Fifth Ward Councilman: 1887, 1888; Fifth Ward Alderman: 1900, 1907, 1908, 1909 A son of John Michael and Ann Eliza (_____) Beutell, Huss was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey in 1849. 15-year-old Huss enlisted in the 10th Regiment of New York Infantry (popularly called the “National Zouaves”) in August 1864 and served until his…
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J. Lee Barnes (1871–1949)
Sixth Ward Alderman: 1915, 1916, 1917 Born in Morgan County, Alabama in 1871, J. Lee Barnes was the son of John W. and Margaret (Morris) Barnes. His first name is unknown: The 1880 U.S. federal census called him “General L. Barnes,” but a later ship manifest called him “Jack Lee Barnes.” He used the first…
Thomas Dick Longino (1846–1947)
Seventh Ward Councilman: 1900, 1901, 1908; Seventh Ward Alderman: 1902, 1903, 1904; Mayor Pro Tem: 1904 A Campbell County, Georgia native, Thomas Dick Longino was the son of John Thomas and Elizabeth (Brewster) Longino. Both the 1850 and 1860 U.S. federal censuses located him in his parent’s household, and an 1864 militia enrollment list found…
Charles Howard Girardeau (1861–1928)
Second Ward Alderman: 1903, 1904, 1905 A native of Liberty County, Georgia, Charles Howard Girardeau was born in 1861, a son of John Edward and Jane (Warnott) Girardeau. His father, a Confederate soldier, died during the war and both the 1870 and 1880 U.S. federal censuses found Charles on his widowed mother’s farm in Liberty…
Fletcher Johnson Spratling (1857–1934)
Seventh Ward Councilman: 1908, 1909; Seventh Ward Alderman: 1911, 1912, 1913 Fletcher Johnson (sometimes Johnston) Spratling was born in Chambers County, Alabama in 1857, the oldest son of James Redding and Antoinette (Bailey) Spratling. His father died when he was an infant and his mother remarried soon after. The 1860 U.S. federal census located him…
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