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Of these six grandchildren of Robert Knight, only one, Martha Ann Missouri (Mrs. D. M. Kennedy), is now living. She is eighty- four years old. She remembers her Uncle Thomas, who lived with them, and was killed in the war, but can't recollect ever having seen her great uncle, George Knight. She remembers her handsome grandfather, Enoch Garrett, and her still more handsome great grandmother, "Dellsie" Fountain, who visited her children in Taylor County about 1862, although Delphia (Watkins) Fountain was in her nineties, she was slim and erect, with piercing black eyes and snow white hair. She simply glowed with vitality and was charming beyond words. Her daughter Keziah (Fountain) Garrett paled into insignificance beside her. "Kizzie" was short and plump with medium colored hair and eyes.
Only the descendents of two of the six grandchildren of George Knight have been traced down to the present day. These descendants are indeed worthy representatives of the sturdy stock from which they came. The French Huguenot Fontaines-Fountains; the Irish Garretts and the English Knights.
CHART OF KNIGHT FAMILY IN GEORGIA
Succeeding generations marked by Roman numerals,
I-1. George and 2. Robert of North Carolina.
1. George came to Georgia about 1818 (not traced).
2. Robert Knight of North Carolina married Ailey they came to Wilkinson County, Ga., about 1818. Issue :-
1. Ailey Jenifer (not traced).
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2. Nancy (N. T.).
3. George (Q. V.).
4. Thomas (killed in war).
II-3. George Knight, born in 1820 in Wilkinson Co., Ga., died June 26, 1883, in Upson Co., Ga., married Nov. 15, 1845, in Wilkinson County, Ga., Mary Ellen Garrett, born 1829, in Wilkinson Co., Ga., died Nov. 5, 1875, in Upson Co., Ga. Issue :-
1. Martha Ann Missouri, married Daniel M. Kennedy, No Issue.
2. Nancy Keziah Ellender, married William Cochran, Issue :-
Thomas (N. T.).
3. Ailey Elizabeth, married James Chambley, Issue : Jenifer, (N. T.); Elizabeth (N. T.); Leslie (N. T.).
4. James Thomas (Q. V.).
5. Enoch Iverson, married Isador Davidson. Issue :-
George, John, Alvah, Clarence, Henry (deceased), and Jesse James. None of these have been traced.).
6. Jesse Bartow (Q. V.).
III-4. James Thomas, born June 3, 1853, in Taylor County, Ga., died March 11, 1910, in Columbus, Ga., married (1) Nancy Elizabeth Waller, born Oct. 22, 1855, in Upson Co., Ga., died April 10, 1898, in Columbus, Ga., (2) married Dec. 12, 1899, in Phenix City, Ala., Carolina Susan Blanchart, born Aug. 8, 1866.
Issue :- By first wife :-
1. Margaret Leona (deceased) married Andrew W. Douglas, No issue.
2. Robert C. (died young).
3. James Bartow (Q. V.).
4. Martha Belle (Q. V.).
5. Henry Edward (deceased).
6. Enoch Jacques (Q. V.)
7. Jewel Estelle, married Hardin Thomas Herndon of Rome, Ga., they lived in Atlanta, Ga. No issue. Issue by second wife :-
8. Ruth Irene, married William Henry Atkinson of Halifax, Australia, they lived in Columbus, Ga. No issue.
9. Walter Douglas, married Nell Williams Andrews, they live in Savannah, Ga. No issue.
10. Harry Exton, unmarried, lives in Columbus, Ga.
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IV-3. James Bartow Knight, born Nov. 17, 1882 in Upson Co., Ga., married Jan. 17, 1906, in Waverly, Ala., Lee Co., Adah Reuben Hoffman, born Dec. 25, 1888, in Waverly, Ala. They live in Columbus, Ga.
Issue :-
1. Theresa (Q. V.)
2. Evelyn Westmoreland.
3. Kathlyn (died young).
4. Elizabeth Isabella.
5. James Bartow, Jr.
6. Walter Thomas (D. Y.).
V-1. Theresa Knight married Frederick W. Dismuke of Co- lumbus, Ga. Issue :---
(VI) Theresa Knight Dismuke.
IV-4. Martha Belle Knight, born Aug. 17, 1885, in Upson Co., Ga., married Nov. 21, 1905 Culver Vivian Palmer, born April 1, 1888, in Muscogee Co., Ga.
Issue : ----
Myra Elizabeth Palmer (died young).
James Thomas Palmer.
Culver Vivian Palmer, Jr.
