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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3117tect the interests of his clients without recourse to any other means than suchas were justified by legal ethics. Upon the formation of Turner County bythe Legislature in 1905, Mr. Huteheson had moved to Ashburn, the countyseat of the new county. .His part in local affairs and in slate politics has brought him considerableprominence. He is a true democrat and for thirty years has been active inparty affairs. Until his removal to Ashburn he was a member of the democratic state executive committee for his district. 4n 1896 he was alternatepresidential elector for the Fifth Congressional District, and in the same yearwas elected mayor of Jonesboro and gave that town a most progressive administration. In October, 1904, he was elected solicitor for the City Court ofJonesboro for a term of four years, but resigned upon his removal to Ashburn.For several years he was trustee of the Third District Agricultural School.'Mr. Huteheson was elected a member of the State Legislature from TurnerCounty in 1914. He is president of the Turner County Bar Association andis also a member of the Georgia Bar Association. He is now a director of theGeorgia Normal and Industrial College at Milledgeville. Prominent in Masonic circles, he is past master of Jonesboro Lodge No. 87, Ancient Free andAccepted Masons, a member of the Forest Park Lodge No. 70, Royal ArchMasons and of Coeur de Leon Commandery No. 4, Knights Templar, and ofYaarab Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the MethodistEpiscopal Church.On November 30, 1903, in the City of Atlanta, Mr. Huteheson was unitedin marriage to Mrs. Rebecca (Shepard) Mann, daughter of Capt. James M.and Celia (Locklin) Shepard. His married life has been an ideally happyone, and from his home fireside has come much of his best inspiration. Modestto a fault, Mr. Huteheson never thrusts himself into the limelight of thepublic prints except when by sheer force of his ability he makes his impressfelt upon great popular movements. Lucian Knight, Georgia's state historian,has said of Mr. Huteheson: "There are higher honors yet in store for thissplendid Georgian. Few men, indeed, are better equipped for useful serviceto the state. Loyal to his friends, I know of no one less thoughtful of himself where the interests of others are involved. He loves every foot of hisnative soil with the enthusiasm of a devotee, but, untainted by self-seeking,his supreme ambition is 'not to be ministered unto but to minister.' "LYMAN ALONZO REDWINE was born in Hall County, Georgia, October 2,1846. His parents were John Elbert Redwine and Bmeline (Kerbow) Redwine.The founders of the family were of German and Scotch ancestry, emigrating to this country before the Revolutionary struggle for American inde-,pendence and taking an active part in that war.William Redwine, grandfather of the Atlanta merchant, was a native ofNorth Carolina, and in Montgomery County of that state John Elbert Redwinewas born June 3, 1823. He died January 1, 1915, in his ninety-second year.Emeline Kerbow, mother of Lyman A. Redwine, was born in Jackson County,Georgia, May 1, 1824, and died in Gainesville in this state August 8, 1907, inher eighty-fourth year.Lyman A. Redwine spent his boyhood in Hall County, receiving only anacademic education, at Gainesville. Though only fifteen years old when thewar between the states broke out he enlisted in Moore's Battery of Artillery,but after a short service was transferred to Company K of the Eleventh Georgia Cavalry under the noted Gen. Joe Wheeler. This regiment was attachedto Hannon's Brigade and Wheeler's Corps. Mr. Redwine was in serviceuntil paroled in May, 1865.After the close of the war, in December, 1867, he came to Atlanta andhas been identified with and a factor in making it a great city and the commercial metropolis of the southeastern states. He was one of a errourj ofVol. VI 22 ^