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3256 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSof age. Thereafter he was court reporter for two years on the Ocouee Circuit,and spont. 1900 in the office of Hall & Wimberly at Ma con, removing toWrightsvillc, Georgia, then to become the law partner of Judge A. F. Daley.After his father's death, Mr. Bussey removed to Asbburn, in the newCounty of Turner, where he has since continued the practice of his profession.His devotion to his clients' cause, and his standards of professional conduct,during an active career, illustrate the best traditions of the law.While never an office seeker, Mr. Bussey is a strong supporter of thedemocratic party, always active in its councils, frequently being a delegate toits conventions, and serving at this time as a member of the State Executivecommittee, aud as nominee for alternate presidential elector from the thirdcongressional district.He is always active in educational and civic advancement; and uponappointment of the grand jury, served several years, during his Wrightsvillcresidence, as chairman of the Johnson County Board of Education, and isnow serving in the same capacity in Turner County.A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, he was at one timesecretary of the South Georgia Epworth League. He is also a Mason, affiliatedwith the Lodge, Chapter and Council of the Order; and is also a past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias.Mr. Busscy was happily married, on October 25, 1911, to Miss Nena. Thorne.daughter of Samuel T. and Mary Whitmcll (Ilarriss) Thorne, of Littleton,Warren County, North Carolina. One son, Arthur S., Jr., was born to thornNovember 15, 1914. Mrs. Bussey was educated at Littloton Female College,and at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchhurg, Virginia. The Thornefamily and its connections are among the most prominent of the old NorthState.JT7DGE JOlfX WTLLl.Ut HEXDERSON UNDERWOOD, 011C of the DlOStnotable characters of Georgia in the last generation, was born at Elbcrton,November 20, 1816, and died in Rome on July 18, 1888. His grandfather migrated from England to Virginia about 1750 and his father was anoted lawyer, under whom his own legal studies were guided. He beganpractice as a member of the bar of the Georgia Western Circuit, of whichhe was elected solicitor general in 1843. He resigned before the end of histerm and in 1851 moved to Rome, where the remainder of his life was spent.Tn 1856 he was elected a member of the General Assembly and served asSpeaker of the House. He was sent to Congress in 1859 and was a memberof that body when Georgia seceded from the Union. At the outbreak of thewar he declined the colonelcy of the Twenty-ninth Georgia Regiment, but didserve as inspector of brigades and assistant postmaster general of theConfederacy.At the close of the war he resumed practice at Rome until 1867, servingas judge of the Tallapoosa and Rome circuits from that year until 1882.Judge Underwood then resigned to accept a position on the United States TariffCommission tendered him by President Arthur. After his wise and laboriousservice in that connection, he returned to private practice at Rome, whichhe continued until his sudden death in 1888.a leading lawyer of the stateand former judge of the Superior Court, was bom September 11, 1857,a son of James A. and Hester Ann (Tate) Maddox. His mother was anative of Pickets County and his father of Hall County, Georgia. The grandfather, C. E. Maddox, was born in North Carolina, hut settled in Georgia earlyin the last century, and was a planter and slave owner. He lived to theremarkable age of one hundred years, passing away in 1869. The father was