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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 2941*ua'ted in 1858, studied law for a year in the University of Pennsylvania andgraduated from the law department of the University of Georgia in 1861.At the breaking out of the Civil war he was commissioned a first lieutenantin the First Regiment of Georgia Regulars arid in the second year of thewar was promoted captain. He was with the army of Northern Virginia,was several times wounded and was captured at Sharpsburg. After beingagain wounded in the defense of Morris Island, South Carolina, he participated in the closing campaigns of theiCaroliiias and at the Greensboro surrender was lieutenant colonel of his regiment.After the war Colonel Twiggs remained until January, 1868, on the homeplantation, when he formed a law partnership with Alfred P. Aldrich andsettled in Augusta. In 1870 he removed to Saiidersville, and in that yearwas made judge of the Superior courts of the Middle District, serving until1873. From that time he followed the practice of his profession in Augustauntil 1892, when he removed to Swainsboro, where he practiced law until1897, and then moved to Savannah, where he has been active in the practiceof law. While living in Augusta, in 1880-81, he represented Richmond Countyin the" General Assembly, and served as speaker pro tern of the House.WALTER E. STEED, of Butler, occupies a prominent place, both in theprofessional and public life of the state. He was born in Talbot County onSeptember 23, 1867, and in 1888 graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Georgia.Mr. Steed established himself in the practice of law at Butler, Georgia,which has since been his place of residence. In 1892 he was elected mayorof Butler, and in that same year was appointed judge of the County Court byGovernor Atkiiison for the full term of four years. In 1898 and 1899 heserved as state senator from the Twenty-third District. From 1900 to 1904he represented his county in the lower house of the General Assembly, andwas then again elected senator from the Twenty-third District for 1905 and1906, serving nine years as a member of the upper and lower branches ofthe General Assembly.D. A. R. CRUM. With a host of friends throughout Georgia and recognized as one of the foremost lawyers of Crisp County, D. A. R. Crum has hadsuch a career as to reflect substantial honor upon his name and largely by hisown efforts secured his education and has raised himself to commendableprominence in the profession and in public affairs.He was born at Homersville, Georgia, March 9, 1868, a son of Robert andMargaret (Mallett) Cruin, the former a native of South Carolina and thelatter of Georgia. His father became a planter in Georgia, and lived inCamden and later in Glynn counties. He served as a corporal in a companyof Georgia infantry throughout the war, and while he was away fighting forthe South his wife refugeed with their slaves to Homersville, where subsequently he rejoined his family. He then engaged as a planter at Homersvilleand died there in 1891 at the age of seventy-seven. His widow passed awayin .1901 aged sixty-seven.The youngest of a family of nine children, D. A. R. Crum had a countryschool education, worked his own way through Chatham Academy at Savannahduring 1881-84, and also worked to support himself while studying law. In1889 he began practice at Cordele, but six months later removed to Vienna,where for thirteen years he practiced successfully. He then returned toCordele and is now associated with J. Gordon Jones, and together they havethe largest practice in Crisp County.Mr. Crum served as a member of the Georgia State Senate in 1905-06, andwas president of the Board of Education while at Vienna. He belongs toboth the Georgia and the American Bar Association. He is affiliated withVol. VI—11