Ruby Palmer.
Dorothy Palmer.
Pauline Palmer. Estelle Knight Palmer.
IV-6. Enoch Jacques Knight, born Sept. 21, 1890, in Upson Co., Ga., married Nov. 26, 1914, at Alexander City., Ala., Alta Ethel Steverson, born Feb. 1, 1894, in Kellyton, Ala., Coosa Co. Issue :---
Rebecca.
John Steverson.
III-6. Jesse Bartow Knight, born Dec. 24, 1862, in Taylor Co., Ga., married Oct. 2, 1884, in Columbus, Ga. Frances Keith Howard, born July 8, 1868. Jesse Bartow Knight, died in Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 18, 1924. All of his children, ex- cept Mrs. W. H. Baker reside in that city.
Issue :--
1. George William (Q. V.).
2. Ethel (Q. V.).
3. Jesse Thomas (Q. V.).
4. Robert Bartow (Q. V.).
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5. Durward Howard (Q. V.).
6. John Mason (unmarried).
7. Mary Frances (Q. V.).
8. Mabel (died young).
9. Dr. Julius Hurley Knight, married Rachel Jane Bur- bridge (No issue).
10. Della Louise (unmarried).
11. Hon. Andrew Hendrix Knight, married Julia Finklea (No issue).
12. Margaret Lena (Q. V.).
IV-1. George William Knight, married Frances Feroni An- drews.
Issue :--
Lucile (D. Y.).
Eunice, married H. Lee Waldron, one child.
(VI) Frances Pearl.
William.
Keith.
Della.
George. Martha.
IV-2. Ethel Knight, married (1) James Jackson Jones (2) Wil- liam Hunter Baker.
Issue :- By first marriage :- James Knight Jones. Ermine Keith Jones.
Issue by second marriage :- William Hunter Baker, Jr. Martha Eugenia Baker.
IV-3. Jesse Thomas Knight married Fannie Mills.
Issue :-
Christine married Edward Thompson, one daughter (VI). Christine.
Mildred.
Virginia.
Edith.
Russell.
Jesse Thomas, Jr. Marion.
IV-4. Robert Bartow Knight married Zella Anderson Parker. Issue :-
Robert Alonza.
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Sarah Frances. Harold Parker.
IV-5. Durward Howard Knight married Hazel Frances Craw- ford.
Issue :-
Durward Howard, Jr.
Frank Edward (D. Y.).
IV-7. Mary Frances Knight married Herman Lee Bradley. Issue :-
Martha Frances Bradley.
Edith Ermine Bradley.
IV-12. Margaret Lena married Earl Allen Barks.
Issue :---
Peggy Anne Barks.
(Written by Ruby H. Knight (Mrs. J. B.) largely from genealogi- cal data supplied by Miss Martha Lou Houston).
MRS. ANNIE TARPLEY FREEMAN
Mrs. Annie (Tarpley) Freeman ; wife of W. L. Freeman, who is a prominent apiarist and farmer; daughter of Thomas Mason Tarpley (b. 1848, d. 1926, excellent mechanic and farmer ; lived for a time at Marshallville, Ga .; in 1884 returning to his farm near Toomsboro; for several years Supt. Sunday School at Poplar Head; agricultural statistician ; a faithful and conscientious mem- ber of the Methodist Church, a noble husband and father) and Leanda (Van Landingham), b. 1854; a woman of a most lovable character and sweet disposition.
Grand-daughter of Edward Jones Tarpley, Jr., (b. 1816 in Va., removed with father to Irwinton in 1834; Methodist Class leader 14 years; Sunday School teacher and asst. Supt. many years; me- chanic; built Poplar Springs M. E. Church in 1859 ; upon his death in 1866, the Quarterly Conference passed and published resolutions of sorrow), and Ann (McRaney) Tarpley (b. 1820, d. 1897) and W. R. and Sarepta (Horn) Van Landingham, of German nobility descent) .
Great-grand daughter of Edward Jones Tarpley, Sr. (b. in Brunswick Co. Va., 1765. Was Captain in War of 1812, and also in an Indian War; his sword engraved "1812" is owned by his great-great grand-son, John Rolfe Tarpley. He led the Virginia forces in 1830 which broke the "Southampton Insurrection" and
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captured the notorious negro leader, Nat Turner, receiving a re- ward of $500.00 from the Governor of Va. for his services. Owned land where Masonic cemetery now is, d. Irwinton, 1850) and Mary (Manson) Tarpley, who was the great-great-great-grand- daughter of Pocahontas, the Indian princess (family tradition) and of Norman McRaeny (b. 1790, on Isle of Sky, migrated to N. C. and from there to Irwinton in his young manhood, a school teacher by profession, Surveyor, Tax Receiver, and prominent in the public life of the county ; lived across the road opposite the J. H. Simpson home) and Catherine McRaeny b. 1791 in Robison Co. N. C.
