Elbert County GaArchives Obituaries.....Dye, George W. September 9, 1893 ************************************************ 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: Jacqueline King http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003809 October 17, 2006, 10:30 pm Atlanta Constitution, 11 September 1893 GEORGE W. DYE IS DEAD. He Left His Fortune to His Faithful Negro Servants. Elberton, Ga., September 10- Mr. George W. Dye, aged eighty-four, probably the wealthiest man in the county, died after a brief illness at his home in lower Elbert county yesterday. He never married and has lived almost alone. He accumulated a handsome fortune, consisting largely of ready cash, the most of which he left to the negro family which had long been faithful to him. Mr. Harry R. Gairdner and Rev. John H. Grogan are his executors. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/elbert/obits/d/dye5537gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb