Revision as of 22:26, 15 September 2024

• Decatur Meeting Room, Atlanta metro, DeKalb Co., GA (TW-Lowe-eb) +1888-1908; (TW-eb) 1909-current
  • Atlanta Meeting Room

Early Correspondents

• George Hinman +1888-1905+ (1828-1907)
• S. John Duncan +1894-1896+ (1858-1896)
• Dr. Percy Thomas Dashwood +1900-1933+ (1861-1943)
• Dr. Kenneth Lowder Reid +1908-1946 (1874-1946)
• J. Caleb Clarke +1923-1933
• Dr. Raymond W. Powell +1944-1973+
• Charles D. Clarke +1944-1949+
• Walter A. Donnerberg +1949-1951+
• D.R. Peteet, Jr. +1949+
• Joseph H. Scarbrough +1962+
• J. William McAfee +1962-1973+
• John H. Newton +1966+
• Richard P. Waters +1973+

Early Families

Clarke family

Caleb I and his sons Caleb Jr. & Charles practiced law as "Clarke & Clarke" with offices in the American Savings Bank Building in Atlanta, and were councillors to the bank. Dr. K.L. Reid officiated the elder Caleb's memorial in 1933, and 15 members of the Atlanta Bar Association acted as pallbearers, see Newspapers.com for the full list.

• Capt. Thomas Henry "Hal" Clarke (b. 1844 Longtown, Fairfield, SC - d. 1890 Camden, Kershaw, SC), son of Henry Harrison Clarke (1813-1863) & Louisa Howell Goodwyn Clarke (b. 1819 Richland Co., SC - d. 1865 Winnsboro, Fairfield, SC).
• Sallie Lang Boykin Clarke (1848-1887 SC), daughter of Burwell Boykin II (1811-1861 Camden, SC) & Sallie Wylie Lang Boykin (1805-1889 Camden, SC). Burwell was a descendant of (Edward or Thomas) Boykin (b. 1620 Charing Cross, Kent, England - d. 1680 Isle of Wight, Virginia Colony) who emigrated in 1665. The Boykin family resided in Camden (Columbia metro), SC since Burwell's parents marriage in 1782, four years before the city was incorporated.
  • Burwell Boykin Clarke (1866-1928 Camden, SC). "Prominent lawyer and popular citizen". He was a member of the local bar 1888-1928. Presbyterian, buried in the Quaker cemetery.
  • Louise "Lulu" Clarke DeSaussure (b. 1870 Camden, SC - d. 1898). Husband: John McPherson DeSaussure (b. 1856 Camden, SC - d. 1914 Atlanta, GA), son of Lieut. Henry William DeSaussure (b. 1835 Camden, SC - d. 1862 Richmond, Henrico, VA) & Mary H. Chestnut Reynolds DeSaussure (b. 1837 Camden, SC - d. 1903 Atlanta, GA). Henry DeSaussure was killed in action in the battle around Fraser's farm during the Civil War. According to her obit, Mary was "one of the best known women in Atlanta, having made many friends through her charming ways and through her associations with Church work".
  • Thomas Henry Clarke (b. 1872 Camden, SC - d. 1959 Sumter, SC). Wife: May Kennedy Holman Clarke (b. 1873 Lee Co., SC - d. 1953 Sumter, SC). Thomas moved to Sumter in 1895, and promptly co-founded the Sumter Dry Goods Co., alongside G.A. Lemmon, where he worked until his death, with exception of one year in Danville, VA. He was also director of the The National Bank of South Carolina, and an elder of First Presbyterian, and a member of the Fraser-Edmunds Men's Bible Class.
  • Sallie Boykin Clarke DeSaussure (b. 1878 Camden, SC - d. 1965). After Sallie's sister Lulu died in 1898, she married her widower, John McPherson DeSaussure (1856-1914).
  • Haddie Boykin Clarke DeSaussure (b. 1880 Camden, SC - d. 1974 Fulton Co., GA). Husband: Richard Champion DeSaussure, Sr. (b. 1861 Camden, SC - d. 1933 Atlanta, GA), brother of Sallie's sister Louise's husband John.
  • James Caleb Clarke +1923-1933 (b. 1875 Camden, Kershaw, SC - d. 1933 Atlanta, GA). Wife (1903 @ Memphis, TN): Margaret "Mary" Cox DeSaussure Clarke (b. 1876 Camden, SC - d. 1970 Fulton Co., GA), daughter of Gen. Charles Alfred DeSaussure (b. 1846 McPhersonville, Beaufort, SC - d. 1935 Memphis, Shelby, TN) & Ellen Chesnut Reynolds DeSaussure (b. 1842 Camden, SC - d. 1920 Memphis, TN). Charles DeSaussure was a cousin of the previous mentioned DeSaussure family, and was the commander-in-chief of the United Confederate veterans of the Civil War, elected in 1931. He enlisted at the age of 16 in the Beaufort volunteer artillery, fighting in the battle of Honey Hill, Pocotaligo and others. He also served as general passenger agent for the Southern Railway company. His autobio may be found at Univ. of North Carolina archive. Caleb & Mary Clarke moved to Atlanta in 1903 after their wedding at St. Luke's in Idlewild, presided by T.D. Duvall.
    • James Caleb Clarke, Jr. +1923-1926+ (1908-1999 Atlanta, GA). In the early 1940's, he resided at 3767 N.E. Vermont Rd. He was admitted to the bar in 1929, and retired in 1967.
      • Mimi Clarke
      • James Caleb Clarke III
    • T. Hal Clarke
    • Charles DeSaussure Clarke +1923-1949+ (b. 1904 Memphis, TN - d. 2001 Montgomery, AL). Wife: Spencer Mcgaughey Clarke (b. 1910 Hapeville, Atlanta metro, Fulton, GA - d. 1995 Atlanta, GA), daughter of Mary Pansy Spencer McGaughey (b. 1884 Atlanta, GA - d. 1970 Decatur, GA) & Andrew Dickens McGaughey (b. 1878 TN - d. 1964). Pansy was a member of Decatur Presbyterian.
      • Mary D. Clarke Miles 1938-1949+ (b. 1938) Husband: Paul Wilhite Miles.
      • Spencer McGaughey Clarke 1934-1949+ (b. 1934 Atlanta, GA - d. 2020 Huntersville, Mecklenburg, NC). Spencer was last a member of Myers Park Baptist of Charlotte.
    • Mrs. George Hayhoe - Toronto, ON
    • Mary Clarke Peteet
    • Ellen Clarke Donnerberg

Dashwood family

• Dr. Percy Thomas Dashwood +1900-1933+ (b. 1861 Ryde, Isle of Wight, [[England|Eng.; emig. 1884; d. 1943 Buckhead, Atlanta metro, Fulton, GA), son of Thomas Dashwood, Jr. (1822-1907) & Helen Hannah Snell Dashwood (1833-1925); Helen was daughter of John (1808-1878) & Sarah Early Snell (1810-1867). Grandson of Thomas Dashwood, Sr. (1788-1861) & Elizabeth Taylor Dashwood (1788-1864). Dr. Dashwood had a dental practice, and was for many years (1917-1923+) a professor of crown, bridge work and dental histology at the Southern Dental College of Atlanta, later known as the Emory College School of Dentistry, which was active 1887-1992. Its first Dean was Dr. Thomas P. Hinton, whose father founded this assembly. It was the first dental college in GA, FL, AL, NC and SC. Dr. Dashwood graduated in 1898 from Atlanta Dental College (before the merger), and his first year teaching at ASDC was the date of the merger between Southern Dental School and Atlanta Dental College.
• 1st wife: Louisa Caroline Loader Dashwood (1865-1917)
• 2nd wife: Gertrude Maud McDowell Dashwood (1871-1965) born in Montreal, Quebec, and died in Atlanta. Gertrude was the daughter of Silas McDowell and Blanche Bidwell McDowell, also of Quebec.

Donnerberg family

• Walter A. Donnerberg +1949-1951+

Duncan family

1895 @ 669 Marietta St. across from the Hall, George Hinman resided there that year also.

• S. John Duncan +1894-1896 (1858-1896)
• Sarah Emily Hinman (m. 1890).

Hinman family

• George Hinman +1888-1905+ (1828-1907) born Teigh, England; Lived in Leicester, England in 1861-1871 while serving as an attendant at a mental hospital. 1895 @ 669 Marietta St. across from the Hall, S. John Duncan resided there that year also.
• Susannah Burch (1827-1907) in 1860. Children:
  • George Burch Hinman (1857-1931) born in London, England;
  • Dr. Thomas Philip Hinman (b. 1870 Stratford, Perth, ON - d. 1931). Thomas served as Dean (1917-1922+) of Emory University School of Dentistry, formerly known as Atlanta-Southern Dental College which was the first dental college in five states in the Southern U.S., and later the first in the nation to exclusively offer post-grad training. Dr. Hinman was also a professor specializing in Oral Surgery, Orthodontia, Porcelain Art, & X-Ray 1904-1910 & Oral Surgery 1917-1923+ after the merger. He was introduced to the school handbook that he needed "no introduction to the Dental profession, as he is one of the most widely and favorably known men in the South as an expert in Porcelain, Orthodontia and X-Ray work".

Dr. R.E. Hinman was also professor of physiology & histology at the school starting in 1917 after the merger.

Labolle family

June Dorthine Wagner LaBolle (b. June 6, 1912) corr. 1944-1951 @ Dothan Meeting Room, AL of unknown relation to Ronald, but both sides of the LaBolle ancestors were originally from France.

• Ronald William J. LaBolle +1985-2015 (1937-2015); Raised within the Chicago Meeting Room. Son of John Howard LaBolle (1909-1987) & "Sally" Sarah Elizabeth Claywell LaBolle-Harris (1915-2004); Siblings: Patricia Joyce LaBolle Bachman (1931-1999) & Donald H. LaBolle (b. 1937).

McAfee family

• J. William McAfee +1962-1973+

Newton family

• John H. Newton +1966+

Peteet family

• D.R. Peteet, Jr. +1949+

Powell family

• Dr. Raymond W. Powell +1944-1973+. Dr. Powell was an instructor in crown & bridge techniques +1921-1923+ at the Southern Dental College of Atlanta.

Reid family

• Dr. Kenneth Lowder Reid +1898-1946 (1874-1946) born Southsea, Hampshire, England;
• Catherine "Cassie" Elizabeth Thompson (1871-1947);
  • Katherine Reid 1907 (b. June 30, 1907 - d. July 1, 1907)
  • Kathleen Reid (b. June 30, 1907 - d. Aug. 29, 1907)
  • Ethel Reid (b. 1907?)
  • Ruth M. Reid (b. 1910)

Scarbrough family

• Joseph H. Scarbrough +1962+

Steenblik family

• Richard A. Steenblik +1985+

Waters family

• Richard P. Waters +1973+