Memoirs of Georgia; containing historical accounts of the state's civil, military, industrial and professional interests, and personal sketches of many of its people. Vol. I, Part 45

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Publication date: 1859
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga., The Southern historicl association
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RANDOLPH WALKER, fifth son of John H. Walker, Sr., was born on the family homestead, in Cass (now Bartow) county, April 13, 1855. After receiv- ing the best education obtainable at the country schools when he was growing up, he went to Rome, Ga., as a clerk. In 1885 he purchased a farm of 150 acres and began farming-adopting improved implements and methods with success and profit. He was married in 1884 to Miss Mollie, daughter of Rev. John W. Stipe, of the North Georgia conference M. E. church south. Four children are the fruit of this union: Charles M., John R., James P., and Wesley C. Mr. Walker is a democrat, a leading, influential member of the Methodist church, and a thorough- going, prosperous farmer.

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CHARLES B. WALLACE, planter and ex-railway manager, Cartersville, Bar- tow Co., Ga., son of Campbell and Susan (Lyon) Wallace, was born in Knox- ville, Tenn., Sept. 20, 1836. He received a liberal education, and after graduating at the East Tennessec university entered the office of his father, who at that time was president of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia railway. He remained there until 1863, when the rolling stock of the road was transferred to Georgia, with headquarters at Augusta, and operated in carrying provisions to the Confed- erate army, and cotton to Wilmington, N. C. Previous to the evacuation of Knox- ville, Mr. Wallace had filled the position of superintendent of the road, and he continued to fill it until the close of the war, when the headquarters were at Athens, Ga. In 1866 he was appointed by Gov. Charles J. Jenkins assistant to his father, Maj. Campbell Wallace, who was superintendent of the Western & Atlantic (state) railway, in rebuilding the road. In 1867 he was appointed superintendent of the western division of the Memphis & Charleston railway, and served that year. In 1868 Col. Sam Tate was appointed receiver for the Selma & Meridian railway, when Mr. Wallace was engaged to rebuild and operate that road. When Col. Tate was removed Mr. Wallace retired with him, and was at once placed in charge of the Montgomery & Eufaula railway, and built the last forty miles of that link. But before its completion he was solicited by the owners of the Selma & Meridian rail- way to return and take charge of that road as general superintendent, which he did, and remained until 1872. After this he was associated with Gen. Tate in the construction of the North & South railway-Montgomery to Decatur, Ala. This accomplished he located in Atlanta and engaged in the construction of the Geor- gia Western (now Georgia Pacific) and other railway enterprises. In 1880 he took charge of the Southern Railway & Steamship association business, which position he resigned in 1881 to accept the superintendency of the Alabama Great Southern- 300 miles long-from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Meridian, Miss., a position which he held four years, operating the road with consummate ability. He retired about 1888 from railway business, and buying 300 acres of choice land near Cartersville, turned his attention to farming, making his home in his elegant residence in the city. He is a wide-awake, progressive farmer, and keeps fully abreast with the times, socially, commercially, and politically; and he is, as might be expected, a leading citizen of the city and county.

Mr. Wallace has been twice married. He was first married in 1869 to Miss Jennie, daughter of Dr. Richard Owen, of Mobile, Ala., who died in 1876, leaving four children: Susan L., wife of Nesbit Wingfield; Robert O., Atlanta; Charles B., Atlanta, and Jennie. His second marriage was to Miss Ida T., daughter of Dr. Thomas Jones, Washington, Ga., by whom he has had two children: Margaret and Campbell, the fourth. Mr. Wallace is an active democrat, and a prominent and exemplary member of the Presbyterian church. Of extensive and varied attainments, large wealth, and advanced ideas, he exercises a wide influence for good.

