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Hill, Wylie Pope, was one of the extensive planters of Georgia and was an honored and distinguished citizen. He was the owner of a large landed estate in Georgia and also large tracts of land in Arkansas, though he ever looked upon Georgia as his home, here continuing to reside until his death, which occurred, in Wilkes county, in 18(34. Col. Wylie Pope Hill was born in Wilkes county, this state, Aug. 10, 1820, and was a son of Wylie and Martha (Pope) Hill, the former of whom was born in Wake county, N. C, Dec. 26, 1775, and the latter in Oglethorpe county, Ga., April 18, 1782. Both Colonel Hill and his wife came of stanch old Revolutionary stock of Virginia, the two Carolinas and Georgia, and their daughters are eligible for and joined the Daughters of the Revolution under six lines of ancestry. Colonel Hill was reared on the homestead plantation and his early educational training was secured in his native county, being supplemented by a course in a well ordered institution at Greenville, S. C He was intrinsically and insistently loyal to the cause of the Confederacy when the Civil war was precipitated, and in June, 1863, he assumed command as colonel of the First Georgia militia, Toombs' brigade, serving until May, 1864, when ill health and general disability disqualified him for further field service. He did not abate his efforts, however, in support of the cause, becoming a recruiting and supply agent for the Confederate government and thus continuing until Sept. 10, 1864, when he died. He continued his residence in Wilkes county until his death and was known as one of the largest and most successful planters in the state, also having an extensive and well managed plantation in Arkansas. He was a man of fine intellectual gifts and of inviolable integrity of character, ever commanding the respect and regard of his fellow men. In politics he was a stalwart Democrat of the old school and both he and his wife were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church South. Mrs. Hill is still living. On Feb. 27, 1845, was solemnized the marriage of Colonel Hill to Miss Jane James Austin, daughter of Dr. Thomas Collins and Mary Turner (James) Austin, of Greenville, S. C The names of the children of this union are here designated, with respective places of residence: Thomas Austin Hill, Arkansas; Mrs. Sallie Hill Irvin, Washington, Ga.; William Edwin and Burwell Meriwether Hill, of Wilkes county; Dr. John James Hill, of Washington, Ga.; Mrs. Mary Hill Barnett and Miss Mattie Pope Hill, Wilkes county; Mrs. Lina Hill McCandless, Atlanta; and Wylie Pope Hill, Wilkes county. Source Georgia: comprising sketches of counties, towns, events, institutions, and ... edited by Allen Daniel Candler, Clement Anselm Evans Alford, Julius C., congressman, was born in Georgia. In 1835-37 he was a representative from Georgia to fill a vacancy; and also served in 1841-43 as a representative from Georgia to the twenty-seventh congress. He died in Troup County, Ga. [Herringshaw’s National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States, by William Herringshaw, 1909 – Transcribed by Therman Kellar] Andrews, Eliza Frances, educator, journalist, lecturer, author, was born Aug. 10, 1840, in Washington, Ga. Her father was Judge Garnett Andrews, an eminent jurist and the author of Reminiscences of An Old Georgia Lawyer. In 1857 she graduated from the La Grange college of Georgia; and in 1885-97 was professor in the Wesleyan College of Macon, which institution conferred upon her the degree of A.M. She has lectured on various subjects; is a fine linguist; and is a most accomplished field botanist. She is the author of A Family Secret; A Mere Adventure; Prince Hal; Botany the Year Round; and War-time Journal of a Georgia Girl. [Herringshaw’s National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States, by William Herringshaw, 1909 – Transcribed by Therman Kellar] Andrews, Garnett, lawyer, legislator, jurist, author, was born Oct. 30, 1798, near Washington, Ga. For thirty years he was judge of the northern circuit of Georgia; represented his district several times in the Georgia state legislature; and in 1852 was a candidate for governor of Georgia. He was the author of Reminiscences of An Old Georgia Lawyer, giving an interesting picture of the social life of the state during the early years of the nineteenth century. He died about 1875 in Washington, Ga. [Herringshaw’s National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States, by William Herringshaw, 1909 – Transcribed by Therman Kellar] Andrews, Mrs. Maude Annulet, author, poet, was born Dec. 29, 1865, near Washington, Ga. She is the wife of J. K. Ohl. She is one of the most noted writers of the south; and a successful journalist and poet. She writes international sketches and articles for leading newspapers and magazines from the cities of London, Paris and Washington. Andrews, Newton Lloyd, lecturer, educator, college president, was born Aug. 14, 1841, in Fabius, N.Y. In 1862 he graduated from Colgate university; in 1864 graduated from the theological department of that institution; and has received the degrees of A.M., Ph.D. and LL.D. In 1864-69 he was the principal of the preparatory department of Colgate university; became professor of Greek in 1868; in 1880-95 was dean of the college faculty; in 1890-95 was acting president; and since 1895 has been professor of Greek and lecturer on the history of art in that institution of learning. [Herringshaw’s National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States, by William Herringshaw, 1909 – Transcribed by Therman Kellar] Lancaster, John Austin, was born December 15, 1839, near LaGrange, Ga., and died March 6, 1901, at Wetumpka; son of Capt. William and Martha Ann (Goss) Lancaster, the former a North Carolinian, who moved to Tallapoosa County in 1837, served in the C. S. Army, and died in service; grandson of Jesse Hamilton and Mary Ann (Haygood) Goss, who lived near Vernon Ferry and LaGrange, Ga.; great-grandson of Benjamin and Susannah (Davis) Goss, Virginians, who moved to Wilkes County, Ga., 1803, and later to Newton County, Ga.; great-great-grandson of Jonathan and Lucy (Gibbs) Davis, the former the founder of that branch of the Davis family in the United States, who was kidnapped in England in childhood, and brought to this country, was married in Virginia, and settled in Orange County, Va. The Lancaster family is descended from two brothers, younger sons of a branch of nobility of that name in England, who came to Virginia during the early colonization of that state. The Goss family settled in Virginia prior to 1661, having been driven from Germany, their native country, by religious persecutions. Mr. Lancaster received his education in the public and private schools of Troup County, Ga., and Tallassee; volunteered at the outbreak of the War of Secession, as a private; became first lieutenant, Co. I, Seventeenth Alabama regiment; was dangerously wounded at Franklin; was elected captain and was acting as such, though without commission, at the end of the war; taught school after the war for a short time; engaged in planting and stock raising in Elmore County; was elected sheriff of Elmore County in 1870, the first Democrat to be elected to a public office in that county after the war; was elected probate judge of that county in 1874, and was continuously re-elected to that office until his resignation in 1890 before the expiration of his term;, was the owner, though not the editor, of several weekly newspapers published in Elmore County, 1874-1900. He was a Democrat; a Methodist; and a Mason. Married: March 1, 1866, in Elmore County, to Frances Aldora, daughter of Robert Plnckney and Minerva (Ramsey) Lett, who lived near Good Hope, the former a Georgian, who served in Co. A, Thirty-fourth Alabama regiment, C. S. Army, and was severely wounded near Chattanooga. Her great-grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary War. Children: 1. William Lycurgus (q. v.); 2. Eulala Viola, m. John R. Gamble; 3. Jessie Aldora, m. Robert Tyler Goodwyn (q. v.); 4. Minnie Lee, m. Dr. T. H. Street; 5. John Austin, m. Ida M. McCullers; 6. Erne Lena, m. H. S. Taylor. Last residence: Wetumpka. [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 4 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Mrs. Marie (Bankhead) Owen, 1921 – Transcribed by AFOFG]
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