Ezekiel H. Taylor, a Biographical Sketch

Source: Georgia and Florida Biographies [database on-line].
Original Data from Biographical Souvenir of the States of Georgia and Florida,
Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and many
Early Settled Families in These States. F. A. Battey & Company, 1889.
Transcribed by S. Lincecum 2008.

Ezekiel H. Taylor, physician and surgeon, Hawkinsville, Ga, was born in Pulaski County, October 7, 1826. His parents are Robert N. and Louisa (Taylor) Taylor (no relation). The father was a physician and practiced in Pulaski and adjoining counties for forty years. He was one of the most noted practitioners in that part of Georgia, and no physician in the State did a larger practice. For successive days he has made over $100 a day in Pulaski, Houston, Dooly, Wilcox and Dodge counties. He would go from fifty to 100 miles in a trip, and no man in the State was more beloved than he. He was one of the kindest and most charitable of men, and never made any distinction between rich and poor. His income was never less than fifteen thousand and was sometimes twenty-five thousand dollars a year. He merchandised at Hawkinsville for four or five years (about 1826), and he also owned an interest in some boats on the river. His death occurred in 1852, at the age of fifty-four years, and his wife died in 1837, at the age of thirty years. Their children were: Ezekiel H., Richard deceased at the age of twelve years; Thomas L., died on pneumonia in Macon, at the age of fifty-five years, and Augustus R., died of Bright's disease March, 1887, aged fifty years. Robert N. Taylor's second marriage was to Miss Phillips, by whom he had two children, Louisa and Roberta (the latter dying in 1882, at the age of twenty-two years). The second Mrs. Taylor died in 1879, aged fifty years.

Dr. E. H. Taylor attended four years in the academic course, then graduated at Athens, class of 1845. He went to California March 8, 1849, and there passed two and a half years in the gold regions in company with his father and six others. He had a pleasant time, and has regretted many times since that he did not make that his permanent home. On going he first went to New Orleans, thence to Golgona, thence to Panama, thence to California. Cholera broke out on board the vessel, and his father took it in a malignant form, but recovered. He took calomel treatment prescribed by himself against the protests of the physicians on board. After remaining for a time in Coloma, they moved to American river, went into camp at Middle fork, and remained there about two years. They came home in 1851. Our subject attended medical college in the University of New York, graduated in 1852, and began practice at once. He opened out in Hawkinsville, where he remained for five years; then lived in Thomas County for six years; thence went to Laurens County, remained there for 1861 to 1880, then returned to Hawkinsville, and has since been practicing there with very good success. During the war he was county physician on the county board and was not in the service. He was married July 13, 1853, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Pleasant G. Stone, of Dooly County. Their children are: Robert J., Henry E., Ezekiel, Eugenia and Augustus L. Robert J. is in the drug business in Hawkinsville, Ga; his first wife was Fannie Dillon (died in 1884); his second marriage was to Miss Mary Pate, daughter of Maj. John Pate, of Hawkinsville. Henry E. is in the shoe business at Brunswick, and is the consort of Miss Belle Davis, of Macon. Ezekiel, in merchandising at Hawkinsville, is the consort of Miss Mattie Ferguson of that place. Eugenia is a successful teacher of drawing and painting. Augustus L. is clerking in the drug store. Our subject is a member of the Masonic order, also of the I. O. O. F. He is a good physician, stands first-class in his profession, and is much respected by a large and increasing circle of acquaintances. Both parents are members of the Baptist Church, and the children all are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject's mother's father was Hon. Ezekiel Taylor, who by occupation was a farmer, but had served in the legislature many years. He was well and favorable known throughout the State.

James F. Nelson, a Biographical Sketch

Source: Georgia and Florida Biographies [database on-line].
Original Data from Biographical Souvenir of the States of Georgia and Florida,
Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and many
Early Settled Families in These States. F. A. Battey & Company, 1889.
Transcribed by S. Lincecum 2006.

