- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Elisha Dortch Pitman, LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia, ca. 1890]
- Date of Original:
- 1890
- Subject:
- Public Health--Georgia--LaGrange
Georgia--Politics and government--LaGrange
Portraits--Georgia--LaGrange - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Troup County, 33.03351, -85.02834
United States, Georgia, Troup County, LaGrange, 33.03929, -85.03133 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- LaGrange, ca. 1890. Elisha Dortch Pitman was born June 18, 1825 and died Aug. 4, 1895. He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta in 1852. [D]r. Pitman served on the city council, was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives 1875-1876, and served as mayor during the period around 1890. He was among the men who incorporated the LaGrange, Macon, and Birmingham Railroad. Dr. Pitman married Mary Emily Peavy.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_trp323
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:trp323
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
