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In 1872 this law was considerably modified and made bet- ter. Under the latter Act the control of education was placed in the hands of the board of five members to be elected by the grand jury. This board was to elect a secretary who was to be ex-officio county school commissioner.
Later, in recent years, the election of the county school commissioner was placed in the hands of the qualified voters of the county instead of by the board. Under this law, Flem C. Dame was the first commissioner to be elected.
Under the Act of 1870, above referred to, the following members of the Board of Education were elected, on the first Saturday in January, 1871, the date of the qualification of each one following their names :
586th District. Josiah Sirmans, Sr. April 1, 1871 970th District. H. D. O'Quin March 2, 1871 1052d District. Moses Tomlinson June 3, 1871
106Ist District. Duncan Giddens March 4, 1871
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II4Ist District. W. J. Strickland January 8, 1871 1224th District. Elias L. Moore. January 8, 1871
Under the Act of 1872, referred to above the grand jury sitting at the April term, 1872, of Clinch Superior Court, appointed the following citizens of the county to serve on the Board of Education :
D. H. Johnson, for 4 years, Qualified August 17, 1872 H. A. Mattox, for 4 years, Qualified 1872
W. J. Rives, for 2 years, Qualified 1872
S. W. Register, for 2 years, Qualified July 6, 1872
Chas. A. Griffis, for 2 years, Qualified July 7, 1872
Under the law of 1870, the Board of Education, which was elected met and elected H. D. O'Quin as the first county school commisisoner and ex-officio secretary of the board. Mr. O'Quin qualified June 3d, 1871. He continued under the reorganized Board of Education, and was re-elected in 1876, qualifying December 1Ith, 1876, and served until 1882, when he was succeeded by George W. Newbern.
In his report to the grand jury, at the April term, 1873, Commissioner O'Quin stated that about $390 had been re- ceived by the county treasurer for educational purposes and paid out according to instructions; that about $800 would be received for this county for carrying on the schools for the fiscal year. He also stated that under the special school law it was the duty of the school board to organize public schools for three months in all parts of the county where practicable, and that the Board of Education desired and earnestly solicited the grand jury's co-operation in organiz- ing one or more schools in each militia district during the year.
In reference to local taxation, the commissioner stated in his report : "The power of local taxation is lodged with your body this year on recommendation of the School Board. The Board in session to-day decided to recommend that as your
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body has the power, that you exercise your discretion in the matter, it being the opinion, however, of the Board that tax- ation for educational purposes would ultimately be more beneficial than for any other purposes if properly applied, as our children would thereby be benefited longer after we have passed from the stage of action."
The grand jury at the spring term, 1872, which elected the first board of education under the new school law, had this comment to make on the new school system: "We look with favor on the public school law and desire to see the new system fully tested and believe that with good manage- ment on the part of those clothed with the power of its ex- ecution it will redound in great and lasting benefit to the young and rising generation."
In his report to the grand jury at the fall term, 1877, Commissioner O'Quin stated that under the new law passed in 1876, making it the commissioner's duty to appoint school trustees for the different districts of the county, he appointed the following trustees : Sherod Tomlinson, J. B. Pafford and Martin S. Corbitt for Mud Creek; J. R. G. Hamilton, Louis Strickland and David O'Quin for Lawton ; George W. New- bern, William H. Ramsey and Wm. Griffis, for Homerville; and Isham Patterson, Jonathan L. Morgan and Solomon Mobley, for Morgan's district. He stated that he had licensed twenty teachers and contracted with sixteen to teach schools up to that time during 1877.
A few figures on the school work and attendance in the county for the last few years are herewith given; in white schools :
Year
Attendance
Average Attendance
No. of Teachers
1910
1,230
95I
43
19II
1,400
1,000
59
1912
1,296
866
47
1913
1,170
820
41
1914
1,323
1,022
45
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The colored attendance for 1914 was 637, with an average attendance of 383. There were 15 teachers employed.
Year
Amounts Received
Paid to Teachers $6,218.44
Value of School Houses & Equipment $18,000
1910
$6,633.24
19II
6,864.78
5,767.62
19,700
1912
6,966.33
5,578.03
20,000
1913
7, 181.24
5,711.90
25,600
1914 7,947.84
6,136.72
28,500
From the minutes of the school board it is seen that the total value of school property in Clinch County in 1895, was $6,450.50. Only two schools, viz. : Homerville and DuPont, had patent desks. The value of the DuPont Academy was placed at $400 for the building and $369 for the fixtures, and the DuBignon Institute at Homerville was valued at $2,605 for the building and $578 for the fixtures.
The following have served on the Board of Education since 1872 :
Anderson, F. M.
1892 Knight, N. S. 1881-1892
Booth, Jesse R.
1894-1903 Kight, James M. 1881
Caswell, A. J.
1875-1876 Lockliear, L. H.
1911-1916
Caswell, A. J. 1879-1888 Langdale, J. J. 1913-1916
Corbitt, Irwin
1905-1910 Moore, John
1882-1886
Cornelius, George 188I
Mattox, H. A. 1872-1876
Dickerson, R. G.
1875
Mattox, H. A. 1893
Dickerson, Daniel 1893
Mattox, B. E.
1889-1892
Dickerson, J. R.
1885-1886 North, Wiliam B. 1893-1904
Dickerson, J. R. 1891
O'Quin, H. D.
1879-1884
Drawdy, J. J.
1876-1877
O'Quin, E. W. 1878-1880
Drawdy, J. J. 1887-1892
O'Quin, E. W. 1882-1886 Daugharty, G. W. 1904-1909
O'Quin, H. A. 1891
Eason, James T. 1892 Pafford, J. Levin 1910-1916
Fender, D. C. 1894-1897 Pafford, Wm. M. 1903-1905
Griffis, William 1877 Pafford, M. B. 1906-1910
Griffis, Charles A. 1872-1880 Register, S. W.
1872-1876
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Griffis, John G. 1904-1914 Register, B. S. 1913-1914
Griffis, W. J. 1902-1903 Roberts, Tharp 1915-1916
Gary, W. H. 1893 Rives, W. J. 1872-1875
Hughes, F. M. 1898-1913 Smith, Moses 1900-1902
Hilliard, M. H. 1910-1912
Smith, Benjamin 1894-1897
Howell, W. T. 1898-1899 Smith, C. H. 1892
Johnson, D. H. 1872-1874 Strickland, W. J. 1877-1878
Johnson, D. H. 1887-1890 Sirmans, F. B. 1887-1890
Johnson, D. O. 1914-1916 Tomlinson, Sherod 1877-1880
The following is a list of the trustees of the different schools of the county at present :
Reedy Creek-J. C. Touchston, E. J. Futch, C. L. Stanley. Live Oak-H. W. Corbitt, J. H. Haskins, S. Deen.
Council-S. W. Evans, J. D. Langdale, J. F. Patterson. Consolidated-F. W. Burkhalter, P. A. Courson, James Z. Curry.
Camp Creek-H. H. Guest, T. C. Conine, D. V. Tom- linson.
Sirmans-M. B. Pafford, W. W. Elliott, Isaac Powell. Cogdell-J. B. Kirkland, R. A. Pafford, C. A. Hodges.
Thigpen-C. S. Vining, J. J. Brack, Benj. Cox.
Touchstone-I. D. Dickerson, J. T. Hughes, A. J. Joyce. Waldo-M. T. Burkhalter, B. F. Dickerson, Joshua Lee. DuPont-C. M. McLamb, L. C. Cox, C. H. North, C. C. Lee, J. T. Bramlett.
Midway-A. B. Smith, H. C. Bennett, L. C. Strickland, W. V. Musgrove, James Smith.
Red Bluff-W. O. James, A. J. Lockliear, Irwin Williams.
Stockton-J. A. Mathis, J. A. Holtzendorf, J. F. Fen- der, Sr.
Bird Pond-Tharp Delk, Irwin Corbitt, M. J. Guest.
Anthon-H. W. Jordan, W. W. Willoughby, W. A. Taylor.
Crisp-S. T. Howell, O. K. Courson, Velpo Tomlinson.
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Bradwell-W. M. Wilson, William Corbitt, J. H. Ham- ilton.
Fargo-B. B. Brown, F. F. Cornelius, J. F. Newman.
Abbeville-W. M. Hughes, J. A. Mobley, M. K. Kirk- land.
