Downing Musgrove Causeway
After our second cousin-twice removed, a section of Georgia State Route 520 between Waycross and Jekyll Island is named Downing Musgrove Causeway. He was our grandfather's great-uncle Charles' son.
Charles was born August 15, 1848, to James Walter and Elizabeth (Bryan) Musgrove. He was younger by two years than his brother, our ancestor.
He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Georgia in 1940 and 1960. From 1940 to 1941, he was the Georgia state comptroller general.
He served, on and off, from 1951 - 1960 as the representative from Clinch County to the Georgia state house. In 1973 he was named Georgia's Transportation Commissioner.
The digital collection in the Georgia State University is a transcript of "Musgrove oral history interview, October 02, 1988". He talks about politics and campaigning for the future governor and the Democrat candidate E. D. Rivers, among other things.
He died on October 29, 1995, in Atlanta, Ga. He's buried at Pine Forest Cemetery, Homerville, Georgia.
There is a Downing Musgrove Road in both Homerville and Dupont, Ga. But the five minutes drive section of GA-520 leading to Jekyll Island in the video below is known as the Downing Musgrove Causeway.
Take the ride on it. Enlarge the video to full-screen resolution. Turn the sound down. Don't be tempted to turn it up. Trust me.
Relationships, such as grandmother, 2nd great, etc., are expressed from the perspective of the grandchildren of Willis Edgar and Carrie (known as) Mae (Merritt) Musgrove.
After our second cousin-twice removed, a section of Georgia State Route 520 between Waycross and Jekyll Island is named Downing Musgrove Causeway. He was our grandfather's great-uncle Charles' son.
Columbus Downing Musgrove was born May 22, 1911, in Homerville, Clinch County, Ga, to William Vernie. He was born November 15, 1880, in Pierce County, Ga. William's father was Charles H Musgrove, the brother of our second great-grandfather, David Musgrove.
Charles was born August 15, 1848, to James Walter and Elizabeth (Bryan) Musgrove. He was younger by two years than his brother, our ancestor.
Two years younger than our grandfather Willis Edgar (who was born September 9, 1909, in Pierce County, Ga), by 1937, Charles' grandson, the 26-year-old Georgia Democrat Downing Musgrove, was the executive secretary to Gov. E. D. Rivers. He continued in that post until 1940.
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| Rome News-Tribune - September 23, 1973 (click to enlarge) |
He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Georgia in 1940 and 1960. From 1940 to 1941, he was the Georgia state comptroller general.
He served, on and off, from 1951 - 1960 as the representative from Clinch County to the Georgia state house. In 1973 he was named Georgia's Transportation Commissioner.
The digital collection in the Georgia State University is a transcript of "Musgrove oral history interview, October 02, 1988". He talks about politics and campaigning for the future governor and the Democrat candidate E. D. Rivers, among other things.
He died on October 29, 1995, in Atlanta, Ga. He's buried at Pine Forest Cemetery, Homerville, Georgia.
Take the ride on it. Enlarge the video to full-screen resolution. Turn the sound down. Don't be tempted to turn it up. Trust me.
Downing Musgrove Causeway
David, So now I am at a loss for my Musgrove heritage in Maryland. I know that we have been there for at least four generations. Maybe it is time to hire someone to work with the info that I have. I often wondered if John Muasgrove Sr. had any siblings or any other children. The "other" Mary Musgrove of Clinton, South Carolina had to come from somewhere. We visited the Musgrove Mill site and Mary was very brave young girl. Thank-you for responding to my first e-mail Addie
ReplyDeleteA few years back we were doing y-DNA research. A Musgrove from the Maryland area contacted us for testing. Cuthbert had one son, John II, but he had several other sons beside Edward and John III,and some daughters. I only followed the two who moved from South Carolina and south-westward.
ReplyDeleteThe Musgrave Family Tree y-DNA group is at this link.
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/musgrove/about