 |
|
|
|
Advertise  Copyright © 2008 - 2012 by Andrew J. Morris A generation which ignores history has no past -- and no future. Robert Heinlein |
History of Raytown, (Taliaferro County) GeorgiaOur database does not include an historic photo for Raytown, (Taliaferro County) Georgia, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Josiah Lewis Biographical Sketch Josiah Lewis, educator, was born at Raytown, Ga., May 4, 1839; son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Moore) Lewis; and grandson of Walker and Polly (Graham) Lewis and of John and Elizabeth (Davis) Moore. He was graduated from Emory college with first honors, A.B., 1859, A.M., 1862; served in the Confederate army four years; was professor of Greek in Emory college, 1866-77; professor in Southern university, Greensboro, Ala., 1877-79; chancellor of the latter, 1879-81, and in 1881 re-entered the Methodist itinerancy. He was twice married, first, May 3, 1866, to Mary Rosina Hubert, and secondly, to Sallie Williamson Lamar. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from Trinity college, N.C., in 1878. He died in Sparta, Ga., Feb. 13, 1885. |
Georgia Facts: Taliaferro County Facts: Seat: CrawfordvilleEstablished: 1825 Formed from: Green, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, Wilkes Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: RAYTOWN, a post-village of Taliaferro co., Georgia, 52 miles N. N. E. from Milledgeville. Raytown is situated 176 meters above sea level. |