James F. Nelson was born in Twiggs County, Ga, August 30, 1833. His family is of English extraction, being related to the late Lord Nelson, who fought and put to rout "all the might of Denmark's crown." His grandfather was a native of Virginia, but settled with his family at an early day in Georgia. Alfred Nelson was our subject's father. He was born in Virginia, but reared in Georgia, where he was a planter all his life. Mr. Nelson's mother was a Miss Jenkins before marriage, her christian name Mary, and she was a daughter of William Jenkins, a successful planter of Houston County, Ga. His brothers and sisters are: John Nelson, planter of Pulaski County, Ga; Martin, a lumberman of Houston County, Ga; Margaret, wife of N. C. Greer, of Brunswick, Ga; Rebecca M., wife of Columbus Mitchell, sheriff of Wilcox County, Ga; Caroline S., wife of Columbus; Murray, a planter of Coffee County, Ga; Fannie Pugh, widow. Mr. Nelson received a common-school education in Perry, Houston County, Ga, and finished by taking an academical course at Holly Springs, Ga. On quitting the latter place he began teaching, and followed this successfully for a number of years, first in Houston County then at Midway, and then at Dawson. He gave up teaching in 1868, and embarked in the general mercantile business, which he followed for one year at Dawson, and moved in 1870 to Brunswick, Ga, where he continued in the same business for the period of twelve years. At the end of that time he closed out his mercantile interests and in connection with his sons built the Ocean Hotel at that place, then the largest hotel in the city. He was interested in the management of this house for some time, but afterward sold out, and, on account of his failing health, moved to Florida and located in Orlando. During his residence in Brunswick he was for six years an alderman of the city, for four years mayor, and for five years clerk and treasurer, and on leaving there the city council presented him with a beautiful golden crowned staff in grateful remembrance of his faithful services while filling these various offices. Mr. Nelson married Miss Martha Ann Summerford, daughter of William Summerford, planter of Dooly County, Ga. To this union have been born four children: Annie May, wife of H. H. Dickson, of Orlando, Fla; Eugene A., of Brunswick, Ga,...; James F., Jr., conductor on the B. & W. R.R., and William H., in the printing business in New York city. Mr. Nelson is a Mason and a zealous member of the Baptist Church.

