Hames and Sullivan Families Shaped Americus Faith and Life
Forty years after founding Americus, the Hames and Sullivan families stand as pillars of the town. Rev Joshua Hames, staunch Methodist, led with integrity amid early opposition, guiding sons into ministry and public service. Col Sullivan, a lawyer and Sunday School leader, balanced profession with family devotion, influencing two respected sons.
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Americus
Hames
Sullivan
Joshua Hames
Father Hames
Middle
Georgia
Methodist Church
W. Key
Georgia Methodist Conference
Joseph
Emory College
Oxford
Sutu
General Conference
M. G. Church South
Andrew
Pierce
Robert
John
Col. Thos
Col. Sullivan
Americas
Pois
Hawkinsville Meeting Plans Twenty Five Thousand Dollar Rail Subscription
Citizens of Hawkinsville and surroundings gathered at the court house to inaugurate a twenty five thousand dollar subscription for the Savannah Dublin and Western Railroad. Col La throp presided as secretarys, with Gen Van Fossen citing the companys three hundred thousand dollar regional capital call. A Hawkinsville committee was formed to solicit subscriptions and reported active progress toward building the line from Savannah to Macon via Dublin and Jeffersonville and from Dublin to Americus via Cochran, Hawkinsville, and Vienna.
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Hawkinsville Nowa
Hawkinsville
Court House
Savannah
Dublin
J. L. Warren
United States Railway Construction Company
Macon
Americus
G. W. van Fossen
Gen. van Fossen
Messrs
D. G
D. M. Hughes
Twiggs County
J. M. Stubbs
Messrs. Hodge and Jordan
Jeffersonville
Cochran
Vienna
Independent Farmer Sells Diversified Produce In Wilcox
Judge Dari Johnson of Wilcox county markets 8500 pounds of pork salted for year sale 500 bushels corn peas potatoes syrup and two-year-old fodder stacks. Debt free and financially ahead he touts higher income from corn pork beef cattle than cotton. His motto is diversified extensive farming.
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Dari Johnson
Wilcox County
Five Bales on Five Acres Win Cotton Prize
Five Bussell brothers Z. J. and I. J. of Irwin county win the blue ribbon for cotton production with five bales on five acres and five hundred bushels of corn on twenty acres, per Hawkinsville News.
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Messrs
Z. J
I. J. Bussell
Irwin County
Hawkinsville
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