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DANIEL E
RICH
Daniel E. Rich, blacksmith, was born 1799 in Georgia, possibly in Burke
County. Wife, Unicy orEunisa (born 1802). He was listed on the 1820-1860 Emanuel County Census. Issue:499 I Joab Rich, born 1823 Georgia. He married Kisiah Parrot on 7 November 1841 in Emanuel County. II. Sarah Rich, born 1828 Georgia. III. Demaris Rich (daughter), born 1831 Georgia. She married Reuben Boatright on 9 December 1851 in Emanuel County. IV. Stephen Rich, born 1832 Georgia. He married Sara R Coleman on 14 March 1852 in Emanuel County. V. Elizabeth Rich, born 1834 Georgia. VI. William Rich, born 1835 Georgia. VII. Delila Rich, born 1838 Georgia. VIII. Martin V. Rich, born 1842 Georgia. Wife, Mary E., born 1841 Georgia. Issue: A. Martin C. Rich, born 1866 Emanuel County. B. Ellen Rich, born 1868 Emanuel County. C. Daniel Rich, born 1870 Emanuel County. D. Sephrona Rich (daughter), born 1872 Emanuel County. E. Louanna Rich, born 1874 Emanuel County. F. Louis S. Rich, born 1878 Emanuel County. IX. July Ann Rich, born 1843 Emanuel County. X. Andrew J. Rich, born 1844 Emanuel County. He married Drucilla Boatright (born 1845 Georgia) on 20 October 1865 in Emanuel County. Issue: A. Easter M. L. Rich, born 1867 Emanuel County. B. Laura E. Rich, born 1868 Emanuel County. C. Mary F. Rich, born 1872 Emanuel County. D. Alice M. Rich, born 1872 Emanuel County. E. Kalup W. Rich (son), born 1872 Emanuel County. F. Jerry J. Rich, born 1874 Emanuel County. G. Lacy L. Rich, born 1876 Emanuel County. XI. Eunisa Rich, born 1845 Emanuel County. XII. Martha V. Rich, born 1846 Emanuel County. XII. Frances Rich, born 1849 Emanuel County. Source: 1850-1880 Emanuel County Census; Emanuel County Marriages The Georgia Frontier: Colonial families to the Revolutionary War period By Jeannette Holland Austin THE SIRMANS
FAMILY.
The Sirmans family, as has been stated before in this book, was one of the first to settle in what is now Clinch County. They came here in 1822 from Emanuel County and settled on the place where J. B. Strickland now lives in the Mud Creek district. Those who came were Josiah Sirmans, Sr., and his family, including his sons, Benjamin, Joseph, Jonathan, and Abner Sirmans. To-day their descendants are quite numerous in Clinch and Berrien Counties. Josiah Sirmans, Sr., was born in 1767, and married Miss Artie Hardeman, a daughter of Thomas Hardeman, Sr. To them were born Benjamin Sirmans, Sr., Joseph Sirmans, Jonathan Sirmans, Abner Sirmans, Sr., Rachel, who married Eustice Studstill; Bettie Sirmans, who married Dryden Newbern, and Sarah Ann, who married an Adams, of Florida. At the time Josiah Sirmans, Sr., settled here, it was then Irwin County, later Lowndes County. He did not live to see the Indian wars of 1836-38. He died January 6th, 1830, and is buried at the Fender graveyard on the Allapaha River, in this county. His grave is probably the oldest marked grave in the county. Benjamin Sirmans was born in Emanuel County, February 6th, 1792. When thirty years of age he came with his father to this section. His wife was Miss Martha Johnson, a daughter of David Johnson, Sr., and a sister to Gen. David Johnson. Their children were: David J. Sirmans, Josiah Sirmans, Jr., Ezekiel J. Sirmans, Cassie, who married John Smith; Lavinia, who married Aaron Tomlinson; Martha, who married Elihu Morgan; Lucretia, who married Charles Strickland; Benjamin E. Sirmans, Lyman A. Sirmans, and Lev! J. Sirmans. Benjamin Sirmans represented Lowndes County in the legislature several years and served one term as State senator from Clinch County. He was also a delegate to the secession convention in Milledgeville in 1861. He died May 1st, 1863, and is buried at the Fender graveyard. His wife preceded him to the grave by about seven years. Joseph Sirmans was born in Emanuel County, May i6th, 1808, and his wife's name was Miss Rebecca Smith, a daughter of Rev. William Smith. He lived in the Mud Creek district and served one term as representative from Clinch County after the Civil War. His children were: Artie, Mary, John, Nancy, Matilda and Lucretia Sirmans. These were by his first marriage, and by his second marriage, to Mrs. Sallie Howell, he had a son, Isaac Sirmans. His first wife died in 1856, and his second wife died in 1887. He died October 7th, 1888, and was buried at the Fender graveyard. Jonathan Sirmans was born about 1800. He lived in what is now Clinch County a short while and removed to what is now Berrien County. Here his descendants are quite numerous. He married Miss Martha Rouse, and they had several children. He died about 1875. Abner Sirmans, Sr., was born about 1793 and married Miss Bettie Kirkland, a sister of Timothy Kirkland. To them were born: Hester, Jinsie, Benjamin, Roxie, John, Tally and Abner Sirmans, Jr. The elder Sirmans was commissioned a justice of the peace of the 664th district of Lowndes County January 20th, 1829, and served four years. Subsequently he removed to Early County, where he died in 1837. His son, Abner "Sirmans, Jr., is now living at the age of 82. Rachel Sirmans was born in 1794, and married Eustice .Studstill. Their children were: Manning, Jonathan, Rachel, Sarah and John Studstill. Eustice Studstill removed to Alabama, where he died in Russell County in 1837. His widow died in 1878 and is buried at the Fender graveyard. Bettie Sirmans, who married :Dryden Newbern, was born in 1795, and their children were: Thomas, Martha, Ashley, Berrien, Dryden, Jr., Caroline and Sallie Newbern,—the latter married W. F. Kirkland. Notes on grand-children of Josiah Sirmans, Sr.: .David J. Sirmans, a son of Benjamin Sirmans, was born March 1st, 1819, and married Eliza Wilkerson, a daughter of John Wilkerson, of South Carolina. To them was born: Lewis, who married Rachel Lightsey; Alice, Tully, Lucius, who married Eliza Fiveash, and Josiah, who married Fannie L. Lott, and Ezekiel S. Sirmans, who married Martha Register, and Benjamin, who married Ida Crum. Josiah Sirmans, 3d, was postmaster at Homerville several years and died in 1881. His son, W. E. Sirmans, of Waycross, is a prominent real estate dealer of that city. Josiah Sirmans, 2d, was born March 25th, 1817. He married Mary Roberts, a daughter of John T. Roberts, and their children were: Roena, who married Thomas Ridgall; Phoebe, who married Lewis Holtzendorf, Benjamin J. Sirmans, who married Elizabeth Thane, David Sirmans, Malinda, who married David Dickerson first, and later Elias L. Roberts, Lucretia, who married Frank L. Allen; Martha, who married W. L. Courson. The elder Sirmans was commissioned justice -of the peace of the 664th district of Lowndes County, October 11th, 1838, when he was just twenty-one years old. He died February 20th, 1880, and is buried at the Fender graveyard. Ezekiel J. Sirmans was born February 28th, 1824. He had three children by his wife, who was Eliza Bennett, viz.: Franklin B. Sirmans, Manassas Sirmans and Caroline Stalvey. He was the first-tax collector of Clinch County. He died April 28th, 1900, and is buried at the Fender graveyard. Franklin B. Sirmans was state senator from the fifth district three terms. Cassie Sirmans, who married John Smith, son of William Smith, was born about :1810. Their children were: Martha, William S., Lavinia, Rachel, John W., Sirmans S., Charlton H., Nancy, General J., Herschel B., and David J. Smith. Mrs. Smith died about 1900. Lavinia Sirmans, who married Aaron Tomlinson, was born in 1822. Their children were Elizabeth, Lucretia, Nancy, fCandacy, 'Melvina, 'Lorena, Josiah, Aaron and Charlotte Tomlinson. Martha Sirmans, who married Elihu Morgan, lived in Echols County. Their children were Benjamin, Joseph and Viola Morgan. Lucretia Sirmans, who married Charles Strickland, was born in 1827. Their children were: Martha, who married 'Elias L. Moore; Mary Ann, who married Daniel Dickerson; 'Louis Strickland, B. F. Strickland, Colquitt or Colly Strickland, Isabelle Roberts, Allen J. Strickland, Lucinda, Joseph B., and Amanda, who married F. B. Sirmans; Lyman J. Strickland, and Kizzie Strickland. Benjamin E. Sirmans was born July 14th, 1831, the son of Benjamin Sirmans. He married Francenia E. Carroll, a native of North Carolina. To them were born David C., Maggie, Jesse, Joseph, William, Charlie, Martha, and Minnie Sirmans. The elder Sirmans died November 22d, 1877, and was buried at the Fender graveyard. Levi Johnson Sirmans was born February 24th, 1837, the son of Benjamin Sirmans. He married Victoria O. Mattox, daughter of Hon. Elijah Mattox, and to them were born Cicero M., Helen, Ulysses, Julia, Octavius, John L., and Cornelia Sirmans. Mr. Sirmans for some time prior to his death lived in Lowndes County above Naylor, where he died May 6th, 1915, the last member of the famous coterie of children of Benjamin and Martha Sirmans. Lyman A. Sirmans was born April 1st, 1838, the son of Benjamin Sirmans. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Homerville for several years. He married Miss Mollie Griffin, daughter of Rev. W. W. Griffin. To them was born two children, Noble A. Sirmans and a daughter, who married Frank A. Smith. Colonel Sirmans died April 22d, 1910, at his home in DuPont. He is buried at the North cemetery. Source: History of Clinch County, Georgia: revised to date, giving the early history ... By Folks Huxford COLEMANS
Coleman, Alexander D., president of the Cliff-Coleman Company, one of the leading business concerns of Swainsboro, Emanuel county, was born on a farm in that county, June 28, 1861, a son of Welcome L. and Georgia (Scott) Coleman, both now deceased. The father was a successful planter, a loyal soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war, tax collector of Emanuel county for four years, prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, and a citizen of influence, who commanded uniform esteem in the community. Alexander D. Coleman duly availed himself of the advantages of the schools of his native county and then entered Hephzibah high school, an academic institution in Richmond county, where he remained a student until he had attained the age of eighteen years. He then became a clerk in the large mercantile establishment of John C. Coleman, of Swainsboro, remaining with this concern eleven years and gaining a valuable business experience. He was then elected to the office of clerk of the superior court of Emanuel county, was twice reflected and served six consecutive years. Upon the close of his third term he engaged in the mercantile business in Swainsboro, as junior member of the firm of Cliff & Coleman, dealers in hardware, harness, wagons, buggies, carriages, agricultural implements, carpets and various other lines of house furnishing goods. The business increased so rapidly in scope and importance that it was finally deemed expedient to incorporate. Accordingly, in July, 1905, incorporation was effected, under the title of the Cliff-Coleman Company, Mr. Coleman being made president. He is well known in Emanuel county and is recognized as a thorough and reliable business man of progressive ideas and as a citizen ever loyal and public-spirited. He is a director of the Citizens' bank of Swainsboro and has no inconsiderable plantation interests in the county. In politics he is found aligned as a stanch supporter of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, and in addition to having been the incumbent of the office of clerk of the superior court, as already noted, he was formerly a member of the board of county commissioners and is at the present time a member of the city council of Swainsboro. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. In 1896 Mr. Coleman was united in marriage to Miss Nora M. Moring, of Swainsboro, and they have two children,—Adele D. and Alexander G. Coleman, James A., of Swainsboro, is one of the substantial capitalists and extensive land-owners of Emanuel county, and has high standing as a citizen and business man, the esteem in which he is held in his native county being indicated by his election at one time to represent the county in the state legislature. He was born in that county, March 26, 1846, a son of Elisha Coleman, concerning whom more detailed mention may be found in the sketch of the life of John C. Coleman, an older son. James A. Coleman was reared on the farm and has been identified with agricultural interests from his boyhood to the present. His educational advantages were those afforded by the schools of Emanuel county. During the latter part of the Civil war he was a member of the state militia, having been but fifteen years of age at the time of the outbreak of the great conflict between the states. He is at the present time the owner of about 1,500 acres of land in Emanuel county. For twenty years he conducted a large general merchandise business in Swainsboro, also owning and operating a well equipped saw mill near the city, said mill having an output capacity of 40,000 feet of lumber a day, but he withdrew from both of these enterprises several years ago, to give his attention to his various other capitalistic interests. He is vice-president of the Citizens' bank of Swainsboro and is the owner of valuable realty in the town, including his fine modern residence, which he erected in 1904. He is a firm believer in the principles and policies for which the Democratic party stands exponent, and in 1894-5 effectively represented his county in the state legislature. However, he has never been afflicted with ambition for public office. In 1884 Mr. Coleman was united in marriage to Miss Fannie Lake, daughter of Enoch M. and Susan (Ethridge) Lake, of Laurens county, Ga., and they have three sons and three daughters living, namely: John Randolph, James A., Jr., Grover Cleveland, Winey, Maybelle, and Fannie May. One daughter, Rubye Pearl, is deceased. [graphic] Coleman, John C., the leading merchant of Swainsboro and the largest taxpayer in Emanuel county, is a man whose influence is strong and beneficent, for he has made good use of his wealth, realizing the responsibilities which it imposes, and is a citizen who holds the confidence and esteem of all. while to his further honor lies a record of valiant service as a soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil war. This well known citizen and capitalist was born on a farm in Emanuel county. Ga., Nov. 26, 1844, a son of Elisha and Lavinia (Douglass) Coleman. the former born in Burke county, and the latter in Emanuel county, where both passed their entire lives, the father having been a planter by vocation and soldier in the War of 1812. John C. Coleman received the most limited of educational advantages in his youth, but that he has made good the deficiency no one who knows him to-day can doubt, and he has been the builder of his own fortunes, having been concerned with mercantile and agricultural interests for many years—in fact, from his youth to the present. In March, 1862, he subordinated his personal interests and ambitions to tender his aid in the defense of the cause of the Confederacy by enlisting in Company H, Forty-eighth Georgia volunteer infantry, in which he was made orderly sergeant. He served with this command until the close of the war, save for the period during which he was held as a prisoner of war. He took part in the Seven Days' battles about Richmond, the first and second battles at Cold Harbor, Harper's Ferry, second Manassas, Sharpsburg, first and second battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Manassas Gap. At the last named he was captured by the enemy and first imprisoned at Point Lookout, whence he was taken to Elmira, N. Y., where he was held for eighteen months. He was then paroled and returned to Georgia, the close of the war occurring shortly afterward. He was wounded in the battle of Sharpsburg, in which engagement his only brother, Matthew, met his death. After the close of the war Judge Coleman courageously faced the conditions which prevailed in his home state, as in other parts of the south, and that his labors in the succeeding years have been phenomenally successful none can doubt. He is known as the wealthiest citizen of his county and as its largest landholder, having more than 30,000 acres in this county alone, besides large holdings in other counties of the state. In 1876 he established himself in the general merchandise business in Swainsboro, where he has continued the enterprise during the intervening thirty years, building up the same from modest proportions to the largest concern of the sort in the county. He is the owner of the finest business block in the town, the same having been erected by him, and here also he has a beautiful home, besides a large number of other residence and business properties, which he rents, his