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3296 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSoccasion was a noteworthy one, in that there was a double marriage ceremony,in which the other contracting couple were Mr. and Mrs.. Robert M. Knight.Doctor and Mrs. Terrell have one child, Martha Ella Celeste, who was bornMarch 5, 1913.WILLIAM WALTER MANGUH. While his career as a lawyer has little morethan begun William Walter Mangum has already established a reputationfor thorough skill and ability in the handling of every legal case entrustedto him. He is one of the well known younger citizens of Savannah and hasmany influential connections in that city.Born at Augusta March 14, 1889, he is a son of William Tehman andAnnie (Lockwood) Mangum. The Mangums were among the very prominentfamilies of North Carolina, where William Y. Mangum was born. One ofthe ancestors was John Mangum, a noted character in Revolutionary times.Another of the same family was William P. Mangum. one time a United Statessenator and one of the most influential public leaders in North Carolina.William Y. Mangum was a son.of William and Anne (Yehman) Mangum,the grandfather having been a prominent planter in North Carolina. WilliamY. Mangum devoted his active career to the profession of consulting electricalengineer. He was educated at Westminster and Cornell University, and hisprofessional work took him to many parts of the United States. He died in1906. His widow, whose maiden name was Lockwood, is the daughter of William G. and Catherine (Whitaker) Lockwood. William G. Lockwood ownedthe first line of steamboats plying between Savannah and Augusta. WilliamW. Mangum was the second in a family of three children. His older brother,Franc Mangum is an attorney by profession, is editor and owner of theSwainsboro Forest Blade, and is regarded as one of the ablest and most versatile writers, newspaper men and lawyers in the state. The daughter Catherine, is the wife of D. C. McCraine of Fayctteville, North Carolina.William Walter Mangum attended the Richmond Academy, graduatedLL. B. with tl)p ""- of 1911, from the University of Georgia at Athens, andon being adn, the bar located at once in Savannah, where in five yearshe has made . .. anilities known and secured a fine practice in the EasternCircuit. He is now vice president of the Savannah Law Society and a member of the State Bar Association. A democrat, lie is keenly interested inpolitics, and has been especially identified with municipal affairs. For severalyears much of his interest outside of his profession has gone to militarymatters, and he is a member of the Georgia Hussars Club and a first lieutenantin the Savannah Volunteer Guards. When the militia was called out in 1916he was assigned to recruiting duty at Columbus, Georgia. He also belongsto the Oglethorpe Club and the Guards Club, is affiliated with the Masonsand the Elks, and belongs to the Episcopal Church.On December 19, 1912, at Hobonny Plantation in South Carolina he married Miss Eliza Read. She was born in South Carolina, daughter of OliverMiddleton and Mary Louise (Gregorie) Read. Mrs. Mangum is a great-greatgranddaughterof General William Read, a prominent character in early military affairs in South Carolina, and the first president of the Society of Cincinnati in South Carolina. Another great-great-grandfather was ArthurMiddleton, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.JESSE B. LEE. Of the men who by their activities in the field of businesshave added to the commercial importance of Atlanta, Jesse B. Lee, presidentand general manager of the Big Chief Tobacco Company, holds a prominentposition. The son of a minister, his youth was one of limited advantages,and in making his own way through the world he has chosen a number ofpaths, and frequently over rough and stony courses, but for several years nowhas been on the broad path of prosperity and his place in Atlanta is designated