Fourth Ward Councilman: 1863, 1864, 1867 Born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1831 to James E. and Mary (Carpenter) Gullatt, James was an orphan by his thirteenth birthday. The 1850 U.S. federal census found him and his younger brother, Henry, living in Charleston County in the household of Maria Carpenter, presumably his mother’s relative. 19-year-old…
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Samuel R. McCamy (1814–1874)
Fifth Ward Councilman: 1869 A Tennessee native, Samuel R. McCamy first appears in Murray County, Georgia in the 1840 U.S. federal census with one 10-to-24-year-old male slave. He married Elizabeth A. Bishop in April 1844, and the 1850 U.S. federal census found Samuel, a 36-year-old merchant with $10,000 in real estate, living with his family…
Huss Melanchthon Beutell (1849–1919)
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…
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…
Malvern Hill (1864–1913)
Seventh Ward Councilman: 1901, 1902 The only son of Erastus P. and Frances (Gordon) Hill, Malvern was born in Newnan, Georgia in 1864. At a young age, he removed with his family to DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, where the 1870 U.S. federal census found him living with his father—a merchant—and mother near Pleasant Hill. He graduated…
Daniel McSheaffrey (1810–1855)
Councilman: 1851 A County Donegal, Ireland native born in 1810, Daniel McSheaffrey served one term as a city councilman in 1851. He may be a relative of “Dennis McSheffery,” another County Donegal native (specifically the parish of Moville) who died in 1840 and is buried in Bartow County, but Daniel’s parentage is unknown. Neither the…
Elias Haiman (1843–1914)
Fifth Ward Councilman: 1883, 1884 Born in Kolmar in the Prussian territory of Posen (now Chodzież, Poland) in 1843, Elias Haiman was the son of Hirsch and Theresa (_____) Haiman. He immigrated with his family in 1856 and settled in Columbus, Georgia, where the 1860 U.S. federal census found him employed as a tinner. When…
James R. Crew (1823–1865)
Second Ward Councilman: 1860, 1861, 1862 Born in South Carolina in 1823 but “reared in Henry county, Georgia,” James R. Crew came to Marthasville in 1843. His parentage is unknown, but he was apparently a relative of James Camak, who helped secure James Crew employment in Marthasville with the Georgia Railroad. James was married to…
Philip Breitenbucher (1842–1916)
Fifth Ward Councilman: 1903, 1904 Philippe Breitenbücher was born in 1842 in Hohwiller, a tiny Alsatian hamlet. He was the son of Philippe and Julienna Salome (Zittel) Breitenbücher. He came to the States around 1856 and lived for a while in Buffalo, New York where he was a silver plater’s apprentice in 1860. He soon…
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…
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