William Gottheimer

from Page 123-124 of "A Boy From Georgia: Coming of Age in the Segregated South" by Hamilton Jordan. University of Georgia Press, Oct 15, 2015 - Biography & Autobiography - 232 pages. "Meet the Gottheimers."

Page 1 of the Oglethorpe Echo:

Lexington loses its most esteemed citizen

The happy Christmas spirit of every citizen of Lexington was turned into sadness when at about twelve o'clock on Christmas day, it was announced that Mr. William Gottheimer, than whom Lexington nor the county claimed a more esteemed citizen, had passed away at his home in this place.

The deceased was a native of Germany, having been born in Felane [SIC: Filehne], Germany, on January 19, 1845. At about the age of seventeen, he came to this country with three brothers and then came to the south and to Athens ....

(continued on Death notice - page 1 and Death notice - page 2)

Immigration Year: 1865. Naturalized.

• Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via daughter Esther Gottheimer by SmartCopy: Nov 29 2015, 1:19:25 UTC
• page 23-24 of A Boy From Georgia: Coming of Age in the Segregated South. By Hamilton Jordan (2015).

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• Wm Gottheimer in the U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918
• Name: Wm Gottheimer
• Tax Year: 1866
• State: Indiana, USA

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From Lexington Terminal Railroad

Incorporated in 1888, the Lexington Terminal opened its 4-mile road between Crawford and Lexington on October 1, 1889. It included a half-mile branch to a quarry of the Blue Granite Company.

At Crawford, the line connected with the Georgia Railroad's branch line between Union Point and Athens, built in the early 1840s. The lessees of the Georgia Railroad acquired the Lexington line in 1900, but it was not until 1917 that they took over its operations. The line was abandoned in 1947.

page 253 of Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia. "Incorporating the Lexington Railroad Terminal Company, 1887]. Shareholders include W. Gottheimer and Hamilton McWhorter.

GEDCOM Note

Burial: Clarke Cemetery, Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, United States