly southern in their sympathies during this climacteric period of the nation's history but on account of disabilities resulting from his service in the war with Mexico he did not enter the Confederate service. He died in 1862. The Jordan family has had few representatives in public office, commercial and agricultural enterprises having been more commonly in evidence in connection with the name. Dr. John D. Jordan secured his preliminary educational training in the public schools of his native county and then continued his studies in Princeton high school, a private institution of his home town. He later entered Bethel college, where he proved a close and appreciative student. From this institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1890, and the same college conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts, in 1893. in 1899 he was signally honored by Mercer university, Macon, Ga., which conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity. His theological course was taken in the Southern Baptist theological seminary. Doctor Jordan was reared to the sturdy life of the farm and early became inured to its work, finding the discipline an inspiration for the broadening of his ken and the widening of his field of endeavor. For two years he was a teacher in the public schools and in 1889-90 was assistant professor in his alma mater, Bethel college. During the ensuing two years he was pastor of the First Baptist church at Paducah. Ky., and for the next three years was a student in the Southern Baptist theological seminary, in the meanwhile serving as pastor of the churches of Elizabethtown and Gilcad. While a college student he also did efficient pastoral service at Elkton, Allensville, Fitchfield and Madisonville, Ky. After completing his seminary course he was pastor of the Baptist church in Decatur, Ill., for two years. For one year he was the general superintendent of the Baptist young people's work in the Southern Baptist convention, giving the work great prominence and placing it upon a substantial basis in the South. In May, 1897, Doctor Jordan assumed the pastorate of the First Baptist church of Savannah, where his earnest and devoted labors have been blessed with grateful returns, in both the spiritual and temporal departments of the church work. He is classed among the foremost thinkers, orators and pastors of his denomination in the South, while his personal popularity is of the most unequivocal order, regardless of denominational lines. Since coming to his present pastorate he has received many flattering offers from other churches and also in connection with college work but he has preferred to remain in what he pronounces "the best church in the fairest city in the greatest state in the Union." On July 8, 1891, was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Jordan to Miss Ray Griffin, daughter of A. N. and Belle Griffin, now residents of Meridian, Miss. Doctor and Mrs. Jordan have no children.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)

Joyce, James J., proprietor of the finely equipped meat market and green grocery at 124 Liberty street, east, in the city of Savannah, was born and reared in that city, his birth having occurred Oct. 1, 1857. He is a son of Timothy and Mary (Keenan) Joyce, both of whom were born in Ireland. Timothy Joyce was reared and educated in his native land, where he learned the trade of ship carpenter. He came to America in the early '50s and settled in Savannah, where he passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1883. His wife was likewise reared to maturity in the Emerald Isle, whence she came to America as a young woman, depending upon her own resources. She located in Savannah, where her marriage was solemnized, and here her death occurred on June 1, 1873, both she and her husband having been communicants and zealous members of the Catholic church. Five children survive the honored parents, James J. being the eldest, and all being residents of Savannah. Julia is the wife of Charles Harvey; John W. and Bernard are identified with business interests in their native city; and Bridget is the wife of William F. Crosby. James J. Joyce secured his early educational training in the public and parochial schools of Savannah—principally in the school connected with the Catholic cathedral. Before he had attained the age of fourteen years he began a practical apprenticeship at the butcher's trade, with which he has since been identified, either as an employe or as the owner of a market. He was employed at his trade until April 1, 1882, when he engaged in business on his own responsibility and he has been most successful in his independent business career, conducting one of the leading markets of the city and having a trade of representative order. He has occupied his present modern quarters since Oct. 1, 1888, and the greatest care is paid to catering to the large and discriminating patronage, the market being supplied with the choicest of meat products, sea foods, green groceries, etc. In his political adherency Mr. Joyce is a stanch Democrat, and both he and his wife are communicants of the Catholic church, being members of the parish of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. He is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, the Hibernian society, and the Irish-American Friendly society; is a member of the Savannah chamber of commerce, the Savannah retail butchers' association, and the Master butchers' association of America. On Jan. 19, 1884, Mr. Joyce was married to Miss Ellen Cecelia Murphy, daughter of Dennis Murphy, of Savannah, and of their eight children five are living, namely: Timothy K. A., Catherine, Joseph Read, Marie, and Josephine Bernadette. The names of the three deceased children were James, Angela and Eleanor, all dying in early childhood.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)

Karow, Edward, one of the leading cotton exporters of the State of Georgia and one of the honored and influential business men of Savannah, was born in the town of Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia, Aug. 28, 1854. He received his educational discipline in the schools of his native land. He is a son of Gustav and Marie (Taubert) Karow, the former of whom was born in Stettin, in 1821, and the latter in the Province of Pomerania, in 1831. The family of Karow has been one of prominence in the city of Stettin for more than two centuries. In 1878 Mr. Karow became identified with the cotton firm of Strauss & Co., of Liverpool, England, where he remained until 1879, when he came to America as representative of the same firm, of which he is to-day the senior member, as he is also of the firm of Karow & Forrer. He located in Savannah early in 1881, and has ever since been one of the leading cotton exporters of the city, while he has identified himself with the business, civic and social life of the city, to which he is loyal in all respects. He is a prominent and valued member of the Savannah cotton exchange, of which he served as president for the term of 1892-3. He is a stanch adherent of the Democratic party, was a member of the sanitary board of Savannah in 1895, and served from 1896 to 1898 as chairman of the city's police commission. He and his wife are members of the protestant Episcopal church. Mr. Karow has always taken an interest in the volunteer service of Georgia, and served from 1894 until 1899 as major of the First battalion, First regiment of infantry, in the Georgia state troops. He is a member of the Oglethorpe club, the Savannah Yacht club, and the Savannah Golf club, and also of the New York club, of New York city. On June 5, 1883, Mr. Karow was united in marriage to Miss Anna Belle Wilson, daughter of General Claudius C and Katharine McDuffie (Morrison) Wilson, of Savannah, and they have four children, namely: Edward, Jr., Rufus Lester, Gustav Ludwig, and Dorothea.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)

