BIOGRAPHY: S. P. POWER, Madison County, GA

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"Memoirs of Georgia: Containing Historical Accounts of the State's Civil,
Military, Industrial and Professional Interests, and Personal Sketches
of Many of Its People" Vol. 1 & 2, Atlanta, Georgia:  The Southern 
Historical Association, 1895 

Historical Collections of Georgia: Containing the Most Interesting 
Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc. Relating 
to Its History and Antiquities, From Its First Settlement to the 
Present Time, By Rev. George White, 1855

S. P. POWER, farmer, Carlton, Madison Co., Ga., was born and has 
lived his life in Madison county. He is the son of D. B. and Margaret 
(Patten) Power, his father having been born in Elbert county and where 
he was an extensive farmer and slave-holder. The grandfather of Mr. 
S. P. Power was Frank Power, who came from Virginia and located in 
Elbert county. He was a brave soldier in the revolutionary war and an
esteemed citizen. The wife of D. B. Power was the wife of Samuel and 
Margaret (Eberhart) Patten, and her father was a soldier during the 
war of independence and an early settler of Elbert county. Mr. S. P. 
Power was born in 1831, and obtained what schooling he received from 
a private tutor, after the day's work was done. In 1862 he joined the 
ranks of the Confederacy and became a member of Company E, Thirty-
seventh Georgia regiment, under Capt. Gholston, being engaged in the 
fights at Tazewell, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and 
then going on detail duty. In 1853 he married Martha, daughter of Berry 
M. and Elizabeth (Vaughn) David. Six children have been born to this 
union, who are now living: David, William, James 0., Lorena, S. P. and 
Clinton. The mother was born in 1834. They are both members of the Baptist 
church and Mr. Power has long belonged to the masonic fraternity. He 
has served as bailiff for a number of years, and is well known 
throughout the county.