Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thomas A. McCormick March 11 1902
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(Cedartown Standard March 13, 1902) 
Mr. T. A. McCormick, one of Polk’s oldest and best citizens, passed away 
Tuesday morning at his home near Berry’s in the eighty-fourth year of his age. 
He was a brave Confederate soldier, and a respected and useful citizen. Funeral 
services were held yesterday at Shiloh, and were largely attended. The deceased 
was a brother of Polk’s clever Tax Receiver, Mr. M. E. McCormick. (Cedartown 
Standard March 13, 1902) 

Mr. Thomas A. McCormick, was born in Taliaferro County, Ga., Sept. 22nd, 1818, 
and died at his farm home near Berry’s the 11th day of March 1902, honored, 
beloved and bemoaned by all who knew him. He joined the Baptist church in early 
boyhood and continued steadfast to the end, without the least charge against 
him or occasion for any acknowledgment to his church. As a Christian he was 
meek, faithful and constant without wavering or fluctuation. As a citizen he 
was orderly, peaceable, industrious, true, patriotic and conservative; while as 
a man, neighbor and friend, he was unobtrusive, kind and sympathetic; and as 
husband and father, loving, thoughtful and gentle as a woman. It is a fact 
that "Uncle Tom’ never had an enemy, never had a law suit or a compromise to 
avoid one; indeed, he might be summed up: The meek man, true christian, orderly 
citizen, true friend, loving parent. He was a great lover of home. Few if any 
were away from home so little. He never went from home except to church, on 
business, or in response to duty. You never saw him hanging around town or 
going there uselessly. The writer has though of Uncle Tom many times, and cited 
him as a model worthy of emulation for those seeking a contented, peaceable, 
orderly life. At nineteen, while living at LaGrange, he married Miss Sophia 
Stewart, of Cave Springs. As he passed through Cedartown for his bride, the 
large tow-story Hand house near the Methodist church was being built. His wife 
died in 1875, and a year later he married Mrs. Garner, whose former husband 
died in the Confederate service. He leaves this wife and three children, J. D. 
McCormick of Sulphur Springs, Ala., Mrs. Clements, of Vincent, Ala., and Mrs. 
Wharton, of Dalton, and one brother, our worthy citizen, Mr. M. E. McCormick, 
of Cedartown, who deeply lament their great bereavement. Uncle Tom told with 
interest of accompanying Alex Stephens horse back to Milledgeville to the 
Legislature to bring the horse back. He was a youth then, living at 
Crawfordville and Alex Stephens a young man. He said while eating dinner at 
Marthasville (now Atlanta) Alex Stephens said, "This is to be the greatest city 
of the South." His was the quiet, unassuming life. No greed of gold or vaulting 
ambition disturbed his peace of soul. He lived and now rests in sweet repose. 
All would do well to take him as their pattern. (A Friend) (Cedartown Standard 
March 27, 1902) 


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