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…
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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…
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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