This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Barnesville Clubs Reflect a Town’s Social Pulse
Barnesville hosts a lively array of clubs led by the old Barnesville Social and Literary Club and the Woman’s Shakespearean Club. The Social and Literary Club survived a staffing crisis through male escorts, while the Shakespearian Club studies Hamlet and Ophelia under Mrs. James Marcellus Cochrane. Other groups include the Cooking Club, Floral Club with a Chrysanthemum Show, and the Crokinole Club for younger boys. A Daughters of the Confederacy chapter roots in Gordon Institute, with early funds sent to Col. Robt. C. Wood for future construction.
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Barnesville
Col
Robt. L. Merritt
H. M. Fletcher
B. H. Hardy
Col. Merritt
Sparta
Mr. Hardy
Prof. Fletcher
Dornier
S. N. Woodward
Avon
Hamlet
Ophelia
James Marcellus Cochrane
Charlie T. Tyler
W.C Stafford
Gordon Institute
Daughters of the Confederacy
Robt. C. Wood
New Orleans
L. K. Rogers