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3.308 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSand both he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church,South.On the 2d of September, 1902, was solemnized the marriage of DoctorLingo to Miss Margaret May Romoser, who was born in the City of Baltimore,Maryland, on the 21st of October, 1874, and who was there reared and educated. She is a daughter of Alexander Frederick and Mary Elizabeth(Causey) Romoser, who still reside in Baltimore, her father being of Germanlineage. Mrs. Lingo's maternal great-grandfather, Hugh Bonner, was acoppersmith by trade and vocation and he. had the distinction of placing thecopper on the dome of the splendid Catholic Cathedral in Baltimore: he wasa native of England and came to America when a young man. The paternalgrandfather of Mrs. Lingo was John Philip Romoser, who came from Germanyand became the founder of the family in America. Mrs. Lingo is the eldestdaughter in a family of seven living children, George, Alex, Rose, Eva, Emmaand Hendrix. Her brothers George H. and Alexander F., Jr., have for severalyears held responsible positions in the postoffice in the City of Baltimore,and there her sister Rosa is chief operator of Baltimore with the SouthernBell Telephone Company. Hendrix is an expert accountant and is employedby Wise Brothers, a large corporation of that city. Mrs. Lingo has a diplomaas a trained nurse and is her husband's able and valued coadjutor in thework and management of the hospital which bears his name. They have nochildren.JOHN HUNTER HOPKINS. During the last thirty or forty years one of themost prominent families at Brunswick, the metropolis of Glynn County, andone that is represented by the present mayor, John Hunter Hopkins is that ofHopkins. Mr. Hopkins is himself quite young for the responsibilities andhonors of such an important office but has already made his mark in localbusiness affairs. His father before him served as mayor and has 'been closelyidentified with the city for many years.John Hunter Hopkins was born at Brunswick, June 10,1885. His fatheris Robert Riley Hopkins, who was born in Georgia in 1855, his native townbeing Waynesville. He lived with his parents until after the war, when theyremoved to Thomas County, and after his schooling and after attaining manhood he started out in life at Darien. From there he removed to Savannah,and became connected with the R. B. Repard Lumber Company, as the representative of which he was sent to Brunswick in 1885. He was the activemanager of the Brunswick interests of this concern until it failed. He thenengaged in the lumber business on his own account, and for many years hasbeen one of the prominent lumber dealers of Southern Georgia, At varioustimes in the course of the last thirty years he has promoted and assisted inconducting various local industries. His business has extended to real estateand insurance, and there is no man in this section of the state whose name ismore closely associated with integrity and business honor than that of RobertRiley Hopkins. For two and a half terms he filled the position of mayor ofBrunswick, and many other positions were thrust upon him.Robert R. Hopkins deserves some special distinction since it was hismasterful ability that brought about the development and clearing of thenoted Oconee Swamp. This vast tract of land, grown up with heavy forestsof cypress, was through the instrumentality of Mr. Hopkins sold to Northerncapitalists, who under the name of the Cj^press Lumber Company are nowconverting its resources into lumber and is clearing up lands which eventuallywill provide a fertile tract for agriculture. The large mills of the CypressLumber Company are located at Hebardsville, not far from Waycross.Robert R. Hopkins married Miss Minnie Hunter, who was reared and educated in Liberty County, Georgia. They were married in 1884, and the fivechildren of their union are: John Hunter Hopkins, bom June 10, 1885, at