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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 2887counties Georgia. She was married to Joseph B. Reese on July 6, 1869.Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Reese; one who died in infancy;Bdear Hervey, who is an accountant at Eatonton; Joseph Hugh, an editor ofOrlando Florida; Millard; Rowell S., in the traffic department of the Piedmont and Northern Railroad, at Greenville, South Carolina; and NannieLouie the wife of James M. Jdhnston, of Kissimmee, Florida.Millard Reese received his primary education in the public schools ofEatonton and Conyers, Georgia, and in* 1896-7 was a student in the literarydepartment of Mercer University; He first came to Brunswick January 4,1900, and entered a law office as stenographer, but in 1902 reentered MercerUniversity as a student of the law department, and wag graduated therefromJune 3, 1903. Upon his graduation he was admitted to the bar and on April1 1904,' formed a partnership with Frank Elmore Twitty, under the firm styleof Twitty & Reese, this continuing until January 1, 1910, when his presentfirm was formed under the name of Bennet, Twitty & Reese, Joseph W. Bennetbeing the senior.Mr. Reese belongs to the Glynn County Bar Association and the GeorgiaState Bar Association. He represented Glynn County in the Georgia Legislature for one term, 1909-10. This is the only political office for which heever offered. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and belongs to SigmaAlpha Epsilon College fraternity.Mr. Reese was married January 23, 1907, at LaGrange, Georgia, to EmmaLeila Callaway, sister of Frank E. Callaway, a prominent Atlanta lawyer,and daughter of Rev. S. Pope and Ellen (Pattillo) Callaway. Mr. Callaway,the father, who is now deceased, was for many years a leading divine of theBaptist Church, and both the Callaway and Pattillo families have contributednoted men and accomplished women to Georgia. Mrs. Callaway, who stillsurvives her husband, makes her home at LaGrange. Mrs. Reese, like herhusband, is a member of the Baptist Church.LEMUEL BOND NORTON. One of the leading attorneys of Lithonia, witha high reputation as an advocate of the Stone Mountain Circuit and as apractitioner at the Atlanta bar, Lemuel Bond Norton, like many of his contemporaries in the law, is a product of the farm. His success in his chosenprofession is all the more remarkable and commendable in that he never enjoyed the advantages of a collegiate education, his mastery of the law andits many complexities having been self gained. Since his entrance into pro-"fessional life, in 1894, his advancement has been continuous, and at varioustimes he has been called upon to serve in official capacities at Lithonia, wherehe makes his home.Mr. Norton was born on a farm in Dekalb County, Georgia, January 25,1869, and is a son of Jabez A. and Rachel (Carroll) Norton, the latter beinga member of a well known family of Gwinnett County, Georgia, where severalof the name own large plantations. Jabez A. Norton was born in RockdaleCounty, Georgia, in 1843, and when the war between the states came onenlisted in Cobb's Legion, in the Confederate service, and served throughoutthe period of the conflict. He participated in numerous important engagements,including the battle of Seven Pines, where he was wounded and capturedby the enemy, and for a time was confined in a northern prison at Baltimore.When the war was over he returned t'o his home and soon took up farmingin Dekalb County, where he successfully operated during his active life. Fortwenty years prior to his death Mr. Norton served in the capacity of marshalof Lithonia. He was a consistent Methodist and a member of the Masonicfraternity, and in his death, which occurred in 1912, Lithonia lost one of itsbest citizens and one who had the welfare of the community at heart. Mrs.Norton died in 1889, at the age of fifty-six years. She had been formerlymarried to J. W. Phillips, by whom she had two sons: J. W., deceased, who