Ty Ty-M. T. Herren, L. V. Herren
Thelma-M. H. Hilliard.
Homerville-R. G. Dickerson, C. M. Kimrey, J. T. Dame,
J. L. Hunter, C. H. Dickerson.
Argyle-W. H. Hinson, W. L. Hinson, A. B. Williams, S. C. Patterson, B. A. Harper.
Among the schools in Clinch County, DuBignon Institute, located at Homerville, might be said to be the best in its courses of study, faculty and equipment. The magnificent brick building, located in the western part of the town, with a campus of about six acres, is ample to accommodate a town several times larger than Homerville. It was built in 1909-10 by the town; and in order to secure funds, with which to built the school, the citizens of the town unanimously voted for a bond issue of $8,000.
The original building was a two-story frame building, located in the northeastern part of town, and built about 1894-5. It was built mainly by subscription. This building was used until the fall of 1909, when it was destroyed. The origin of the fire has never been ascertained; it caught in the third story which was a "half-story" used by the secret orders. After the loss of the old building, preparations were immediately made for another one. The bond issue was made and Mr. H. J. Peagler was selected by the town council to look after the building of same and as treasurer.
The present school building has a touch of the old Spanish architecture in its appearance, and is two stories high. The first floor contains two large class rooms and two smaller ones. The second floor contains two small class rooms and a large auditorium with a seating capacity of about five hun-
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dred. The building is equipped throughout with the latest desks and seats and has electric lights and water connections.
The first school taught in the old DuBignon Institute was opened on the 7th of January 1895, under Professors W. E. Gullette and J. F. Eggleston. The school received its name in honor of Hon. F. G. DuBignon, one of the State's foremost men. In the commencement exercises of May 23-4, 1895, Colonel DuBignon offered a gold medal for the best oratory. This was the occasion of much effort on the part of the young men of the school. The judges were Rev. W. J. Stallings, R. L. Clark and Hon. R. G. Dickerson. The medal was awarded to H. H. Baxley, a young visitor-student. His subject was "Principle."
The following is a list of the principals of the school :
W. E. Gullette 1895-1896 W. L. DuVall 1905-1907
J. F. Eggleston 1895-1896 W. M. Avera 1907-1909
S. Preston Settle 1896 C. C. Palmer 1909
G. C. Ingram 1896-1897 H. Q. Avera 1909-1910
W. D. Stevenson 1897-1898 W. M. Benge
H. C. Cain 1898 R. L. Lovell 1911-1912
1910-19II
H. G. Fulton 1898-1899 H. Q. Avera 1912-1913
H. C. Cain 1899-1902 William Koehler 1913
S. Preston Settle
1902-1903 A. A. O'Kelly 1913-1914
W. B. Smith
1903-1904 Paul Moss
1914-1917
H. A. Kiker
1904-1905
CHAPTER IX.
History of Churches of Clinch County.
METHODIST CHURCH, HOMERVILLE.
T HIS church is about the oldest existing Methodist Church in the county, having been established here in 1875. There had been no edifice here previous to that time to worship in, and the few Methodists met occasionally at the court-house and worshipped. Also previous to this time, Robert B. Crum and his wife, of near Homerville, were in charge of a Sunday School here, although un-denomi- national it was nominally a Methodist school.
The first church building was located on a small piece of land granted the church by the railroad company to be used by them so long as a church was situated thereon. The land was a part of the railroad square in town. The credit for the securing of this parcel of land for the church is due mainly to the efforts of Col. J. L. Sweat, of Homerville. Among the prominent members of the church during its infancy at Homerville, were H. A. Mattox and family, Robert B. Crum and family, Col. J. L. Sweat and wife and E. J. Ben- ton. Rev. William W. Griffin lived here for several years following the war, and preached for the Methodists occa- sionally. He was Ordinary of the county three years.
The town lot whereon the parsonage was located, was bought of A. S. Mclendon in 1883, the price being $250. It had a good dwelling on it and was used as a parsonage until 1914, when the present parsonage was completed and occupied. The old parsonage and land was sold to Mrs. W. K. Peagler and the proceeds applied to the building of the new one, which is a neat and comfortable dwelling. The land for the new church and parsonage was given by that generous benefactor and member of the church, H. J. Peag-
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ler, who died in the midst of his endeavors to build a new home for the Methodists.
The present church building was built during 1913-14, at an approximate cost of $6,500. It was during the pastorate of Rev. George H. Walker, a most progressive and wide- awake pastor, that the church was contemplated, begun and completed. This was his ambition from the time he took charge of his station in December, 1911, when he at once saw the need of a larger and better building.
Probably one of the most interested members and generous donators in building the new church was Henry J. Peagler, one of the town's wealthiest citizens. He not only bought and gave the land to the church for its new home and par- sonage, at a cost of $900, but contributed still larger sums of money towards its erection, as well as much of his time and attention. In the midst of the building of the new edifice, which he was looking after on the part of the church, Mr. Peagler was stricken on October 3Ist, 1913, with a serious attack of acute indigestion and died within an hour's time. Thus the church was deprived of one of its most active and influential members. A beautiful memorial window now adorns the church in Mr. Peagler's memory. After his death, Mr. W. V. Musgrove, a prominent business man of the town, took the matter in hand and due, chiefiy to his efforts, the church was soon completed.
The new church is located on the south side of the A. C. L. Railroad in the heart of town, and faces the right-of-way. It is situated on the lot formerly known as the Lyman A. Sirmans lot. Large oaks adorn the lot which made it such a desirable location for a new church, some of the oaks now standing were set out by Colonel Sirmans right after the war, when he owned the lot. The parsonage is located to the rear of the church and faces the Railroad Square from the west.
The following is a list of the pastors of the church since 1875, as shown by the church records :
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B. S. Key 1875 I. F. Carey 1894
F. C. Bickley 1876-1878 W. J. Stallings 1895-1898
Edward J. Benton 1879 J. R. Jordan 1899
Lyman H. Green 1880 C. E. Boland 1900
John W. Watts 1881 J. P. Bazemore 1901
Edward J. Benton 1882 J. M. Boland 1902
S. G. Childs 1883 L. B. McMichael 1903
W. M. C. Conley
1884 O. S. Smith
1904
C. Davis 1885 A. B. Wall 1905-1908
W. J. Stallings 1886 Aaron Kelly 1909-1910
S. R. Weaver
1887 I. E. Mckellar
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E. L. Padrick 1888 George H. Walker 1912-1914
W. T. McMichael 1888-1890 M. M. Leggett 1915
A. H. Bazemore 1891-1893 M. M. Marshall 1916
The following is a list of the presiding elders of the dis- tricts in which the Homerville Church has been included since 1880:
J. M. Marshall 1880-1882 E. M. Whiting 1898-1900 J. D. Anthony 1883-1884 J. W. Weston 1901-1904 P. S. Twitty 1885 K. Read 1905-1906
W. F. Lloyd 1886-1887 H. M. Morrison 1907
J. O. A. Cook 1888-1890 J. A. Harmon 1908-1909
G. G. N. McDaniel 1891-'92 Whitley Langston 1910-1912
K. Read
1893-1894
P. W. Ellis
1913
C. E. Dowman
1895
Isaac P. Tyson
1914-1916
P. S. Twitty 1896-1897
The following is a list of the recording stewards of the Homerville district since 1880:
J. L. Sweat 1880-1887 W. A. Ecord 1903-1906 H. A. Mattox 1888-1896 B. A. Harper 1907-1908 D. O. Ratliff 1897-1900 J. L. Waldrup 1909-1913 T. F. M. Sweat 1901 A. J. Gibbs 1914-1916
J. L. Waldrup 1902
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The present stewards of the Homerville Church are: A. J. Gibbs, T. F. M. Sweat, J. L. Hunter, G. A. Gibbs, and C. M. Kimrey.