Kehoe, William, senior member of the firm of William Kehoe & Sons, iron and brass founders, marine engineers, boiler makers, blacksmiths, shipwrights, etc., Savannah, was born in County Wexford, Ireland, Aug. 21, 1842. He is a son of Daniel and Johanna (Rath) Kehoe and passed the first decade of his life in the Emerald Isle. In 1852 he came with his parents, four brothers and three sisters to America, the family locating in Savannah, where he has ever since made his home and where his parents continued to reside until their death. He was educated in the public schools of Savannah and in his youth served a thorough apprenticeship at the iron molder's trade, which he followed as a journeyman and foreman for a number of years, finally engaging in business on his own responsibility, beginning operations on a modest scale and gradually building up the large and prosperous business which his firm now controls. The concern has the best equipped plant on the South Atlantic coast and is well known for the reliable and high-grade work done in all departments. Mr. Kehoe is one of the representative business men of Savannah and a citzen of sterling loyalty and public spirit. He is a director of the National bank of Savannah and the Savannah Electric Company; is vice-president of the Chatham Real Estate Company, and is identified with other industrial and capitalistic enterprises. He is a stalwart Democrat and served two terms as county commissioner, while he and his family are communicants of the Catholic church. Mr. Kehoe is a director of the Savannah Volunteer Guards; is a member of the Savannah Yacht club and the Georgia Hussars' club, and is treasurer of the Female Orphans' benevolent society. On Nov. 26, 1868, was solemnized his marriage to Miss Annie Flood and they have nine children: Johanna M.. William J., Simeon P., James J., Anastasia, Frank P., Mary, Daniel E., and Helen. In conclusion it may be stated that the fine industry now controlled by the firm of William Kehoe & Sons was founded in 1878, by its present head. From a modest beginning its business has expanded until it now represents an average annual aggregate of fully $250,000, about 150 employes being retained by the concern. The shipwright department of the enterprise has been recently added and has proven a valuable adjunct, doing all kinds of dry-dock and general shipbuilding and repair work.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)

Keiley, Rt. Rev. Benjamin Joseph, bishop of the diocese of Savannah, is one of the distinguished prelates of the Catholic church in the South, and has been a resident of his present see, city of Savannah, since 1896. He was born at Petersburg, Va., Oct. 13, 1847, a son of John D. and Margaret (Crowley) Keiley, both of whom were natives of the fair Emerald Isle. He received his early educational discipline in the private schools of Petersburg, and supplemented this by a course in St. Charles college, a well ordered church institution, in Ellicott City, Md. His divinity studies were prosecuted under most favorable auspices, as he was a student in the American college in Rome, Italy. On Dec. 31, 1873, he was ordained to the priesthood, in St. Peter's cathedral, Richmond, Va., and from 1874 to 1880 he was pastor of St. Peter's church of New Castle, Del. Thereafter he was rector of St. Peter's pro-cathedral, Wilmington, Del., until 1886, when he took up his residence in Atlanta, Ga., as rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and remained there until his removal to Savannah, in 1896, having also served during this entire period as vicar-general of the diocese. In 1896 he became rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah and retained this incumbency until 1900, having been made administrator of the diocese on July 31, 1899. On April 19, 1900, he was appointed bishop of the diocese of Savannah, and was consecrated to his high office on the 3d of the following June at the apostolic hands of Cardinal Gibbons, in St. Peter's cathedral, Richmond, Va., where he had received the order of the priesthood nearly twenty-seven years before. Bishop Keiley is a man of fine intellectual and ecclesiastical attainments, and his ripe scholarships and marked executive and administrative abilities have made him specially eligible for the great work which now devolves upon him.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)

King, Alfred F., one of the prominent real-estate men of Savannah, is a native of the Empire State, having been born in the village of Adams, Jefferson county, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1868. He is a son of William H. and Annie Frances (Hyde) King, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the latter in the city of London, England. Their marriage was solemnized in Savannah, where they resided for some time thereafter, both being now deceased. Alfred F. King passed his childhood and youth in his native town,, in whose public schools he secured his early educational discipline. His father died on Jan. 23, 1885, and the widowed mother then returned to Savannah, accompanied by her five sons, and here she continued to make her home until her death on Nov. 28, 1898. Alfred F. King was about seventeen years of age at the time of the removal to Savannah, and here he has since continued to reside, while he has won for himself a place in the business and social life of the city. His brothers Charles H., Albert M. and Pervical M. likewise reside in Savannah, and the other brother, Rev. William D., is a clergyman of the Baptist church and a missionary in north China. From 1885 until 1896 Alfred F. King was head stock clerk for the wholesale and retail clothing house of B. H. Levy & Bro., and on Jan. 1, 1896, he accepted his present position, that of cashier and manager of the Charles F. Fulton real-estate agency, in which connection he has proven a capable and discriminating executive. He is a member of the Baptist church, as is also his wife; is affiliated with the lodge, chapter and commandery of the Masonic fraternity, as well as with the Mystic Shrine, being at the present time (1905) worshipful master of Solomon's Lodge, No. 1, Free and Accepted Masons, which is said to be the oldest Masonic lodge in the United States, dating its institution back to the year 1735. In politics Mr. King is a stanch Democrat, but has never sought or held office. On June 2, 1892, he was united in marriage to Miss Leila Sweat, daughter of the late John F. Sweat, of Savannah, a prosperous and prominent rice planter who served as a soldier in the Confederate cavalry during the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. King have two sons, William Furman, and Edward Duncan. King, Harris Macleod, is one of the representative business men and popular citizens of the city of Brunswick, where he is prominently identified with the naval-stores business and the manufacturing of turpentine products. He was born at Roswell, Cobb county, Ga., April 29, 1860, a son of Dr. Barrington S. and Sarah E. (Macleod) King, the former of whom was born in Liberty county, Ga., Oct. 17, 1833, and the latter in Versailles, Mo., Aug. 27, 1840. John King, who was born in York, England, in 1629, came to America at the age of sixteen years, in 1645. and located in Connecticut, being numbered among the first settlers of that colony. He reared a large family of children, and the records of Connecticut show that thirty-two of his descendants took part in the war of the Revolution, one of the number being Timothy King, great-greatgrandfather of the subject of this sketch. Roswell King, the great-grandfather, was one of the colony of New Englanders who settled in Liberty county, Ga., shortly after the Revolution, and was one of the prominent and influential citizens of the colony. Later he founded the town of Roswell, Cobb county, which place was settled by his son Barrington, grandfather of the subject of this review, and by a number of families from the Georgia seaboard, among them being the Gouldings, Pratts, Bullocks, Smiths, Lewis', Dunwodys and others. In the maternal line Mr. King is descended from Francis Harris, who was among the first settlers of Savannah and who held several civil and military offices under the crown. He was also the first speaker of the first colonial general assembly which met in Savannah, Jan. 7, 1755. Dr. Barrington S. King was living at Columbia, S. C, at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war, and as soon as circumstances permitted he entered the Confederate service as a member of the gallant and renowned command known as Cobb's Georgia Legion, in which he enlisted the week following the battle of Manassas. In February, 1862, General Cobb sent home five non-commissioned officers and one private, Doctor King, to raise cavalry companies. Doctor King was made captain of his company, which was mustered into service, at Atlanta, early in April. When the battles around Richmond began, the legion entered into active service and participated in the engagements at Seven Pines, Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, in Stuart's famous raid and the advance into Maryland, taking part in the capture of Harper's Fern' and the first and second fights at Brandy Station. The command also took part in the battles of Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Cold Harbor and Ream's Station, as well as many other important engagements which marked the progress of the great conflict. Doctor King rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of his regiment and was recognized as a gallant and able officer. He remained in active service until the war was practically at an end, and met his death on the morning of March 10, 1865, while gallantly leading his regiment in a charge against Kilpatrick's cavalry, near Averasboro, N. C A record of his service may be found in the history of the famous legion of which he was so valuable and popular a member. Harris Macleod King, the immediate subject of this sketch, was afforded the advantages of Kenmore high school, an excellent academic institution, in Amherst county, Va., which he attended until he had attained to the age of sixteen years. He then became identified with the naval-stores business, and has ever since been connected with this important industry, having had thorough and practical experience in every branch of it. At the present time he is engaged in the manufacture of turpentine and rosin, and is also business manager for the Brunswick branch of the John R. Young Company, naval-stores factors, commission merchants and wholesale grocers, with headquarters in the city of Savannah. In local politics he gives his allegiance and support to the Democracy, but in national affairs he has voted independently since 1896. Both he and his wife are communicants of St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal church of Brunswick, in which he is one of the vestrymen and secretary. He is identified with the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Sons of the Revolution, and the St. Andrew's Society, a Scotch organization. His great-greatgrandfather. Col. Thomas Barrington, was a kinsman and intimate friend of General Oglethorpe, and was a gallant soldier in the colonial days, having done much to assist in driving the Spaniards from the Georgia colony. Fort Barrington, Ga., was named in his honor. Among the ancestors of Mr. King who were soldiers of the Continental line in the war of the Revolution were William Young, George Salmon, James Nephew and James Geguilliat. The last mentioned served under Gen. Francis Marion in South Carolina. After the war he removed to Mcintosh county, Ga., and became a prominent figure in the history of that county. He was one of the delegates to the state constitutional convention which assembled shortly after the close of the Revolution. Col. Francis H. Harris, great-grand-uncle of Mr. King, was a valiant soldier in the Revolution and sacrificed his life in the cause, having died while in the service, in South Carolina, in 1782. On Dec. 10, 1884, Mr. King was united in marriage to Miss Georgia II. Baker, daughter of Dr. Daniel and Irene (Trenholm) Baker, of Charleston, S. C, and the names of the four children of this union are here entered, with respective places and dates of birth: Harris Macleod, Jr., Marrietta, Ga., Aug. 30, 1886; Irene Trenholm, Brunswick, Ga., July 31,1891; Barrington, Marietta, Aug. 24, 1894; and Pauline Trenholm, Brunswick, Feb. 17, 1898.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)

King, John P., was born in Glasgow, Ky., in 1799 and moved to Georgia in 1815. He attended the Richmond academy, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1819.' He was elected United States senator as a State Rights Democrat to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Troup; was reelected for a full term and served from Dec. 2, 1833, until Nov. 1, 1837, when he resigned. He was afterward appointed judge; served as president of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company from 1841 to 1878, and was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1865. He died at Augusta in 1888.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister)

Lovell, Edward Francis, who is engaged in the hardware business in Savannah, is a native of that city, where he was born July 9, 1847.  He is a son of Edward and Mary Adams (Bates) Lovell.  His father was born in Medway, Norfolk county, Mass., the town being now known as Millis, March 4, 1816, and the mother was born Dec., 21, 1814.  Edward Lovell became a prominent business man and representative citizen of Savannah, where both he and his wife passed the closing years of their lives.  He was a staunch upholder of the cause of the Confederacy in the Civil war as a member of Company A, Chatham siege artillery.  His grandfather, Nathaniel Lovell, was a patriot soldier in the Continental line in the war of the Revolution, and his great-grandfather, Hopestill Lovell, took part in the French and Indian war of 1745.  The family was founded in New England in the early colonial epoch.  Edward Francis Lovell was reared and educated in Savannah and has here passed his entire life, being now numbered among the representative business men of the city.  On July 9, 1864, his seventeenth birthday anniversary, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Symons’ Georgia reserves, with which he continued in service until the close of the war between the states, receiving his parole on May 1, 1865.  He is a staunch supporter of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, and both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church.  On April 5, 1870, Mr. Lovell was united in marriage to Miss Emily Williams Dasher, daughter of Israel and Mary Magdeline (Williams) Dasher, of Savannah, and of the four children of this union, three are living, namely: Mary Laura, Edward Francis, Jr., and Gilbert Mays.  Frank Dasher, the third in order of birth, died in infancy.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Joanne Morgan)

Maclean, Malcolm, has been a resident of Savannah for forty-five years, rising to prominence and influence in business circles and having important interests at the present time, though he is living practically retired.  He was born in Invernessshire, Scotland, March 17, 1837, and is a son of John and Anna Bella (Macdonald) Maclean, both of whom passed their entire lives in Scotland, being scions of two of the staunch old clans of the land of hills and heather.  Malcolm Maclean was reared to maturity in his native land, securing his earlier educational training under the tutorship of a private instructor and thereafter being a student in the Glasgow high school.  In the Autumn of 1855, as a youth of eighteen years, accompanied only by a distant kinsman, he set forth to seek his fortune in America, landing in New York city, where he soon afterward embarked on a brig which bore him to Florida.  He located in Newport, that state, there being employed four years as a clerk in a cotton warehouse.  In 1860 he removed to Savannah, where he has since made his home and where he has so directed his energies as to attain unqualified success, the while retaining the implicit confidence and esteem of those with whom he has come in contact in the various relations of life. He manifested his insistent loyalty to the cause of the Confederacy at the inception of the Civil war, enlisting as a private, first in the Oglethorpe siege artillery, a company organized in the winter of 1861-62 for local defense, and commanded by Capt. John B. Gallie.  When the company was disbanded, Mr. Maclean enlisted on April 29, 1862 in Company C, Savannah volunteers, Eighteenth Georgia Battalion, and served with all of fidelity until the close of the great struggle which left to the South the record of a “lost cause.”  He rose to the rank of sergeant of his company, and during the entire period of his service escaped wounds until two days before the surrender of General Lee, when he was wounded in the engagement at Sailor’s Creek, Virginia.  He was there captured, being held a prisoner at Fort McHenry, Maryland, for several months.  He signalized his continued interest in his old comrades in arms by retaining membership in the United Confederate Veterans’ Association.  For two score years Mr. Maclean was a prominent cotton factor in Savannah, retiring from active connection with the cotton market in 1900.  He is a member of the directorate of the Ocean Steamship Company; the Southwestern railway of Georgia; the Augusta & Savanna railroad; the Merchant’s National bank, of Savannah; the Kincaid Manufacturing Company and the Spaulding Manufacturing Company of Griffin, both of which operate cotton mills.  He holds membership in the Savannah cotton exchange and the Savannah Yacht club; is a member of the board of managers of the Savannah Hospital; a member and ex-president of the local St. Andrew’s Society; is affiliated with lodge, chapter and commandery of the Masonic fraternity; and belongs to the Independent Presbyterian church.  On Dec. 2, 1875, Mr. Maclean was united in marriage to Miss Mary MacIntosh Mills, daughter of Capt. James and Nettie (Cope) Mills, who were well-known residents of Savannah, where they spent the closing years of their lives.  Mrs. Maclean was summoned to her home beyond, on Oct. 24, 1904, and is survived by seven children, viz.: Annie M., Edward M., Marion M., Cornelia S., Malcolm R., George M., and Charles M.  James M., the first-born, died at the age of three years.  Mrs. Maclean was a woman of noble attributes of character, gracious and kindly, and held a place in the affectionate regard of all who came within the sphere of her influence.  The Mary Maclean Circle, King’s Daughters, of Savannah, is named in her honor.  She was a zealous member of the Independent Presbyterian Church.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Joanne Morgan)

