Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....PRITCHETT, F. F. 1849 - 
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Author: S. Emmett Lucas, Jr.
F. F. PRITCHETT, merchant Villa Rica, Carroll Ga.,  son of Robert and Anna 
Eliza (Alexander) Pritchett, was born in Virginia 111 1849. His grandfather, 
Joshua Pritchett, was of French descent, born in Virginia, and of considerable 
local influence. His father was a native of Virginia and a manufacturer of 
tobacco, a business which he followed with success and profit until 1856, when 
he came to Georgia and settled on a farm, where he remained until he died. 
His, maternal grandparents, Frank and Nancy (Bell) Alexander, were natives of 
Newton, S. C., whence they went to Mobile. There he engaged in business, and 
was also agent for the bay boats many years. Subsequently he was appointed to 
a position in the custom house which he served unti1 he was seventy five years 
old, when he retired and located on the bay, finishing his days there. He 
lived in Mobile and on the bay about fifty years, and bought his land from the 
French. Mr. Pritchett was reared mostly in Georgia, and received but a limited 
education. He was too young to enter the army during the war, but he served in 
what was known as the home guard. He went into business in Villa Rica and 
soon, by assiduous attention and energy, established a large and profitable 
trade. In 1882 he built one of the largest and best business houses in the 
little city, and in 1888 formed a partnership with W. H. and G. B. Malone, and 
has established the best paying  business of any person or firm in that part 
of the state. Mr. Pritchett is 
thoroughbred, thorough-going business man of the strictest integrity, 
possessing the unusual confidence of the people; while Mr. Malone is a young 
man of irreproachable character and remarkable business and financial ability. 
Mr. Pritchett was married in 1881 to Miss Lucy J. Malone, born and reared in 
Carroll county, daughter of Jerry D. and Mary (Bale) Malone, by whom he has 
had four children: Karl, Robert H., Florence, and Mary E. Mr. and Mrs. 
Pritchett are active members of the Presbyterian church.



Additional Comments:
From the book, "Memoirs of Georgia", Historical and Biographical Sketches, 
published in 1896

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