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WILLIAM R. ATTAWAY May 06, 1834, and died September 24, 1916 in Marion County, Georgia. He was buried in Buena Vista Cemetery in Marion County, Ga. He was the second child born to .Sisly Attaway. He married MARY E. SCOGGINS Abt. 1857 in Georgia. She was born November 1834 in Georgia, and died February 19, 1921 in Marion County, Georgia. Buena Vista Cemetery in Marion County, Ga. William served in Company K, 12th Infantry Regiment Georgia during the Civil War.
In the 1880 census for Marion County, Georgia, Mary Attaway's older sister, Caroline (Carrie) Scogins and her younger sister, Minnie (age 10) were both living with them. Carrie was listed as a domestic servant. Carrie lived with them for the rest of their lives.
William and Mary only had one child, Mary Georgia Attaway, and remained in Marion County until their deaths. Georgia was married to David Crye. It was recently discovered that according to Marshall County, Al marriage book 7, Mary G. Attaway's marriage license was obtained in Marshall County, Alabama where her uncle John T. C. Attaway lived. This suggests that she had been visiting and is further evidence of the closeness of the two brother's families. The record of the marriage from Marriage book 7 is as follows:
Marriage record#153-014 David E. CRYE to Mary G. ATTAWAY on February 2, 1882, by J. T. Evans, MG, at William Attaway's. (MG stands for minister of the gospel).
| GEORGIA MARY ATTAWAY | b. April 12, 1858, Georgia; d. December 30, 1908, Marion County, Georgia. |