UPSON COUNTY, GA - OBITS   Flewellen,  Edward A. Dr.

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DR. FLEWELLEN DIES
UPSON COUNTY PIONEER
HAD FILLED MANY POSITIONS
OF TRUST AND HONOR IN 
COUNTY AND STATE
Dr. Edward A. Flewellen died at his home at The Rock last
Friday night and with his passing goes one of the most
prominent men the county has ever produced.

He was born in Warren county on Sept. 17, 1819, and
therefore was in his ninety-second year.  He was educated
at Randolph-Macon college, Virginia and graduated at
Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia, March 18, 1851. 
For several years he practiced medicine and surgery in
Upson county, with his home at Thomaston.

Dr. Flewellen enlisted in a company from Thomaston early
in 1861, and on May 19 was commissioned as surgeon of the
Fifth Georgia regiment, C.S.A. with the rank of major.
His first service was rendered at Fort Barancas and Ft.
Pickens, Fla.  In the summer of 1862 he was announced by
General Bragg in general orders as medical director of
the department of the army of Tennessee and ordered to
report to headquarters, then near Murfreesboro, Tenn., to
relieve Medical Director Foard who was transferred to the
staff of General J. E. Johnston.

On July 2 of that year, Chief Surgeon Flewellen, by order
of General Johnston, was made instructor of hospitals,
which position he filled until the close of the war.  He
was paroled at Macon, Ga. May 18, 1865.

Dr. Flewellen had served his county and state in the
legislature with great acceptability to his constituents
before the war.  In 1877 he was elected a member of the
Georgia constitutional convention.

On January 30, 1872, Dr. Flewellen was commissioned by
Governor James M. Smith as superintendent of public works
of Georgia and in 1874 was put by Governor Smith in
charge of the North and South railroad and of the Macon
and Brunswick railroad.  While in charge of the latter a
report was made to the governor which caused a repeal of
the joint resolution passed by the legislature August 14,
1872, and thus saved the state $600,000 with several
years interest.

Soon after the Macon and Brunswick railroad was sold by
the state, Dr. Flewellen was put in charge of the
Columbus and Western railroad, which was extended from
Goodwater to Birmingham, Ala.  After some months he was
relieved from the management of the Columbus and Western
railroad and returned to Upson county, undisturbed by any
official duties except six years service as county
commissioner of Upson county.and two years service as
state senator in 1896 and 1897, and several years service
as president of the Upson county railroad.

In addition to the many positions of honor and trust Dr.
Flewellen has filled, both as a military and civil
officer, he was also adjutant general of the state,
having been succeeded by Adjutant General John A.
Stephens.  At the time of his death as a recognition of
his splendid achievements as a railroad builder and
manager, he was present of the Upson county railroad,
purely as a compliment to the man.

He never sought office without success.  When the war
closed, like every other man of prominence in the service
of the confederacy, he came out of the conflict with no
means, and a badly impaired constitution.  He quickly
began to become a figure in a business way and soon
amassed a competency.  He leaves a considerable estate to
his nearest relatives, who are nieces and nephews living
in Virginia and Texas.  He leaves several cousins in this
state, some of whom are R. T. and G. O. Persons of
Forsyth; Mrs. Susie O. Brown and family, of Fort Valley,
the family of G. A. Weaver of Thomaston; Mrs. W. X. Bell
of Thomaston, and Mrs. Drake of Macon.  Dr. Flewellen
never married.  His health has always been of the best
since the war, and being a man of sober habits, he
preserved a wonderful amount of physical energy which
manifested itself up to three days before he took his bed
which resulted in his death.  The immediate cause of his
death was pneumonia.

Dr. Flewellen's body was brought here Sunday morning at
11 o'clock on a special train and was buried from the
Methodist church.  Rev. R. B. O. England conducting the
services.  A large number of people were present to
witness the last sad rites and pay a tribute of respect
to the deceased.