Chattahoochee-Hancock County GaArchives Biographies.....Wynn, Thomas H. 1800 - 1861 ************************************************ 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: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 November 4, 2004, 6:29 pm Author: N. K. Rogers WYNN Dr. David Wynn, well known physician of Chattahoochee Co., in past years, was son of Thomas H. b. 1800, d. 1861, and Mahaley Clay Wynn. Thomas H. Wynn according to census records was born in Hancock Co., Ga.; he died in Chattahoochee Co. where his will is recorded. Four sons and four daughters are mentioned in the will, David being one of the executors. David Wynn m. Susan Wooldridge and their four sons were well known in the business world, but Judge Eugene J. Wynn was the most widely known. He was educated in the public schools of this county; read law in the office of Hon Leonidas McLester and was admitted to the bar after being examined with T. T. Miller and Z. A. Littlejohn, by a committee appointed by the Superior Court of Chattahoochee Co. at Cusseta in 1883, practiced law in Cusseta from 1883 to 1895 when he moved to Columbus and formed a partnership with Messrs. T. T. and B. S. Miller and where he was solicitor of the city court and city recorder. Judge Wynn married Josephine Fox May 1, 1912. During the latter years of his life they lived upon one of his farms, as he was deeply interested in all phases of modern farming methods. His unusual capacity for gathering revelant facts and his accurate memory in recounting these facts are characteristics observable in other descendants of Thomas Harrison Wynn, many of whom are outstanding in their careers. A grandson, Dr. Wm. F. Ogburn of Chicago known throughout the U. S. for his research work along sociological lines, is one of the most distinguished. Thomas H. Wynn's estate included a plantation at Gobbler's Hill, slaves and such additional property as was usually possessed by planters in Ga. prior to 1861. Dr. David Wynn as executors sold this plantation to W. W. Shipp, the executor of whose estate in turn sold it to Rev. Hezekiah Bussey. Part of it is now owned by G. J. Wilson and part by Ike Wyatt. Dr. Littlejohn Wynn also owned a place in Big Sandy District, but Dr. David was only member of the family to spend his life in this county. The children of his only daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Weems, were reared here, only one of whom, Mrs. T. T. Miller, of Columbus is now living. In addition to Thomas Wynn, Absolom Davis and David Hillhouse were among her Revolutionary ancestors. An extract from a letter written while her brother, the last of the Spanish-American War veterans of this county, was in the Philippines and one sent from San Francisco to her, follow. Presidio, California. Jan. 14, 1903. Miss Ina Belle Weems, Dear Ina,— I received your highly appreciated letter and was exceedingly glad to hear from you. I am still in hospital here, but am enjoying myself very well. Will soon go to duty at Benisia barracks or probably I may wait and join my company, the 25th coast artillery on its arrival here in March. I am getting anxious to shoulder my old Krag rifle and walk post again. One soon tires of hospitals although we have many ways to pass off time. We have a nice library where we can get all sorts of reading and then we have baseball games here once or twice a week which I enjoy very much. We are given two passes a week to go out in town and enjoy ourselves. I sometimes go out to Golden Gate Park which is a very interesting place. Here you can see every kind of animal and bird in the world. Another very nice place is a large building called the Cliff House which contains a large museum and here is a collection of relics of all ages and all races of people, where one could spend hours and hours and never get tired. From this house you can look out to Seal Rocks and can see the seals on the rocks. The chutes and merry-go-round are places of much amusement, too. The boys sometimes overstay their passes and can't go out any more and are not allowed to wear clothes, but a robe for several days. San Francisco is a great place for the Chinese. There is a place called China town where no one except the Chinese live. Here they have their foul opium dens and sit around smoking their long opium pipes until drunk. It is certainly interesting to make a visit through this underground city. We have church services twice a week in the chapel, which I always attend and the soldiers sing pretty well, too. Chaplain Miller of artillery and Smith of the 19th Infantry and Hunter of 7th Infantry preach to us, and are good preachers. A few days ago we were given a lecture by Mr. Clarence Reed of San Francisco on his travels through Egypt, which was very entertaining. During Christmas we had 12 little girls from first English Lutheran Church to sing for us which I must men tion, and I tell you they could sing. I have grown to like the army very well, but have found no place as good as home. But I have seen a good deal of the world. In going to Philippines, we went via Honolulu, Hawaii and I got to see this city. The climate s the finest on earth I guess. In coming back we came northern route. We boarded the good old transport Sheridan on 1st Oct.in Manila Bay and went to a quarantine station called Marivelles and were quarantined for 5 days. We then left there and sailed along coast of Luzon northward to Japan. Enroute we passed the Island of Formosa not far from coast of China. Look on map and you can see route we came. I have seen lots and do not regret my enlistment. I know you had a nice time Christmas and wish I could have been with you all. I will send you a present before long. I would write something of my travels but could not begin to write half I have seen; I will tell you about them when I see you. I am saving my money and am as temperate as I ever was and while I enjoy the fun and pleasure of army life, yet I have in no way let it change me from the good lessons taught me in my old country home. But I assure you I will never enlist. I think a good deal of my comrades and have many friends. But I still think of my old Georgia home and hope some day to see you all and the friends of my boyhood days again. No, I have not fallen in love with any California girls and must say I have seen none to come up with the Georgia girls. What have you done with old Lee? Tell Cliff to keep him for if I get discharged, I may come home awhile and will want to hunt some squirrels. Well, I will close, hoping to hear from you again soon, Affectionately, Mort. We celebrated the fourth of July up to date here. We had as good a dinner that day as anybody. We had Irish potatoes, ham, corn, chicken salad, beef, turkey and plenty of free beer to drink, (you know I did not drink any beer though) and three kinds of cake. At noon we lined up and fired 24 volleys from our Krag-Jorgensen rifles and a pretty noise it made, too. The natives work caribou here with two wheel cart and when he heard the the noise one of them passing by raised his head, gave a snort, curled his back and put out. The native was pitched on one side of the road the caribou the other side. It was very amusing to look at him as the negro exhibited some nice acrobatic feats first by standing on his head, then two or three somersaults and landed in a ditch about ten feet away. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA By N. K. Rogers Dedicated to KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C. and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers. Copyright 1933 by N. K. ROGERS PRINTED BY COLUMBUS OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/chattahoochee/bios/gbs559wynn.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 8.2 Kb