The Sunday School of the Methodist Church at Homer- ville is probably the oldest existing school of its kind in the county. This school has been in active condition since 1876. Prior to this time there had been an undenominational school here led by Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Crum, who were Metho- dist members. This was before the Methodist Church was built. Following the organization of the Methodist Church at Homerville, came the reorganization of the Sunday School and the consequent turning over of the former undenomina- tional school led by Mr. and Mrs. Crum to the church. The Sunday School was reorganized May 7th, 1876, and named the Wesley Sunday School. At this time the following of- ficers were elected: C. Hussey, superintendent; N. W. Graddy, assistant superintendent; J. L. Sweat, secretary, and W. A. Ecord, treasurer. Fifty members were enrolled. After this, Mr. Hussey, who was a school teacher, left and Colonel Sweat was elected superintendent. But the present Sunday School nominally dates from 1863, as it was organized as above stated by Mr. Crum and his wife, although its actual church affiliations date only from 1876. The following is a list of its superintendents to date :
Robert B. Crum 1863-1876 Ezra McClaflin 1897-1899
C. Hussey 1876 J. W. Brown (died) 1900
J. L. Sweat 1876-1883 R. W. Sweat I90I
W. A. Ecord 1884-1885 W. A. Ecord 1902-1907
J. L. Sweat 1886-1887 T. F. M. Sweat 1908
B. A. Whittington 1888 A. J. Gibbs 1909-1913
H. A. Mattox 1889-1895 T. F. M. Sweat 1914
N. S. Knight 1895 A. J. Gibbs 1915-1916
J. F. Eggleston 1895-1896
From an old Sunday School record book for the year 1879 it is found that the following were teachers and scholars,
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which are herewith given as it is believed they will prove interesting.
Bible Class-J. L. Sweat, teacher; Miss Mary Temples, Miss Nannie Hitch, S. M. Chapman, C. F. Hitch, W. J. Smith, Riley Smith, F. D. Kirkland, Seward Smith, Perry Moore, Miss Addie Crum, Mrs. H. P. Mattox, W. F. Dick- son, W. T. Smith, C. J. Shaw, Miss Mattie Gary, S. W. Hen- derson, W. A. Ecord, A. Morgan, Miss Lillie Crum, Mrs. D. W. Frobel, James P. Mattox, J. D. Mattox, Bryant Smith, A. B. Findley, H. P. Mattox, Miss Belle Mattox, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Tomlinson.
Class No. 1 .- Miss Addie Crum, teacher; Clara Narger, Lola Tomlinson, Minnie Crum, Minerva Smith, Alice Mat- tox, Lizzie Smith, Nannie Smith, Minnie Townsend.
Class No. 2-Miss Mary Temples, teacher; Imogene Mattox, Bettie Smith, Lizzie Ecord, Floy Caswell.
Class No. 3 .- Mrs. J. L. Sweat, teacher; Cora Sirmans, Iola Roberson, Bitha Smith, Annie Watts, Lumpkin Smith, Rosa Smith, Mary Smith, Caroline Harnage, Lula Sweat, Pauline Smith, Jennie Smith, Maude Smith.
Class No. 4 .- S. M. Chapman, teacher; Remer Crum, Jimmie Caswell, Hamp Mattox, Jack Newbern, Willie Smith, Basil Mattox, Willie Norwood, Willie Mattox, John- nie Green, John H. Mattox, Jr., Jimmie Smith.
Class No. 5 .- James P. Mattox, teacher; Tommie Smith, Scott Dukes, Eddie Hinson, Isiah Fryer, John Smith, Ches- ter Harnage, Johnny Jones, David Smith, Reubin Stanford.
Class No. 6 .- Mrs. H. P. Mattox, teacher; Eddie Smith, Lee Sweat, Allen Caswell, Bennie Findley, Jim Ecord, Frank Caswell, Walter Mattox, Andy Caswell, Loddie Caswell.
During the fall of 1878 the Methodists built a large taber- nacle on the Railroad Square in town, for holding revival and yearly camp-meetings in. It was a large open-air build- ing, circular shape, with a seating capacity of about two thou- sand people. Annually for many years some kind of a big
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meeting was held in it. The yearly meeting was an event of much importance; all the people for miles around attending and the meetings lasting for several days at a time. Among the leaders and those who donated much towards the building of the tabernacle were H. A. Mattox and R. B. Reppard.
Gradually this beautiful custom dropped out of usage and at last there were no meetings held. The building began to decay from lack of repairs ; so the church people finally sold it to H. J. Peagler in 1907, who tore it down and removed it.
Another beautiful custom, followed for many years, was that of holding an annual Sunday School picnic at some pleas- ant point near Homerville. It was never held in town nor did the picnickers have to use the train to attend. Principal among the places where it was held were the Lewis Smith place, one mile from town; the ford of Cane Creek, and the Stewart place, about two miles from town. On account of the hospitality of Captain W. H. Gary, it was sometimes held in his grove at his home on the edge of town.
