- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Birthplace of Bishop A.G. Haygood and Miss Laura A. Haygood historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Oconee County
Birthplaces--Georgia--Watkinsville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Oconee County, Watkinsville, 33.8629, -83.40877
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 441 One Block South of the U.S. 441-Ga. 15 Intersection, in Watkinsville
Text of marker: "Birthplace of Bishop A.G.Haygood and Miss Laura A. Haygood. This house, about 150 years old, was the birthplace of Bishop Atticus Green Haygood in 1839 and his sister, Laura Askew Haygood, in 1845. Bishop Haygood was chaplain and missionary to the Army, 1861-65; President of Emory College, 1876-84; editor Wesleyan Christian Advocate, 1878-82; administrator Slater Fund, 1889-91; Bishop from 1890 until his death in 1896. Miss Haygood was principal of an early school for girls in Atlanta and was one of the first missionaries to China. She died in Shanghai in 1900. A brother and sister are buried in the yard of this house, now the Methodist parsonage. 108-2 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_birthplace-of-bishop-ag-haygood-and-miss-laura-a
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_birthplace-of-bishop-ag-haygood-and-miss-laura-a
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