G EORGE HOUSTOUN WARING, hydraulic cement manufacturer, Cement,

Bartow Co., Ga., son of Dr. William R. and Annie M. (Johnstone) Waring, was born in Savannah, Ga., Dec. 22, 1833, and is a great grandson of Sir George Houstoun. Mr. Waring's father, William R. Waring, was a descendant of Ben- jamin Waring, who settled in South Carolina in 1740, and married a daughter of Landgrave Smith. After receiving the necessary preparatory education in his native state, South Carolina, Dr. Waring attended and graduated from South Caro- lina Medical college in Charleston, from the university of Pennsylvania, afterward from the Dublin university, Dublin, Ireland, and lastly from the celebrated medical

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college in Paris, France. Later he was appointed a surgeon in the United States army, and while stationed in Savannah, Ga., married, resigned, and settled in that city, in which he became the most prominent physician of his time. He also became a leading citizen in public affairs, and was called to the mayoralty by his fellow-citizens. He died in Savannah in 1843. Mr. Waring was given the best education afforded by the schools of Savannah and at the north, and then entered Yale college. Afterward he entered the university of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, from which he graduated in 1855. Returning home he engaged in planting until 1861, when, in response to the call for volunteers, he enlisted in the Georgia hus- sars, and afterward in the Chatham artillery of Savannah, Ga., Company F, Jefferson Davis legion; and subsequently was commissioned major of a cavalry command, and served until the surrender. Mr. Waring also served on the staff of Gov. John B. Gordon and Gov. W. Northen. In 1867 he purchased the lime and cement works established by Rev. Charles Wallace Howard in 1845, on the line of the Western & Atlantic (state) railway, at what is now known as Cement, in Bartow county. He operated this plant until 1889, when the Howard Cement company was organized, of which he was made president, and its operations confined exclu- sively to the manufacture of cement. The plant is provided throughout with the latest improved machinery-comprising Rand drills, air compressors, and 150- horse-power engine, keeps in operation six kilns, employs fifty men, and has a capacity of 300 barrels of cement per day. So extensive is the deposit that the plant could be increased to meet any demand. Mr. Waring is a stanch democrat, but has never held, and never would hold an office. Mr. Waring was married in 1858 to Miss Ella S., daughter of Rev. Charles Wallace Howard, a union which has been blessed with five children.

BERRIEN COUNTY.

PHILEMON W. ALEXANDER, D. D. S., who was born July 26, 1842, in Elbert county, Ga., is of Scottish lineage-his ancestor, George Alexander, having come to this country from Scotland and died in 1703. The father of Phile- mon was a farmer, who, in 1849, thinking to better his condition, set out for the gold fields of California, only to die of cholera while on the way. The young man, having attended the common schools of Elbert county, Ga., and Greenfield, Mass., entered the dental college at Baltimore, but left in 1861 to join what was known as the Albany Guards, Company E, Fourth Georgia regiment. On account of sickness he was discharged the following November; but in 1862 was assigned to duty with Jackson's ordnance train. In 1863 he was placed in command of the sharpshooters of the Thirty-eighth Georgia regiment. He was seriously wounded, and left on the field at Gettysburg, where he was captured by the Federal troops and imprisoned on David's island. He was paroled in September and returned to his command in October. He was elected adjutant of the Thirty-eighth Georgia regiment; but, being unfit for duty on account of his wounds, was transferred to the naval department and put on duty on the gunboat "Drewry." The gunboat ran aground, having been abandoned by the troops, and a few moments later was blown to atoms by the explosion of a shell. The troops were then put on board the ironclad "Richmond." Soon after this Mr. Alexander entered the secret service department under Capt. Reed, in which

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service he remained until the close of the war. He was captured once, while in this service, but was rescued in a few hours. Altogether, Mr. Alexander's experience during the war included many stirring and romantic incidents. After the war he began the practice of his profession, dentistry, at Albany, Ga., where he remained ten years; then, in 1875, he removed to Allapaha, where he still resides. Dr. Alexander is a member of blue lodge, A. F. & A. M., at Albany, and of the chapter and council at Allapaha; holding the office of secretary of the chapter and thrice illustrious master of the council. He has been twice married; first in October, 1868, to Miss Cornelia E., daughter of Francis Billingsly, of Taliaferro county, Ga., who died in 1878. His second marriage, in October, 1880, was to Miss Sallie L. Baker, daughter of John Baker, of Bryan county, Ga. Dr. Alexander's children are four: Annabelle, born in 1870, married in 1891 to N. J. Cruger, of Albany, Ga .; Stephen P., born Dec. 9, 1881; Inez, born July, 1883, and Gertrude, born May, 1886.

