Bartow/Cass County Georgia Bible Haire-Latimer Family File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "Linda Atkins" Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/cass.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm HAIRE -Latimer FAMILY BIBLE Arthur Haire was married to Lilla Latimer. There were more entries for the Latimer name than Haire. Lilla Latimer was first cousin to Rebecca Latimer that was married to William Felton, GA congressman. Arthur Haire was a Justice of the Inferior Court of Cass County Georgia from 1855-1857. He was Clerk of Superior Court from January ,1846-?and Clerk of Inferior Court from January,1842-?. He was a Grand Jurer of the Cass Superior Court in 1852. And ,according to " A History of Old Cassville 1833-1864" by Joseph B. Mahan Jr., Arthur was part owner of a store in Cassville named "Haire and Tumlin" which offered "The latest styles in wearing apparel for men and women." Arthur was listed as one of the prominent men in Cass county appointed as delegates by the town councils to Southern Commercial Convention in Knoxville, Tennessee July, 1857 Arthur Haire was born in York Dist. SC, March 13, 1817 Elliott Alzira (Lilla) Latimer Haire was born in Decatur, GA, October, 22, 1830 John A Haire, born in Cassville, March 6, 1861 Mary Dora Haire born in Cassville, April 8, 1855 Lilla E Upshaw born Sept 27, 1854, died Sept 13, 1890 Irene Tate Upshaw, Feb 1, 1858 Uncle Steve Stokely died Feb 19, 1889 William Latimer (father of Lilla Latimer Haire) born 11/14/1798 Elizabeth Word Latimer (mother of Lilla Latimer Haire) born 1/1/1810 Mary Cordelia Latimer 2/3/1834 Francis Adelade Latimer, 6/3/1832 Sarah Elvira Latimer 3/13/1836 Robert Clayton Latimer 12/13/1837 Joanna Rebecca Latimer, 10/31/1839 George Thomas Latimer, 1/31/1843 Alice Jane Latimer, 11/10/1845 William Arthur Latimer, 9/25/1831 Maggie G Latimer, 2/11/1889 or 1839 ========================================== Transcription of a note in an old family Bible that belonged to Arthur Haire. On the First Page of the Family Bible "Arthur E. Haire's Book, presented to him by his dear father, James A. Haire of Madisonville, Tenn., June, 1847. "This book was taken from the owner's house during the War Between the States, was found in the woods by a lady, seen and recovered by a Robert Russel and by him returned to it's owner. Arthur Haire and his family were driven from their home at Cassville, Ga., in great haste, by the approaching Federal Army. Almost everything being left was either distroyed or stolen. They refugeed to Broad River, Elbert County, GA, remained there one year and two months, from there to , what was then knowned as Lexington Depot, now Crawford, [Oglethorpe County] Ga, from there to Lexington, Ga in October, 1865." The above account was written Sunday evening, April 22, 1882 by John A. Haire." note: John A. Haire, son of Arthur E. and Elliott Latimer Haire. Bible was in cedar chest owned by Mabelle Stokely Grigsby, Ashville, NC. After calling a Grigsby relative of Mabelle's husband and asking about the Bible, the Bible was sent to me. Linda Atkins ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============