Loving wife of John William Gatlin, they were the parents of eleven children whom they raised before, during and after the War Between the States. Her husband joined the 57th Regiment of the Georgia Infantry, Co.F, and served from 1861 until the war's end in 1865. I am quite certain that the war shortened his life quite a bit, as it did to so many others, on both sides. Mary (Pritchard) Gatlin cared for her husband and children, 1st in Crawford, Georgia, prior to the War, when John listed his occupation as Carpenter in the 1860 Census. At that time, they had Martha, age 15, Fannie "Feraby", age 14, Thomas J., age 12, Lewis (Louis) C., age 11, Charles F., age 8, John W., age 6, Joseph, age 4, Marietta, also age 4 (most likely they were twins), and a 2nd Joseph, mentioned only once, age 1.
Another child, Theadocia, a daughter, was born in 1861. As previously mentioned, John was gone to fight the war from 1861 until 1865, so during those long years, Mary was alone with their children, for the most part. John may have come home on leave to check on his family and give her what money he could, taking care of what he could around the house and property before returning to duty. He had to be careful, too, as there were men out looking for deserters, and there would be no way he'd be able to convince them he was only home temporarily if they caught him there, he thought. Everyone was quite relieved, I'm certain, when the War finally ended, even though the South lost. John was able to return home to his loving family and in 1870 the family was living in Macon, Bibb County, where John was farming, in part, to keep his family fed, especially because there were now 2 more mouths to feed since 1860: little Theadocia, age 9, and Sarah Willa, age 3. Sadly, Mary's beloved husband died on Aug 20, 1874, at the relatively young age of 59 yrs. Mary was now a widow with nine children at home. Luckily, Thomas, 28, Louis, 26, John, 22, and Joseph, 20, could all help with the farm's heavier chores to keep money coming in and food on the table, as it were. Fannie would marry, but not until after her mother passed. (Fannie married a total of four times, the last time to William A. Moreland, a widower, following the death of his 1st wife in 1897. He was 10 yrs. her senior and had suffered some dreadful wounds during the Civil War. He died in 1901 and Fannie died in 1902). Theadocia also married, but died in 1895. Mary Gatlin lived to be 71 years of age, passing from this life on May 24, 1893. She is also buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Perry, Houston Co., Georgia. May she Rest at Peace forever.
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John William and Mary (Prichard) Gatlin are my great, great grandparents on my father's side. Their daughter, Sarah Willa, married Lee Hampton Webb. One of their sons was Robert Leon Webb, my grandfather. His eldest son, Robert Leon Webb, Jr., is my father. He was in the Army Air Corps in World War II. He received a Purple Heart after he was shot down near the Solomon Islands during the war and was one of only two men to survive. He also received a Certificate of Award, "Cross of Military Service" from the Daughters of the Confederacy on May 20th, 1953. "Whereas he faithfully and honorably served during World War II as a Technical Sergeant, 823rd Bomb Squadron, Army Air Corps, and is a lineal descendant of Robert William Gatlin who served honorably as a Private in Co. "F", 57th Georgia Regiment, in the War between the States. Now, Therefore, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, in appreciation of his patriotic devotion to Flag and Country, hereby awards to him through Cordele Chapter No.793, Cordele, State of Georgia, The Cross of Military Service and has directed that his name be inscribed on its Roll of Honor as a perpetual memorial to the fact that as a descendant of a Confederate Soldier he proved worthy of his lineage".
