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History of Americus, (Sumter County) GeorgiaOur database does not include an historic photo for Americus, (Sumter County) Georgia, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:The Biography of Lyman Hall Lyman Hall, educator, was born in Americus, Ga., Feb. 18, 1859; son of John E. and Fannie M. (Toole) Hall, and grandson of John Hall. He studied two years at Mercer university, Macon. Ga., and was graduated at the U.S. military academy in June, 1881. He left the army in the summer of 1881; taught in the military school at Kirkwood, Ga., 1881-83; at Edgewood, Ga., 1886-88; in the South Carolina military academy at Charleston, S.C., 1883-86; was professor of mathematics in the Georgia school of technology, 1888-96, and became president of that institution in 1896. He saw the school grow from one hundred twenty students to over four hundred in 1900, and he succeeded in establishing a department of textiles with an equipment of $50,000. He was married, Dec. 13, 1883, to Anne Tooner Jennings of Charleston, S.C. He is the author of mathematical Textbooks, including: First Chapters in Algebra (1895); Elements of Algebra (1896), and Key to Elements of Algebra (1896). |
Georgia Facts: Sumter County Facts: Seat: AmericusEstablished: 1831 Formed from: Lee
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: AMERICUS, a thriving post-village, capital of Sumter county, Georgia, on the Muckalee creek, 100 miles S. W. from Milledgeville, is the centre of an active retail trade. It contains 3 churches, 2 academies, and several stores and mechanics' shops. Incorporated in 1832. Population, about 600. Americus is situated 146 meters above sea level. |