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3084 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSis the author of numerous volumes of poems and essays, such as '' Wild Flowers," "War Poets of the South," "Modern Communism," "Cinderella" and"The Wonder Stone," the two last named being dramas.REUBEN S. O'NEAL,, M. D. In according in this publication due consideration to those who are effectively upholding the prestige of the medical profession in Marion County, a place of due relative precedence is consistentlygiven to Dr. Reuben Shelby O'Neal, who is engaged in successful generalpractice at Buena Vista, the county seat, and whose clientage is of substantialand representative order.Doctor O'Neal was born in Harris County, Georgia, on the 1st of September, 1886, and is a son of William Henry and Elizabeth (Sledge) O'Neal,who still maintain their home in that county. William H. 0 'Neal was born inTroup County, this state, on the 12th of March, 1845, and was there rearedto manhood. When the Civil war cast its pall over the national horizon hewas one of the gallant young men of Georgia who went forth in defense ofthe cause of the Confederacy. As a member of a Company B of sharpshooters in the Sixtieth Georgia Regiment he made a brilliant record and his service as a soldier covered a period of three years, his continued interest in hisold comrades being shown by his active and appreciative affiliation with theUnited Confederate Veterans. 'After the war William H. O'Neal continuedhis association with agricultural industry in Troup County for two yearsafter his marriage, which was there solemnized in 1866, his wife likewisehaving been born in that county. In 1868 they removed to Harris County,where he has since continued a successful and progressive exponent of agricultural enterprise and where he is a citizen of influence and high standing.He has been affiliated with the Masonic fraternity from the time of attainingto his legal majority and while not a seeker of political office he has showna loyal interest in public affairs, especially those of a local order. His fatherwas a pioneer of Georgia and served with distinction as a soldier in the earlyIndian wars, in connection with which he held the office of general. Mrs.Elizabeth (Sledge) O'Neal was born on the 15th of March, 1845, and is a representative of an old and honored family of Troup County. William H. andElizabeth O'Neal became the parents of eight children, of whom the eldest,Ida, is the wife of William R. Morgan, of Harris County; Mary is the wife ofWalter C. Cleveland, of Salem, Troup County; Miss Willie O'Neal is a popular teacher in the schools at Poplar Springs, Haralson County; Dr. RaneeO'Neal, a graduate of the Atlanta College of Physicians & Surgeons, is engaged in the practice of his profession at West Point, Troup County; Annieis the wife of Thomas R. Hutchinson, a substantial farmer of Troup County;Dr. John R., a graduate of the Southern Dental College, in the City ofAtlanta, is engaged in successful practice at Pelham, Mitchell County; MissAmy O'Neal remains at the parental home; and Dr. Reuben S., subject ofthis review, was the last in order of birth of the eight children.In the schools of his native county Dr. Reuben S. O'Neal continued hisstudies until he was eligible for admission to the high school at West Point,Troup County, and after a course in the latter he followed his ambitious purpose by entering the Atlanta Medical College, in which he continued his technical studies two years. At Augusta he was then matriculated in the medicaldepartment of the University of Georgia, and in this institution he wasgraduated as a member of the class of 1910 and with the well earned degreeof Doctor of Medicine. During the ensuing year he further fortified himselfby serving as interne in the city hospital of Augusta, where he gained valuable and varied clinical experience of a preliminary order. He then servedhis professional novitiate by engaging in practice at Langdale, ChambersCounty, Alabama, but one year later he returned to Georgia and establishedhimself in practice at Bronwood, Terrell County, where he remained 2y2