James Henry Fannin
Born: September 19, 1835
Birthplace: La Grange, Georgia
Father: Colonel James Werter Fannin 1783 – 1837
(Buried: Fannin Cemetery, Troup County, Georgia)
Mother: Anna Peterson Fletcher 1797 – 1848
(Buried: Fannin Cemetery, Troup County, Georgia)
Wife: Julia Ferrell 1838 – 1907
(Buried: Hillview Cemetery, La Grange, Georgia)
Children:
Julia Ferrell Fannin Unknown – 1958
(Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Coleman Ferrell Fannin 1861 – 1901
(Buried: Hillview Cemetery La, Grange, Georgia)
Sallie Blount Fannin Holt 1863 – 1923
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)
Anna Fletcher Fannin Whitfield 1868 – 1917
(Buried: Hillview Cemetery, La Grange, Georgia)
Retta Fannin Coney 1874 – 1961
(Buried: Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
Leonidas Ferrell Fannin 1876 – 1900
(Buried: Hillview Cemetery, La Grange, Georgia)
Education:
Attended University of Georgia
Occupation before War:
Planter in La Grange, Georgia
Construction Engineer for the Vicksburg, and Shreveport Railroad
Civil War Career:
1861: Helped raise Company B, 60th Georgia Infantry Regiment
1864 – 1865: Colonel of 1st Georgia Reserves Regiment
1864 – 1865: Commandant for Andersonville Confederate Prison
1865: Captured at Fort Tyler in Troup County, Georgia
Occupation after War:
Planter in La Grange, Georgia
Georgia State Representative
Trustee of University of Georgia
Vice President of Georgia State Agricultural Society
Died: October 23, 1909
Place of Death: Savannah, Georgia
Age at time of Death: 74 years old
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
Burial Place: Hillview Cemetery, La Grange, Georgia
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