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Henry L. Benning (1814-1875)
Henry L. Benning was a jurist who became associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in the 1850s....

Berry Benson (1843-1923)
Berry Benson became a living legend thanks to his exploits during the Civil War (1861-65) and his postwar...

Berckmans Nursery
Berckmans Nursery, also known as Fruitland, was the first large-scale horticultural nursery in the southeastern...

Berrien County
Berrien County, in southwest Georgia, was formed from parts of Coffee, Irwin, and Lowndes counties in...

John Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856)
John Macpherson Berrien was an eloquent lawyer, a U.S. senator, and the attorney general of the United...

Berry College
Berry College is a comprehensive liberal arts college located just north of Rome. Founded by Martha Berry,...

Berry College Agricultural Program
When Martha Berry established her Boys' Industrial School in 1902 on eighty-three acres of land given...

Harrison Berry (1816-ca. 1882)
Harrison Berry, a literate slave artisan from middle Georgia, was the only black Georgian known to have...

Martha Berry (1866-1942)
Martha Berry was the founder of the Berry Schools for academically able but economically poor children...

Bethesda
Bethesda, or "House of Mercy," was the name given to the orphanage founded near Savannah by the evangelist...

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