Commissioner Tom Linder, 1935 - 1937, 1941 - 1955
Thomas Mercer Linder was born to Lewis B. and Nancy Jane Beall Linder, of Laurens County, on November 8, 1887. In 1909, Linder married the former Hazel Kirk Carter. They were residents of Hazlehurst,...
Commissioner G.C. Adams, 1933 - 1935
George Claud Adams was born in 1868 to William J. and Susan Frances (Hurst) Adams in Newton County. He was the 12th of 16 children and grew up working on the family's farm. Adams became Newton County...
Commissioner Eugene Talmadge, 1927 - 1933
Eugene Talmadge was born on the family farm near Forsyth on September 23, 1884, to Carrie Roberts and Thomas R. Talmadge. After attending the University of Georgia and briefly teaching, Talmadge...
Commissioner J.J. Brown, 1917 - 1927
John Judson Brown was born near Vanna, in Hart County, on December 17, 1865 to Ira and Susan Brown. The Browns were descendants of the northeast Georgia pioneers who had entered the territory and...
Commissioner J.J. Brown, 1917 - 1927
John Judson Brown was born near Vanna, in Hart County, on December 17, 1865 to Ira and Susan Brown. The Browns were descendants of the northeast Georgia pioneers who had entered the territory and...
Commissioner James D. Price, 1913 - 1917
James D. Price was born to James A. and Martha Wright Price on July 14, 1860 near Farmington in Oconee County. After attending the University of Georgia, Price married Miss Leila M. Wilson of...
Commissioner James J. Conner, 1912
James J. Conner was born on November 26, 1847 to Thomas B. and Sarah (Wall) Conner in what is known as the "Dead river settlement," in Montgomery County. At age twenty, Conner studied law under Col....
Commissioner Thomas G. Hudson, 1905 - 1912
Thomas G. Hudson was born to John N. and Amanda M. Hudson on November 11, 1867 near La Crosse in Schley County. After attending Schley County public school and the South Georgia Male and Female...
Commissioner O.B. Stevens, 1899 - 1905
Obadiah Benjamin Stevens was born August 1, 1847 to W.J. & Susan M. near the little town of Benevolence. He bears the distinction of having lived in two counties without having moved from his...