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J. WADE JOHNSON, vice president and general manager of the Southern Loan and Investment Company, Vidalia, Georgia, was born November 29, 1882, fifteen miles from Vidalia, in what was then Montgomery, now Toombs County, son of J. C. and Anna (Sharp) Johnson, both natives of Georgia. His grandfather Sharp is said to be the oldest man now living in Montgomery county. J. C. Johnson is one of the representative farmers of Toombs county. He is a veteran of the Southern army, for two years, 1863 and 1864, having tented and marched and fought with the boys in gray, his command being Company F, Sixty-first Georgia Infantry.

His father a farmer, young Johnson was reared to farm life and received his education in the common schools of his native county. He remained with his father until he was twenty-two years of age. On leaving the homestead, he accepted a position as deputy clerk of the supreme court of Montgomery county, which place he filled acceptably for a period of five years. He was elected vice president of the First National Bank of Vidalia at the time it was organized, and occupied this position for some time. Meanwhile he became identified with other enterprises, and on account of the press of other business he resigned his place in the bank. The Southern Loan & Investment Company, of which he is vice president and general manager, and of which A. M. Moses is president, does a general real estate and loan business, lending large sums of eastern capital to the Georgia farmers. In 1911, this company placed loans to the amount of $262,000, and handled 20,000 acres of Georgia land.

Mr. Johnson has made his home in Vidalia the past five years. In 1906, he and Miss Mable Morrison, daughter of P. Morrison, were united in marriage, and to them have been given two children: J. Wade, Jr., and Margaret.

Mr. Johnson has fraternal relations with the Knights of Pythias, and he and Mrs. Johnson are members of the Baptist church.

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