. History of Savannah and South Georgia . in different lines, and as physicians, jurists,and military and naval commanders have wrought much, not only forMaryland and Georgia, but for the United States. The late AdmiralWinfield Scott Schley, of the United States navy, known as the Heroof Santiago, and the late Judge William Schley, of Baltimore, famousfor his decisions as a jurist in the Maryland courts, were both cousinsof Julian Schley, of this brief biographical article. Mr. Schleys grandfather, Judge John Schley, was a son of JohnJacob Schley, Jr., who removed from Maryland to Georgia in t
. History of Savannah and South Georgia . in different lines, and as physicians, jurists,and military and naval commanders have wrought much, not only forMaryland and Georgia, but for the United States. The late AdmiralWinfield Scott Schley, of the United States navy, known as the Heroof Santiago, and the late Judge William Schley, of Baltimore, famousfor his decisions as a jurist in the Maryland courts, were both cousinsof Julian Schley, of this brief biographical article. Mr. Schleys grandfather, Judge John Schley, was a son of JohnJacob Schley, Jr., who removed from Maryland to Georgia in theearly part of the nineteenth century, locating in Jefferson county, atLouisville, which was then the capital of the state. Acquiring fame asone of the foremost lawyers of the state. Judge John Schley, presidedover the bench of the middle circuit of Georgia from 1S41 until which time justice was the constant motive of his decisions. Hisbrothers. Gov. William Schley and George Schley, were both men ofprominence and SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA 685 Hon. William Schley, who was governor of Georgia from 1835 to1837, was a noted member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Ordefof Masons, his history of Masonry having been the first pretentiouswork of the kind written and published in this country. During hisadministration as governor, the charter of the Central Railroad of Geor-gia was granted. He and his brother, John Jacob Schley, Jr., werepioneers in the history of the railroads and cotton mills of the state,having the honor of erecting the second and third cotton mills estab-lished in Georgia. George Schley, brother of Judge John Schley and Gov. WilliamSchley, was for nearly half a century one of the foremost men of thecity of Savannah, his death, on April 17, 1851, being a cause of generalregret. The esteem in which he was held was voiced the following dayin an editorial which appeared in the Daily Georgian, of Savannah,as follows: We announce with sincere so
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