enterprise having done much for the substantial progress and material upbuilding of Swainsboro, to whose interest he is in all things loyal. Judge Coleman is found aligned as a sturdy exponent of the principles for which the Democratic party stands sponsor, and he served four years as clerk of the superior court of Emanuel county and for eight years as judge of the court of ordinary of the county. For a similar period he was chairman of county board of road and revenue commissioners. He is a master Mason and a member of the United Confederate Veterans. Judge Coleman married Miss Martha S. Moring, daughter of Joseph J. Moring, of Swainsboro, and they have two children: Neta is the wife of Dr. George L. Smith, one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Emanuel county, engaged in practice at Swainsboro; and Luck is the wife of Judge Frank Mitchell, who is presiding on the bench of the city court of Swainsboro. Source: Georgia: comprising sketches of counties, towns, events, institutions, and ... edited by Allen Daniel Candler, Clement Anselm Evans Flanders, George Frederick, the president postmaster of Swainsboro, is one of the well known and distinctively popular citizens of Emanuel county, whish had been his home from the time of his birth. He is ex-sheriff of the county and has been prominent in connection with mercantile and industrial enterprises, being one of the progressive and public spirited citizens of this beautiful section of the state. He was born on the homestead plantation, in Emanuel county, March 4, 1871, a son of William A. and Kitsy (Hall) Flanders, the former a native of the same county, born in 1830, and the latter of Jefferson county. William a. Flanders passed his entire life in Emanuel county, save for the period during which he was at the front as a valiant soldier of the Confederacy in the Civil was, and his life vocation was that of farming. He died in 1905. He was a son of Jordon and Sallie (Thompson) Flanders, and his wife who was a daughter of Joseph Hall, died in 1897. They are survived by four sons and five daughters, all of whom remain resident of Emanuel county: John J., James W., William M., and George F., Jane, the wife of A. M. Lawson; Mary, wife of John W. Wheeler; Ella, wife of C. Peebles; Sallie, wife of Manning Web, and Elizabeth, wife of D. B. Fields. Joseph C., twin brother of the subject of this sketch, was killed in July, 1902, at the hands of a notorious desperado, Jeff Coates, whom he was trying to arrest on the charge of murder. George F. Flanders passed his boyhood and youth on the home plantation, attending school until he was twelve years of age. In 1896, at the age of twenty-five years, he was made deputy-sheriff of Emanuel county, became sheriff the following year and continued the incumbent of the office until 1905. He has also been postmaster of Swainsboro since November, 1904, having held the office as well as that of sheriff for one year. He has large farming interests in the county and was formerly engaged in the general merchandise business in Swainsboro, first as a member of the firm of Flanders Bros., his partner having been his twin brother, Joseph C. Upon the untimely death of the latter, he took full charge of the business, settled up the same and finally disposed of the stock. In 1904 he again engaged in the same line of trade, selling somewhat later a half interest to Arthur Macon, who purchased the entire business, Jan. 1, 1906, Mr. Flanders desiring to give his entire attention to his other interests. He is a director of the Citizens’ bank of Swainsboro, has served as a member of the city council, is a stanch supporter of the cause of the Democratic party, and is identified with the Masonic fraternity. On Sept. 19, 1897, Mr. Flanders was married to Miss Carrie Louise Sutton, daughter of Henry M. Sutton of Swainsboro, and they have four sons, William Henry, George Frederick, Jr., Joseph Chestnutt, and Edwin Frank. [Source: Georgia: Sketches, Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions & People, Vol. 2, Publ. 1906 Transcribed By: Maggie Coleman] 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)
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