Martin, Charles C., general agent of the Seaboard Air Line railroad at Savannah, Ga., was born in Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 11, 1865. He is a son of the late Joseph Martin, former president of the First National bank of Huntsville, and a native of London, England, where he was reared to maturity, having come to America in the ‘50s. His wife, whose maiden name was Virginia O. White, and who also is deceased, was born in Virginia, of stanch old Revolutionary stock and patrician lineage. Charles C. Martin was reared in his native city, in whose public schools he secured his early educational discipline, after which he attended the Alabama State normal college, at Florence. In 1885 he initiated his railroad career, in Memphis, Tenn., as claim clerk in the office of the general freight agent of the Memphis & Charleston railroad, now a portion of the Southern railway system. Shortly afterward he was promoted to the office of chief clerk for the train-master of the same road, with headquarters at Tuscumbia, Ala., and in 1888 he became agent for the same line at Corinth, Miss. In 1889 he became agent of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia railroad at Atlanta, Ga., and in 1892, upon the consolidation of the lines of the Southern railway – the Richmond & Danville, the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia, and the Atlanta & Florida, -- he was made general agent of the consolidated lines at Atlanta. In 1896 he came to Savannah as general agent of the Georgia & Alabama railroad, and in 1900 was made general agent of the consolidated lines of the Seaboard Air Line, in this city, which important position he still holds. His rise has been rapid and noteworthy, and attests his ability and discrimination as an executive. He is a member of the Savannah cotton exchange, board of trade, and chamber of commerce, the Oglethorpe club, the Savannah Yacht club, the Guards club, the Chatham Hunt club, and is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias. For two years he has been chairman of the regatta committee of the Savannah Yacht club, in whose affairs he is enthusiastic. In politics he clings to the ancestral faith, being a stanch Democrat. On Oct. 6, 1883, Mr. Martin married Miss Ada Jamar, of Huntsville, Alabama, who died Dec. 29, 1900, leaving three children – Charles C., Jr., Mamie Virginia, and Cora Jamar.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Martin, Clarence Datus, auditor of traffic of the Central of Georgia Railway Company and the Ocean Steamship Company, with headquarters in the city of Savannah, was born in Augusta, Richmond county, Ga., Feb. 6, 1876. He is a son of Orin Datus Davis Martin, who was born in Wytheville, Wythe county, Va., Aug. 10, 1837, and Adaline Martin, who was born in the city of Chicago, Ill., Feb. 1, 1851. Col. John Martin, great-great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a member of the house of burgesses of Virginia, representing Caroline county in 1739-40, and King William county from 1753 to 1755, inclusive, being still a member of the body at the time of his death, in 1756. The maternal great-grandfather of Orin D.D. Martin was Gen. Thomas Davis, of Fayetteville, N.C., who served as general of the Continental line during the Revolution. Clarence D. Martin was educated in the schools of his native city, and entered railway service on Feb. 15, 1892, since which time he has been consecutively the incumbent of the following named positions: to March 10, 1893, clerk in the auditor’s office of the Georgia railroad; March 30, 1893, to Sept. 10, 1894, chief clerk freight department auditor’s office, same road; Sept. 10, 1894, to Nov. 6. 1899, traveling auditor same road; Nov. 6, 1899 to Feb. 11, 1901, traveling auditor of the Atlanta & West Point railroad and The Western railway of Alabama; Feb. 11, 1901, to August 1^st following, division traveling auditor of the Central of Georgia Railway Company; Aug. 1, 1901, to July 1, 1902, general traveling auditor of same railroad and also of the Ocean Steamship Company, of Savannah; July 1, 1902, to July 1, 1903, freight and passenger accountant for same companies; and since that time to date of this writing, auditor of traffic for same companies. Mr. Martin is a member of the Presbyterian church.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Meldrim, Peter W., a prominent and influential member of the bar of Savannah and Chatham county, was born in that city, Dec. 4, 1848, and is a son of Ralph and Jane (Fawcett) Meldrim. He secured his earlier educational training in the schools of his native city, the Chatham academy and, under private tutor, after which he entered the University of Georgia, in the literary department of which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1868, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He entered the law department of the same institution immediately after his graduation and was graduated in the latter, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, in 1869. In 1871 his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. He has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession in Savannah since 1869 and is known as a man of high professional attainments, marked ability as a trial lawyer, a discriminating counselor, and is held in high regard as a citizen of liberal and progressive attitude. He is an advocate of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, has been an effective advocate of its cause and prominent in its councils. He served as a member of the lower house of the state legislature; as a member of the state senate for two terms; and gave a most vigorous and acceptable administration of the municipal government of Savannah during a two years’ incumbency of the office of mayor, gaining the commendation and endorsement of all classes of citizens. Mr. Meldrim was between fifteen and sixteen years of age at the time of the march of Sherman to Savannah, and he reported for duty to William S. Chishom, captain of a local company of the Home Guards, being made a corporal in the same. He was with his company in the trenches in defense of Savannah at the time Sherman made his advance on the city. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and with the Capital City, Oglethorpe, Hussars, and Savannah Yacht clubs. On June 30, 1881, Mr. Meldrim was united in marriage to Miss Frances P. Casey, daughter of Dr. Henry R. and Caroline (Harris) Casey, of Columbia county, Ga., and they have four children living, namely: Caroline Louise, Frances Casey, Sophie d’A., and Jane. Frances C. is now the wife of G. Noble Jones, of Savannah. Ralph Meldrim, the only son, died on March 19, 1906, at the age of twenty-one years.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Mercer, George A., one of Savannah’s most honored and distinguished citizens, was born in that city, Feb. 9, 1835, and is the eldest son of Gen. Hugh Weedon and Mary S. (Anderson) Mercer. His paternal grandmother was the daughter of Cyrus Griffin, of Virginia, who married Lady Christina Stewart, daughter of the Earl of Traquier, of Scotland, and who was president of the Continental congress. The paternal great-grandfather of Col. George A. Mercer, was Gen. Hugh Mercer, of the Continental army, an intimate personal friend of General Washington. He was killed in the battle of Princeton, in a hand-to-hand conflict with the British grenadiers. Mary (Anderson) Mercer was the daughter of George Anderson, a prominent citizen and wealthy cotton merchant of Savannah. A sketch of Gen. Hugh W. Mercer’s life appears elsewhere in this work. George A. Mercer, the immediate subject of this review, was the eldest son of General Mercer. He received his preliminary education in Savannah and at the age of thirteen years was sent to the celebrated school of Mr. Russell, in New Haven, Conn. Returning the Savannah, he continued his studies under the tutorship of William T. Feay, a well known educator of the city at that time, and under such direction was prepared for college. In 1853 he entered the sophomore class of Princeton college, properly designated as the College of New Jersey, in matter of corporate title, and in that celebrated institution he was graduated in 1856, with the degree of Master of Arts. He attended the law school of the University of Virginia in 1857-8 and then made a European tour. Upon his return to Savannah he entered the law office of Loyd & Owens, and was admitted to the bar in that city in January, 1859. Thereafter he passed one year in the law office of the firm of Ward, Jackson & Jones, all men of note. He then entered into a professional co-partnership with George A. Gordon, then general counsel of the Central of Georgia railway. At the inception of the Civil war he entered the Confederate service as a corporal in the Republican Blues, of Savannah. In November, 1861, he was appointed to office in the department of the adjutant general, with the rank of captain and assistant adjutant general, and was attached to his father’s command. He was later assigned to the Western Army, and upon the breaking up of General Walker’s division he became adjutant of Smith’s brigade, in the division commanded by Gen. Patrick Cleburne. At the end of the war he was ordered from the Tennessee river to report to Gen. Howell Cobb, at Macon, Ga., where he was captured by the forces under Major-General Wilson, but was soon afterward paroled. He returned to Savannah and, as soon as the courts were opened, resumed the practice of his profession, his business quickly becoming large and lucrative. In 1872 and 1874 he represented Chatham county in the state legislature. He was offered the position of federal judge for Georgia by President Arthur, between whom and himself a strong personal friendship existed, but he was compelled to decline the offer be was asked to accept a nomination for Congress. He would have been elected without opposition, but he never at any time desired or sought to hold any political office, believing that success as a politician necessarily circumscribed independence of personal thought and action, which to him appeared the most desirable of all earthly possessions. He determined to pursue the practice of his profession and to devote his energies to the betterment of his native city. He continued his interest in the military affairs of Savannah, and upon the reorganization of the commands became captain of his old war company, the Republican Blues, retaining this office fifteen years, within which time, unless absent from the city, he never missed a drill or meeting. He was then elected colonel of the First Volunteer regiment of Georgia, holding the office for nine years and being the ranking colonel of the state. Until his health became impaired Colonel Mercer always took a very active part in all local matters to the interest of Savannah. He was commodore of the Yacht club, member of the board of trustees of Chatham academy, president of the Savannah medical society, and also the Savannah library association. He early became a member of the Georgia historical society, in the functions and literary work of which he experienced a deep and abiding interest. He was soon made one of the board of curators and then vice-president. Upon the death of President John Screven he was elected president of the society, in February, 1900, and has since remained the incumbent of this position, while he has also been the executive head of the society’s valuable art adjunct, the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences. Colonel Mercer’s chief interest and energy, however, have been centered in the Savannah board of public education. He was elected a permanent member this board on Dec. 14, 1876; was vice-president from Nov. 8, 1880, to March 12, 1883, on which latter date he was chosen president, an office which he has continuously filled for more than twenty-two years, much longer than the tenure of any preceding president. In 1895 Colonel Mercer was afflicted with a nervous malady which has since incapacitated him for all professional or any other very active work. He married Miss Nannie Maury Herndon, of Fredericksburg, Va., and they became the parents of seven children, of whom five are living. Mrs. Mercer entered into eternal rest in June, 1885.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Kim Mohler)

