Grady, William H., -1953

William S. Grady was part owner of the (Grady & Nicholson) Gas Works on Thomas Street, Athens, Ga., and father of Henry W. Grady.

Howell Cobb was born September 7, 1815 and died October 9, 1868. "A mid-nineteenth-century politician, Howell Cobb served as congressman (1843-51; 1855-57), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1849-51), governor of Georgia (1851-53), and secretary of the treasury (1857-60). Following Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861, he served as president of the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861-62) and a major general of the Confederate army."-- "Howell Cobb (1815-1868)" New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved November 21, 2008)

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