Algernon Hartridge
Algernon Sydney Hartridge was a cotton merchant and lieutenant in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Life and career
Hartridge was born in 1831 to Charles Hartridge and Mary Hubbard Green. He was one of their three sons, the others being Julian and Alfred.In 1855, he married Susan Enoch Knight. They had five children: Ada, Charles, Gazaway, Algernon Jr. and a stillborn child in 1863. Algernon Jr. died aged six months.
His family were members of Christ Church on Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia.
Hartridge set up a cotton factor business at 92 Bay Street. He also became a member of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce, as well as serving on the board of the Oglethorpe Insurance Company in 1864, of the Savannah National Bank, of the Tyler Cotton Press Company and of the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia.
On June 4, 1861, a meeting was held to elect officers of the DeKalb Riflemen Company A. Algernon was elected first lieutenant; his brother, Alfred, was elected a captain.
In 1868, Hartridge had built the row house at 202–206 East Gaston Street in Savannah. Other buildings he owned include the property at 119 East Charlton Street, the Algernon Hartridge Duplex at 105–107 West Jones Street and the Algernon Hartridge House at 516 Abercorn Street, a block east of Forsyth Park. The latter property is now known as Keys Hall, part of the Savannah College of Art and Design.