Myers, Herman, mayor of Savannah and one of the city’s most progressive business men and honored citizens, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Jan. 18, 1847, a son of Sigmund and Fanny Myers, who immigrated from the fatherland to America when he was a small child and located in Bath county, Va.  He was educated in the public schools of the Old Dominion state and then learned the tanner’s trade, under the direction of his father.  On the death of the latter, in 1861, the family removed to Lynchburg, Va., and in 1867 the future mayor of Savannah removed from Lynchburg to the “Forest City” of Georgia, where he has ever since maintained his home.  Here he engaged in the cigar and tobacco business, subsequently becoming a large handler of wool, under the title of H. Myers & Bro.  He also became an extensive manufacturer of cigars, being heavily interested in the El Modelo Cigar Manufacturing Company, of Tampa, Fla., of which he was president, and later of the Cuban-American Cigar Manufacturing Company, of Tampa and Havana, into which the El Modelo Company was merged.  A few years ago he disposed of his interest in this industry.  He was one of the organizers and for some years president of the Savannah Grocery Company, a wholes concern.  In 1885 he was one of the organizers of the National bank of Savannah, of which he has been president from the time of its incorporation.  In 1886, at the time of the organization of the Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company, he was elected vice-president, and in 1904, upon the death of President Joseph J. Dale, he was elected to the presidency of the institution.  Mr. Myers was one of the promoters and organizers of the South Bound Railroad Company, of which he was vice-president until the sale of the property to the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company.  He was also largely interested in the old Savannah & Tybee railroad and the Tybee Hotel Company, having been an officer in each.  In addition to his Savannah interests he was a member of the syndicate that purchased the Macon railway and lighting systems, and is now president of the reorganized corporation.  Mr. Myers entered politics in 1885, in which year he was elected a member of the board of aldermen.  He served continuously as a member of the city council for ten years, and within this period he was vice-chairman of the body for two years, and chairman for two years.  He served on the finance committee during the entire decade, was on the police committee eight years, on the water committee eight years, on the committee on assessments three years, on market two years, on harbor and wharves two years, and on special railroad committee one year.  For five years he was a member of the sanitary board.  This varied service thoroughly equipped him for the duties of mayor, to which office he was next called, and enabled him, by his full knowledge of city business, to give a satisfactory administration of municipal affairs.  Mr. Myers’ first mayoralty race was in 1895, when he was pitted against the late D. William Duncan, one of Savannah’s most prominent and honored citizens.  He received a majority of 655, carrying nearly every precinct in the city.  At the close of his first term, in January, 1897, there was a division in his party, which temporarily alienated some of his former and present strong supporters.  In that year the race was between him and Col. Peter W. Meldrim, and the contest was one of the most spirited the city has ever known, each candidate carrying ten precincts and Meldrim winning by 233 votes.  In 1899, against Hon. John J. McDonough, Mr. Myers was again elected mayor, by a majority of 223, and in 1901 he was elected for a third term, without opposition.  In 1903, again without opposition, he was elected as his own successor, and in 1905 the same conditions again prevailed, their being no opposing candidate.  Of Mayor Myers’ administration the following estimate has been published in a local newspaper:  “He has endeavored to hold down departmental expenses to as low a limit as their proper maintenance would permit, in order to have a surplus for public improvements.  As a result his administration has been marked by the greatest permanent public improvements in the history of Savannah, over fifteen miles of street having been paved, the water works plant enlarged, large expenditures made for street opening and the removal of encroachments, and lastly and in the eyes of many his chief monument, a magnificent new city hall is now under erection, which will be when completed the finest south of Richmond, Va., its cost, with furnishings, approaching $________ and built out of the regular revenues of the city, without issuing a single obligation and without the slightest increase in taxes.”  Mr. Myers is a thirty-second degree Mason, having been initiated into the fraternity as a member of Marshall Lodge, Lynchburg, Va.
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,  Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson]

