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y he moved to Memphis, Tenn., where he now resides with his son. Brigadier-General Lucius J. Gartrell Brigadier-General Lucius J. Gartrell was born in Wilkes county, Ga., January 7, 1821. The family was of Scotch descent, and originally settled in Maryland. Joseph Gartrell, grandfather of the general, came from Maryland to Wilkes county, and his son, Joseph Gartrell, prominent as a planter and merchant, married a daughter of Dr. Josiah Boswell, a physician and planter, who also coming from Maryland, had settled in Columbia county. Their son, Lucius Gartrell, was educated at Randolph-Macon college, Va., from 1838 to 1841, and at the university of Gg scenes through which he passed, no profane expression ever soiled his lips. Brigadier-General Robert Toombs Brigadier-General Robert Toombs, born in Wilkes county, Ga., July 2, 1810, died December 15, 1885, whose career has already been noticed in connection with the political history of the Confederate States, entered the