. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . Thisposition he has held for a number of years. For ten yearshe has been doing missionary work for the same entering the ministry he has kept no exact record ofthe number of folks he has baptized but it would amount tohundreds. His favorite reading is along theological lines. Hefrequently assists his brother ministers in their evangelisticmeetings. He is a member of St. Andrews Masonic Lodge, number32. In the denomination he is on the executive board ofboth the church and Sunday School Associat
. History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by Caldwell . Thisposition he has held for a number of years. For ten yearshe has been doing missionary work for the same entering the ministry he has kept no exact record ofthe number of folks he has baptized but it would amount tohundreds. His favorite reading is along theological lines. Hefrequently assists his brother ministers in their evangelisticmeetings. He is a member of St. Andrews Masonic Lodge, number32. In the denomination he is on the executive board ofboth the church and Sunday School Association, and is onthe Trustee Board of Central City College with which he hasbeen identified for a number of years. Rev. Usher has notmarried. He believes that the best interests of the race areto be promoted by Christian education and co-operation. CHARLES H. FITZGERALD AMONG the progressive and prosperous colored men ofPaulding county, none stand higher than Charles HenryFitzgerald, of Hiram. He was born in Fayette countyjust before the close of the War between the States on CHARLES HENRY FITZGERALD. GEORGIA EDITION 623 ]5, 1864. His parents were Allen Fitzgerald and Jane Cleck-ley. His father was brought from Virginia to Georgia when hewas a small boy so there is no record of the family availableback of that. As a boy Cbarley Fitzgerald attended the pub-lic schools of Paulding county to which the family movedwhen he was about fifteen years of age. His mother havingdied when he was a small boy, he had hard enough time to getwhat education he has. He managed, however, to put in twoterms at the Baptist College and later taught school for acouple of terms. His principal work has been farming and atthis time he has succeeded far above the average man of hisrace. At the age of twenty-two he was converted and joined theSweet Home Baptist church of which he has been an activeslid useful member since. For eighteen years he was Superin-tendent of the Sunday-school, and is now a teac
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