Ignatius Alphonso Few son of Ignatius and Mary (Chandler) Few, was born on a plantation near Augusta, Georgia. His grandfather, William Few, a native of Maryland, moved to North Carolina in 1758, and to Georgia soon after 1771. He was the son of Captain Ignatius Few and Mary Candler in Columbia County Georgia.
Many of the subscriptions remained unpaid, and things went from bad to worse till the summer of 1839.
Then he resigned, his “continued and increasing disease, ” he said, “having rendered that course indispensable” {Longstreet, post).
His health was intermittently wretched till his complete breakdown in March 1845.
“He died in Athens, Georgia, in perfect tranquillity, sitting in a large arm-chair” (Sprague, post).
He was a member of the first conference of the Methodist Church, South, which met in Louisville in 1845, and he is reported to have drawn up the official report on the division of the Methodist Church.
He was a member of the first conference of the Methodist Church, South, which met in Louisville in 1845.