As has been above stated, Robert B. Crum and his wife were prominent members of the Methodist Church at Homerville for thirty or forty years. While Mr. Crum never held any political office, yet he was in other ways one of the town's most prominent citizens and the church's most zeal- ous workers, and not only him but his wife as well. A hand- some memorial window now adorns the new Methodist Church in Homerville in their memory. Therefore, a short sketch of this family will be appropriate :
To Mr. and Mrs. Crum belongs the honor of establishing the present Methodist Sunday School in Homerville. This was in 1863, when the town was very small and county thinly populated. At first the school which they organized was un- denominational but with the formation of the Methodist Church at Homerville it became a part of that church.
Robert Brazelle Crum was born in Camden County, June 19th, 1818, a member of an old family of that county. His
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father was David Crum, who was a native of North Caro- lina and who located in Camden County in 1807. R. B. Crum married Miss Mary Ann Hutto, November 24th, 1842, by whom he had three children. Mrs. Crum's father was itiner- ant of the old Georgia Conference. She died in 1849. Four years later at an old preaching place called Mulberry Grove, Mr. Crum was married to Miss Margaret Malette, a mem- ber of an old Camden County family. This was on June 5th, 1853. By his second wife, Mr. Crum had nine children, viz. : Robert Mallette Crum (died 1909) ; Vidella, who mar- ried D. W. Frobel, later Charles Gillican; Alice B. Crum, who married F. A. Exley; Margaret Eva Crum, who mar- ried H. J. Peagler (died 1902) ; Addie, who married Benj. Sirmans (died about 1892) ; Lillie L. Crum, who married Seward Smith; Rosa Minerva or Minnie Crum, who mar- ried James P. Mattox (died 1897) ; and D. A. R. Crum, a prominent lawyer of Cordele, Ga. The latter is a former State senator and was prominently mentioned as a suitable person to be appointed judge of the newly created United States District Court for Georgia, in 1913-14.
In early life, Robert B. Crum joined the Methodist Church and was a steward of the Homerville Church for about twenty years previous to his death. As a steward he was always on hand with his assessments and for his services was given a life membership in the American Bible Society.
In the fall of 1862, Mr. Crum, with his family, removed to Clinch County and settled on the Hiram Kite place, about two miles from Homerville, having previously visited this locality and bought the place. They lived there several years, later acquiring the hotel property formerly owned by Joel Strickland, in Homerville. They then moved into town and ran the hotel continuously as "The Crum House" up to the death of Mrs. Crum in 1902; and after her death by her daughter, Mrs. Gillican, until 1910.
Mr. Crum's Civil War record began in 1861, when he
W. T. DICKERSON Ex-Senator and Solicitor County Court.
M. D. DICKERSON Solicitor-General Waycross Circuit
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joined the 4th Ga. Cavalry under Colonel Clinch, of Camden County. The next year, on account of his age, and in order to make safe his family and property then exposed to the cnemy, he was relieved of his military obligations and re- moved to Clinch County. Later he joined the State militia and saw some service around Atlanta. Mr. Crum owned and controlled some eighty-odd slaves previous to the emancipa- tion of the slaves.
Mr. Crum died very suddenly on the 12th day of Novem- ber, 1893, at the dinner table. He had been previously com- plaining of pains in the breast and spells of weakness, but his death was not so suddenly expected. Mrs. Crum survived her husband and continued to run the hotel until her death in 1901. She taught a class in the Sunday School for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Crum are buried in the Homerville cemetery.
Another one of the most prominent members of the Homer- ville Church was Mr. Henry J. Peagler, of whom reference has been made to before in this chapter. He was born in Berkeley County, S. C., March 15th, 1852. When a young man he came to Georgia and became a turpentine employee. At first he was employed as a woods rider in Wayne County, later coming to Clinch County, where he was employed by H. & H. Mattox. Soon after coming to Clinch County he met and married Miss Margaret Eva Crum. They were married March 17th, 1881, by the Rev. John W. Watts, pastor of the Methodist Church. To them were born five children : Wellie K., Harry M., Lee, Lottie and Robert Peag- ler. Two of the children are dead.
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