BANKS COUNTY, GA - BIOS H. P Quillian

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H. P Quillian, physician and surgeon, Arp, Banks
county, Ga., son of O. P. and Jane (Meadows)
Quillian, was born in what is now White county, Ga.,
in 1850.  His paternal great-grandfather was a
native of Ireland, who married an English lady and
settled in Virginia, whence they migrated to Georgia
about 1804 and settled in Franklin county.  He was a
farmer, and a very prominent and widely known
Methodist preacher.  His maternal grandparents were
Barnabas and Jane (Garrison) Meadows.  He was a
native of Virginia, migrated to Georgia and settled
in Franklin (now Banks) county.  He was a farmer and
a volunteer soldier in the Seminole war.  Dr.
Quillian's father was born in Franklin county. When
he was a boy his father moved to that part of the
county now embraced by White county, where he
supplemented his farming by engaging in general
merchandising

Dr. Quillian was raised on the farm and received his
education from the country schools and the male high
school at Elberton, Ga.  He taught school for a few
years.  In 1876 he began the study of medicine under
Dr. Matthews, and then attended the university of
Georgia, from which he graduated in 1880, and at
once entered upon the practice at Arp, and has
remained there ever since.

Dr. Quillian was married in 1874 to Miss Mary E.
(born in what is now Banks county in 1856), daughter
of D. C. and Amelia (Saunders) Oliver.  He was born
in what is now Banks county, raised a farmer, served
in the civil war under Capt. Chandler, Sixteenth
Georgia regiment, and afterward went to Athens, Ga.,
where he is now chief of police.  Six children have
blessed this union: Tallulah, Edgar, Hattie, Bascom,
William, and Annette.  He is a member of the
I.O.O.F., and himself and wife are members of the
Methodist church.

Source: Memoirs of Georgia, Volume I., Southern
Historical Association, 1895