McEachern, John F., second vice-president of the Savannah Lumber Company, was born on a farm in Robeson county, N. C., June 11, 1852 and was reared and educated in this native county.  He is a son of Archibald McEachern, Jr., who was likewise born in Robeson county, in 1818, being a son of Archibald and Effie McEachern, natives of North Carolina and representatives of stanch old Scotch stock.  Archibald McEachern, Jr., was a cotton planter in Robeson county, where he died in 1864.  His wife, whose maiden name was Margaret A. Fairly, was born in Richmond county, N. C., in 1828, of Scottish ancestry, her parents being John and Sallie Fairly, who were likewise born in North Carolina.  She survived her husband by many years, her death occurring in 1890.  The four surviving children are John F., Archibald A., Sallie F. (Mrs. John B. McNeill), and Effie S. (Mrs. John C. Powell).  John F. McEachern was but eleven years of age at the time of his father’s death, and he then left school and began to assist in the management of the homestead plantation.  At the age of twenty-eight years he removed to Hampton county, S. C., where he engaged in the manufacture of turpentine, being successful in his operations and continuing his association with this industry for many years.  In 1888 he located in Savannah, where he became a naval-store inspector, and in October, 1903, he was one of the organizers of the Savannah Lumber Company, which is incorporated with a capital stock of $120,000 and which has one of the best manufacturing plants of the kind in Savannah, the business being one of wide proportions.  He has been second vice-president of the company from the time of its organization.  In politics he is aligned as a loyal supporter of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, and both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church.  On Christmas day, 1883, Mr. McEachern was united in marriage to Miss Margaret G. Baker, daughter of Graham and Annie (McIver) Baker, who were at that time residents of Cumberland county N. C.  Mr. and Mrs. McEachern have nine children, namely:  John, Archibald, Walter McNeill, Margaret, Annie Baker, Graham, Lawrence, Eliza Buie, and Sarah Fairly.
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,  Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson]

McGillivray, Alexander.-In 1735 a Scotchman named Lachlan McGillivray came to this country and engaged in business as an Indian trade.  He wooed and won a Creek maiden, named Sehoy, and Alexander was a son of this marriage.  In boyhood he was sent by his father to New York, where he received a good education.  At the age of seventeen he returned to Georgia and became a clerk in the counting house of Samuel Elbert at Savannah.  At the beginning of the Revolution he was influenced to take sides with the British, and during the war was frequently associated with the notorious Daniel McGirth.  After the war he lived among the Creeks, over whom he acquired considerable influence, becoming one of their most noted chiefs.  In 1784 he made a treaty of alliance with the Spaniards in Florida and for many years fought against the relinquishment of the Creek title to lands in Georgia, except on his own terms.  After he went to New York and negotiated a secret treaty with Washington and Henry Knox his popularity with the Indians began to wane.  He died on Feb 17, 1793.
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,  Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson]

