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3306 ' GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSfrom many states. On January 9, 1901, Mr. Cann was elected county attorney, an office he held until lie was appointed judge of the Superior courts.Since his resignation from the judgeship he has been and still is countyattorney. Judge Cann had made an admirable record as a resourceful andversatile attorney and counselor prior to his elevation to the bench. Byappointment from Governor Terrell he took his place on the bench of theSuperior Court on December 26,1903, and at the ensuing state popular electionhe was elected by the people to retain the office without opposition. Hisservice on the bench continued until February 15, 1908, when he resigned toresume private practice. His arduous work on the bench had made seriousinroads on his health. At the time of his retirement from judicial office themembers of the Savannah bar presented him a beautiful silver service, uponwhich was inscribed: "Presented to the Hon. George T. Cann by the members of the Savannah bar as an evidence of their esteem and a tribute to hiscareer as an able and upright judge, February 15, 1908."Judge Cann is a member of one of the strongest and most influential lawfirms in Savannah and one of the most prominent in Southern Georgia,Anderson, Cann, Cann & "Walsh. His principal associates are Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, Thomas F. Walsh, Jr., and Hon. J. Ferris Cann, his brother.He became associated in practice with Mr. Anderson in 1908 when he retiredfrom the bench.In politics, as may be well understood, Judge Cann is a loyal supporter ofthe principles and policies of the democratic party. He takes a lively interestin all that concerns the civic and material well being of his native city. Heis affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, in which he was the master of hislodge, with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights ofPythias, in which he has served as grand chancellor of the State of Georgia.Of old and honored family and with an individual career of many attainments, Judge Cann is-also prominent in the social life of his city and a memberof the Oglethorpe Club, the Yacht and Golf clubs, and he and his wife havelong been leading members of the Parish of St. John's Episcopal Church. Heis now senior warden of the vestry and has continuously served as a vestrymansince 1892.February 12, 1890, Judge Cann married Annie M., daughter of Theodore.A. and Corinthia M. Goodwill of Savannah. Her father was a native ofConnecticut and her mother was born at Washington, AVilkes County, Georgia.WILLIAM B. LINGO, M. D. The City of Atlanta has in Doctor Lingo adistinguished and honored representative of the medical profession and hisspecial prominence is indicated by the fact that he is proprietor of theDr. William Bernard Lingo Hospital, at 88 Cooper Street. The Doctor hasbeen specially prominent and influential in the educational work of his profession and in the furtherance of humane enterprises in connection with medical and surgical science. He is known and honored as one of the most liberal,ambitious and progressive representatives of his chosen calling in the faircapital city of Georgia, and is especially entitled to specific consideration inthis history.Doctor Lingo was born in Accomae County, Virginia, on the 24th of April,1874, and is a son of George Robert and Caroline Lovey (Matthews) Lingo,both likewise natives of the historic Old Dominion. George R. Lingo passedhis entire life in Accomae County. Virginia, where he died at the age of fortyfouryears. lie was a descendant of Robert Lingo, who was a tanner bytrade and who came from Manchester, England, to America prior to the Warof the Revolution, in company with his brother John, who was a merchanttailor by trade and vocation. Robert Lingo, who was the great-grandfather ofDoctor Lingo of this review, established his home in what is now AccomaeCounty, Virginia, and John settled at Portsmouth, that colony. The grand-