This is from "THE GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY 1964" WINTER 1984 VOLUME 20 NUMBER 4. NAMES IN PASSING Contributed by Robert S. Davis, Jr. (The following articles of interest to genealogist were found as features in the Georgia Weekly Telegraph of Macon, GA.) 1866 Large Men We doubt if there is a county in the State that can boast of as many large men as Sumter. To say nothing of the large number who weigh from 175-200 pounds we give below the weight of five of the heaviest in the county: Enoch Blackshear 410 A. W. Wheeler 315 Jesse Hardy 250 ---------Edge 235 W. J. Patterson 225 ---------------- Combined Weights 1,435 Sumter Republican Sandy Scofield skscofield@sbcglobal.net