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Leander Jackson Berrong

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Leander Jackson Berrong

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
15 Mar 1927 (aged 82)
Towns County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Hiawassee, Towns County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Married Malinda Jane Haseltine Osborn 29-Nov-1866.Married Margaret Glazner 13 March 1873.Married Florence Theodocia Allen,date unknown.Married Lucy Adelaide Mulkey 25 Feb 1914.Lucy died in 1955 no burial info found.

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Atlanta Constitution, 17 March 1927
Hiawassee,Ga., March 16-
Jackson Berrong, one of the leading citizens of Towns county, died here today at 3 o'clock. He had been in declining health for some time. Mr. Berrong was a Confederate soldier of the 24th Georgia regiment under Colonel Robert McMillan, Wofford's brigade, Longstreet's corps, in the army of Virginia. He was captured in 1863 at Cold Harbor, Va., and sent to Elmyra, N. Y. where he was in prison until the close of the war. He was born in Towns county, and lived here all his life. He is survived by his widow, eight sons, one daughter and four brothers. Funeral services and internment will be conducted at Old Hightower church Thursday.

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Married Malinda Jane Haseltine Osborn 29-Nov-1866.Married Margaret Glazner 13 March 1873.Married Florence Theodocia Allen,date unknown.Married Lucy Adelaide Mulkey 25 Feb 1914.Lucy died in 1955 no burial info found.

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Atlanta Constitution, 17 March 1927
Hiawassee,Ga., March 16-
Jackson Berrong, one of the leading citizens of Towns county, died here today at 3 o'clock. He had been in declining health for some time. Mr. Berrong was a Confederate soldier of the 24th Georgia regiment under Colonel Robert McMillan, Wofford's brigade, Longstreet's corps, in the army of Virginia. He was captured in 1863 at Cold Harbor, Va., and sent to Elmyra, N. Y. where he was in prison until the close of the war. He was born in Towns county, and lived here all his life. He is survived by his widow, eight sons, one daughter and four brothers. Funeral services and internment will be conducted at Old Hightower church Thursday.

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L.J.Berrong
NOV. 10, 1844
MAR. 15, 1927
A precious one
from us has gone
A voice we loved
is stilled,
A place is vacant
in our home,
Which never can
be filled.

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