Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....Fiedler, F.M. 1823 - uk ************************************************ 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: E. Robertson lrober@plantationcable.net July 27, 2004, 12:23 am Author: MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA F M. FIEDLER, retired farmer, Villa Rica, Carroll Co., Ga., son of Terrell and Rebecca (Nolan) Fiedler, was born in Morgan county, Ga., in 1823. His great-grandparents, Jasper and Mary (Stewart) Fiedler, came from England to America before the revolutionary war, and settled in Virginia. Among the passengers aboard the some vessel was a Welsh family -named Stewart--husband and wife and little daughter. The parents died during the voyage, and the little girl was reared by a family named Fiedler. She afterward became the wife of James Fiedler and lived to be nearly 100 years old; 'Mr. Fiedler's grandparents, James and Sally (Benga) Fiedler, migrated from Virginia to Georgia and settled in the woods in Greene county, whence in a few years they removed to what is now Morgan county and cleared another farm, where they made a permanent home and remained- until they died-he in 1813 and she in 1830, aged seventy years. Mr. Fiedler's father was born in what is now, Morgan county in 1797; and was a soldier in the war of 1812. On reaching manhood he was ordained a minister of the Missionary Baptist church, and preached in Morgan and adjoining counties. Having drawn some land in Meriwether county for his services in the war of 1812, himself and his brother-in-law, Sam Harris, removed to Meriwether county, in 1833. They settled in the dense unbroken forest, in which Indians and wild animals roamed and prowled at will. His father organized a Baptist church -the first in that part of the state -in an old dilapidated log house, which had been built and used for a sheep pen. He afterward, in 1851, moved to Tallapoosa county, Ala., where he died in 1873, aged seventy-six years, peacefully closing a life faithfully spent in doing good and preaching the gospel. His maternal grandparents, George and Rebecca Nolan, were natives of South Carolina, who, coming to Georgia, settled near, Madison, Morgan county. Mr. Fiedler was mostly reared in Meriwether county, and had the benefit of but a few months schooling, and that was obtained at the old sheep pen where his father organized the church, after _a four mile walk, barefooted. He began life with nothing, and the first land he had he bought on credit, and before the war owned a 6oo acre farm and ten slaves. Farming has been the pursuit of his life; and, although not wealthy, he has a fine farm, amid a beautiful, comfortable home in Villa Rica. He served as notary public, ex-officio justice of the peace, two years. He was too old for regular service in the army; but served about six months in the Home guard. Mr. Fiedler was married in 1848 to Miss Martha Dobbs-born in South Carolina daughter of Silas, and Nancy (Myers) Dobbs, natives of South Carolina, who settled in Carroll county, in 1852. To them four children have been born, two of whom are living: Rebecca, wife of Dr. G. W. Strickland; and Silas 0. who married Florence, daughter of William Candler. Mr. Fiedler joined the church when seventeen years of age and has lived a consistent Christian life; and himself and his devoted companion are both members of the Missionary Baptist church. Additional Comments: “MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA”, Historical and Biographical Sketches by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., Published in 1896. Transcribed by Elizabeth Robertson July 2004. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/carroll/bios/nbs21fiedler.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb