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3192 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSState of Florida, at Levyville, on November 6, 1876, a son of Samuel andSarah J. (Bird) Quincey. His father was born in Cambridgeshire and hismother in Yorkshire, England, in which country they were married, and during the latter '50s they emigrated to the United States. After one year in NewYork they came south to Florida where Samuel Quincey engaged in farmingand stock raising in Hamilton and Levy counties until shortly after his wife'sdeath when he disposed of his interests and moved to Douglas, since whichtime he has lived retired. There were seven children in the family, and thethree that now survive are: Hendricks J.; Lillie, wife of J. H. Collier of LevyCounty, Florida; and John AVilliam, who for more than twenty years has beenan active lawyer of the Waycross Circuit and resides at Douglas.The early education of Hendricks J. Quincey was acquired in the schoolsof Levyville and in the Jasper Normal Institute of Jasper, Florida. Hestarted out as a teacher, and for several years did some good and conscientious work in the schools of Georgia and Florida. In the meantime he carriedon his education in higher branches and graduated in the literary course atVanderbilt University in Nashville. In 1901 he completed his law course inthe Georgia State University, and at once located for practice at Irwinville inIrwin County. There he became associated as junior partner with J. J. McDonald, and the firm-continued four years. After its dissolution, Mr. Quinceylocated permanently at the county seat of Irwin County, Ocilla, in 1905, andat this new location has gained his wider success as a lawyer and man ofaffairs.From 1909 to 1914 he served as solicitor of the city courts until the citycourts were abolished. Since 1909 he has been general counsel for the Ocilla& Southern Railroad Company, and also represents the legal interests of theCitizens Bank of Ocilla.In politics he takes a quiet interest in the affairs of the democratic party.His principal recreation is the ownership and cultivation of a farm in TrwinCounty, and he also makes that a matter of profit as well as recuperation.Fraternally he is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.On November 30,1904, at Ocilla, Mr. Quincey married Miss Annie Henderson,daughter of Robert L. and Margaret (Young) Henderson. Both theYoung and Henderson families are old and prominent people of Irwin County,and Mrs. Quincey's parents are still living at Ocilla. Of the three childrenborn to their union the first is a native of Irwinville and the other two ofOcilla. Ethel was born September 15, 1905; John on December 23, 1907; andSamuel Robert on August 20, 1912. Mrs. Quincey is an active member ofthe Baptist Church.RICHAED HOWLEY, who was born in St. John's parish, Georgia, about 1740,was driven from his home when Savannah was captured by the British. Helocated in Augusta, and in 1780 was elected governor. On account of thedefenseless condition of that city he afterward moved to Heard's Fort (Washington, Georgia), which became Government headquarters as Governor Howleywas also Congressman Howley. After the surrender of Lord Cornwallis,Governor Howley returned to his native county of Liberty. He died atSavannah in December, 1784.WALKEE PATTERSON INMAN, one of the leading cotton men, merchantsand bankers of Georgia, was born near Huntsville, Alabama, June 18, 1828,and died in Atlanta in 1908. He sp'ent his early manhood in Tennessee andafter his marriage there located at Ringgold, Georgia, where he engaged inbanking with his brother. In 1859 he located in Atlanta and continued thebanking business during the early part of the war. When Atlanta fell hemoved to Augusta, where he resided from 1864 to 1869. Returning to Atlanta,he entered the cotton firm of S. M. Inman & Company, which, in a few years,