Mrs. Freeman is one of the most active church women of the county, still carrying on the work of her Methodist forbears, a mem- ber of the church her grand-father built. She is interested in schools and everything that is for the public welfare. With no children of her own, she and her husband adopted two orphans upon whom they lavished their love, one of these, Agnes, graduated as a trained nurse with first honors. Mrs. Freeman is indeed a worthy descend- ant of an honorable lineage.
Other members of this family who have attained prominence is her brother, W. E. Tarpley, Sheriff of Lee Co., Ga .; a nephew Rev. Elmo Tabb, well known Methodist Missionary to Africa.
DR. THOMAS GIBSON
Dr. Gibson was born in Warrenton, Georgia, in 1821. He was the son of Judge and Mrs. William Gibson, who was ordinary of Warrenton County for thirty odd years. Judge Gibson was the fa- ther of six sons who became noted in their professions. Three of them were lawyers and three of them were doctors.
One of his sons, Judge William C. Gibson, was colonel of the 44th Georgia regiment, made up at Augusta, and fought through the War Between the States. He afterwards became Judge of the Superior Court of the Augusta Circuit and was a noted jurist.
Another son, Col. Obediah Cranford Gibson, was colonel of the 63rd Georgia regiment, made up at Griffin. He was connected with Linton Stevens in the practice of law.
Another son, Dr. Sterling Gibson, was a successful practicioner of Warrenton.
Another son, Dr. Cicero Gibson, one of the most beloved physi-
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cians in Georgia, a Methodist preacher, and a successful practi- cioner.
Another son, Colonel John Gibson, who settled with Dr. Thom- as Gibson in 1841 in Irwinton and finally moved to Texas, where he became colonel of the Texas rangers, and his son, Quinton Gib- son, who fought with him through the war, was killed in about the last battle of the war at Altonia.
Dr. Thomas Gibson practiced one year at Irwinton and then moved to the edge of Twiggs, Wilkinson, and Jones where for 66 years, he had one of the largest practices of any physician in Geor- gia. His first wife was a Miss Bragg of Wilkinson county, daugh- ter of a large slave holder. No children were born of this union. His second wife was the daughter of Mr. James Balkcom, one among the largest planters in Twiggs county. From that union were five children. The oldest, J. S. Gibson, though blind from birth, was an honor graduate of the University of Georgia of one of the largest classes of the seventy's. One daughter, who married Dr. A. Mathis of Sandersville, and was a graduate of a college in Washington City.
Dr. W. C. Gibson was a noted surgeon of his day and was ed- ucated in Germany and died in Macon thirty-two years ago.
Another son, Thomas Gibson, was one of the most trusted en- gineers of the Central Railroad until his death.
Another son, Dr. O. C. Gibson, has been County Physician of Bibb county for the last thirty years, and is now.
Dr. Thomas Gibson lived and was active, practicing until he was eighty-six years old, and died at the home he had lived in for sixty- five years.
(By Dr. O. C. Gibson)
GIFFORD-GAY FAMILY
Allen Gay, Revolutionary Soldier, was at one time a resident of Wilkinson County, Georgia. Records show that he and his second wife, Aibgail Castleberry, were among the constituted members of Ramah Baptist Church near Gordon. The families of the Gays, Eadys, and Castleberrys were among those who organized this church about 1809. Allen Gay was born in Northampton County, North Carolina, in 1765, and died in Coweta County, Georgia,
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June 18, 1847, having settled there in the early twenties. He served in the Revolutionary War in Captain Robert Raiford's Company, Colonel Dickson's North Carolina Regiment, enlisting at the age of 16, June 3, 1781, and discharged May, 1782. Allen Gay was the son of John Thomas Gay, of North Carolina. Thomas aided in the struggle for independence by furnishing money and by receipt- ing for the pay of his two minor sons, Joshua and Allen. His eldest son, John, also fought in the Revolutionary War. Thomas Gay is known in history as the Patriot. Allen Gay served in General Green's Army under General Francis Marion at Eutaw Springs, S. C., where he, Allen Gay, captured five enemy prisoners single handed. After the war ended Allen came to Georgia to live. While still a youth he married Celia Rae Elbert of Savannah. They were married in South Carolina, where they lived until Celia died, leaving three small children. Celia Rae Elbert was the daughter of Samuel Elbert and his wife, Elizabeth Rae Elbert. Samuel Elbert was one of Georgia's most illustrious sons, distinguishing himself as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of Major General.
