This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/1211 Message Board Post: Looking for marriage of Laura Harris to Albert Sidney Maner, Bibb County (Macon) between l855/56 (where she appears as a single girl in the Macon City Directory) and 1870.

Bibb County GaArchives Biographies.....Lanier, Sidney February 3 1842 - September 7 1881 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 20, 2004, 1:59 am Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga. Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga. Published by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1895 Pages 35-37 Sidney Lanier Sidney Lanier was born at Macon, Ga., where his father, Robert S. Lanier, was a practicing lawyer. His mother was Mary Anderson, of Scotch descent, a native of Virginia, and gifted in poetry and music. When a child he taught himself to play upon the banjo, guitar, piano, violin and flute. He afterward became finest flute player in the world. At the age of fourteen he entered Oglethorpe College near Midway, Ga., and was graduated, taking class honors. He excelled in mathematics, and during his whole college life it is said that he never shirked a duty or responsibility. After graduation he remained in the school as a tutor until the breaking out of the war. He and a younger brother, Clifford, enlisted as privates in the Confederate army with the Macon volunteers of the Second Georgia battalion. Several times Sidney was offered promotion, but he always refused it, because it would have separated him from his much beloved brother. The year in the camp was pleasant without many hardships, and Sidney spent his time in learning French, German and Spanish, and in playing his flute. Later on he was in the battles of Seven Pines, Drury’s Bluff, and the seven days’ fighting around Richmond. After the fight at Malvern Hill the brothers were transferred to the signal service and stationed for a short time at Petersburg. He saw service in Virginia and North Carolina, and toward the last of the war the brothers were separated, each being put in charge of a vessel to run the blockade. Sidney’s vessel was captured and he was confined for five months at Point Lookout prison. He had concealed his flute in his sleeve and this now became his dearest treasure. Near the close of the war he was exchanged and with his flute and a twenty dollar gold piece which he had when captured, he started for his Georgia home on foot in February 1865. In March he reached home, exhausted from his tramp, and six weeks of illness followed, during which time his mother died of consumption. The two years following he was employed as a clerk in Montgomery, Ala. The second year he went north to see about the publication of his novel, Tiger Lilies. Of this book describing his life during the war, Dr. Ward has written: “It is a luxuriant, unpruned work, written in haste for the press within the space of three weeks, but one which gives rich promise of the poet.” Returning south he became principal of a school at Prattville and in the same year, 1867, married Miss Mary Day, daughter of Charles Day, of Macon. She had the utmost faith in her husband’s abilities, and of this belief in him Mr. Lanier has written most gratefully. In My Springs he writes of her thus: “O Love, O wife, thine eyes are they My Springs from out whose shining gray Issue the sweet celestial streams That feed my life’s bright Lake of Dreams.” “Oval and large and passion-pure And gray and wise and honor-sure, Soft as a dying violet breath, Yet calmly unafraid of death.” “Dear eyes, dear eyes! and rare complete, Being heavenly sure and earthly sweet, I marvel that God made you mine, For when he frowns ‘tis then you shine.” About a year after his marriage a severe hemorrhage of the lungs alarmed his friends and wife, and caused him to resign his principalship. He then began to practice law with his father, and for five years proceeded, all the time struggling against consumption. By the advice of physicians he went to Texas for a change of climate. This did not bring the desired improvement, and knowing at best his life would not be long, and conscious of his genius, he determined to devote his remaining days to music and poetry. “With his flute and pen as sword and staff he turned his path northward, where an author had better opportunities for study and observation than in the struggling south, in which pretty much the whole of life had been merely not dying.” In Baltimore, where he made his home, he was engaged as first flute in the Peabody symphony concerts. Asger Hamerik, his director for six years in the Peabody symphony orchestra, thus speaks of him: “I will never forget the impression he made on me when he played the flute concerto of Emil Hartman at a Peabody symphony concert in 1878 – his tall, handsome, manly presence; his flute breathing noble sorrows, noble joys; the orchestra softly responding. The audience was spell- bound. Such distinction, such refinement! He stood the master, the genius.” During this time he was carrying on a course of study in the Anglo-Saxon and the early English texts. For months at a time he would have to give up all work and seek a change of air. Having contracted a fresh cold in November, 1876, he was obliged to go to Florida, and returning home, spent a while with friends in Georgia and Tennessee. For three winters following he played in the Peabody concerts in Baltimore. A course of Shakespearean lectures he delivered severely taxed his waning strength, but was the means of getting him the chair of English literature at Johns Hopkins. This brought him a regular salary and stimulated him to give utterance to his songs. Prominent among these were the Song of the Chattahoochee, A Song of Love, The Revenge of Hamish. He then was forced to go to Rockingham Springs, Va., where he lay exhausted by hemorrhages. Still his indomitable energy led him to the work of a strong man. Besides many poems, he wrote here and sent to the press his Science of English Verse, the only one in existence, giving a scientific basis of poetry. Rallying himself he went to Baltimore in September and the amount of work the dying man now accomplished was marvelous. He opened lecture schools, attended constant rehearsals, lectured at the university, besides writing poems. In January he was again ill, and continued failing until July, when he went to West Chester, Pa. As the weather grew cooler he returned to Baltimore and attended his lectures in a carriage, always sitting as he lectured. Such a force of will was wonderful. He wrote Sunrise when he couldn’t feed himself. As a last resort he was taken to Asheville, N.C., and Mrs. Lanier, with her youngest child, came on to nurse him. As there was no improvement in his condition he made another effort, and the husband and wife took carriage across the mountain to Lynn, Polk Co. The father and brother were summoned here by telegram to the dying man, but they arrived too late to see him alive. The body was taken to Baltimore. In 1888 a marble bust was erected to his memory in that city. Additional Comments: Transcriber's note: According to the webpage, www.findagrave.com, Sidney Lanier was born on 2/3/1842 in Macon, Ga. and died on 9/7/1881 in Lynn, NC. He is buried at Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore, MD. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/bios/bs254lanier.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 7.6 Kb

I would like information on the Baptist Church of Macon in the early 1860's. If there was one, I would like to know what records available and how to access these records. TIA

Crawford-Bibb County GaArchives Biographies.....Marshall, J.W. 1837 - Unknown ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 19, 2004, 2:51 am Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. I, Atlanta, Ga. Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. I, Atlanta, Ga. Published by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1895 Page 569 J.W. Marshall, farmer, Burketts, Crawford Co., Ga., son of Joe and Nancy (Layfield) Marshall, was born in Bibb county in 1837. His paternal grandfather was John Marshall. He was a native of Virginia, moved from there to Georgia early in this century, and settled in Hancock county, where he died. He was a Primitive Baptist preacher, and was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. Marshall’s father was born in Hancock county; when a young man moved to Bibb county, where he reared his family, and then moved to Crawford, where he died. His occupation was that of a farmer, but the latter part of his life he became a great fox-hunter and hunted the county over. Mr. Marshall’s mother was the daughter of Jack Layfield, who was born in Hancock county and was a farmer all his life, which was spent entirely in Hancock county. Mr. Marshall began life as a farmer’s boy, and poor, received very little schooling, and has followed farming all his life. Although not rich, he has prospered, and now has a large farm of good land. In 1862 he enlisted in Company E, Capt. Cleveland, Sixth Georgia regiment, and was engaged in many hard-fought, bloody battles, among them: Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, Chancellorsville, James Island, Ocean Pond, Weldon, Kurston, and Bentonville. He was severely wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor, was in the hospital two months, and then came home, where he remained three months. When he recovered he returned to the army, and was again wounded at Bentonville. When the war ended he resumed farming, and bought his first land, a small farm in 1867, to which he has added. In 1860 Mr. Marshall was married to Miss Sarah Walker, born in Crawford county, daughter of Joe and Sarah (Woods) Walker. He was an old settler in the county. To this union were born three children: Addie, Octavia, and Sallie. His wife died in 1873. Later in the same year he was married to Miss Nattie Thorp, born in Crawford county, daughter of Robert and Louise (Colbert) Thorp. He was born in Bibb county, and was a farmer all his life. Of the children born to this union six are living: Lila, Thomas, Bettie, Charlie, Lizzie and William L. Respected by his neighbors, Mr. Marshall is quietly enjoying the fruits of his labor. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/crawford/bios/bs247marshall.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb

Bibb-Pulaski County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wimberley, Wesley October 29 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 18, 2004, 3:59 am The Marion County Patriot, November 5, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 45 Friday, November 5, 1886 Page Four A Little Child Drinks A Glass Of Potash and Dies Among the visitors to the city, to attend the state fair, was Mr. Julius Wimberley, of Cochran, who brought with him his little two-year-old son Wesley. While here they were the guests of Mrs. A. Brown, who lives on Pine Street. Little Wesley was the idol of the household and was worshipped by his parents. He was allowed to walk and crawl all over the house at will. Friday morning last about 11 o’clock the little fellow, seeing a glass filled with some water, which was setting on the table, picked it up in his chubby little hands and drank it. He screamed out with pain, and the family for some time did not know what caused the pain until it was discovered that the glass was filled with potash. The sufferings of the little fellow were terrible, and although everything possible was done for him, he died Saturday morning in agony. The remains were carried to Cochran yesterday for interment. – Macon News File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/obits/w/ob5481wimberle.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb

Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Brown, George C. 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 18, 2004, 2:58 am The Marion County Patriot, December 10, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 50 Friday, December 10, 1886 Page Eight Georgia News Mr. George C. Brown, the popular hotel man at Macon, is dead. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/obits/b/ob5462brown.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/1210 Message Board Post: In 1952 I played for the Macon Peaches Baseball Team. I had a scrapbook of the season, but lost it in a 1979 Tornado. Each Day From April 15 thru August there will be a write up about the game the night before and a small piece by Sam Glassman ( I think that is his name) about the game. I would appreciate it if some one could look in the paper and try to find a few articles where I am mentioned doing something GOOD, so I can put a few articles in a family history I am trying to write and prove to my grandson I use to play baseball. He thinks I have been old all my life. (G) Bobby Howard Wichita Falls, TX

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Collins, Knight Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ea.2ADI/1209.1.1 Message Board Post: Wish I could be of help, but the Collins Family that I am researching didn't arrive in Bibb Co until the decade after 1920. They were originally from Burke Co, GA..

Marion-Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Waterhouse, Mrs. October 17 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 15, 2004, 3:02 am The Marion County Patriot, October 22, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 43 Friday, October 22, 1886 Page Five Burned to Death Our community was horrified Saturday afternoon about sun down when the news was circulated that Mrs. Waterhouse had been seriously burned. Dr. Hall was called in and did all in his power to relieve the sufferings of the unfortunate lady, but she was so badly burned that it beyond human efforts to do her any good, and after lingering in great agony until about 2 o’clock Sunday morning death came and relieved her. Mr. Waterhouse was in Macon at the time and he was telegraphed for, but he could not get here until 3 o’clock Monday morning. Mrs. Waterhouse was subject to fits, and it is supposed that she fell in the fire when one of the spells was on her with the result above stated. The servant girl was in the cook room when the accident happened, but she did not come to Mrs. Waterhouse’s assistance in time to save her life, as she made no noise when she caught fire. Her remains were carried to Anderson on a special train early Monday morning to make connection with the early train to Macon where she was carried for burial. Mr. Waterhouse has the sympathy of our entire community in the hour of his great affliction. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/marion/obits/w/ob5440waterhou.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb

Southeast of Mercer University, and due north of Little Richard Penniman BLVD. At the Mercer location , it is known as Coleman Avenue running southeast form College Street. http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=vJQA2Op_0Tqa1gIM6OuQH9gDCYQ-&csz=Macon%2CGA&country=us&cat= ----- Original Message ----- From: "kirby" <kirbz@northstate.net> To: <GABIBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 4:04 PM Subject: JONES photo - Ash St, Macon? : regarding the photo of P W Jones & family posted at : : http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/bibb/photos/gph906jonesfam.jpg : : the last address for Peyton Jones was 1019 Ash St, Macon, where this : photo was possibly taken [photo by Woodall's of Macon]. : : anyone on-list who lives in Macon or knows if the house @ 1019 Ash is : still, or if it is the house in the photo [ca1906]? : curiosity... : thanks. : kirby : kirbz@northstate.net : --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.762 / Virus Database: 510 - Release Date: 9/13/2004

regarding the photo of P W Jones & family posted at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/bibb/photos/gph906jonesfam.jpg the last address for Peyton Jones was 1019 Ash St, Macon, where this photo was possibly taken [photo by Woodall's of Macon]. anyone on-list who lives in Macon or knows if the house @ 1019 Ash is still, or if it is the house in the photo [ca1906]? curiosity... thanks. kirby kirbz@northstate.net

Bibb County GaArchives Marriages.....Jones, Mattie - Williams, John October 3 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 14, 2004, 3:07 am The Marion County Patriot, October 8, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 41 Friday, October 8, 1886 Page Five Personal Mention John Williams, one of the popular young drummers of Macon, was in town Wednesday. John took to himself a better half Sunday afternoon, a la Gretna Green. He was married to Miss Mattie Jones, of East Macon. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/vitals/marriages/mr1562jones.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Collins-Jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/1209.1 Message Board Post: Evans Jones born 1793 married Martha Collins. They lived in Macon, Georgia beginning 1840. Do you have any information on them you could share? Jean

Bibb-Taylor County GaArchives Obituaries.....Pope, Roy September 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 13, 2004, 6:56 pm The Marion County Patriot, September 24, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 39 Friday, September 24, 1886 Page One Taylor County Herald A very sad event took place in Butler on Sunday last. Roy, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Pope of Macon, was buried in our cemetery between twelve and one o’clock, surrounded by many sorrowing friends and relatives. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/obits/p/ob5416pope.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Knight, Collins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ea.2ADI/1209 Message Board Post: Neely Reese Knight married John Morgan Collins in Burke or Richmond Co, GA. John and Neely had two sons and a daughter: Sterling, Lester and Inez. After John died, Neely moved to Macon, GA sometime between 1920-1930. It is believed that her children were placed in an orphanage there. Her son, Sterling (a/k/a "Bill") owned a shoe repair business on Cherry Street in Macon. Lester Collins became a long distance bus driver. Inez was retarded and required care all her life. Neely Knight Collins was my grandmother's sister. I am trying to locate the burial site for her and her children, Sterling, Lester and Inez. Is there a local cemetery survey book or a genealogical library that could do this type of lookup for me? I would appreciate any information.

Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wells, D.E.B. June 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 12, 2004, 2:04 am The Marion County Patriot, June 19, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 25 Friday, June 19, 1886 Page Eight Georgia News D.E.B. Wells, a clerk in the employ of H.B. Adams & Co. committed suicide Monday morning at eight o’clock, at Adams’ house in Vineville. He shot himself with a thirty-two caliber revolver, the ball entering above the right ear. He died at ten o’clock. Poor health and financial embarrassment are given as the causes of the deed. He leaves a wife and one child. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/obits/w/ob5394wells.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ea.2ADI/1208 Message Board Post: I'm trying to find some information on a boarding house called "The Reeves House" that existed in 1920 on Walnut Street in Macon Georgia. I would like to know who owned it and does the structure still exist? I don't have an address, just Walnut Street. Thanks for any help you can provide - Laurel

Bibb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Rice, J.W. 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 9, 2004, 7:05 pm The Marion County Patriot, July 30, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 31 Friday, July 30, 1886 Page Eight Georgia News Mr. J.W. Rice, of the firm of J.W. Rice & Co., of Macon, died recently in New York. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/obits/r/ob5360rice.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Thank you, Dale, for these marvelous photos of the Veterans Reunion of 1912. These really capture the spirit of the event! Take a look and if anyone can find out more information about the event, it would be so great to post with these. There must have been some nice newspaper articles. Maybe someone in a present day SVC might have some information about the reunions held back then, and could help locate a date for the event. http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/ga/bibb/photos.html Scroll down to Photos-places.... UVC Reunion 1912

Bibb-Mcduffie County GaArchives Obituaries.....Evans, James E. May 18 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 8, 2004, 3:29 am The Marion County Patriot, May 28, 1886 The Marion County Patriot, No. 22 Friday, May 28, 1886 Page Eight Georgia News Rev. James E. Evans died very suddenly at Thomson Tuesday night, the 18th, and his remains were brought to Macon for burial. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/bibb/obits/e/ob5327evans.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb