Chattahoochee County  Georgia Bios James M. Sizemore

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James M. SIZEMORE, the subject of this sketch, was born
February 5, 1836 [near Juniper in Talbot County,
Georgia, the son of George Washington and Rhoda
(UNKNOWN) SIZMORE], and died January 17, 1907 [in
Chattahoochee County, Georgia].  He was married to
Caroline PATE [born 02 OCT 1840, the daughter of John &
Martha Ann (WEATHERS) PATE] February 4, 1858 [in
Chattahoochee County].  To this happy union were born
twelve children, seven boys and five girls, all living
but one, who preceded him to the great beyond about
seventeen years [sic - this is evidently in error.
This probably refers to one of his sons-in-law,
Benjamin Thomas “Tom” PATE, who died in 1891].  His
children have proven to be a credit to their country
and a delight to their parents.  Brother SIZEMORE
enlisted in the Confederate army [Company B, 6th
Regiment, Georgia Militia] May 1864, and served as a
faithful soldier until the close of the war.  He united
with the Primitive Baptist Church at County Line in
July, 1878, and was baptized by Elder J. G. MURRAY.  In
the year 1900 he moved his membership to Mt. Paran
Church, Chattahoochee county, Ga., and remained there
and proved a faithful member until death.  He was a
member of one of the best and most influential families
of this country.  He bore the family name with honor,
and left it an untarnished heritage to his widow and
children, his church, his kindred and countless
friends.  As a product of nature, he was a jewel in
point of character.  He could not be excelled: humble,
gentle, kind and true.  He was one of nature’s
noblemen, upon whom she lavishes her rarest gifts,
which came alone from God, unto whom they were devoted.
He did not only prove that God had blessed him with
splendid natural qualities, but that he bestowed upon
him eternal life, [evident to] the church and all men
of his acquaintance, by which love he was constrained
to consecrate his life to God’s cause and to faithfully
serve Him until his death.  All these qualities
prepared him to be what he was, a shining light in the
church….Submitted in love by the humble pastor of his
church, T. D. ROBERTS, Buena Vista, Georgia