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Georgia Genealogy Trails
"Where your Journey Begins"
Montgomery County, Georgia
Biographies
Source: "Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II"
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanASA LEMUEL ADAMS, farmer, Montgomery county, Ga., son of Asa and Louisa (Phillips) Adams, was born in Montgomery county, April 1, 1834. Mr. Adams' father was born in the county, and his family was among its early settlers. He was a farmer, was born Dec. 17, 1809, and died June 19, 1891. Mr. Adams' mother was born Oct 12,1812, and died July 29, 1884. Of seven children born to them, three lived to maturity: William R., born Feb. 21, 1829; Nathan A., born June 7, 1832, and Asa Lemuel, all living in Montgomery county. Asa L. Adams received a common school education, and began life as a farmer, which has continued to be his occupation, excepting a brief interval of school teaching when a young man and periods of public service. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, Fourth battalion, Georgia sharpshooters, Bates' division, Bragg's army. He was in all the important engagements in Kentucky, Tennessee and North Georgia, and in several in Virginia. His last battle was when Hood's army was defeated, and practically destroyed, at Nashville, Dec. 15, 1864. He was wounded in that battle while stooping to raise his brother, Andrew J., who had received a wound, from which he died. Mr. Adams was captured and carried to Cumberland hospital, where he remained until Jan. 5. 1865, when he was transferred to Camp Chase prison, Ohio, with more than 500 others. He was detained there until June 13, 1865, when he was paroled, and he returned to his farm. Mr. Adams was notary public eight years 1866-'74 and was elected sheriff in 1874, serving one term. In 1881 he was elected clerk of the superior court, which office he held two years; and 1892 he was elected to represent Montgomery county in the general assembly, and was assigned to the following committees: General agriculture, corporations, immigration, lunatic asylum, and wild lands. May 6, 1866, Mr. Adams was married to Mrs. Mary Jane (nee Ryals) McAllister, daughter of William R. and Eliza (Connor) Ryals, of Montgomery county. By her first husband, Mrs. Adams had two children: Eliza, born Jan. 23, 1851. and John, born Oct. 2, 1854. To Mr. and Mrs. Adams have been born: Sophia F., Mrs. John B. Wootten, and Mary J., Mrs. Cornelius Wootten, both of Wooten's Mills, Telfair Co., Ga. Mr. Adams is a master Mason, and is enjoying life and the esteem of life-long friends at Long Pond.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanGEORGE W. ADAMS, farmer, Montgomery county, Ga., son of Wylie and Frances (Collins) Adams, was born in Montgomery county Oct 5, 1830. His father was born in Montgomery county March 5, 1798, was a thrifty, successful farmer, represented the county twice in the general assembly, and died May 21, 1873. His mother was born Aug. 3, 1804, and is still living. They had ten children, of whom five survive: Joe, farmer, Montgomery county; M. C., farmer, Montgomery county; George W.; Margaret, widow of William McLeod, and Thomas, a farmer of Montgomery county. Mr. Adams was educated at the common and high schools of the county, and then engaged in farming. In 1862 he enlisted in the First Georgia regiment under Capt Davenport, and was stationed at Savannah. After serving there ten months, he was transferred to the Thirty-second Georgia regiment, Col. Harrison, and was on service in Georgia and Alabama, and was with the forces at Atlanta when besieged by the Federal army. Returning from the army, he resumed his farm work, which he has successfully followed since. Mr. Adams was married to Miss Elizabeth L Wilcox, of Telfair county, Aug. 8, 1858. She as the daughter of Gen. Mark Wilcox who served in the Florida Indian war, and Sarah A. E. (Coffee) Wilcox, and was born Dec. 31,1841. Ten children were the fruit of this marriage: George Lewis, born Feb. 1, 1860, farmer, married Miss Nenie Coffee, of Gwinnett county, Ga.; James Le Conte, born Feb. 5, 1864, Ailey, Ga., married Miss Nell Sutton; Agnes Lee, born July 10, 1865, Mrs. Herbert Wright Montgomery county; John C, born Dec. 6, 1866, farmer, married Miss Hattie Cave, of Dodge county; Rosa P., born March 1, 1868, Mrs. Henry Simpson, Montgomery county; Elizabeth L., born April 17, 1870, wife of Thomas Thompson, merchant Mount Vernon, Ga.; Charles M., born Feb. 26,1873; Mary Emma, born July 17,1874; Lucy, born Oct 29, 1879, and Sam Jones, born Aug. 30, 1885. Mr. Adams is a master Mason, and has a beautiful, well-arranged and productive farm about two miles south of Mount Vernon, the county seat.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanNATHANIEL REID BEASLEY, deceased, lawyer, Mount Vernon, Montgomery Co., Ga., was the eldest of ten children of Isaiah and Jane Augusta (Way) Beasley, and was born in Liberty county, Ga., Jan. 14, 1867. His father, a prominent lawyer of Reidsville, Tattnall Co., Ga., was born in 1838, and his mother was born Oct. 1, 1847. Mr. Beasley, after receiving the best education the common schools of the county afforded, taught school in Tattnall and Bulloch counties in 1885-'86-'87, and in May, 1888, began the study of law under his father's preceptorship, and was admitted to the bar Oct 13, of the same year. He was at once accepted by his father as a partner, and practiced with him until 1892, when the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Beasley removed to Mount Vernon, Montgomery Co., Ga., where he died Sept 11, 1894, in the flush of a vigorous young manhood, and the beginning of a career, bright with the promise of a brilliant and prosperous professional and political career, leaving his devoted wife and two lovely children to mourn their irreparable loss. Mr. Beasley was married Oct. 29, 1889, to Miss Nora, daughter of Remer Franklin, of Bulloch county, Ga., by whom he had three children: Nannie McLesky, died in infancy; Janie Lucille, born in 1891, and Minnie Reid, born in 1894.