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2804 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSa son of B. and Jane (Reap) Trotter, the former of whom was born inGeorgia in 1860 and the latter five years later. They are among the highlyesteemed residents of Cleveland, the father formerly having been a wellknown farmer in White County. They have four children: 0. F., a residentof Atlanta, Georgia; B. R., of Crawf ordsville; Mrs. Ernest Southard, ofDecatur, Georgia; and Edward, of Cleveland, Georgia.In boyhood, at different places in White County, including Cleveland andMossy Creek, B. R. Trotter had educational advantages, attending for a timethe high school at the latter point. He then entered the printing office of theCleveland Courier as an apprentice and afterward worked in other offices,first at Washington, then at Tifton, later at Eatonton and again at Washington, all in Georgia, subsequently establishing himself as a resident of Lincolnton,Georgia, where he was very active in public affairs and in 1914 was electedmayor of the place. From there he came to Crawfordville and purchasedthe Advocate-Democrat, the only paper of the county. Under his able management and with his introduction of improved machinery in the plant, itsold prestige has not only been revived but its circulation is growing rightalong. Mr. Trotter conducts his paper as a democratic journal and his ableeditorials leave no doubt as to his opinions on both world-wide and localaffairs. He is a man of considerable substance, owning entirely his electricallyoperated plant as well as a handsome residence property.On April 3, 1910, Mr. Trotter was united in marriage with Miss RubyDorsey, who is a daughter of W. H. Dorsey, her parents yet living in WhiteCounty. Mr. and Mrs. Trotter have one child, Edith, who was born in November, 1914, at Lincolnton. Mr. Trotter is well known to members of the pressin the state and his co-operation may always be counted on when movementsare on foot looking toward further newspaper progress. Advertisers findhis journal a. fine medium, one of the important features of his office beingall modern equipments for this branch of the trade.WALTER G. GREEN. A native son of Burke County and a scion of oneof the oldest and most honored families of the county, Judge Walter GreshamGreen is a cultured, broad-minded and public-spirited citizen whose sterlingcharacter and fine mental powers have gained to him unqualified popularapprobation and have resulted in his being called upon to serve in variousoffices of distinctive public trust. Since 1909 he has been the valued andefficient incumbent of the office of ordinary of his native county, and hismature judgment, inflexible integrity and business sagacity have conspiredto make his administration of probate affairs signally able and commendable.He is essentially an influential and representative citizen and is altogtherworthy of special recognition in this history of his native state.Walter Gresham Green was born on the homestead plantation of hisfather, about eight miles from Waynesboro, the county seat, and the date ofhis nativity was January 23, 1862. He is a son of Jesse P. and Mary Jane(Gresham) Green, both likewise natives of Burke County. Jesse P. Greenwas a son of Jesse P. Green, who was born in Burke County, as was alsohis wife. It was given to Jesse P. Green to become one of the most extensivelandholders and slave-owners of Burke County, where he wielded large andbenigant influence in community affairs until the time of his death, at anadvanced age.Edmond Byne Gresham and Sarah (Anderson) Gresham, the maternalgrandparents of Judge Green, likewise were residents of Burke County during their entire lives, and thus it becomes evident that on both the paternaland maternal sides the subject of this review is a representative of veryearly pioneer families of the county. Edmond B. Gresham became possessedof a large landed estate, held a generous retinue of slaves, served as a mem-