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Funeral of Col. L N Whittle in Macon
The Macon community gathered for the solemn burial of Col. Lewin N. Whittle at Hill Cemetery. The cortege included the Macon bar, Blind Asylum trustees, Christchurch vestry, and Educational Board members, with Bishop Williams and Bishop Beckwith officiating. Whittle, born 1818 in Norfolk, Virginia, served as a lawyer after extensive practice and held multiple public posts, including two terms in the Legislature. He left a large family, with one surviving son, James Murray Whittle, and several grandchildren.
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Macon
Col
L N. Whittle
Rowe Hill
College Street
U. W. Gutin
John G. Denz
W. D. Williams
Virgil Powers
R. A. Nisbit
A. &. Bacon
James
Nisbit
T. C Powell
John O. Rutherford
Bau
Christchurch
Blind Asylum
Pabolic School
C. C. Williams
Baltmore
Byrne
Beckwith
Macun
J. R. Winchester
Justsa
Williams
Winchester
J. Wingate
St. Paul’s Church
Vestry of
Board of Education
Wingate
Ibee
Sarah M. Powers
James Murray Whittie
Virginia
John Rutherford
Wes
Abner P. Powers
P. B. Whittle
George W. Guatin
Abner P. Whittle
Col. Whittle
Academy For the Blind
Board of Public Education and Orphanage
Macon Free School
State Lunatic Asylum
University of the South
Suwanee, Tenn
Alexander Free School
Obrit Church
Georgia
Macon and Western Railroad
Macon and
Brunswick
Bothes Murray
Valdosta
Nemo
Colonel Whittle
Norfolk
Lewin N. Whittle
Georgia Railroad Board
Daniel Griffin
Columbus
Monroe
Macon & Western