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3066 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSwithout change of family ownership in land or proprietors. Reference ismade to the extensive greenhouses, conducted by the firm of WachendorffBrothers, florists, with offices at 480 Simpson Street.Edward Wachendorff, the founder of the business, was born at Stuttgart,Wurttemberg, Germany, July 29, 1838. He grew to manhood in his nativeland and learned the florist business there and then decided to seek a widerfield for the exercise of his skill in growing plants and flowers and thus,two months after his marriage, in 1867, reached the United States. In 1878 hecame to Atlanta and here found a tract of ten acres of land admirably suitedto his purpose. This tract he purchased and it belongs still to the family,its value having grown far beyond the initial price paid for it. On this landEdward Wachendorff erected such structures as suited his business at thetime and they have been rebuilt and improved from time to time until theynow cover a large space and are filled with the beautiful plants and flowersthat only the most careful and competent florists can produce. Many changeshave taken place in the vicinity, including a change in city apportionmentthat brought this land from the Fifth Ward to the First Ward. After thedeath of the founder of the business, December 10, 1896, the ownership' descended to the two sons, Charles J. and Edward A., who continue under thefirm name of Wachendorff Brothers.On July 15, 1867, Edward Wachendorff was married to Bertha Mueller,who was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, May 12, 1843. She was five yearsold when her father, Charles Mueller, had emigrated to the United States,locating at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother had previously died inGermany and she was reared by an aunt. She still survives and resides atAtlanta. Seven children were born to the above marriage, the survivorsbeing; Bertha, who is the widow of Dr. Charles J. Ramsey, of Atlanta, hastwo children, Roy C. and Annie Pauline; Charles J.; Pauline, who is nowMrs. Sill; and Edward A. and Eugene C., all of Atlanta. The youngest sonEugene C. Wachendorff, is an architect, with offices in the Empire Building.Charles J. Wachendorff was born at St. Matthews, Kentucky, December 16,1872, but has lived at Atlanta since he was five years old. On January 16,1901, he was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Neuner, also of St. Matthews,a village just outside Louisville, Kentucky, and it is a curious coincidence thatMr. and Mrs. Wachendorff were born in the very same house there althoughtheir acquaintance did not begin until they were grown. He is a member ofthe board of trustees of Oglethorpe University, Atlanta.Edward A. Wachendorff was born at Atlanta, December 9, 1878, and thiscity has been his home all his life. On November 8, 1904, he was married toLlewellyn Fuller, who was born at Columbus, Georgia. He is serving as awaterworks commissioner from the First Ward.HON. SCOTT T. BEATON. When in 1915 Hon. Scott T. Beaton was electedmayor of Waycross without opposition, it was the second occurrence of thiskind in the history of the city. During his first term he had shown himselfable, conscientious, energetic and faithful, a true friend of progress and anuntiring worker in behalf of civic improvement, moral advancement and theelevation of citizenship. With such a record the people were more thansatisfied, and their approval was signified at the polls when Mr. Beaton wasseated in the mayoralty chair without a dissenting voice.Mayor Beaton was born in Charlton County, Georgia, August 19, 1877,and is a son of James T. and Florence (Holtzendorff) Beaton. His fatherwas born near Norfolk, Virginia, August 11, 1851, a son of David E. andElizabeth Ann (Davis) Beaton, both natives of Norfolk, Virginia. The respective parents of David and Elizabeth came from Scotland. David Beatonwas a large planter in Virginia, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and diedwhen about sixty-one years of age, his wife passing away at the age of fifty.She was a member of the Baptist Church.