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These young Coweta County men were inducted into the United States Army on July 8, 1943, and are shown at the Newnan train depot as they headed for Fort McPherson in Atlanta. Some of the men on the second row have been identified, including Johnny…

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Marcellus E. Washington, left, and his son Rufus Robert Edward Washington, right, were among the Coweta County folk of the 1800s. They are the maternal great-great-grandfather and great-grandfather of Tom Storey. The photo is provided by Mr. Storey's…

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John Addison Storey is the great-grandfather of Tom Storey of Newnan. John Addison was born about December 1837, the son of George and Mary Storey of Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He married Susan Elizabeth Kidd, born about 1840, in October…

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This photo shows Peek's Crossing, one of several train "whistle stops" located throughout Coweta County. Train passengers waved the trains to a stop at the little stations. World War II soldiers remember boarding the train at Peek's Crossing as the…

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This scene was photographed at the unveiling of the bronze plaque at the Coweta Veterans Club on April 25, 1950. The youngsters helping with the ceremony are Paul W. Stubbs, left, and Christine Payton Burnette, right. They were the two youngest…
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