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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3187»,On January 14, 1892, at Crawford, Georgia, he married Miss Lizzie LeeChaney, daughter of N. F. Chaney of Crawford. Mrs. Eraser died in June,1905, at McRea. Her five childre* were: John L., Jr., born in 1893 at Crawford, and now attending the University jof Louisville; Miss Nelle, born in1894 at Crawford and a graduate of the Bessie Tift College; James, born in1898 at McRea and a student in high school; Robert Lee, born in 1901 atMcRea and a student in the public schools; and William, born in 1904, atMcRea and also in school. In 1914 at Augusta Doctor Fraser married MissMartha E. Wilkinson, daughter of W. K. Wilkinson of Savannah. To thisunion has-been born one son, Walter W. Fraser, in 1915, at Fitzgerald.. ARTHUR BUNYAN CALDWELL, one of the well known publishers in theSouth, has lived in Atlanta since 1900, and since 1905 has been in the publishing business for himself. lie is best known as publisher of "Men of Markin Georgia," a handsome seven volume work covering, biographically, thehistory of Georgia from pre-revolutionary times to the present.Mr. Caldwell was born at Newton, North Carolina, November 29, 1873.and represents did colonial stock. The Caldwells came into Virginia andhis branch- of the family moved to North Carolina prior to the Revolution.-Some of his ancestors fought as revolutionary patriots, and were present atthe battle, of King's Mountain. His great-grandfather, John Caldwell, wasa pioneer in Western Carolina, and his grandfather was William Caldwell.Levi J. Caldwell, his father, was a North Carolina farmer, fought valiantlyon the Southern side in the War between the States and died in 1906. LeviJ. Caldwell married Mary Bisaner, who was of German extraction.Mr. A. B. Caldwell attended the public schools of Catawba County, NorthCarolina, and Catawba College at Newton. After a boyhood spent on afarm, he qualified as a teacher and for three terms did work in the publicschools. Later,heNremoved to Richmond, Virginia, and there secured employment with a textbook publishing house. He became field representative andin that capacity covered nearly all sections of the South. Out of thatexperience he developed independent ventures as a publisher.Mr. Caldwell is prominent in the Baptist Church, and has been especiallyinterested in Sunday school work, having served as superintendent of theSunday school of his home church and has been active in the Georgia Sunday.School Association. In matters of polities he is independent.On October 12, 1905, at Richmond, Virginia, he married Lueile Johnson.Her father, B. F. Johnson, was for years one of the leading publishers in theSouth, Mrs. Caldwell was educated at Richmond College and in Paris, andfor a time taught French in the Richmond High School. Mr. and Mrs.Caldwell have two children: Arthur N. and Lee Franklin Caldwell.HENRY M. MC!NTOSH. This standard history of Georgia and its peoplehas been favored and benefited by the position of Hon. Henry Martyn Mclntoshas one of its advisory editors. No citizen and native son of the EmpireState of the South is more thoroughly qualified tp aid effectively in the preparation of such a history, and none has taken a more loyal interest in bringingout the civic and material welfare of the commonwealth.He has long been one of the foremost newspaper men of Georgia. He iseditor of the Albany Herald and president of the publishing company. TheAlbany Herald under his ownership has become more than a local newspaper,more than a partisan journal* and more than a private business institution.It has sought the good of the state, the good of the community, the upbuildingof the democratic party, the advancement of agriculture and of every worthycause which finds mention within its columns. The Herald was the first smalltown paper in Georgia to obtain Associated Press news. Mr. Mclntosh wasthe originator of the "pony reports," which are condensed news and especially available and designed for publication in the smaller country papers.