While Governor of Georgia, General Elbert signed the Charter for the University of Georgia. He founded the Society of the Cin- cinnati in Georgia whose membership was composed of American and French officers who fought for American Independence. General Elbert took a most important part at York Town. After the death of his wife, Celia, Allen Gay once more lived in Georgia, finally settling in Coweta County. He lies buried at Macedonia Baptist Church Yard near Newnan. A number of years ago his tomb was marked by the Sarah Dickinson Chapter, D. A. R. of Newnan. Allen Gay's second wife was Abigail Castleberry and they had several children. His third wife was Mrs. Anne Benton of Henry County, Ga., whom he married in 1824. She survived him. Allen and Celia's eldest child, John William, married Margaret Eady in 1807. She was the daughter of John Eady who came from Ireland. He was a wealthy planter on the Oconee River in Wilkinson County and was the owner of many slaves, having brought wealth to this county with which to buy slaves as some old records show. He is said to have fought in the Revolutionary War. His son, Henry Eady, married Elizabeth Gay, Allen's daughter. These Gays are claimed to have descended from Pocahontas, the Indian princess, through descent from Dr. William Gay and Elizabeth Boling Gay
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of Chesterfield County, Va. The names of Pocahontas and Pow- hatan being numbered among the Kentucky branch of his family. Among the children of John William Gay and Margaret was Francis McDaniel Gay who married Simeon Walker Kilgore. She was his second wife. Their eldest son, Simeon, Jr., at the age of 17, enlisted in the Confederate Army and was killed at the Battle of Shiloh.
Simeon Walker Kilgore built and maintained, at his own expense, shops at his home in Alabama where he had work done for the Confederate Army, such as making heavy wagons and equipment. He was the grandson of Colonel Benjamin Kilgore of Charleston, S. C., of Revolutionary fame. Simeon and Francis Kilgore's second son, John William, as a little boy, worked in his father's shop for the Southern cause. John William married Sarah Awtry, daughter of Abram Awtry of Alabama, a Confederate soldier. Martha Scar- borough Kilgore, daughter of John William and Sarah Awtry Kil- gore, married James Ernest Osgood Gifford, son of a Confederate soldier and grandson of two Confederate soldiers. Their children are Martha Odessa Gifford, graduate of Carnegie Library School of Atlanta, Ga., now Assistant Librarian at Georgia School of Technology; James Ernest Kilgore Gifford, who as a high school student enlisted and served in the World War, 16th Co., 4th Me- chanic Reg. Air Service. After returning from France he studied architecture at Georgia School of Technology. Also served an en- listment in Georgia National Guard as non-commissioned officer. On July 20, 1928, he was married to Miss Eleanor Frasier Jenkins, of Charleston, S. C. She was the daughter of Major Micah Jenkins, son of General Micah Jenkins of the Confederate Army, who was killed at the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864. She is a great- grand daughter of Hon. David F. Jamison, President of the Con- vention of Secession of South Carolina; Richard Otis Gifford, who for a number of years held the position of Assistant General book- keeper for the Fulton National Bank of Atlanta, Ga., later becoming general bookkeeper ; Eugene Gifford, who has served in the Georgia National Guards and who has completed the Citizens Military Training Camp course at Fort Bragg, N. C. On completing this course he was recommended for commission on reaching the proper age. He attended Oglethorpe University. The youngest of these brothers, Charles Thomas Gifford II, attended Tech High School
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of Atlanta, also Oglethorpe University. He has the honor of having inscribed nine names (two grandfathers, four great-grandfathers and three grand uncles) in the Book of Memory in the Memorial Hall that is to be built in the Stone Mountain Movement.
