Muscogee County GaArchives Biographies.....George A. Pearce August 8 1854 - Unknown
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Author: Memoirs of Ga., Vol. II, 1895

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II
Published by the Atlanta Historical Society in 1895
Pages 628-629


George A. Pearce, president of the City Mills Company of Columbus, Ga., was 
born in Hamilton, Harris Co., Ga., Aug. 8, 1854.  His father, Tillman I. 
Pearce, was a native of Harris County, was a carpenter before the war, and a 
miller after the war; and died in 1893.  Tillman I. Pearce married Nancy 
Thomasson, and they had nine children, all of whom are now living.  At eight 
years of age George A. Pearce removed with his parents to Russell County, Ala., 
locating at Seale, where he was reared and educated.  He attended Mercer 
University, at Macon, Ga., for two years, and then he returned to Russell 
County, Ala., where his father owned two flour mills, and managed one of them 
for his father for five years.  He came to Columbus in 1877, and started a 
small mill, ran it two years, then entered the city mills, operated by J.N. 
Embry; he worked there as assistant miller six months, and was then given 
charge of the whole business.  Three or four years later J.N. Embry sold out to 
Frank Mitchell, who retained Mr. Pearce for four years when he bought Mr. 
Mitchell out.  In 1890 it was incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000, 
and Mr. Pearce was made president, and Thomas Salisbury secretary and 
treasurer.  George A. Pearce is a consistent member of the Baptist Church.  He 
was married Nov. 15, 1878, to Miss Ida Embry, daughter of J.N. Embry, a native 
of Columbus, and who died in 1893.  This union has been blessed by the birth of 
five daughters: Odelle, Effie May, Kate Mitchell, George Alma, and Mabel Clare.



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