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Who's Who at Rome Meeting Room, GA

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* George Graham 1878+
** hosted one assembly +1878+
* John Gibbes Barnwell IV +1878-1918
** hosted assembly 1879-1911+
* Charles Gadiz/Gattis 1879+; +1894-1903+
===Ancestry===
====Paternal====
John's father, John Gibbes Barnwell III (1816-1905) served in the Civil War 1861-1865 as a Confederate, his last rank earned was as a Major. His card index states that he served as a "1st Lt., CSA, Artillery, N. & C. March 16, 1861 to report to W.N. Pendleton, July 31, 1861; ("A.A.I.G. to Pendleton", in "Staff"). Capt., PACS, Ordn., from April 16, 1862; W.N. Pendleton's staff; Major, PACS, Ordn., from April 15, 1863; Chief Ordn. Off., Arty. Corps, A.N.V. (Pendleton), surrendered with H.Q.'s, Arty. Corps, A.N.V., Appomattox, Va, April 9.
Another card incorrectly lists John's father as John Gibbes Barnwell II, "South Carolina, Major, PACS, Arty., N.&C. March 16, 1861; Ordn. Off., Trapier's Brig., May 6, 1862; At Gov't Works, Augusta, Ga., Nov., 1864."
====Maternal Ancestry====
 
=====Emma's ancestry=====
John's grandmother Emma's maternal great-grandfather was James Habersham, Sr. He and George Whitefield founded a school for orphans and other impoverished children at Bethesda, nine miles from Savannah, GA in 1738, as per [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6772:61360 Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography]. Together they managed the Bethesda Orphan Home from 1741-1744.
His Civil War index card lists (should be IV) "Barnwell, John Gibbes III, South Carolina, Capt., Co. H, 1st (Gregg's) S.C. Inf. Reg., from July 2, 1863; A.A.A.G., McGowan's Brig., Dec. 1863; wounded at the Wilderness, and Fassell's Mill; absent wounded Oct.-Dec. 1864; surrendered at Appomattox; 1st Lt., same, from Sept. 2, 1861; Wounded at Gaines' Mill; Acting Adjt., Dec." The backside of the card: April 3, 1839 - Aug. 13, 1918; att. Univ. of Va., 1856-57; att. Harvard Univ., married (1) 1868, Katherine McIntosh Shanklin (7 children); (2); 1862; A.A.I.G., McGowan's Brig., Feb. 1863; to Capt.; Postwar civil engineer, Athens, Ga. & architect, Rome, Ga. In family cemetery, Rome, Ga."
* John Gibbes Barnwell IV '''+1878-1918''' (b. 1839 Beaufort, SC; m. 1868 or 1871; d. 1918), son of Maj. John Gibbes Barnwell III (b. 1816 Beaufort, [[South Carolina|SC]] - d. 1905 Stateburg, Sumter, SC). In 1895, he resided 5 mi. down the Cousa River, and in 1896 listed as 5 1/2 miles SW of Rome.
* Catherine McIntosh Shanklin Barnwell '''+1878-1933+''' (b. 1848 SC), daughter of
** John Gibbes Barnwell V '''+1878-1896+; +1920-1940''' (b. 1869 GA - d. 1940 Rome, GA). John lived in Atlanta in 1900, and Chattanooga, [[Tennessee]] +1901-1914+ and his wife Lilla settled there with him in 1914 after honeymoon in NC and a summer at Lookout Mountain, he was also listed as in fellowship there +1901-1903+, and evidently returned to Rome sometime after his father's death in 1918, and by 1920 he was residing in the county at Mount Alto. Wife (1914 @ Atlanta, GA): Lilla Neyle Colquitt Barnwell (b. 1874 Savannah, Chatham, GA - d. 1956 Rome, GA), daughter of Walter Welborn Colquitt (b. 1847 Macon, Bibb, GA - d. 1913 Mulberry, Polk, [[Florida|FL]]) & Lilla Neyle Habersham Colquitt (b. 1853 Savannah, GA - d. 1906 Atlanta, GA). No children.
==Gadiz/Gattis family==
Charles hosted an assembly in his home, 6 miles at Silver Creek, SE of Rome 1879-1889+, correspondent at the other assembly by 1894. In 1895-1896, he was simply listed as East Rome.
* Charles Gadiz/Gattis '''+1879-1889/1903+'''
Noble hosted an assembly in his home 3 miles W of Rome, Div. 307, Flat Woods +1878-1879+
* Noble Green Watson '''+1878-1923+''' (b. 1847 Carroll Co., GA - d. 1926 Rome, GA). In 1895, his address was listed as 3 miles out Alabama Rd, and in 1896 as 938 Broad St.
==Watters family==