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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 2809On April 13, 1876, at Aiken, South Carolina, Doctor Stothart marriedMiss Emma F. Owens, daughter of J. E. and Sarah Owens of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. To their marriage were born seven children, one of whomdied at the age of three years. Concerning the others a brief record is givenas follows: Dr. 'W. L. Stothart is now a practicing physician at Savannah,having graduated M. D. from the University of Georgia with the class of1906 and is associated with his father. Mrs. May Speth lives in Augusta.Mrs. Bessie Sloat lives in Savannah. Dr. E. J. Stothart, who graduated fromthe University of Georgia with" £he class of 1909, is in practice at Savannah.Lonnie Stothart now lives in Augusta and is in the brokerage business. MissAlma Stothart is a graduate of the Lawrence High School. She was born atLawrence, South Carolina, but all the older children were natives of Aiken,South Carolina.FRANCIS E. CALLAWAY. That he has served continuously in the office ofclerk of the Superior Court of Wilkes County, Georgia, from the time of hisinitial election, in 1911, to the time of this writing, in 1916, affords adequatevoucher of the secure place that Mr. Callaway holds in popular confidenceand esteem in his native county, and as one of its executive officers his administration has been marked by utmost loyalty, fidelity and efficiency, so thathe has done much to conserve the best interests of the county and has gainedunequivocal approbation for his work. He defrayed through his own energyand efforts the expenses incidental to the completion of his higher education,has shown his resourcefulness also in connection with the practical duties andresponsibilities that have devolved upon him in later years and he is one ofthe progressive and public-spirited citizens of Washington, the judicial centerof the county that has always represented his home.Mr. Callaway was born in Wilkes County on the 20th of November, 1869,and is a son of Aris S. and Martha (Dowdy) Callaway, both of whom passedtheir entire lives in Georgia and both of whom were honored residents ofWilkes County at the time of their death, the father having here given themajor part of his time and attention to agricultural pursuits and having beenone of the substantial representatives of this line of industry in Wilkes County.During the time of the Civil war he served in the First Brigade, Company A,State Troops of Georgia, and was also able to give to the Confederate causesubstantial aid through his enterprise in furnishing supplies for the militaryforces in the field, and he made definite financial sacrifice in order to extendthis assistance.The boyhood days of Francis E. Callaway, who was fifth in order ofbirth in a family of eight children, were passed on the home farm and underthe somewhat depressed conditions that obtained in the South in the decadefollowing the close of the war between the states. His rudimentary educationwas acquired in the rural schools and was amplified through his attendingschool in the City of Washington, the county seat. His parents encouragedhim in his ambition to gain a liberal education but he found it necessary todepend upon his own resources in defraying the expenses of his course in theUniversity of Georgia. In this institution he was graduated as a member ofthe class of 1892 and with the degree of Bachelor of Science. For some timeafter his graduation Mr. Callaway continued to be associated in the management of the home farm and he then established his residence in Washington,the county seat, where for two or three years he was identified with theoperations of cotton-seed oil mills, in the capacity of buyer. He was thusengaged until the time of his election to the office of clerk of Superior Courton the 30th of May, 1911, his continuous retention of this important positionhaving been the result of successive re-elections, in each of which he has hadno opposition, his election each time having thus been by the unanimous voiceof the voters of the county. JMr. Callaway is inflexible in his allegiance to the