McGlashan, Peter A., soldier, was born at Edinburg, Scotland, May 16, 1831.  In 1848 he came with his parents to America, the family settling in Savannah.  Subsequently Peter removed to Thomasville, where he was living at the commencement of the Civil war. In August, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the Twenty-ninth Georgia infantry and served for a time along the coast.  On March 11, 1862, he was commissioned first lieutenant of Company E, Fiftieth Georgia, which was soon afterward ordered to Virginia, arriving at Richmond to participate in the Seven Days’ battles.  On October 1, 1862, McGlashan was promoted to captain; led his company through the Fredericksburg campaign; was made major in February, 1863, and lieutenant-colonel in the following July.  After the battle of Gettysburg the regiment was ordered back to Georgia and arrived at Chickamauga just at the close of the battle.  Here he was promoted to colonel and commanded his regiment in the storming of Fort Sanders at Knoxville, Tenn.  His regiment was again ordered to Virginia, where it fought in the battles of the Wilderness, at Spottsylvania, C. H., the second Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom, and in a number of minor engagements.  At Cedar Creek he was severely wounded but soon rejoined his command.  He was captured at Sailor’s creek and held a prisoner at Johnson’s island until August 25, 1865, when he was released on parole.  Just before the fall of Richmond President Davis signed a commission making Col. McGlashan a brigadier-general, and it is said that this was the last commission he ever signed.  After the war General McGlashan took up his residence in Savannah and engaged in business there.
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,  Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Renae Donaldson]

Middleton, Edmund R., engaged in naval stores brokerage in Savannah, is one of the successful and honored business men of the city, where he has resided for the past twenty years. He was born in Charleston, S. C, Feb. 28, 1855, and is a son of William James and Mary Helen (McDonald) Middleton, both of whom were born and reared in Charleston. The genealogy of the Middleton family is traced back to the Middletons of Northumberland, England, the family being one of prominence and influence in that locality. The McDonald family is of pure Scottish derivation. Col. Benjamin O. Williams, great-grandfather of Mary H. (McDonald) Middleton, was an officer of the colonial forces during the war of the Revolution and was twice elected governor of North Carolina. The branch of the Middleton family to which Edmund R. belongs was established in South Carolina in the early part of the nineteenth century, settlement being made in the city of Charleston. Capt. P. F. Middleton, a skilled marine and civil engineer, was employed by the United States government to build the breakwater jetties around Sullivan's island, near Charleston, thus protecting the coast from the aggressions of the sea. Edmund Ravenel Middleton took his preparatory course of study in King's Mountain military academy, at Yorkville, S. C, leaving this institution in 1872. In the following year he was matriculated in the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn., and graduated in that institution in 1875, having devoted his attention specially to chemistry, geology and mineralogy. In 1885 he located in the city of Savannah and established himself as a broker of naval stores, and in this line of enterprise he has since continued, his success having been most unequivocal and gratifying. He has handled large amounts of money for the account of other dealers, and is known as a reliable, discriminating and progressive business man, commanding the respect and confidence of all with whom he has come in contact, either in a business or social way. Concerning Mr. Middleton the cashier of the Merchants' National bank, of Savannah, has written as follows: "In all of our dealings with him he has shown himself at all times to be fair and correct in his business with the bank, careful and scrupulous in performing all his promises." In politics Mr. Middleton supports the Republican party so far as national issues are involved but in state and local affairs he is arrayed with the Democratic party. He and his wife are communicants of the Protestant Episcopal church and he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. On Oct. 29, 1885, Mr. Middleton was united in marriage to Miss Belle Marion Henerey, the youngest daughter of John Talbird Henerey, who was one of the defenders of Fort Sumter during the bombardment and who was with General Lee's command at the time of the final surrender. The maiden name of his wife's mother was Selma Florence Talbird, and they were well known residents of Beaufort, S. C Mrs. Middleton is a lineal descendant of the Talbots of Dublin, Ireland. The progenitor of the family in America was Henry Talbot, the eldest son of John Talbot, a knight baronet. Henry Talbot built the lighthouse on Tybee island, Ga., in 1747, under contract with the colonial government. Mr. and Mrs. Middleton have one daughter, Edmund Strong Middleton, who was born March 27, 1887.
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,  Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister]

Milledge, John, governor and United States senator, was born in Savannah in 1757. He received a fine education and was completing his law studies under the King's attorney when the Revolution began. He was one of those who rifled the powder magazine at Savannah, some of the contents being used in the battle of Bunker Hill. When he was only twenty-three years old he was appointed attorney-general of the colony; later served as a member of the legislature; was elected to Congress in 1790, 1794, 1796 and 1800. In 1803 he was elected governor and at the close of his term was chosen United States senator. He resigned in 1809 and retired to his plantation. He presented to the state over 600 acres of land, upon which the state university is located, and was a leader in the opposition to the Yazoo land grants. He died Feb. 9, 1818. Milledgeville was named for him.
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,  Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister]

Millen, John, was born in Savannah, Ga., in 1804; educated a lawyer; served in Georgia legislature; and died near Savannah, Ga., Oct. 10th, 1843, about ten days after his election to a seat in the national house of representatives in the 28th Congress. The town of Millen, the county site of the new county of Jenkins, on the Central of Georgia railroad, between Savannah and Augusta, was named for him.
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,  Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister]

Mitchell, David Bradie, was born in Scotland, Oct. 22, 1766. His uncle, Dr. Brady, was captured by the British and died on a prison ship, leaving his property to his nephew, who came to Savannah in 1783 to claim it. He studied law under William Stephens and as clerk of the committee to revise the criminal code became well acquainted with these laws. He was elected solicitor-general in 1795, and representative in the legislature in 1796. In 1804 he was made major-general of the militia; was elected governor in 1809 and again in 1815, resigning in 1817, when he was appointed Indian agent by the president. The following January he concluded a treaty with the Creek Indians at their agency. He died at Milledgeville April 22, 1818. A monument was erected to his memory by the legislature, and Mitchell county was named for him.
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons,  Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by Tracy McAllister]

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