(By Mrs. J. E. Gifford)
GILMORE-BYINGTON
The Byingtons of Wilkinson County are of Scotch-Irish descent. The first to come over settled in Branford, Conn. It is said a John Lamar Byington of this family came to Columbia, S. C., where his son, Amos Fox, and a daughter were born (there may have been other children , these were left orphans. Amos Fox was born March 20, 1793, died Nov. 5, 1874. He served in the War of 1812 as a private in the Georgia Militia in Captain Tomlinson Fort's Comp- any from June 24, 1812, until October 15, 1812, and in Captain Samuel S. Steele's Company from August 21, 1813, until Jan. 28, 1814. On account of this service he was allowed bounty land. He was also allowed a pension on his application executed Sept. 20, 1872. He was discharged at Ft. Hawkins. He married Nancy Freeney, born June 5, 1793, died April 2, 1861, on March 20, 1814. They settled in North Wilkinson near the line of Baldwin County on a large tract of land the property of Nancy Freeney. He supervised the farms, operated a saw mill and grist mill. There were born to them twelve children : James Lawrence, born July 24, 1815, died Jan. 23, 1869. Augustus L. born 1817, died Mar. 1822. Jeanette W. born 1819, died Dec. 1893. Montgomery P. born Dec. 1, 1821, died Aug. 1893. Sarah A. M. born 1823, died Jan. 1825. Benjamin born 1825, died July 1827. Male child born dead, 1826. Mary E. born 1828. Martha M. born 1831, died Jan. 1909. Henry K. born April 12, 1833, died April 28, 1911. Charles Amos born 1835 died May, 1863. Mirabeau Lamar born Mar. 2, 1838 died July I, 1909.
James Lawrence Byington married Jane Caroline Mclendon in Albany, Ga., about 1847. There were born to this union : Charles William, he entered the Civil War at the age of sixteen, was in Barry's Lookout Mountain Battery. He married Annie Richardson. George Walton born Aug. 19, 1851, married Martha Ann Brown. Edward Telfair born Dec. 28, 1853, died March 5, 1927, married
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Elia Warren Goode. Emma Idella born Jan. 24, 1855, married Bil- ling Wheeler. Lillie Clyde born Nov. 27, 1858, married W. E. Collier. James L. built before the Civil War the old house that now stands on the hill near the Byington mill place, known as the Amos Fox Byington home. He also built cotton boats before there were any railroads, that were used to carry cargoes on the Ocmulgee river from Macon to Darien, Ga. Jane Caroline Mclendon's brother William's son, S. Guyt McLendon, was Secretary of State for a number of years. Edward Telfair at the time of his death was editorial writer on the St. Petersburg Independent (Fla.). He was once with the Macon News of Macon, Georgia, leaving it to organize The Columbus Ledger, where he remained for many years before going to Florida. His wife, Elia, was also a noted Georgia newspaper writer, being the organizer of the old Georgia Press Club many years ago. Her father, Mr. Goode, of Americus was called the "Silver Tongue Orator of the South."
Jeanette W. married a Methodist minister of Long (now Laurel) Branch Church, Joe N. Miller, their children were: Mattie, who married a Mr. Bales, they had one daughter Ophelia who married' Jim Braswell. After the death of Mr. Bales she married Mr. Sauth- er. Thomas married unknown, their children were Lawrence, one girl and Charlie. Laura, married John Harrington, their children were Maggie, married Mr. Graham, Laura married Mr. Whit- aker, Maurice, married Emma. Ed married. Perry unmarried. Lula married.
Montgomery Pike Byington married Sabine E. Brown on Oct .. 19, 1843, by I. P. Whitehead, Hancock county. There were born to this union : Licinius Crassus, Rochambeau, Lenora, Charles K., Miriam, Florence Amos, Gertrude, Rosamond, Heurie, Henry, and Lilly. Miriam married W. A. Tigner, Oct. 10, 1872, by W. H. Pegg, Atlanta, Ga. To this union were born: Robert Smelser, Fay Homer, Lamar, Virgil, Jimmie, John D. and Mary. Elsewhere in this book is a sketch of the Tigner family.
Mary E. Byington first married John E. McMullen, to this, union were born Marcus married Susie Criswell and John An- derson who married Mary Jane Golden. Her second marriage was. to Bob Adams.
Martha M. married Aug. 8, 1852 C. B. Anderson a Methodist minister who preached at Hopewell church in Baldwin county.
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There were born to this union: Benjamin B. married Pearl Den- ham, Charlie married Laura Caraker, Sallie married Mr. Ethe- ridge of Gray, Ga., Pocahontas married Mr. Trap.
Henry K. Byington married Elizabeth P. Ivey born Nov. 15, 1846, died Jan. 21, 1914, on Mar. 26, 1865. There were born to this union : Oolooloo P. born Jan. 27, 1866, married Joseph T. Blood- worth on Dec. 10, 1884. Annie E. married John Bateman, Charlie G., Willie C., Henry A., James A., Eddie R., Henry K., volun- teered for service to combat the Yanks Oct., 1861. He was located in Savannah, Ga., for six months with a company whose Captain was Col. Storey. He was at this time Orderly Sgt. He returned home in April. Realizing that the war would continue he and his comrades formed three companies from Wilkinson and two from Laurens counties. He was chosen Captain of Co. D 57 Georgia Regiment. His brother, Mirabeau, was in this company.
Charles Amos B. married Elizabeth Day Aug. 8, 1855. Their children were: Henry, died young; Montgomery Fox, married Sal- lie Nelson, born July 5, 1858, died Oct. 15, 1890. He then married Bethany Stevens. John Furman, born 1859, died 1927, he is survived by a son, John S. and four daughters, Mrs. Henry Lewis, Mrs. F. C. Heinsen, Mrs. Raymond Pierce and Mrs. P. Pearsons. Charles Amos was shot in the chin during the battle of Chancellorsville, (Va.) and died instantly.
Mirabeau Lamar B., married Lydia E. Barrett, born Jan. 24. 1839, died Dec. 15, 1906, in 1858. There were born to this union : Mary M., Sept. 18, 1859, married Henry G. W. Bloodworth. John Lamar, born Oct. 21, 1860, died Sept. 24, 1861. Sarah E., born Mar. 24, 1862, married Marion Smith, after his death she married Jas. Langford. Nancy J., born July 23, 1866, married Joseph Wood. Charles William, born March 15, 1868, died July 24, 1868. James Lawrence, born April 1, 1870, died Jan. 14, 1912. Wright Elam, born May 15, 1872, died June 13, 1913, married Cora Hobby. Lilly, born Dec. 26, 1874, died Feb. 2, 1912, married James Council. Martha J., born Feb. 22, 1878, married Verner P. Jackson. Mirabeau Lamar, served in Co. D, 57 Georgia Regi- ment during the Civil War, he was discharged April, 1865 at Greensboro, N. C. He was a musician.
James Lawrence B., married Dec. 31, 1890, Eula Hughes Gil- more, born Nov. 5, 1870, by Rev. James Langford, Sr. To this
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union were born : George, Oct. 28, 1891, dead. Rosa Lamar, born Nov. 14, 1892. Frederick Gilmore and Edwin Crowley, born Nov. 12, 1894. James Lawrence was a lumberman, he served his county as Sheriff six years and was Representative at the time of his death.
Rosa Lamar B., married Nov. 5, 1911, Horace Green Lindsey, born Dec. 18, 1887, by Rev. Jordan. To this union were born: James Byington, Jan. 15, 1913, Waldo Wayne, Dec. 15, 1915. Mary Sue, Aug. 25, 1917, and William Hubert, July 31, 1921. It was through the service that James Gilmore rendered that made Rosa Lamar eligible for membership in the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Frederick Gilmore B., married Christine Latta of Oxford, N. C., on Dec. 23, 1926, by Rev. W. D. Poe. There has been born to this union one son, Amos Gilmore, May 4, 1928, and one daughter, Eula Cornelia, Dec. 17, 1929. Edwin C. married Gussie Earl Branan April 12, 1930. Frederick and Edwin entered the World War as privates Sept. 18, 1917. They were discharged as Sergeants, May 22, 1919. They were in Co. F, 307 Engineer, 82nd Division, and were never separated during the war. They were in the fol- lowing engagements: Lagney Sector, Marbache Sector, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives.
Eula Hughes Gilmore, the wife of James L. Byington, was the daughter of Susan Boyer Gilmore, born Feb. 11, 1847, died July 28, 1897, the wife of Ebenezer Torrence Gilmore, born May 7, 1842, died Oct. 10, 1922, and were married Dec. 21, 1869. Ebenezer T. G., was licensed to practice medicine and surgery by the Board of Physicians at Milledgeville, Georgia, Jan. 3, 1874. He volun- teered for service during the Civil War at the age of fifteen. He was the son of James Hughes Gilmore, born Jan. 19, 1807, died Feb. 6, 1871, married Elizabeth Nancy Mathis, born Jan. 4, 1813, died Aug., 1894, married Feb. 2, 1932. James H. G., was the son of John Gilmore, born 1781, died 1852, and married Cleo Precilla Duggan born Jan. 1788, died 1851, they were married in 1805. John G., was the son of James Gilmore, born before 1760, died Jan. 3, 1835, married Mary (called Polly) Hughes, born before 1766, died 1850. This said James Gilmore is the ancestor who assisted in establishing American Independence while acting in the capacity of private. He was married in Wilkes County, Georgia.
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