WILLIAM CORNELIUS ASHLEY, M. D., was born Sept. 7, 1863, in Coffee county, Ga. His father, a farmer, Matt Ashley, represented his county in the general assembly, and died in 1871. After some time in the common schools, William attended the Spring Hill academy for two years. He then began reading medicine under the instruction of Dr. J. H. Latimer, at the same time clerking in Dr. Latimer's drug store. After these preparatory studies, he entered the Atlanta Medical college, from which he graduated in March, 1884. He soon afterward located in Irwinville, Irwin county, Ga., where he practiced until 1888, and then for six months in the town of Minnie, in the same county. After this he moved to Allapaha, Berrien Co., where he has already formed an extensive practice. Dr. Ashley is a member of Eureka lodge, No. 313, F. & A. M., of which he has been W. M., and is now deacon. He represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge at Macon in 1892. He is also a member of Allapaha chapter and Allapaha council, having taken nine degrees. The wife of Dr. Ashley was Miss Judie E. Paulk, whose father, Reason Paulk, is a farmer of Irwin county, and whom he inarried in 1888. Their daughter, Gladys, was born Sept. 26, 1890, and their son, Marshall, was born July 3, 1892.

ALLEN C. CLEMENTS, M. D., was born in Spring Hill, Ga., March 17, 1864, and is the son of a well-to-do planter, who held various offices in his county, Montgomery, being state senator from his district when he died in 1879. Young Allen attended Spring Hill academy, and in 1877 he entered the sophomore class in Emory college, Oxford, Ga .; here he spent two years, and in 1883 entered the Medical college in Atlanta, to graduate in 1885 the valedictorian of his class. He took the gold medal for general average, and several special prizes, and, although so young, scarcely of age, his rank in scholarship was as high as any ever attained by a student of this institution, which has graduated many brilliant and able men. Young Clements located at Scotland, Telfair Co., but after four years he moved to Adel, Berrien Co., where he enjoys the exclusive practice, which is very lucrative. He is also medical examiner for the New York Life and several other large insurance companies. In college Dr. Clements belonged to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and is both a Mason and an Odd Fellow. In these lodges he has held various offices, being now secretary of the Masonic lodge. He has always taken an active part in political affairs. While residing in Scotland, Ga., he was mayor of that place, and now holds the same office in his present place of residence, Adel. Dr. Clements has some fame as a writer, and is regarded as one of the most fluent and eloquent speakers in South Georgia. He married Oct. 7,

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1891, Miss Ophelia, daughter of Dr. J. C. Ryals, of Lumber City, and has one son, Allen C., jr.

D D. DORMINY, a successful merchant of Berrien county, Ga., was born in Irwin county, Ga., April 23, 1846. His father, John B. Dorminy, was a farmer, who represented his county in the general assembly a number of years, and who died in 1878. The son, D. D., availed himself, as far as possible, of the privileges of the common schools of his county, though denied those of the college. During the war, in 1864, he joined the Fourth Georgia cavalry. When the war was over he located on a farm in Berrien county, which he has managed with judgment and skill. He has also conducted with success a mercantile establishment in Allapaha, first as one of the firm of Roberts & Dorminy, selling out to Roberts at the end of a year; then, after two years, he entered again with M. B. Roberts, selling out once more after a year. For two years after this he was with Mr. Daniel Turner, whom, at the end of this time, he bought out, and the business has since been carried on by himself, his son and Fish Griner, under the firm name of Dorminy & Co. Mr. Dorminy married Betty, the daughter of Bryant Roberts, of Lowndes county, and they have seven sons and one daughter. His eldest son, John V., born Feb. IO, 1871, is a merchant of the firm of Dorminy & Co., and in 1890 married Blanche, daughter of Dan Turner. The other children are: Hugh, born Feb. 14, 1876; Edgar, born November, 1877; Budger H., born Feb. 5, 1879; William, born Sept. 21, 1880; Claude, June 20, 1882; Mary Ida, October, 1885; Emory Speer, Dec. 15, 1887.

