Ware-Coffee-Jeff Davis County GaArchives Biographies.....Latimer, James H. 1869 - living in 1913
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   JAMES H. LATIMER, M. D. A well-known and successful physician of Ware county,
and one of the foremost citizens of Waycross, James H. Latimer, M. D., has built
up a large and lucrative practice in this section of the state and has here
fully established himself in the esteem and confidence of his fellow men. A son
of Dr. James Latimer, he was born September 9, 1869, in Coffee county, Georgia,
of early colonial stock. His grandfather, Fleming Latimer, who, so far as known,
was a life-long resident of South Carolina, was a lineal descendant of Lord
Latimer, who fled from his native land to this country to escape religious
persecution, settling in Manhattan Island, New York.

   Dr. James H. Latimer's birth occurred June 10, 1829, in South Carolina.
Receiving excellent educational advantages in his youthful days, he early
determined to enter upon a professional career, and while yet a young man was
graduated from the medical department of the state university, at Augusta, with
the degree of M. D. After practicing medicine for a short time in Decatur
county, Georgia, Dr. James Latimer subsequently spent a very few years in
Appling and Coffee counties, and then removed with his family to Jeff Davis
county, in 1872, locating at Hazlehurst, where he gained a fine reputation as a
skillful and able physician, remaining there until his death, in 1907. The
maiden name of his wife was Aleph B. Girtman. She was born in Coffee county,
Georgia, in 1848, and is now living in Hazlehurst. Her father, Benjamin F.
Girtman, owned a large plantation in the northern part of Georgia, and carried
on farming with slave labor until his accidental death when less than forty
years of age. The maiden name of his wife was Mary Simmons. Eleven children
blessed the union of Dr. James Latimer and his wife, as follows: James H., the
special subject of this brief biographical review; Ann Eliza and Mary Louisa,
twins; Clem F.; Martha E.; Charles Albert; Aleph Letitia; Edgar F.; Ida Kate;
Sarah, and Jennie.

   Acquiring his rudimentary education in the public schools of Hazlehurst,
James H. Latimer began the study of medicine with his father, and subsequently
attended the Atlanta Medical College, on March 2, 1892, being graduated from
that institution. Immediately beginning his professional career in Hazlehurst,
Doctor Latimer continued there six years. Coming then, in 1898, to Waycross,
which was then a comparatively small city, with a population of four thousand
people only, he has remained here ever since, being a successful and popular
physician. Keeping pace with the growth of the city, the doctor has been an
important factor in advancing its material interests, in the meantime bending
all of his energy towards making a success of his profession. He belongs to both
the Ware County Medical Society and to the Georgia State Medical Society.

   Fraternally the doctor is a member of Waycross Lodge, No. 305, Ancient Free
and Accepted Order of Masons; Waycross Chapter, No. 9, Royal Arch Masons;
Damascus Commandery, No. 18, Knights Templar; and of Alee Temple, Ancient Arabic
Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

   Doctor Latimer married, November 24, 1892, Tallulah Estelle Brinson, who was
born in Pierce county, Georgia, a daughter of David W. and Mary K. Brinson,
natives of this state. The doctor and Mrs. Latimer are the parents of four
children, namely: Tallulah Elizabeth, Eva Grace, Marion, and Mary B. Both are
members of the Baptist church.


Additional Comments:
From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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