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Standridge, Howell Cobb

educator, clergyman, was born Nov. 2, 1851, in White county, Ga. In 1873 he was admitted to the bar, but did not follow that profession very long. He has been principally engaged as an educator in the first free schools of Georgia, and was one of the founders of the Young Harris college and the Hiawassee High school, of which latter institution he was offered the presidency. He is a successful clergyman of Hiawassee, Ga., and has filled numerous positions of honor.

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