Pike-Monroe-Lamar County GaArchives Biographies.....Redding, John F. January 24 1848 - December 22 1928
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Author: From “Georgia Through Two Centuries”
Redding, John F., of Barnesville, has here been established in the practice of 
law for many years; is a man of high professional attainments, and prominent in 
political and public affairs. He is an ex-member of both the house and senate 
of the state legislature and is one of the representative citizens of Pike 
county. Mr. Redding was born in Monroe county, Ga., Jan. 24, 1848, and is a son 
of Capt. W.D. and Ann W. (Avery) Redding, the former born on March 20, 1820, 
and the latter on Jan. 20, 1827. Captain Redding was an officer of a Georgia 
regiment in the Confederate service, and his grandfather, Charles Redding, was 
a soldier in the Continental line during the war of the Revolution, having been 
present at the surrender of Cornwallis, at Yorktown. John F. Redding received 
excellent educational advantages, both collegiate and professional, and is 
known as an able trial lawyer and counselor. He has ever been unwavering in his 
allegiance to the Democratic party and is a prominent factor in its councils in 
his section of the state. He was a member of the Georgia house of 
representatives in 1882-3, 1894-5, and 1896-7, and of the state senate in 1898-
9. He is identified with the Kappa Alpha college fraternity. Mr. Redding 
married the daughter of Rev. John P. Duncan. His only child is Mrs. Edward L. 
Cook.

Additional Comments:
Copy Obtained from Old Jail Museum and Archives, Barnesville, Georgia. Compiled 
by Shanna English.

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