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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 2857During the war between the states he served as a private in the Confederatearmy, continuing as such throughout the period of the conflict, and participating in many hard-fought engagements. He was known as a successful manand good citizen, and his community suffered a distinct loss in his death.He married in Hart County Miss Charity L. Holbrook, whose father, a nativeof Georgia, died at the age of forty years, while her mother, Mary Holbrook,well known in the early history of Georgia, lived to be eighty years of age.Mr. and Mrs. Swilling were the parents of four children: Rev. Marvin, aminister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a member of the conference andschool at Murrayville, Hall County, Georgia, where he now resides, marriedMiss Hunt; Samuel B., of this notice; Mrs. Pledger Coffin, the wife of "WarfordCoffin, of Royston; and Mrs. Pleasant Payne, also of Royston.Samuel B. Swilling received his education in the graded and high schoolsof Royston, and after the death of his father was appointed postmaster atthis place, a position which he filled four years. During this time he appliedhimself to the study of law and in 1896 was admitted to the Georgia bar, atonce beginning the practice of his profession at Carnesville. In 1908Mr. Swilling came to Royston, and here has been successful in building up avery desirable and important practice, in which he is the representative oflarge litigated interests. While he has given the greater part of his attentionto his practice, he has found time to devote to public affairs, and has beenhonored with election to various offices. His record in the Legislature, towhich he was elected as a representative from Franklin County in 1905-6-7-8,is one which reflects credit upon his abilities as well as upon his high ideals ofpublic service, and while a member of that body was placed on a number ofimportant committees. He has also served several terms as a member of theRoyston City Council and as a member of the school board, in both of whichoffices he rendered his city signal services, and for one year was recorder ofFranklin County, then resigning. His political belief corresponds with thatof the democratic party. With his family, Mr. Swilling attends the MethodistEpiscopal Church.Mr. Swilling was married June 28, 1894, in Blbert County, Georgia, toMiss Nancy M. Farnbrough, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Farnbrough,of Elberton, Elbert County, and to this union there have been born eight children, of whom seven survive: Thomas Eugene, born in 1897, now a resident ofFlorida, who will enter upon his college career in September, 1915; MissMary, born in 1899, who is attending the Royston High School; Miss TomLee, born in 1901, attending the graded schools; Adrian, born in 1903, andBerry Hughes, born in 1907, both attending the graded schools; FeltonDuBois, born in 1911; and Rembert Farnbrough, born in 1914.T. M. CAMPBELL. Architecture, if we except war, may be regarded asthe oldest of the sciences, for it was born long ago in the misty past, whenmen, tired of a wandering life as shepherds or huntsmen, began to acquiremore settled habits and to seek more permanent habitations than tents orcaves; and it had been brought to a high degree of perfection by the Egyptians, Assyrians, and other races long before Abraham pitched his tent inthe land of Canaan. Yet, old as it is, the science has not been stationary,but has varied its forms in different lands and throughout the ages even downto the present day, for the American "sky-scraper," at least, is a very modernachievement, its designing and construction requiring a knowledge of manythings of which ancients knew nothing, durable and artistic as their workmay have been. A prominent representative of this science, as it is practicedto-day in our own land is the subject of this biography, T. M. Campbell, ofAugusta, whose work in this vicinity is attracting much attention.Mr. Campbell was born in Dalton County, Georgia, June 13, 1886, son ofRev. R. L. and Eugenia (Mattox) Campbell. The father, a native of South