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanMALCOLM L. CURRIE, M. D., Ailey, Montgomery Co., son of Duncan and Martha A. (McLendon) Currie, was born in Montgomery county July 13, 1853. His great-grandfather emigrated from the highlands of Scotland and settled in Robeson county, N. C. His grandfather, Malcolm Currie, was born in Robeson county, and emigrated from there to Montgomery county, Ga., settling in the latter county about 1818. Dr. Currie's father was born in Montgomery county, Jan. 29, 1825, and died Jan. 11, 1883. His mother was the daughter of Dennis and Martha A. (Tyson) McLendon, and was born in Laurens county Feb. 22, 1824, and is still living. His parents had eight children, of whom Dr. Currie was the second. Dr. Currie received a good preparatory education at the common and other schools of the county. He was elected tax receiver of the county in 1883 and served one term. In the spring of 1886 he entered the college of physicians and surgeons, Baltimore, Md., and graduated with distinction in 1888. He immediately entered Bay View hospital for a post- graduate course. Completing that, he came home and began the practice of medicine at Mount Vernon, the county seat, in August, 1888, where he established a drug store, the first the county ever had, and which did a thriving business. After practicing one and one-half years with excellent success, he entered Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, for another post- graduate course. He went from there to Brunswick, Ga., and practiced some time, meeting with satisfactory patronage, but had to abandon it and return to Mount Vernon, where he remained until May, 1894, when he determined to locate in the new and enterprising town of Ailey, on the Georgia & Alabama railway. Having sold his original drug stock to Messrs. J. F. Currie & Co., he established a new drug store at Ailey, which is now being run in the name of E. T. McBryde & Co., with satisfactory results. Dr. Currie, in addition to the above, is engaged in conducting a real estate business at Mount Vernon and Alley. Dr. Currie was married to Miss Minnie J. McBryde born Nov. 28, 1869 daughter of William F. and Ala (McNott) McBryde, of Montgomery county. Their home has been gladdened by the advent of two children: Anna May, born Dec. 28, 1891, and Nora Earline, born May 4, 1894. Dr. Currie is a very public-spirited and energetic and progressive citizen, and as a physician, is the leading member of the profession in this part of the state. His success in the general practice has been phenomenal, and he has attained to an enviable reputation. He has, at the same time, successfully*performed some of the most difficult operations in this county, or outside the best hospitals. He is a member of the medical association of Georgia, the South Georgia Medical association, and the American Medical association. He is an enthusiastic Mason, and is a member of Vedalia chapter of royal arch Masons, at Vedalia, Ga. He is also a member of Rush lodge of I. O. O. F., No. 48, Brunswick, Ga.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanJUDSEN BEECH GEIGER, lawyer, Mount Vernon, Montgomery Co., Ga., son of Rev. Washington! L. and Catharine C. (Tillman) Geiger, was born in Tattnall county, Ga., March 20, 1864. His father was born in Effingham county, Ga., is a Baptist minister of considerable prominence, and to some extent connected with journalism, being now editor of the "Baptist Watchman," Abbeville, Ga. His mother was born in Tattnall county, and died in 1881. J. B. Geiger received an ordinary common school education, and then, under his father's instruction, learned the printer's art; and was business manager and associate editor of the "Bulloch Banner," Bulloch county, Ga., at the age of nineteen. After teaching school for two years he entered Mercer university, Macon, Ga., where he remained until the completion of his sophomore year. He then taught school again, and in 1889, entered the law school at the university of Georgia, whence he graduated with distinction, class of 1890. After an interval of two years, during which he engaged in teaching school a part of the time, he located in Mount Vernon and commenced the practice of his profession, in which he is having excellent success, with a splendid future before him, being regarded as the coming man of his county. On the 27th day of May, 1894, he was happily united in marriage with Miss Clifford E. Morrison, of Montgomery county.