Wilcox County Deaths

Compiled by Stephanie Lincecum
Last Update: 2004

AKINS, Mrs. Sarah	October 1876	-
ALLEN, James W.	22 July 1946	73
ALLEN, Susie	17 March 1951	52
ANDERSON, Adam	7 August 1948	58
ANDERSON, Willie W.	26 January 1952	67
ARMOUR, James	26 February 1951	55
ASH, Thomas C.	29 April 1949	68
AUSTIN, Lula	3 November 1947	80
BAKER, Minnie L.	12 January 1952	78
BAKER, William H.	26 July 1950	76
BALL, Patsy L.	13 August 1946	81
BANKS, Frank	31 October 1952	69
BANKS, Wes	2 March 1948	67
BAREFOOT, John P.	1 April 1951	80
BARFIELD, Charlie M.	6 January 1948	71
BARKER, Carrie	30 August 1948	54
BARNES, Jane	4 December 1952	90
BATTLE, Charlie	3 December 1947	68
BEALL, William R.	22 November 1950	77
BENNETT, Ida E.	23 October 1948	71
BENNETT, Walter A.	19 March 1950	81
BENTON, Archie	26 January 1950	68
BETTINGFIELD, Henry	25 August 1946	50
BISHOP, William	5 January 1947	73
BIVINS, Addie	14 February 1948	51
BLIZARD, William C.	7 June 1946	58
BOHANNON, Robert L.	20 October 1947	81
BOSWELL, Maggie J.	25 February 1951	69
BOWMAN, Emma F.	23 May 1952	75
BOZEMAN, Ella	8 August 1947	94
BRAZIEL, Lula W.	21 October 1949	78
BRAZIEL, Robert G.	20 December 1949	80
BRITT, Fannie	21 August 1952	60
BROWN, Gussie	26 February 1948	56
BROWN, Henry L.	5 april 1951	56
BROWN, Launa F.	9 April 1949	71
BROWN, Madison D.	11 July 1948	88
BROWNLEE, Leonia H.	28 August 1949	61
BUICE, Abraham	27 March 1951	63
BULLINGTON, Annie L.	12 March 1949	55
BULLINGTON, David O.	12 May 1949	57
BURCH, Sallie	10 May 1948	64
CALDWELL, Julia W.	12 October 1948	71
CALEY, Sallie	30 September 1950	71
CALHOUN, Eddie	11 March 1948	67
CALHOUN, John T.	18 December 1949	77
CANADY, William K.	21 October 1947	74
CANNON, Lola W.	26 July 1951	80
CATO, Martha E.	12 January 1951	80
CHANCELLOR, Nancy	16 January 1948	77
CHAPMAN, William S.	29 August 1951	94
CLARK, Ruth L.	30 April 1949	73
COLEMAN, Jane W.	4 July 1949	92
COLEMAN, John R.	18 April 1950	68
COLEMAN, Robert L.	3 August 1949	63
COLEY, Lillie D.	8 November 1950	77
CONEY, Cefus	2 March 1949	58
CONGRESS, Julia	13 August 1948	62
CONNER, Norman M.	24 March 1950	81
COOK, John B.	6 July 1951	81
COOKS, Fannie	29 October 1952	72
CRENSHAW, Martha M.	24 May 1947	71
CROMER, James O.	30 July 1950	76
CROSBY, Leila	19 January 1948	72
CROUCH, Thomas C.	18 May 1952	67
CROZIER, Vinnie C.	1 March 1949	74
CRUMBLEY, Robert L.	5 February 1946	71
CURRY, Berry	2 May 1949	76
DANIEL, Georgia A.	24 June 1946	49
DANIELS, James S.	21 January 1948	74
DANIELS, Rosa	30 June 1948	68
DAVIS, Julia	20 July 1948	51
DELOACH, Eva C.	2 December 1950	71
DENMARK, Will	22 August 1948	54
DORSEY, Amelia P.	16 October 1951	82
DOSTER, Calvin	12 June 1948	73
DOSTER, M. G.	10 May 1950	67
DOWDY, Winnie W.	27 November 1947	76
DOZIER, Martha	28 May 1946	84
DREW, Bryant H.	23 May 1947	67
DUNAWAY, Eugene P.	22 November 1950	79
ELLIS, S. B.	8 October 1949	64
FAIR, George	2 February 1949	64
FAIRCLOTH, Henry	25 February 1946	97
FAIRCLOTH, James M.	19 May 1950	85
FITZGERALD, John P.	29 April 1952	65
FORD, Reuben T.	15 June 1949	64
FOREMAN, Mary	30 May 1947	52
FULLER, Caroline	28 July 1948	70
FULLER, Esop	31 January 1947	56
FULLER, Eva	4 May 1946	58
FULLER, Jane T.	25 July 1952	72
FULLER, Otis W.	2 September 1949	67
FULLER, S. O.	7 April 1950	58
GAMMAGE, James W.	24 August 1947	70
GASTON, John M.	24 August 1949	86
GIBBS, Jane	9 June 1948	90
GINN, John R.	14 October 1952	67
GINN, William A.	30 December 1951	72
GOOLSBY, Mattie W.	15 March 1947	76
GORDY, John B.	24 June 1948	78
GORDY, Safronia	6 April 1948	71
GRANT, Annie	21 May 1952	84
GRANTHAM, Henry	5 December 1946	74
GREEN, John M.	13 August 1947	71
GRIFFIN, Lathia T.	8 December 1947	57
GRIFFIN, Neal	25 February 1951	74
GRIFFIN, Thomas C.	25 February 1951	74
GUEST, Ida H.	15 April 1949	74
GUNTER, Pauline H.	29 March 1946	49
HAGGINS, Dave	18 January 1948	87
HAMILTON, Malachi	12 May 1949	57
HANCOCK, Annie	6 January 1948	69
HARDIN, George E.	27 June 1947	65
HARRIS, Lizzie	9 June 1946	48
HARTSFIELD, Rebecca A.	28 June 1947	72
HAWKINS, Leslie H.	16 August 1952	66
HENDERSON, William H.	7 June 1949	73
HIGHSMITH, John C.	6 August 1947	52
HOLLINGSWORTH, Virgil O.	29 April 1948	58
HOWELL, Henry D.	15 January 1950	74
JACKSON, Ammie	26 September 1952	69
JACKSON, Eliza	27 October 1948	96
JACKSON, Irvin	12 July 1949	51
JOHNSON, Ed	12 February 1950	87
JOHNSON, George	11 August 1950	81
JOHNSON, Jack	9 November 1947	56
JOHNSON, William	10 January 1947	74
JONES, Alice J.	18 November 1951	74
JONES, Carrie	28 October 1948	80
JONES, John	2 March 1950	55
JONES, Sallie	31 May 1951	83
JORDAN, Martha C.	30 May 1950	80
KEEN, J. P.	12 October 1948	75
KENNY, William L.	12 May 1946	81
KENNEDY, William	21 October 1947	74
LAGRIER, W. Jr.	17 February 1951	58
LANE, Carrie	2 September 1949	67
LANE, Ed	13 January 1948	71
LASTER, Leonard L.	27 August 1949	77
LOCKETT, Frank	25 April 1948	56
LOLLIS, Dock L.	6 October 1952	79
LONDON, Mattie	11 January 1947	59
LOVE, Mandy	10 October 1949	54
MASSEY, Nancy H.	27 November 1952	73
MATHIS, Annie B.	21 October 1951	68
MCALLISTER, Portia C.	17 October 1946	85
MCBURROWS, James	29 February 1952	78
MCBURROWS, Sam	8 May 1952	73
MCCULLARS, John W.	7 June 1951	82
MCCULLARS, Thomas H.	27 July 1952	57
MCDUFFIE, John T.	12 November 1949	54
MCLEMORE, Enoch D.	30 September 1949	72
MCLEOD, John H.	9 May 1952	56
MILLER, Henry	23 April 1948	61
MILLER, William B.	25 August 1947	77
MITCHELL, Hattie P.	2 December 1949	72
MIXON, James W.	20 August 1952	74
MUNFORD, Mattie	1 February 1950	60
NANCE, James F.	19 December 1950	68
NAZWORTH, Ambrose	18 December 1949	77
NAZWORTH, Sallie M.	5 May 1950	80
NEWBERRY, George	23 November 1950	73
NICKLES, Pete	30 June 1949	60
OGILVIE, William H.	30 April 1948	69
OUTLAW, Thomas J.	6 March 1947	76
OWENS, John H.	10 November 1947	78
OWENS, John R.	25 April 1952	70
OWENS, Nelly J.	29 September 1952	82
OWENS, Rosa G.	21 July 1950	86
OWENS, William B.	16 May 1948	86
PARKER, Jacob P.	26 August 1950	66
PARKERSON, Austin H.	8 January 1951	60
PEACOCK, Martha	10 September 1948	72
PEAVY, Frances W.	10 April 1952	67
PENN, Hamp W.	11 December 1950	64
PHILLIPS, Minnie	14 April 1950	55
PHILLIPS, William L.	30 December 1951	58
PLAIR, Marie	18 September 1948	57
POLIC, Sallie L.	19 June 1948	85
POSEY, J. B.	27 February 1946	73
POSEY, Viola E.	5 November 1952	64
QUATTLEBAUM, Elizabeth	24 June 1952	75
QUATTLEBAUM, Henry G.	9 December 1948	75
REDDING, Jordan Jr.	9 October 1948	58
REDMAN, Sam	5 October 1952	63
REEVES, Mamie	19 November 1948	62
REEVES, Mary E.	23 January 1947	80
REID, Ruth H.	13 September 1949	66
RHODES, Ella M.	27 May 1948	75
RICHEY, Andrew J.	6 January 1947	68
ROWLAND, Albert T.	31 October 1949	52
SANDERS, Sallie	15 March 1949	62
SETTLES, Edward C.	12 September 1947	86
SHEDD, John H.	26 November 1949	92
SHEDD, Rosalee H.	22 April 1951	74
SHELLEY, Beatrice	19 July 1948	58
SLADE, William C.	25 May 1946	68
SMITH, C.	22 October 1949	54
SMITH, Georgia H.	25 October 1952	68
SMITH, Hattie	13 September 1949	64
SMITH, James H.	20 April 1952	66
SMITH, Noah T.	30 May 1950	65
SMITH, Samuel G.	8 July 1947	61
SPEARS, Charles E.	19 November 1951	53
STANDRIDGE, James B.	18 March 1949	72
STANTON, Robert E.	19 February 1952	83
STOKES, Rosa	25 March 1946	58
STUBBS, Mamie L.	5 March 1949	72
STUDSTILL, John	8 July 1949	51
SUTTON, Daniel T.	27 November 1947	96
TAYLOR, Andrew J.	25 May 1952	97
TAYLOR, Hattie	20 August 1948	64
TAYLOR, Mary D.	27 March 1948	76
TAYLOR, Thomas P.	1 June 1946	59
THOMAS, Rena	10 September 1947	72
TOMBERLIN, Sara Y.	23 March 1948	86
TROUTMAN, Rachael	22 October 1949	51
TURNER, Vance	11 July 1949	50
WALKER, Ada L.	4 October 1950	75
WALLACE, Andrew B.	17 January 1951	57
WALLACE, Ella J.	9 October 1951	58
WALTERS, Sallie B.	19 December 1951	88
WARREN, James A.	3 April 1946	48
WARREN, Lucinda M.	9 February 1952	93
WASHINGTON, Della	12 April 1948	70
WATSON, Charlie M.	3 December 1947	60
WAY, Mary	18 March 1946	80
WEBB, Jessie L.	20 July 1951	82
WHITAKER, John I.	18 March 1950	69
WHITE, Junior H.	7 September 1950	63
WHITFIELD, Alma I.	28 April 1948	64
WHITTLE, Mary E.	1 September 1946	63
WIGGINS, Idella S.	29 August 1948	52
WILCOX, Dennis	3 February 1948	57
WILCOX, Willis	14 January 1951	60
WILKERSON, William H.	23 December 1951	87
WILLIAMS, Sam	30 September 1951	62
WOOD, Naldo H.	13 December 1948	73
WRIGHT, Florida	16 February 1952	53
WRIGHT, Lilly M.	20 April 1949	76
WRIGHT, T. C.	14 December 1950	64
WRIGHT, W. W.	12 June 1952	76
YOUNGBLOOD, Elizabeth	22 September 1951	56