History of Washington, (Wilkes County) Georgia United States of America

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Thomas Andrew Becker, R.C. bishop, was born in Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 20, 1832, of Protestant parents. He was converted to the Roman Catholic faith; fitted for the priesthood in the Propaganda, Rome, where he received the degree D.D. and was ordained priest there June 18, 1859. He returned to the United States; was rector at Martinsburg and Berkeley Springs, Va., during the Civil War, and secretary to Archbishop Spalding at St. Peter's, Baltimore, Md., in 1865, subsequently becoming professor of theology, ecclesiastical history and sacred scripture in Mt. St. Mary's college, Emmittsburg, Md. He was secretary of the plenary council in Baltimore, 1866, and assistant in the cathedral at Richmond, Va., until consecrated bishop of the new diocese of Wilmington, Del., Aug. 23, 1868. He originated and was influential in establishing a catholic university in the United States. He was transferred to the diocese of Savannah, Ga., March 26, 1886. He died at Washington, Ga., July 2, 1899.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

John Archibald Campbell, jurist, was born at Washington, Ga., June 24, 1811; son of Col. Duncan G. Campbell, and grandsen of a revolutionary soldier on the staff of General Greene. He was graduated at the University of Georgia in 1826, and in 1829 was admitted to the bar. He began to practise law at Montgomery, Ala., whence he was several times elected to the state legislature. In 1853 he was appointed associate justice of the U. S. supreme court, and remained on the bench until the secession of his state in 1861. He was made assistant secretary of war of the Confederate states, and in this capacity conferred with President Lincoln and Secretary Seward at Fort Monroe in 1865. Judge Campbell was taken prisoner at the close of the war and was for a short time confined in Fort Pulaski. He was released on parole and removing to New Orleans, La., he resumed his law practice. He died at Baltimore, Md., March 12, 1889.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Louis Alexander Dugas, physician, was born in Washington, Ga., Jan. 3, 1806, of French parentage. He was graduated in medicine from the University of Maryland in 1827, continued his studies in Baltimore, Philadelphia and the universities of Europe and in 1831 returned to his native state, settling in Augusta. The following year he helped to establish the medical college of Georgia, in which institution he became professor of surgery. During the civil war he served as a surgeon in the Confederate military hospitals. He was president of the medical society of Georgia and of the medical association of Georgia. He was editor of the Southern Medical and Surgical Journal, 1851-58. He received the degree of LL.D. from the University of Georgia in 1869. He is the author of many valuable treatises, including: Rheumatism, Ophthalmia, Convulsions, and Fractures of the Scapula ; and of Transactions of the Medical Association of Georgia (1874-76); and Pathological Peculiarities of Negroes.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor