H.P. Quillian
H. P Quillian, physician and surgeon, Arp, Banks county, Ga., son of O.
P. and Jane (Meadows) Quillian, was born in what is now White county, Ga.,
in 1850. His paternal great-grandfather
was a native of Ireland, who married an English lady and settled in Virginia,
whence they migrated to Georgia about 1804 and settled in Franklin county. He was a farmer, and a very prominent and widely
known Methodist preacher. His maternal
grandparents were Barnabas and Jane (Garrison) Meadows. He was a native of Virginia, migrated to Georgia
and settled in Franklin (now Banks) county. He was a farmer and a volunteer soldier in the Seminole war. Dr. Quillian's father was born in Franklin
county. When he was a boy his father moved to that part of the county now
embraced by White county, where he supplemented his farming by engaging in
general merchandising
Dr. Quillian
was raised on the farm and received his education from the country schools
and the male high school at Elberton, Ga.
He taught school for a few years.
In 1876 he began the study of medicine under Dr. Matthews, and then
attended the university of Georgia, from which he graduated in 1880, and at
once entered upon the practice at Arp, and has remained there ever since.
Dr. Quillian
was married in 1874 to Miss Mary E. (born in what is now Banks county in 1856),
daughter of D. C. and Amelia (Saunders) Oliver. He was born in what is now Banks county, raised a farmer, served
in the civil war under Capt. Chandler, Sixteenth Georgia regiment, and afterward
went to Athens, Ga., where he is now chief of police. Six children have blessed this union: Tallulah,
Edgar, Hattie, Bascom, William, and Annette. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and himself
and wife are members of the Methodist church.
Source: Memoirs of Georgia, Volume I., Southern Historical
Association, 1895
Copy and Copyright 2003 by Jacqueline King