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanCHARLES S. HAMILTON, farmer and merchant, Montgomery county, Ga., son of Josiah and May (Poole) Hamilton, was born in Montgomery county, Dec 9, 1831. His father was of Scotch descent, born in North Carolina in 1791, came to Georgia with the family in 1800 and settled in Montgomery county, where he was reared a farmer. His mother was a native Georgian. Charles S. was sixth in birth of a family of eleven born to his parents. He received such education as was obtainable at the common schools of the county at the time, and he began life as a farmer. He enlisted in the army soon after the war began, and was detailed for duty in Georgia in Col. Clinch's regiment of cavalry, and was in the service three years. In i860 he was elected justice of the peace and held the office until he resigned fourteen years later. He was elected to represent the county in the general assembly in 1884, and served two years, during which he introduced a bill for the relief of disabled Confederate soldiers, which passed and was ratified by the people, and under which the Confederate soldiers are now receiving pensions. Mr. Hamilton has a very large farm and has besides very extensive timber land possessions. In connection with his farming he has a very large general merchandise store at Higgston, where he has done and continues to do a large business. From his store, his large farm and his extensive tracts of timber lands he enjoys a splendid income. Mr. Hamilton has been twice wedded. His first wife was Mrs. Jenkins, of Jefferson county, Ga., whom he married in 1857, and who died, childless, in 1862. His second wife was Miss Ruth Williams, born in 1844, daughter of Joshua Williams, of Tattnall county, by whom he has had eleven children, three of whom (all boys) died in infancy. The living children are: Charles L, born Feb. 25, 1870; Benjamin F., born Feb. 6, 1872, married Miss Effie Williamson, daughter of A. J. Williamson, of Montgomery county; Mollie L., born May 23, 1874, now Mrs. Emerson Almand, Montgomery county; George W,, born Aug. 10, 1877; Claudius W., born Oct. 20,1879; Ruth L., born May 24,1883; Arthur, born Aug. 11, 1886, and a boy baby, born March 16, 1893, not named. Mr. Hamilton's father lost a large amount of property by the war, and he was a large slave-holder himself. He lives on an extensive farm at Kibbee, Montgomery Co., in the enjoyment of robust health and an ample competency, an interesting family and thousands of friends. Mr. Hamilton is a royal arch Mason.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanDETER JOHNSON, farmer, Montgomery county, Ga., son of Alexander and Mary (Wester) Johnson, was born in Montgomery county, Oct 24, 1843. His father, a son of Peter Johnson, a native of Scotland, was born in Robeson county, N. C, Jan. 29, 1810, and came to Montgomery county when a young man. He was a shoemaker, blacksmith and gunsmith. Guns and rifles that he made are in possession of members of the family now. He died in March, 1886. Mrs. Mary Johnson, now living, was born Sept 23, 1817, and was married March 9, 1837. The education of Mr. Johnson was as good as the county schools at that time afforded. He enlisted in Company E, the first organized in the county. Sixty-first Georgia regiment The company, Capt Charles W. McArthur, was a part of Lawton's, afterward Gordon's brigade, Early's division, Ewell's corps. The command left Georgia for Virginia in the spring of 1862, where it remained until the close of the war. Mr. Johnson was shot through the left side and wounded in the hips and left on the field at the battle of Gettysburg, where he was taken prisoner. When sufficiently recovered he was paroled and came home. As soon as he was exchanged he returned to the army, and re-entered his old company. At the battle of Cold Harbor he was again wounded, was given a furlough and came home to recover. He met Sherman's army on its march through Georgia, was taken prisoner and held till the close of the war. He and others were locked up in the courthouse, Sandersville, Ga., and while thus confined some Federal soldiers set fire to the building. Gen. Sherman rode up and ordered the release of the prisoners just in time to save their lives. For eight years succeeding the war Mr. Johnson followed timbering down the river, and then turned his attention to farming. In 1882 he established a saw-milling and cotton-ginning business, which he has continued till now, satisfactorily to his patrons and profitably to himself. Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Mary Lou, born May 27, 1843, daughter of W. D. W. C. and Martha (Sharp) Connor. To them the following children have been born: Ella Victoria, born May 24, 1871; Mrs. E. J. Wells, Montgomery county; Willie A., born June 28, 1875, and Mattie Elizabeth, born Oct 16,1880. He is now enjoying a quiet and pleasant home-life on his farm at Long Pond, Ga.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanJOHN W. M'ARTHUR, farmer, Montgomery county, Ga., son of John and Nancy (McLeod) McArthur, was born in Montgomery county, September, 1838. His father was born in Robeson county, N. G, in 1797. came to Georgia when a boy and settled in Montgomery county, where he lived a farmer until his death in 1853, at the age of fifty-six years. He once represented the county in the senate of the general assembly. Mr. McArthur's mother was born in North Carolina in 1816, and was the daughter of James McLeod, a native of Scotland. She died in 1888, at the age of seventy-two years. John W. McArthur was the first son and the fifth born of eleven children, who all lived to be grown, and of whom eight are still living. He was reared a farmer, and he is a fanner yet, but every year he ships timber by river to Darien. The first two years of the war he was a justice of the inferior court He afterward enlisted and was in Anderson's brigade, Phillips' division, and was at Atlanta when besieged in 1864. During the march through Georgia he was severely wounded in an engagement with Sherman's army at Griswoldville, near Macon. Mr. Arthur married Miss Louisa, daughter of Thomas B. and Elizabeth (Smith) Calhoun; she was born Aug. 25, 1844, and bore him two children: John Henry, born Sept 6, 1861, physician, Long Pond, Ga., and Willie T., born Feb. 6, 1863, manufacturer of naval stores, Montgomery county. Mrs. McArthur died Feb. 27, 1863. Mr. McArthur was next married March 20, 1866, to Mary C, daughter of John B. and Maria (Connor) Ryals, who was born May 14, 1848. Mrs. Ryals was the daughter of Rev. Wilson Connor. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. McArthur: Ferdinand F., born Dec. 5, 1866, merchant, Ailey, Ga.; Alexander Bruce, born July 15, 1875, now a student, Mercer university, Macon, Ga., and Ada Maria, born Aug. 17, 1880. Mr. McArthur is a master Mason, is much respected as a citizen and as a member of a very numerous and influential family. He lives at Dry Pond, the center of the county.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanJOHN M'ARTHUR, fanner, Montgomery county, Ga., was born in Robeson county, N. G, in 1797, and died in 1853, aged fifty-six years. He came to Georgia when a boy and settled in the eastern part of Montgomery county, where he farmed until he died. He once represented the county in the senate of the general assembly. His wife, Miss Nancy McLeod, was born in North Carolina in 1816, and was the daughter of James McLeod, a native of Scotland. She died in 1888, aged seventy-two.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanDUNCAN M'ARTHUR, farmer, Montgomery county, Ga., seventh child of John and Nancy (McLeod) McArthur, was born in Montgomery county Dec. 25, 1843. He enlisted the second year of the war in the Seventh Georgia cavalry, under the command of Col. Millen, and remained on guard duty until the last year of the war, when the command was sent to join Gen. Young in Gen. Wade Hampton's division. He was so fortunate as to escape injury and captivity, and when he left the army returned to the farm. But he makes his home with his brother, William H.. McArthur.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanWILLIAM H. M'ARTHUR, farmer, Montgomery county, Ga., ninth child of John and Nancy (McLeod) McArthur, was born in Montgomery county Feb. 24, 1848. He was reared on a farm and his life-occupation has been that of a farmer. He married Miss Florence, daughter of Christopher and Charity (McCrimson) McRae, Dec. 9, 1886. They have no living children, the only one born to them having died when three years old. He has a nice, comfortable home at Long Pond, where he and his unmarried brother, Duncan, quietly enjoy their competency.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanDUNCAN M'ARTHUR was born in Georgia, was a prosperous farmer in Montgomery county, and died when about forty years of age. His father was a native of Scotland. Mr. McArthur married Miss Eliza McLeod, who after his death married again, and now is Mrs. Mozo, of Eastman, Dodge Co., Ga. Two sons were the fruit of this marriage: John J. and W. McArthur, both living.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanJOHN J. M'ARTHUR, farmer, Montgomery county, Ga., son of Duncan and Eliza (McLeod) McArthur, was born in Montgomery county, near the line of Tattnall, Aug. 17, 1838. His educational advantages were good, having attended the best schools in the county. His occupation has been that of a farmer chiefly. In 1861 he enlisted in Company C, Sixty-first Georgia regiment. Col. J. H. Lamar, and was made second lieutenant of the company. While stationed on Jekyl island he left the company and returned home. Soon afterward he was elected captain of Company C, Seventh Georgia regiment, Georgia state troops and, serving in Gen. Johnston's and Hood's armies, participated in the battles around Atlanta. Returning home after the war he was elected in 1868 and again in 1878, to represent the county in the general assembly. In 1871-72 he was engaged in the commission business in Savannah, then abandoned it and has since devoted himself to his farm interests, excepting the time needed to perform the duties of justice of the peace, an office he has held for twenty years. He married Miss Marie E, daughter of William Patterson, of Bryan county, born April, 1851, and died Oct. 8, 1888, by whom he had one child, Marion Udell, born Aug. 1, 1877, and who died Aug. 17, 1889, and was regarded by all who knew her as a child of remarkable promise. Mr. McArthur is a master Mason and commands the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanJAMES M'ARTHUR, farmer, Montgomery county, Ga., second son of Duncan and Eliza (McLeod) McArthur, was born in Montgomery county in 1840. Receiving the best education the county schools afforded he attended Trinity college, N. C, in 1859-00, but his studies were interrupted by the war. Since leaving college he has devoted himself to cultivating and improving his farm and shipping timber to Darien. Mr. McArthur was married March 14, 1867, to Eliza, born Jan. 21, 1842, daughter of Thomas B. and Sarah A. Connor. Mr. and Mrs. McArthur have had born to them the following named children, besides three which died: Walter Benton, born Feb. 15, 1868; Willie Theodore, born Dec. 8, 1869; James Jefferson, born Nov. 13, 1871; John J., born Sept 8, 1873; L. Anna, born Dec 23, 1879; Torem C, born Nov. 8, 1882, and Mary Clyde, born Jan. 10, 1885. He is enjoying life on his farm surrounded by his interesting family. Mr. McArthur is a master Mason.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanJOHN HENRY M'ARTHUR, M. D., Long Pond, Montgomery Co., Ga., son of John W. and Louisa (Calhoun) McArthur, was born in Montgomery county Sept. 6,1861. His father was also born in Montgomery county in 1838, and is still living, a very successful farmer, and one of its most highly-esteemed and influential citizens. His mother was a daughter of Thomas B. Calhoun was born Aug. 25, 1844, and died Feb. 27, 1883. Dr. McArthur received the best education the high schools of the county could bestow. He attended courses of lectures during the winters of 1882-3 and 1883-4 at the medical college of Georgia, Augusta, and in the spring of 1884 graduated with distinction, being third-honor member of his class. He located at once at Long Pond, Montgomery Co., where he has established an excellent reputation, and been very successful, professionally and financially. Since 1887 he has been engaged, also, with his brother, W. T. McArthur, in the manufacture of naval stores, and has also operated a farm. Dr. McArthur married Miss Anna L born Oct 2, 1868 a daughter of Dr. J. E Mobley, Jan. 1, 1890, by whom he has had two children: John Herman, born Nov. 16, 1891, and Charlotte Louisa, born April 14, 1893. Dr. McArthur enjoys to the fullest extent the esteem and confidence of the people.