Completed Sept 28th, 2013 by Kathie L. Webb Blair
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Another child, Theadocia, a daughter, was born in 1861. As previously mentioned, John was gone to fight the war from 1861 until 1865, so during those long years, Mary was alone with their children, for the most part. John may have come home on leave to check on his family and give her what money he could, taking care of what he could around the house and property before returning to duty. He had to be careful, too, as there were men out looking for deserters, and there would be no way he'd be able to convince them he was only home temporarily if they caught him there, he thought. Everyone was quite relieved, I'm certain, when the War finally ended, even though the South lost. John was able to return home to his loving family and in 1870 the family was living in Macon, Bibb County, where John was farming, in part, to keep his family fed, especially because there were now 2 more mouths to feed since 1860: little Theadocia, age 9, and Sarah Willa, age 3. Sadly, Mary's beloved husband died on Aug 20, 1874, at the relatively young age of 59 yrs. Mary was now a widow with nine children at home. Luckily, Thomas, 28, Louis, 26, John, 22, and Joseph, 20, could all help with the farm's heavier chores to keep money coming in and food on the table, as it were. Fannie would marry, but not until after her mother passed. (Fannie married a total of four times, the last time to William A. Moreland, a widower, following the death of his 1st wife in 1897. He was 10 yrs. her senior and had suffered some dreadful wounds during the Civil War. He died in 1901 and Fannie died in 1902). Theadocia also married, but died in 1895. Mary Gatlin lived to be 71 years of age, passing from this life on May 24, 1893. She is also buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Perry, Houston Co., Georgia. May she Rest at Peace forever.
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John William and Mary (Prichard) Gatlin are my great, great grandparents on my father's side. Their daughter, Sarah Willa, married Lee Hampton Webb. One of their sons was Robert Leon Webb, my grandfather. His eldest son, Robert Leon Webb, Jr., is my father. He was in the Army Air Corps in World War II. He received a Purple Heart after he was shot down near the Solomon Islands during the war and was one of only two men to survive. He also received a Certificate of Award, "Cross of Military Service" from the Daughters of the Confederacy on May 20th, 1953. "Whereas he faithfully and honorably served during World War II as a Technical Sergeant, 823rd Bomb Squadron, Army Air Corps, and is a lineal descendant of Robert William Gatlin who served honorably as a Private in Co. "F", 57th Georgia Regiment, in the War between the States. Now, Therefore, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, in appreciation of his patriotic devotion to Flag and Country, hereby awards to him through Cordele Chapter No.793, Cordele, State of Georgia, The Cross of Military Service and has directed that his name be inscribed on its Roll of Honor as a perpetual memorial to the fact that as a descendant of a Confederate Soldier he proved worthy of his lineage".
Completed Sept 28th, 2013 by Kathie L. Webb Blair
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Loving wife of John William Gatlin, they were the parents of eleven children whom they raised before, during and after the War Between the States. Her husband joined the 57th Regiment of the Georgia Infantry, Co.F, and served from 1861 until the war's end in 1865. I am quite certain that the war shortened his life quite a bit, as it did to so many others, on both sides. Mary (Pritchard) Gatlin cared for her husband and children, 1st in Crawford, Georgia, prior to the War, when John listed his occupation as Carpenter in the 1860 Census. At that time, they had Martha, age 15, Fannie "Feraby", age 14, Thomas J., age 12, Lewis (Louis) C., age 11, Charles F., age 8, John W., age 6, Joseph, age 4, Marietta, also age 4 (most likely they were twins), and a 2nd Joseph, mentioned only once, age 1.
Another child, Theadocia, a daughter, was born in 1861. As previously mentioned, John was gone to fight the war from 1861 until 1865, so during those long years, Mary was alone with their children, for the most part. John may have come home on leave to check on his family and give her what money he could, taking care of what he could around the house and property before returning to duty. He had to be careful, too, as there were men out looking for deserters, and there would be no way he'd be able to convince them he was only home temporarily if they caught him there, he thought. Everyone was quite relieved, I'm certain, when the War finally ended, even though the South lost. John was able to return home to his loving family and in 1870 the family was living in Macon, Bibb County, where John was farming, in part, to keep his family fed, especially because there were now 2 more mouths to feed since 1860: little Theadocia, age 9, and Sarah Willa, age 3. Sadly, Mary's beloved husband died on Aug 20, 1874, at the relatively young age of 59 yrs. Mary was now a widow with nine children at home. Luckily, Thomas, 28, Louis, 26, John, 22, and Joseph, 20, could all help with the farm's heavier chores to keep money coming in and food on the table, as it were. Fannie would marry, but not until after her mother passed. (Fannie married a total of four times, the last time to William A. Moreland, a widower, following the death of his 1st wife in 1897. He was 10 yrs. her senior and had suffered some dreadful wounds during the Civil War. He died in 1901 and Fannie died in 1902). Theadocia also married, but died in 1895. Mary Gatlin lived to be 71 years of age, passing from this life on May 24, 1893. She is also buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Perry, Houston Co., Georgia. May she Rest at Peace forever.