REUBEN FUTCH, planter, Nashville, Berrien Co., Ga., son of Thomas Futch, a planter, was born in Bulloch county, Ga., Oct. 12, 1819. Reuben enjoyed only the limited opportunities for education that the country schools then afforded. When he was but six years of age his father removed to what is now Berrien county, where the son has made his home ever since. Mr. Futch, during a part of the war, belonged to the Fourth Georgia cavalry. Since the war he has devoted himself to the interests of his large farm in Berrien county, though for one term he served as justice of the inferior court, to which office he was elected in 1870. He is a member of Duncan lodge, No. 234, F. & A. M., in which for over thirty years he has held the responsible office of treasurer. His wife is Sarah, daughter of John McCranix, of Berrien county, and they have three sons and six daughters living, all but one of whom are married. His eldest son, John, born Dec. 1I, 1845, has been tax receiver of Berrien county for one term. John Futch, a brother of the subject of this sketch, who had been a citizen of Berrien county many years, died in Nashville in 1894.

JOHN C. GOODMAN, physician, Tifton, Berrien Co., Ga., was born in Gates county, N. C., May 17, 1834; his father, Barnes Goodman, a farmier, served awhile with the state troops and died in 1862. After finishing his preparatory studies in the high schools of his native county, he entered the state university of North Carolina in 1854, graduating in 1858 with the degree of A. B. In 1857 he began the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Jones, and the next year entered the medical department of the university of Virginia. After a year spent there he completed his medical course in the university of New York, graduating about 1860, and located at Somerton, Va. In 1861 he went into the army, joining a homc company at first, but the next year was transferred to Maj. Cahoon's battalion as second sergeant. This battalion disbanded in 1862, and Sergt. Good- man went into the contract service in a hospital. In the fall, however, he was

REUBEN FUTCH.

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commissioned assistant surgeon and assigned to duty in Johnston's division and was with it when it surrendered in 1865. Returning to Somerton he practiced medicine there until 1882, when he removed to Jacksonville, Telfair Co., Ga., and engaged in the manufacture of turpentine. Two years later he moved to Allapaha, where he carried on the manufacture of naval stores in connection with his office practice. In Tifton, to which place he came in 1891, he has carried on an extensive trade in drugs, together with his successful medical practice. Dr. Goodman is an honored member of the Methodist church. He is a member of the masonic fraternity, belonging both to the blue lodge and the chapter, also to the Knights of Pythias. In each of these fraternities he has held various offices, and was W. M. of Allapaha lodge for three years. On Christmas day, 1860, Dr. Goodman married Miss Henrietta A., daughter of Hutchings Goodman of North Carolina. They have six children. The eldest daughter, Mary E., is the wife of E. L. Vickers, in the naval stores business in Worth county, Ga. The eldest son, Charles H., is engaged in farming at Tifton. The second, John Hawkins, is with his father in the drug business. James H., Catharine and Harriet reside at home with their father.