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanWALTER T. M'ARTHUR, deceased, of Montgomery county, Ga., the fifth of nine children of Duncan and Elizabeth (McLauchlin) McArthur, was born in Montgomery county, Ga., Aug. 3; 1837, and was of distinguished Scotch ancestry. His father was a native of Tattnall county, Ga., and his mother a native of Argyleshire, Scotland. His ancestors were among the first Scotch families who came from Scotland and settled, in 1747, in Cumberland and Robeson counties. His great-grandfather was a young man when he came over; and was a soldier in the revolutionary army, from North Carolina. His grandfather was born during that memorable struggle, May 25, 1780. This branch of the McArthur family trace their origin to the original chieftain of the highland clan Campbell, of Scotland, a distinction recorded down to the time of the reign of James I of England. Mr. McArthur's father was a farmer, a man of superior intelligence and great influence. He represented Montgomery county sometimes in the house, sometimes in the senate in the general assembly. His father died Oct 17, 1877, aged seventy-four years, and his mother in August, 1885, aged eighty years. Walter T. McArthur enjoyed excellent educational advantages, and was a student of Trinity college, North Carolina, when the war between the states began. Coming home, he enlisted in the Confederate service, in which he remained until the war closed. He was with the forces defending Atlanta during the siege, and in front of the Federal army when marching through Georgia. In an engagement at Griswoldville, Ga., he received a slight wound in the foot Being tendered a position as civil engineer on the Macon & Brunswick railway, he was detailed by the secretary of war for that purpose. After the war he was employed by Hon. William E. Dodge (for whom Dodge county was named), to look after his large real estate interests in Georgia. Mr. McArthur was also engaged in the real estate business on his own account for years, and was exceptionally successful. From 1868 to 1871 Mr. McArthur represented the fifteenth district in the senate of the general assembly. He was a member of three national democratic conventions, viz.: At St Louis, in 1876; at Chicago, in 1884, and at Chicago, in 1892, and voted in two conventions for the nomination of Grover Cleveland. Mr. McArthur was married, in 1880, to Miss Victoria, daughter of William and Sarah Ryder, of Bibb county, Ga. To them three children have been born: Addison Arthur, named for two brothers, who died during the war; Douglas Stuart, named for two powerful Scottish clans, and William Ryder, named for his grandfather, who died when young. Mrs. McArthur's father, who was considered one of the best educators in that part of the state, was a native of Liverpool, England, and when W. T. McArthur went to Europe, Mr. Ryder accompanied him, visiting England for the first time in fifty years. Mr. McArthur left one of the most beautiful homes in Georgia, about five miles northeast of Lumber City. Having traveled and seen much of the world, being well educated and possessing an unusual fund of information, of genial disposition, and being large-hearted, his friends were, during his lifetime here, entertained with lavish hospitality. Masonically, Mr. McArthur was outranked by few in Georgia, having passed through all the thirty-two degrees, and being a member of Yaarab Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine. He was also a Knight of Pythias. His death occurred Dec. 16, 1894. While in Atlanta he was taken sick with congestion of the brain, and only lived a few days after being removed to his home.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanGEORGE M. TROUP M'LEOD, farmer, Montgomery county, Ga., son of Angus and Nancy C. (McMillan) McLeod, was born in Montgomery county Jan. 1, 1827. There were seven children, all of whom lived to be grown and married, but of whom, the subject of this sketch, the youngest, is the only one living. Angus McLeod, his father, was born in Scotland, and was brought by his father, Alexander McLeod, to the United States the latter part of the last century, when he was quite young at the time when so many Scotch emigrants came to this country and settled in Richmond county, N. C. About the year 1800 Mr. McLeod's grandfather, Alexander McLeod, removed from North Carolina to, and settled in, Montgomery county, Ga. Mr. McLeod's father, Angus McLeod, was born Nov. 10, 1774. He became a large slave-owner, and was a slave dealer down to the time of the suppression of the slave trade; after that he dealt in real estate on a large scale, and acquired immense tracts of land. He died Sept 4,1827, of yellow fever, contracted in Savannah. Mr. McLeod's mother was the daughter of Archibald McMillan, also a Scotch emigrant to North Carolina, and who, later, removed to Georgia. She was born Nov. 15, 1780, and died May 4, 1852. Mr. McMillan became a very prominent citizen in Montgomery county. He had a family of eight children two sons and six daughters. Malcolm McMillan, one of these sons, came from North Carolina to Montgomery county in 1800, and pitched his camp near an oak tree on the tract of land where Vidalia now stands. One of his children died, and was buried there under an oak tree; the spot became the family burying ground. Mr. McMillan built a house and made his home near-by. He erected a Presbyterian house of worship which was the second meeting house built in the county. The first Presbyterian preacher was Rev. Murphy McMillan, a distant relative of Malcolm, who subsequently became his son-in-law. Margaret McMillan, sister of Malcolm, married Charles McKinnon, and reared thirteen children eleven sons and two daughters all of whom became prominent people. The eleven sons were all men of tall stature and massive frames, and settled mostly in Telfair county. Alexander Talmage McLeod, brother of George, was born May 28, 1817, and died in 1869. He was a man of much force of character, and a very prominent citizen. He was clerk of the superior court a number of years, and twice represented the county in the general assembly. He married Miss Nancy McCrimmon, a member of one of the first of the Scotch families which settled in this part of the state. William Archibald McLeod, another brother of George, was born May 27, 1821, and died Aug. 27, 1867. He was, for a period of twenty years prior to his death, county surveyor of Montgomery county, and work of his, on the original grants, is among the records in the secretary of state's office in Atlanta. He married Miss Adams, a daughter of Wylie Adams. Margaret McLeod, his oldest sister, was born Feb. 20, 1812, was married to Daniel McLeod, and died Aug. 31, 1830. Delilah McLeod, the next oldest sister, was born Jan. 6, 1814, married Charles McCrimmon, who twice represented Montgomery county in the general assembly. She died in 1893. Catharine A. McLeod, the next sister, was born May, 28, 1819, married George McCrimmon, of Montgomery county, and died in May, 1894. Nancy C. McLeod, his youngest sister, was born June 27,1824, married Matthew Sharp, Montgomery county, and died Dec. 9, 1862. George M. T. McLeod received the best education the county schools could give him, and then attended one of the best private academies in North Carolina one year. From 1851 to 1855 he was a merchant in Savannah. Returning to Montgomery county he was surveyor and agent for the Georgia Land and Lumber company, continuing his relations with them until 1858. He enlisted early in the war, and June 29, 1861, he was commissioned by Gov. Brown captain of the first company ever raised in Montgomery county for Confederate service. Before taking up his commission he was three times elected captain, and, on account of some dissention among disappointed office-seekers, he refused to take the company out. Later, he enlisted in the Twentieth battalion, Georgia cavalry, which command was mainly employed in coast service. In May, 1864, he went to Virginia, and was in Capt. Williams' company, and was in Hampton's brigade. Young's division. In the engagement at How's shop, his battalion, not half of which was present, was almost annihilated. After this he was in Cobb's and in Phillips', and fought in various commands. In the engagement at Trevilian's Station, he was severely wounded in the hip, the effect of which he feels at the present time. Since the war Mr. McLeod has given his attention to farming. On the inauguration of the present school system, he was appointed county school commissioner. He was commissioned as a delegate to the cotton states convention, at Vicksburg, Miss., by Gov. McDaniel; and after that, appointed to represent his section of the state in the Piedmont exposition, and was also a member of the interstate agricultural convention, at Atlanta. For a number of years he has been reporter, for his part of the state, for the State Agricultural association, and for the weather bureau, at Atlanta. Mr. McLeod has been postmaster of Stirling, Ga., for fifty years, beginning with the time when it was one of the only two in the county. Mr. McLeod has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Josephine L. Ryals, who was a daughter of Joseph and Lucy (Connor) Ryals, to whom he was married Jan. 23,1856. She was born Feb. 22, 1833, and died Nov. 12, 1859. She was a sister of Rev. James G. Ryals, D. D., who was professor of the theological department of Mercer university, Macon, Ga. By this marriage Mr. McLeod had three children. George W., born Oct. 10, 1856, is a farmer, and contractor and builder. He married Miss Ida Phillips, of Tattnall county, has seven children, and lives at Altamaha, Ga. Georgiana J., the second child, was born March 5, 1858, married William Wilkes, Montgomery county, and has ten children. Mary R., the youngest, was born Nov. 1, 1859, married Philip A. McQueen, Montgomery county, and died in December, 1893, leaving five children. His second wife was Miss Imogene Stripling, daughter of Alexander Stripling, of Tattnall county, who was born Jan. 5, 1848, and whom he married Jan. 26, 1865. Two children have blessed this union: Roderick Dhu, born Nov. 30, 1865, and a physician, a graduate of Atlanta Medical college, and is located at Lyons, Ga., where he is prominent in his profession, and has a lucrative practice, and has a drug store; and Robert Bruce, born May 29,1868. Mr. McLeod is a leading and enthusiastic Mason; was a member of the first lodge instituted in the county, and has been a charter member of three lodges.