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     M. Gaymon Howell Jr. was born at Henderson, Ky.

     Alexander Tatum Wofford witnessed Tatum, son of Rev. Isaac Edwin Wofford, is the real author of this family record. Although he was unable to see well enough to write, he dictated the contents from his wonderful storehouse of memory. Part of it was substantiated by family records and dates on tombstones.

Tatum married Matilda Taylor on Jan 7, 1883. He was a teacher in the public and private schools of Gordon County Georgia for fifty years. He served as a member of the County Board of Education for sixteen years. He is a deacon in the Liberty Baptist Church.

Tatum braved many hardships in his struggle or the improvement of education in his county. While teaching, it was often necessary to wade swollen streams in order to reach his home after a day in the schoolroom.

But hard work and study had their effects on his eyesight. He can now see only vague objects. The hardest cross that he has ever had to bear is not to be able to use the instrument of which he was so long a master, his pen. The county newspapers to which he contributed many articles misses the use of that instrument. He still communicates to his friends through dictation to other writers.

Tatum and Matilda have two children: Milton and Mayme.¹ He was born on 4 August 1860 at Ranger, Georgia. He married Matilda Taylor on 7 January 1883. Alexander Tatum Wofford died on 15 September 1938 at Calhoun, Georgia, at age 78;
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia, USA.

     John Henry Wofford witnessed John Henry married Lula Jane Walters in 1893. For many years he was a teacher in the public and private schools of Gordon County, Georgia. He has been a constable and justice of the peace for many years. Lula, his wife, died July 14, 1929 and was buried in Liberty Cemetery near Ranger, Georgia. John and Lula had two children: Kitty Agnes and Nettie Maybell. Nettie was an invalid all of her life. She died at the age of eighteen in the Stat Sanatorium at Milledgevill, Georgia.¹ He was born on 10 January 1867. He married Lula Jane Walters in 1893. John Henry Wofford died on 27 September 1950 at Ranger, Gerogia, at age 83.

     Her married name was Thompson. Nancy Luvenia (Vena) Wofford married John Modie Thompson. Nancy Luvenia (Vena) Wofford was born on 21 December 1871 at Gerogia. She died on 6 March 1938 at Resaca, Georgia, at age 66.

     Julia E. Wofford married Landon Chesterfield Wyatt. Julia E. Wofford was born on 17 April 1868 at Gerogia. She died on 24 June 1894 at Calhoun, Georgia, at age 26.

     Matilda Taylor was born in 1864. As of 7 January 1883,her married name was Wofford. She married Alexander Tatum Wofford, son of Rev. Isaac Edwin Wofford and Eugenia Caroline Inlow, on 7 January 1883. Matilda Taylor died on 6 September 1939 at Calhoun, Georgia.