RUFFIN T. KENDRICK, M. D., was born in Twiggs county, Ga., Jan. 15, 1832, and is of Scottish ancestry. He attended the common schools of Hous- ton county, and afterward, in 1857, his father, William Kendrick, having removed to Baker, now Dougherty county, of which he was one of the pioneer settlers, the son went there also and read medicine under the instruction of Dr. W. L. Davis at Albany. In 1854 young Kendrick entered the medical department of the uni- versity of New York, graduating in 1855. Locating in Dougherty county he practiced there six years, removing thence to Calhoun county, where he practiced seventeen years. In 1862 he entered the army as assistant surgeon of the Thirty- second Georgia regiment, but in 1863, a substitute taking his place, he returned home to Calhoun county, where he always gave his professional services to soldiers' families free of charge. After this he practiced for two years at Ty Ty, Worth Co., and then in 1879 he removed to Allapaha, Berrien Co., where he has since remained. Dr. Kendrick, by his skill and experience, has won a high rank in his profession. In 1869 he became a member of the State Medical association, and has been chairman of the committee on surgery from his district for a number of years. In 1874, when the association met at Atlanta, Dr. Kendrick was orator of the society and responded to speeches of welcome by Gen. Garlington and Dr. Alexander. The doctor's worth has been recognized among his neighbors in various ways. For four years (1875-79) he held the office of treasurer of Calhoun county. In the masonic fraternity he has held the highest offices in his lodge and chapter, Eureka Lodge No. 313, and W. T. Gould chapter. Moreover, for a num- ber of years he held the office of second and third grand steward, and for eleven vears that of first grand steward in the grand lodge of the state. Dr. Kendrick is a leading member of the Baptist church. Politically he is an uncompromising democrat. He has a brother, John P. Kendrick, a prominent merchant of Gaines- ville, Tex .. Dr. Kendrick has been twice married; the first time to Miss Eliza D. Helms, daughter of Chas. Helnis, formerly of North Carolina, later of Baker county, Ga. She died in August, 1882, and he afterward married Mrs. Fannie A. Fryer, widowed daughter of Col. John Turner of Berrien county. The doctor's eldest son, Winburn A., born 1856, is a planter in Claiborne county, Tex., where he has lived since 1879. The second son, Charles W., born 1858, married Miss Mamie Ferguson of Savannah; is now chief clerk in the transportation office of the Brunswick & Western R. R. Dr. Kendrick's daughter, Electa B., born in 1867,

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is the wife of James T. Maund of Tifton. The second daughter, Mattie D., born 1872, is the wife of E. R. Matthews of South Carolina.

HENRY H. KNIGHT is a man of mark in Berrien county, where he was born Nov. 17, 1840. His father, John Knight, 'aad held various county offices during his lifetime and died in 1876. Henry's education was limited to that of the common schools of the county. He enlisted in the Twenty-ninth regiment, Com- pany G, Georgia volunteers, and was twice wounded: once slightly at Pine Moun- tain, and very seriously by the explosion of a shell at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga. Since the war he has carried on the mercantile business at Ray's Mills with great success and has by no means neglected the interests of his plantation. Besides this Mr. Knight has been for three years county commissioner and is now repre- sentative to the general assembly. Here, his prudence and sagacity being recog- nized, he was placed on the following important committees: Academy for the blind, county and county matters and special agriculture. It was his function to introduce the bill to incorporate Nashville, and one to protect fish, both of which were passed. Mr. Knight is a member of the masonic fraternity. His wife is Mary, the daughter of Thomas M. Ray of Ray's Mills, and they have three sons and two daughters living.

JOHN G. KNIGHT, planter, Ray's Mills, Berrien Co., Ga., son of Levy J. Knight, a planter of Berrien county, was born June 23, 1832. His father held several county offices; for a number of years he represented the county and for two terms was senator from his district in the general assembly. Mr. Knight, after receiving a good common school education, devoted himself assiduously to agriculture, his extensive farm highly prospering under his management. He gave his service to his state during the war, enlisting in 1861 in the Twenty-ninth Georgia regiment. Afterward, in 1862, he was transferred to the Twenty-sixth. The first wife of Mr. Knight was Eliza B., daughter of George Carter of Lowndes county, who died in 1863. He afterward married Mrs. Mary Knight, the widowed daughter of James Davis of Lowndes county, and to theni were born five sons and two daughters. Rufus, the eldest son, born in 1854, married a daughter of Jonathan Knight in 1874 and resides in Florida. Louis, born in 1859, married a daughter of James Sloan, and now resides near his father on a farm. Mr. Knight's brother, Jonathan D., was also quite prominent in the affairs of his section, having been representative two terms and senator two terms in the general assembly and was also a member of the constitutional convention. He died in 1885.

WILLIARD HERSCHEL LOVE, banker and wholesale grocer, Tifton, Berrien Co., Ga., was born in Eden, Ga., Oct. 23, 1856, and is a son of Henry and Susan (Dorsey) Love. He was given the usual common school edu- cation, and at an early age displayed that business instinct which has been asso- ciated with his successful career. When a young lad he earned his first money as a newsboy on the B. & W. railroad, and finding that more money could be made out of the management if he owned it himself, he secured the exclusive right of selling on that road. He worked here until sixteen years old, when he learned telegraphy and worked for the old A. & G., now S. F. & W., at Black- shear, Ga., in 1875, until he was given the key at Pearson, Jan. 1, 1876. His rise in the trust and confidence of this railroad has been a steady one, and he is now in the twentieth year of his connection with it, in different positions of trust, now being claim agent. He was elected clerk of the superior court for Coffee county in

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1878, and served for one term; afterward was county school commissioner for two terms, and in 1890 moved to Tifton. He was elected mayor of Tifton when first incorporated in 1891, served two years, and in 1895 embarked in the whole- sale grocery business. A few months later with Messrs. Julian Love and Buck he entered into a banking business and has full charge of the same. Mr. Love was married Dec. 5, 1878, to Absley Kirkland, a daughter of M. Kirkland, of Coffee county. They have three children: Henry M., Claud E., and Mary W. Mr. and Mrs. Love are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a Mason, holding the position of district deputy in the grand lodge of Georgia, and in politics is a strong democrat, being one of the state executive committee from the second congressional district. Mr. Love's addition to the business circles of Tifton is justly appreciated by the people, who know that such qualifications of brains and push as he possesses are to be sought after by every community.

MALCOLM J. M'MILLAN is the son of John McMillan, a farmer of Berrien county, who during the Seminole Indian war was a scout, and who died Nov. 15, 1888. Malcolm was born near Allapaha, Aug. 12, 1852. He had only limited educational advantages, such as are afforded by the common schools. Having remained with his father until twenty-two years of age he secured a position with J. B. Dorminy & Co., who after four years sold out their business to Paulk, Henderson & Co. With this firm young McMillan remained until they in turn sold out to Paulk, Gaston & Co., when he left them and tried farming for a little over a year. But the commercial instinct was strong within him and he once more turned to trade, and after selling goods for W. S. Walker till 1885, went into business with W. K. Roberts under the firm name of Roberts & McMillan. At the end of three years, J. L. Paulk having bought out the interest of Roberts, the firm was McMillan & Paulk. In 1891 Mr. McMillan bought his partner's interest, and the entire business is now in his own hands. By prudence and industry and good management he has achieved well-deserved prosperity, having a very good trade and carrying a stock of about $8,000. That he stands well in the estimation of his fellow-citizens is evidenced by the fact that he has been mayor of Allapaha for a number of years. He was one of the first county commissioners, has been jury commissioner for about six years, was elected to represent his senatorial district in 1894, and is now chairman of the democratic executive committee. Dec. 7, 1877, Mr. McMillan married Miss Julia R. Griffin, daughter of J. H. Griffin, a farmer of Allapaha, and they have one son and four daughters: Sarah L., born Sept. 28, 1878; Lelia, born Aug. 3, 1880; Fannie Belle, born Dec. 25, 1882; Clarence E., born Dec. 25, 1886; and Etta M., born Oct. 3, 1890.

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Memoirs of Georgia; containing historical accounts of the state's civil, military, industrial and professional interests, and personal sketches of many of its people. Vol. I, Part 45

Author: Publication date: 1859 Publisher: Atlanta, Ga., The Southern historicl association Number of Pages: 1294

Author:
Publication date: 1859
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga., The Southern historicl association
Number of Pages: 1294