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanCHRISTOPHER M'RAE, farmer, Montgomery Co., Ga., son of John and Margaret (McRae) McRae, was born in Marlboro district, S. G, Dec 15, 1815. His father was born and reared in the same district, and was a farmer by occupation; his mother was a native of Richmond county, N. C The family moved to Telfair county, Ga., in 1815, where the father died at the age of seventy-seven years. Mr. McRae received such education as could be obtained in his youth in the district schools, and at the age of sixteen embarked in merchandising. He continued in business for twelve years, and was postmaster in Mount Vernon during the Indian war in Florida. After relinquishing the mercantile trade he engaged in farming and rafting timber down the Ocmulgee and Altamaha to Darien, and still continues his farming operations. He was too old for military service when the late hostilities began, but was a member of the board of examiners. Before the close of the war he went as far as Savannah to enter actual service, but was turned back on account of age and feebleness. Mr. McRae married Miss Charity McCrimmon, who was born in Montgomery county, Ga., April 28, 1829, and was the daughter of Duncan McCrimmon, a native of Marlboro district, S. C. By this wife who died July 21, 1853, he became the father of three children; Duncan J., Brooks county, manufacturer of naval stores; Florence, Mrs. William McArthur, Montgomery county; Charity, deceased wife of J. Eugene Hicks, Dublin, Laurens Co., Ga. On Jan. 19,1859. Mr. McRae married Miss Margaret McCrimmon, born Feb. 28, 1834, who has borne him four children: Colen, born Dec 9, 1861; Charles D., born Feb. 17, 1864, practicing physician, Rochelle, Wilcox Co., Ga.; Franklin M., born 1867, and Lochlan, born April 12, 1869. Mr. McRae is one of Montgomery county's most substantial citizens, ranks deservedly high, and is a man of great influence.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanJOHN M'RAE, fanner, Montgomery county, Ga., son of Farquhar and Isabella (McCrimmon) McRae, was born in Montgomery county, Ga., July 16, 1824. His father was born in Scotland, and he was three years old when his parents came to the United States and settled in Robeson county, N. C. He died in Montgomery county, Ga, in March, 1838. His mother, born in Robeson county, N. C, in 1778, died in Montgomery county, in November, 1868. John McRae was reared on the family farm, and received such education as was obtainable at the common country schools in his locality at that time. In 1848, when twenty-four years of age, he was elected justice of the peace, and in 1852 he was elected a justice of the inferior court, in which capacity he served the county, having been continuously re-elected, until 1868, when the court was abolished. In 1850 he was elected to represent Montgomery county in the convention called to consider Federal relations questions pertaining to the acquisition and annexation of new territory, whether slave or free. In 1851-52 he was elected senator from the district composed of Appling and Montgomery counties, and again in 1857-59. In redistricting the state, Montgomery county was transferred from the sixth to the fifteenth district, and in 1861 Mr. McRae was elected senator. In 1872, and again in 1882, he was elected to represent Montgomery county in the general assembly. Mr. McRae is now one of the county commissioners, an office without emolument to which he has been continuously elected for ten years. From 1869 to 1882 he conducted general merchandise stores at Little York and Scotland, and in 1890 began his present business, the manufacture 0/ naval stores. About 1849 Mr. McRae married Miss Mary L. Brantley, born July 17, 1829, in Laurens county, by whom he had four children, two of whom are living: Isabella, Mrs. John W. Clement, and Christina, Mrs. John G. Bright John W. Clement was born Oct 17, 1850, and is now the father of eight children. The deceased children of Mr. McRae. Margaret and Harriet, died at the respective ages of fourteen and nine years. Mrs. McRae died in April, 1883. Mr. McRae has been a prominent and useful citizen, and is now one of the most influential citizens in Montgomery county. The esteem in which he is held and the confidence reposed in him are evidenced by the many offices with which he has been honored, and by the fact that now, at his advanced age, his fellow-citizens insist on keeping him in official position.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanMATTHEW SHARP, farmer, Montgomery county, Ga., son of Grove and Annie (Higgs) Sharp, was born in Tattnall county, Ga., June 29, 1824. His grandfather, Grove Sharp, Sr., was of English parentage. His father was born June 18, 1802, and died Jan. 5, 1865. Mr. Sharp's parents had twelve children Matthew being the first born eleven of whom are living: Matthew; Martha, born Sept 28, 1825 (Mrs. W. D. W. Connor); Littleton, born Feb. 20, 1827, farmer, Montgomery county, married Caroline McAllister; Hiram, born Nov. 28, 1828, farmer, married, first. Miss Mary Hughes, second. Miss E. Cribb; Caroline, born Oct 11, 1830, widow of James C. Connor, who died during the war; Hamilton, born Aug. 30, 1832, died July 22, 1862, also during the war; Willie, born Dec. 11, 1834, farmer, Tattnall county, married, first, Miss Edith Moses, second, Miss Susan Brewer; Rebecca Ann, born Dec. 22, 1836 (Mrs. John Sharp); Elizabeth, born Nov. 24,1838 (Mrs. John Peterson, Montgomery county); Mary, born Nov. 22, 1840 (Mrs. Alexander Hughes); Nancy Higgs, born March 28, 1843 (Mrs. M. D. Peterson); William Henry, born Jan. 24, 1847, farmer, married Miss Emily Gibbs. Matthew Sharp worked on the farm and attended school during his boyhood until of age, and men commencing farming, which has since been his occupation. About 1849 he was elected tax receiver and collector; this was when the two offices were united. During his incumbency they were separated, and he filled one or the other for several years. In 1859 he was elected to represent the county in the general assembly. At the end of his term he enlisted in Company A, Twentieth Georgia battalion cavalry. A few months afterward a new company was organized Company F and he was made first lieutenant of it a position he retained, although often offered promotion, until he returned to take his seat in the general assembly, having been elected to represent the county. Since then he has been elected to several offices in the county. Mr. Sharp has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Nancy C, daughter of Angus and Nancy C. (McMillan) McLeod, born June 27, 1824, to whom he was married Jan. 1, 1852. Her parents were of Scotch descent, and she died Dec. 9, 1862, leaving five children: Annie G, born Dec 23, 1853 (Mrs. John D. McLeod, Telfair county); William H., born Jan. 26, 1855, farmer, married Miss Jennie Carlisle; Elizabeth L., born April 20, 1857 (Mrs. John A. Galbraith, farmer, Montgomery county); Catharine A., born Feb. 12,1850 (Mrs. James D. McGregor, Montgomery county); Franklin M., born Nov. 23, i860. Mr. Sharp's second wife was Miss Ann, daughter of Thompson G. and Elizabeth (Wester) Gibbs, born May 29, 1845, to whom he was married April 6, 1865, and who has borne him two children: Robert Lee, born Nov. 24, 1872, and Nancy Udell, born Oct 20, 1878. He lives on a fine farm in the eastern part of the county, and is a master Mason.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanSIMEON SIKES, farmer, Montgomery county, Ga., son of Matthew G. and Sarah (Wood) Sikes, was born in Wilkinson county, Ga., Oct 3, 1822. His father was born March 21, 1787, in North Carolina, and was partly reared in that state, and died in Georgia in May, 1863. His mother was born in 1788, and died July 30, 1849. Of their eight children four are now living. When a young man Simeon Sikes farmed a few years in Houston county, and then went to Tampa Bay, Hillsboro Co., Fla., but in a short time returned to Houston county. After living in Houston three years he went back to Alachua county, Fla., remaining a year, and then concluded to try Houston county again. Leaving Houston at the end of four years he removed to Clinch county, Ga., whence, after two years' sojourn, he removed, in 1859, to Montgomery county, which he decided to make, and which became, his permanent home. He was reared a farmer, and has been one all his life a part of the time, however, conducting a sawmill in connection with his farm. He was a member of the second of two regiments of state troops raised for duty in Georgia. He entered the service under Capt. (afterward Col.) Storey. He was elected tax receiver in 1881 and served two years. He is now school commissioner of the county. Mr. Sikes was married Dec. 16, 1845, t0 Miss Elizabeth Bone, born in North Carolina March 4, 1824, daughter of Richard and Isabella (McArthur) Bone. Mr. and Mrs. Bone were natives of North Carolina, but died in Georgia. To Mr. and Mrs. Sikes children have been born as follows: Columbus H, born Nov. 14, 1846, married Miss Mary Graham, and is now farming in Telfair county; Laura Isabella, born April 6, 1848, is Mrs. Leonard F. Hinson, Montgomery county; Sarah Emeline, born Jan. 9, 1851, is wife of Mr. James J. Mobley, farmer, Montgomery county; Mary Jeannette, born Jan. 4,1853; Florence Elizabeth, born April 19, 1855, is now Mrs. Henry Cook, farmer, Coffee county, Ga.; Eliza Jane, born Sept. 15, 1856, is now Mrs. J. Lowry Clements, farmer, Montgomery county; Martha Ellen, born July 17, 1858, is Mrs. Avery B. Clements, farmer, Montgomery county; Henrietta R., born Feb. 20, i860, is Mrs. F. R. Mann, Telfair county, Ga.: Aleph Thomas, born Oct. 21, 1861, married Gabriel M. Clements, and is a farmer of Montgomery county. Mr. Sikes has never belonged to any secret society, nor has he ever signed any pledge or taken upon himself any obligation not strictly required by the laws of the state. He has always dealt fairly with his fellow-men and enjoys their confidence and respect.
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Historical Association, 1895
transcribed by Karen SeemanJESSE M. WALL, farmer, Montgomery county, Ga., son of William D. and Sarah (Gowin) Wall, was born in Montgomery county March 21, 1816. He was the sixth of his parents' children, and is the only one now living. His father was born and reared in Camden district, S. C, and came to Georgia in 1816. He was a farmer, but when a young man he taught school. Mrs. Sarah Wall died in 1856, and her husband in 1859. Jesse M. Wall was given a good common school education in the county schools, and has followed farming all his life. His fellow-citizens, however, appreciating his ability and fitness, have not allowed him to entirely escape the responsibilities of public life. In 1844, when he was twenty-eight years of age, he was elected sheriff, and was continued in the office six years. He was then elected a justice of the inferior court, and held the office sixteen years. In 1878-79 he represented the fifteenth senatorial district in the general assembly. Mr. Wall was married March 21, 1839, 10 Miss Martha L, born March 30, 1818, daughter of Rev. Wilson Connor, associate founder of Mercer university. Mr. and Mrs. Wall reared three children: John W., born June 8, 1852, married to Miss Mollie Mozo, Eastman, Ga, where he now lives; Fannie, born Feb. 22, 1849, Mrs. John Smith, Telfair county; William D., born Sept. 3, 1855, who lives at the old homestead near Lumber City, Ga., taking care of his father in his old age. Mrs. Martha L. Wall died June 24, 1887.
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