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John William and Mary (Prichard) Gatlin are my great, great grandparents on my father's side. Their daughter, Sarah Willa, married Lee Hampton Webb. One of their sons was Robert Leon Webb, my grandfather. His eldest son, Robert Leon Webb, Jr., is my father. He was in the Army Air Corps in World War II. He received a Purple Heart after he was shot down near the Solomon Islands during the war and was one of only two men to survive. He also received a Certificate of Award, "Cross of Military Service" from the Daughters of the Confederacy on May 20th, 1953. "Whereas he faithfully and honorably served during World War II as a Technical Sergeant, 823rd Bomb Squadron, Army Air Corps, and is a lineal descendant of Robert William Gatlin who served honorably as a Private in Co. "F", 57th Georgia Regiment, in the War between the States. Now, Therefore, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, in appreciation of his patriotic devotion to Flag and Country, hereby awards to him through Cordele Chapter No.793, Cordele, State of Georgia, The Cross of Military Service and has directed that his name be inscribed on its Roll of Honor as a perpetual memorial to the fact that as a descendant of a Confederate Soldier he proved worthy of his lineage".
Completed Sept 28th, 2013 by Kathie L. Webb Blair
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Another child, Theadocia, a daughter, was born in 1861. As previously mentioned, John was gone to fight the war from 1861 until 1865, so during those long years, Mary was alone with their children, for the most part. John may have come home on leave to check on his family and give her what money he could, taking care of what he could around the house and property before returning to duty. He had to be careful, too, as there were men out looking for deserters, and there would be no way he'd be able to convince them he was only home temporarily if they caught him there, he thought. Everyone was quite relieved, I'm certain, when the War finally ended, even though the South lost. John was able to return home to his loving family and in 1870 the family was living in Macon, Bibb County, where John was farming, in part, to keep his family fed, especially because there were now 2 more mouths to feed since 1860: little Theadocia, age 9, and Sarah Willa, age 3. Sadly, Mary's beloved husband died on Aug 20, 1874, at the relatively young age of 59 yrs. Mary was now a widow with nine children at home. Luckily, Thomas, 28, Louis, 26, John, 22, and Joseph, 20, could all help with the farm's heavier chores to keep money coming in and food on the table, as it were. Fannie would marry, but not until after her mother passed. (Fannie married a total of four times, the last time to William A. Moreland, a widower, following the death of his 1st wife in 1897. He was 10 yrs. her senior and had suffered some dreadful wounds during the Civil War. He died in 1901 and Fannie died in 1902). Theadocia also married, but died in 1895. Mary Gatlin lived to be 71 years of age, passing from this life on May 24, 1893. She is also buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Perry, Houston Co., Georgia. May she Rest at Peace forever.
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John William and Mary (Prichard) Gatlin are my great, great grandparents on my father's side. Their daughter, Sarah Willa, married Lee Hampton Webb. One of their sons was Robert Leon Webb, my grandfather. His eldest son, Robert Leon Webb, Jr., is my father. He was in the Army Air Corps in World War II. He received a Purple Heart after he was shot down near the Solomon Islands during the war and was one of only two men to survive. He also received a Certificate of Award, "Cross of Military Service" from the Daughters of the Confederacy on May 20th, 1953. "Whereas he faithfully and honorably served during World War II as a Technical Sergeant, 823rd Bomb Squadron, Army Air Corps, and is a lineal descendant of Robert William Gatlin who served honorably as a Private in Co. "F", 57th Georgia Regiment, in the War between the States. Now, Therefore, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, in appreciation of his patriotic devotion to Flag and Country, hereby awards to him through Cordele Chapter No.793, Cordele, State of Georgia, The Cross of Military Service and has directed that his name be inscribed on its Roll of Honor as a perpetual memorial to the fact that as a descendant of a Confederate Soldier he proved worthy of his lineage".
Completed Sept 28th, 2013 by Kathie L. Webb Blair
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Beloved wife of John W. Gatlin. We shall miss thee, angel mother, but to Heaven, thou art gone.
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Thank you, Helen Hudson, for the wonderful photos.
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