Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians, Vol. 6 Mr. J ardine was born in the City of Glasgow, Scotland, March 24, 1868, and is a son of J. M. And Elizabeth (pinkerton) J ardine, natives of Scotland. In 1870 the family emigrated to the United States, settling first at Rutland, Vermont, where the home of the J ardines continued to be located until 1880. In that year the father brought his children to Georgia and settled in Ware County, the mother having died in Vermont at the age of forty years. After locating in Georgia, Mr. J ardine engaged in agricultural pursuits, in which he met with marked success, due to his native thrift, energy and industry, and finally, on reaching advanced years, retired from active pursuits. He is now living quietly, in hale and hearty old age, at his home in Douglas, being in his seventy-eighth year. He has had a long and useful career, and now, in the evening of life is enjoying the comforts that only a. Lifetime of useful activity will bring. Of the three children of J. M. And Elizabeth J ardine, John P. Is the second in order of birth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.