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Ricky Helton Wilson was born on March 19, 1953 and died at the age of 32 on October 12, 1985. He is best known for being the original guitarist for the B-52’s.

George Baber Atkisson was born on September 14, 1843 in Virginia. He attended school at UGA, class of 1861. He enlisted into the Confederate military artillery unit called Troup Artillery.
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Sara Cobb Baxter was born to Howell Cobb and Mary McKinley in Athens, Georgia on March 7, 1882. She was the great-great-granddaughter of William McKinley and a member of the upper class.

Luther Judson Glenn was born on the 26th of November 1818 in Washington County, Georgia. Glenn was primarily raised in McDonough, Georgia and at the age of twenty he began studying University of Georgia, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa…

Sampson W. Harris, a prominent political figure from Athens, lived until the age of 48, from 1809 to 1857.

Chester P Adair was a private with the U.S. Army and served with the American expeditionary forces during World War I. He contracted pneumonia while in Toule, France and died in a French hospital on September 18, 1918 at the age of 25. He was the son…

The Long brothers were a notable part of the Athens community during the late 19th century. Their dedication to medicine impacted not only the city of Athens, but the world as well.
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Oliver Hillhouse Prince Jr. and his wife, Sarah Maria Rootes Jackson were members of the prominent Prince family in 19th century Athens. Their economic importance stemmed from the large plantations that they operated in the surrounding counties and…

The death of Alonzo S. Church was mourned by many in the Athens and University of Georgia communities, as Church had great influence in both. As a Presbyterian minister, Church often assisted poor churches who could not afford a minister by offering…

Lucy Phelps Lampkin lived the modest, but long, life of a planter’s wife in Clarke County, GA. The mother to five children, Lucy Lampkin raised a family in the chaotic period Civil War period, outliving her spouse, Lewis Lampkin, and passing away at…