The Pike County Journal. Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, October 11, 1895 J.C. McMichael Dead Mr. J. [John] C. McMichael, one of Atlanta’s prominent newspaper men passed away yesterday. His death was expected, as he has been extremely low for several weeks. Yesterday all hopes of recovery were lost. Mr. McMichael is well known throughout the state, having been in the newspaper business for a number of years. He leaves four children. The oldest son, Clark McMichael, is now attending the Boy’s High School, and is a bright young man. It was five years ago that Mr. McMichael came to Atlanta from Barnesville, Ga. He was a wide-awake newspaper man, and was one of the owners of the Atlanta Herald, whose short history is well known. After the Herald went down, he began work on the Christian Index, which paper he has edited for four years successfully. Mr. McMichael was one of the heroes of the late war and was in some of the more prominent battles. He was at Fort Sumter, when the bombardment began, and was one of the few survivors of that terrible conflict. At the battle of Green Pond, he received six wounds, two of which were thought to be mortal. He was [the] first editor of The Thomaston Herald, which paper he ran successfully for a number of years. Later on he bought The Barnesville Gazette and ran it in connection with the Herald. He made both of these papers influential in his section of the country, and was regarded as a successful newspaper man. The above is from the Atlanta Constitution of Wednesday. Capt. McMichael was buried in Barnesville on Wednesday. The funeral service was conducted by Dr. Henry McDonald. (Transcribed 11/10/02 Lynn Cunningham) Note: At Zebulon Road Cemetery, Lamar (formerly Pike) County: McMichael, J.C., b. 25 Mar 1844, d. 15 Oct 1895 Also (possibly a parent): McMichael, C.E., b. 8 Jan 1825, d. 16 May 1880