Fulton County Georgia Bio William Thomas Goldsmith, M.D. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Winge Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/richmond.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm WILLIAM THOMAS GOLDSMITH William Thomas Goldsmith of Atlanta, Georgia, was born in Greenville county, South Carolina. His paternal grandparents came to this country from England at a period antecedent to the Revolutionary War, and settled in Virginia; his maternal grandparents also came from England, and made Maryland and Virginia their homes. His maternal grandfather was Lord Wickliffe, who emigrated to Maryland in company with Lord Baltimore; on the paternal side the origina of the family is found in the Goldsmiths of England. His grandparents were "rebels" in the struggle for American Independence, and in various capacities performed excellent service for the cause of freedom. After the termination of hostilities between the two countries, they moved to South Carolina. Shortly after his birth his parents settled in Charleston, that State, where he received his preliminary education in the Charleston High School. Before the opening of the late War he moved with his family to Bartow county, Georgia. He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia, at Augusta, in 1852, he then entered the active practice of his profession at Cartersville, Georgia. During the progress of the Civil War, he was on the medical staff of the Confederate Army, and was in hospital service at Richmond, Virginia... Ref: Stone, R. French, BIOGRAPHY OF EMINENT AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, 1894, Carlon & Hollenbeck, Publishers, Indianapolis, pp. 627-628. [Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge, barbarawinge@yahoo.com] ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============