Butts County GaArchives Biographies.....Byron, J. Lee [Dr.] 1887 - 1928 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Bankston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005864 January 31, 2013, 10:06 am Source: Jackson Argus - Week of January 3, 1902 Author: Jackson Argus - Week of January 3, 1902 Byron, Dr. J. Lee The newly elected Councilman from the Third Ward, came to Jackson in April 1887, and his career since his moving into our county has been one continuous progress of success and honor. Dr. Byron was born over in Coweta County, just before the war between the states and was reared on the farm. After receiving a liberal education he commenced teaching within two hundred yards of the old school house where he first entered school. After teaching there three years, he visited relatives in Arkansas, and was induced o take a school in that state, where he taught two years. When he returned to Georgia he went into the drug store of his brother- in-law, Dr. J. C. Brown at Whitesburg, now of Carrolton and studied pharmacy and medicine four years. He then entered the Atlanta Medical College in 1885, from which he graduated in 1887, and came to Jackson in April following. By his unwavering and close application to business he has made an enviable reputation. He is industrious, painstaking ambitious and admirable equipped in professional learning. Though modest and unassuming, he is active and untiring, ever anxious to learn whatever will be conductive to the furtherance of his profession. The doctor is so congenial and pleasant that the sick feel better in his presence, ad this fact has greatly aided him in establishing his very successful practice. The following life insurance companies, for all of which he is medical examiner, hold him in high esteem: Washington Life, New York ; Mutual Benefit, Newark, N.J.; Manhattan, N.Y.; Massachusetts, Benefit, Boston; Fidelity Mutual, Philadelphia; Nederland Life, Amsterdam, Holland. Dr. Bryon’s election to the City Council carried with it a clear head and wise council, Jackson will reap the benefits of his able services for the city in more ways than one. Jackson Argus - Week of January 3, 1902 Additional Comments: Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929 shows he died Jun 17, 1928 Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts/photos/bios/byron414bs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/butts/bios/byron414bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb