Habersham, Joseph
soldier, congressman, was born July 28, 1751, in Savannah, Ga. He served with distinction in the revolutionary war as a lieutenantcolonel. He was a delegate from Georgia to the continental congress from 1785 to 1786; and a member of the state assembly. He was appointed postmaster-general in 1795, and, having been continued in office by Presidents Adams and Jefferson, resigned in 1802, when he became a president of the branch bank of the United States at Savannah, which he held until his death. He died Nov. 17, 1815, in Savannah, Ga.
HABERSHAM, RICHARD WYLLY, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1786 in Savannah, Ga. He was a representative in congress from Georgia from 1839 to 1843. He died Dec. 2, 1842, in Clarkesville, Ga.