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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-243GEORGIA REBECCA SLAUGHTER (2.5.2.8) is the daughter of Jordan WilliamsonSlaughter and Rebecca Anderson (Dority) Slaughter. Georgia was bornon January 20, 1868 in Georgia. Georgia Slaughter married John DanielNewman, Jr. John was born on May 5, 1860 and is the son of John DanielNewman and Patience (Cannington) Newman. John’s brother, William HenryNewman, married Georgia Slaughter’s sister, Sarah Emma Slaughter (2.5.2.5).John and Georgia Newman moved to Terrell County, Georgia and they were theparents of six children:............Florence Newman............Clyde Newman, b. 1892, Georgia............William A. Newman............Mary Lena Newman, b. 1896, Georgia............Paul Newman, b. 1899, Georgia............Emma Newman, b. 1901, GeorgiaIn 1910, John and Georgia Newman were living in Stewart County, Georgia.John Daniel Newman, Jr. died on October 11, 1919 and Georgia (Slaughter)Newman died on October 18, 1939. Both were buried in the Cedar Hill Cemeteryin Dawson, Georgia. Florence Newman married Frank Lisle and they haveone daughter: - Rebecca Lisle. Florence (Newman) Lisle later married C. H.Varner of Smithville, Georgia. Rebecca Lisle married H. B. Arnold and lives inAmericus, Georgia. H. B. Arnold is associated with Arnold Trucking Company.Clyde Newman married Gladys Dismukes of Dawson, Georgia. They moved toAlbany, Georgia and had two sons: - William Newman, - Clyde Newman, Jr.William Newman married Annie Boyett Gibson of Macon, Georgia. William isan Orthopedic Surgeon in Macon, Georgia. Paul Newman resides in Chattanooga,Tennessee. Mary Newman married J. Milligan of Boston, Georgia.Emma Newman married Clarence Moore of North Carolina.References: 1) 1910 Census, Stewart County, Georgia; 2) “History of Stewart County,Georgia,” by Terrill and Dixon, 1958, Volume 1, Pages 594 and 595; 3) Letter, Mrs.Florence Varner to Mrs. H. M. Dixon, March 9, 1958; 4) Letter, Kenneth H. Thomas,Jr. to Robert Casey, July 24, 1982MARY JANE SLAUGHTER (2.5.2.9) is the daughter of Jordan WilliamsonSlaughter and Rebecca Anderson (Dority) Slaughter. Mary was born on September14, 1870 in Georgia. Mary Slaughter married William Joseph Cranford ofBeuna Vista, Georgia. William was born on October 14, 1868 and is the son ofJoseph Cranford and Mary A. (Persons) Cranford. William’s brother, RufusCranford, married Mary Slaughter’s niece, Ruby Newman (2.5.2.5.2). Williamand Mary Jane Cranford moved to Terrell County, Georgia and they were theparents of one daughter:............Alberta CranfordMary (Slaughter) Cranford died on June 27, 1937. William J. Cranford died onMarch 18, 1940 and was buried in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Dawson, Georgia.Alberta Cranford married G. B. Cook of Valdosta, Georgia.