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  New Georgia Encyclopedia: John Stith Pemberton (1831-1888)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
In his day Pemberton was a most respected member of the state's medical establishment, but his gift was for medical chemistry rather than regular medicine.
Pemberton served with distinction as a lieutenant colonel in the Third Georgia Cavalry Battalion during the Civil War (1861-65) and was almost killed in the fighting at Columbus in April 1865.
Pemberton was "the most noted physician Atlanta ever had," according to the Atlanta newspapers, but he is best known for his expertise in the laboratory, where he perfected the formula for Coca-Cola.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2747   (989 words)

  
 John Stith Pemberton (1831 - 1888), Coca Cola and Cocaine
John Stith Pemberton (1831 - 1888), Coca Cola and Cocaine
John Pemberton was a man with one great obsession: he wanted to invent the ultimate medicine and the perfect drink all rolled into one.
Pemberton laboured over the formula for the drink, sending samples down to the soda fountain at the local pharmacy to see how they would be received, and instructing his nephews to report people's comments on the new drink.
www.cocaine.org /coca-cola/index.html   (1231 words)

  
 John Clifford Pemberton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
John C. Pemberton was born to an old and influential Quaker family in Philadelphia in 1814 and graduated from West Point in 1837 at the age of 23.
Pemberton, because of his Northern origins, was critized and even accused of treason by many in the South for the loss of Vicksburg and the capture of 29,000 Rebel soldiers.
When Pemberton was finally exchanged in May 1864, he was no longer accepted by the soldiers or the people of the South, and no assignment could be found for his high rank.
www.us-civilwar.com /pemberton.htm   (361 words)

  
 John Clifford Pemberton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
John Pemberton blew his most important assignment, and was not forgiven for it.
Pemberton was vilified in the South: he wasn’t Southern by birth, and had surrendered an Army rather than fight to the death for glory.
Pemberton was finally put back into the artillery, as only a Lieutenant Colonel (down from Lieutenant General) and put in charge of Richmond’s artillery during the long siege.
ehistory.osu.edu /world/PeopleView.cfm?PID=54   (517 words)

  
 John S. Pemberton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
John S. Pemberton was a chemist by trade.
John S. Pemberton was born in the town of Knoxville, Georgia in 1831.
Pemberton went to the civil war and served as a Confederate lieutenant colonel.
www.vcsc.k12.in.us /th/hagen/invent/pemberton.htm   (283 words)

  
 Lieutenant General John C   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
John Clifford Pemberton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 10, 1814.
Major General Pemberton was placed in command of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia in December 1861 because of adept military politics.
John C. Pemberton was promoted to Lieutenant General and placed in command of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana on October 14, 1862.
www.civilwarfamilyhistory.com /new_page_125.htm   (334 words)

  
 Chapter 5 -- Conclusions
Pemberton argued throughout his manuscript the reasonableness of his decisions, as based on the information available to him at the time.
Johnston's claim that Pemberton's cavalry was in a state of idleness in late December 1862 (implying that the department did not need it) ignored the recent Holly Springs raid, and demonstrates shortsighted strategic thinking on the part of Johnston.
Pemberton's decision to move on Dillon's, and turn his army around in the face of the enemy, should be questioned, and his confusion regarding the intent of his superior, Johnston is understandable.
members.aol.com /dmsmith001/conclusions.html   (4867 words)

  
 General John Pemberton
General John Clifford Pemberton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 10, 1814.
Pemberton graduated fro West Point in 1837 and served in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican War.
General Pemberton was later promoted to Lieutenant-General and was put in charge of defending Vicksburg, Mississippi.
www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/john-clifford-pemberton.htm   (341 words)

  
 johnspemberton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
John Stith Pemberton was born July 8, 1831 in Knoxville, Georgia and died August 16, 1888 in Atlanta, developed the original formula for Coca-Cola syrup.
Pemberton was a druggist in Columbus, Georgia, married Miss Clifford Lewis in 1853, fought as a Captain under the leadership of General Joe Wheeler in the War Between the States, and later moved to Atlanta where he operated his pharmacy and chemical company.
John began work on a coca and cola nut-based nerve tonic called Pemberton’s French Wine Cola when he was a druggist and chemist in Columbus.
www.usgennet.org /usa/ga/county/crawford/Biographies/johnspemberton.htm   (539 words)

  
 HISTORY OF COCA COLA INVENTED BY JOHN PEMBERTON PHARMACIST 1886 BEVERAGES, COCA COLA, SOLAR COLA, VIRGIN, PEPSI, COKE, ...
John Pemberton concocted the Coca Cola formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard.
John Pemberton sold a portion of the Coca-Cola company to Asa Candler, after Pemberton's death the remainder was sold to Candler.
Pemberton was forced to sell because he was in a state of poor health and was in debt.
www.solarnavigator.net /sponsorship/coca_cola.htm   (4499 words)

  
 The Civil War Zone | John C. Pemberton
Pennsylvania-born John Pemberton, an 1837 West Pointer, had a long and adventurous career in the Old Army, serving in Mexico, on the frontier, and with the Utah Expedition.
From an 1861 assignment to organize Virginia's artillery and cavalry, Pemberton was quickly and unwisely promoted beyond is abilities.
After a short campaign of tactical maneuver and a six-week siege, in which he was both outwitted and outnumbered, Pemberton surrendered the strategic Mississippi River fortress on July, 4 1863.
www.civilwarzone.com /JohnPemberton.html   (144 words)

  
 Part One
William Pemberton was listed as a landowner of more than 10 acres in a 1638 census of the island.
James Pemberton is the only Pemberton listed among property owners of 25 or more acres in the next census dated 1679, which would seem to indicate the demise of the above mentioned William prior to this date.
Our main concern is with John Pemberton bp 9 Aug 1679 and whether or not he could be the same person as John Pemberton of Virginia and father of George described in many different Pemberton family histories and other references.
www.gbso.net /buc/the_pembertons_and_related_families.htm   (1104 words)

  
 Biography
Pemberton's first significant duty came in March 1862, when he was promoted to major general and took command of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia.
Pemberton was eventually relieved from command, but he had learned a fateful lesson from Lee.
John Pemberton might have made a positive contribution to the Confederate war effort had his talents been properly used.
www.civil-war-tribute.com /John-Clifford-Pemberton-bio.htm   (723 words)

  
 Dr. John S. Pemberton - inventor of Coca-Cola Nation's Restaurant News - Find Articles
It was a prohibition law, enacted in Atlanta in 1886, that persuaded physician and chemist Dr. John Stith Pemberton to rename and rewrite the formula for his popular nerve tonic, stimulant and headache remedy, "Pemberton's French Wine Coca," sold at that time by most, if not all, of the city's druggists.
Notwithstanding Pemberton's numerous professional and entrepreneurial accomplishments, however, Coca-Cola historians characterize him as "a local pharmacist" who concocted the world's most craved soft-drink syrup in a three-legged brass pot in his backyard.
King further noted that Pemberton, who practiced medicine and surgery as a young man and later became a trustee of the former Emory University School of Medicine, earned a solid reputation for his skill in chemistry and his work in medical reform.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3190/is_nSPEISS_v30/ai_18091894   (806 words)

  
 JOHN CLIFFORD PEMBERTON - Original Member of the Aztec Club of 1847
Pemberton was promoted to 1st Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, March 19, 1842.
Pemberton served in garrison at Ft. Pickens, FL, 1849; in the Florida Hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 1849-1850; and in garrison at New Orleans Barracks, LA, 1850.
Pemberton was commissioned a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Provisional Army of Virginia on April 28, 1861, receiving orders to organize the state's cavalry in Richmond.
www.aztecclub.com /bios/pemberton.htm   (533 words)

  
 Patent Attorney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
John's practice covers all aspects of intellectual property protection including acquisition, licensing and enforcement of patent rights, trademark rights, trade secrets and copyrights.
John is a member of the Texas State Bar and registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
John enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife and daughter.
www.youinventit.com /john_pemberton.html   (165 words)

  
 John Pemberton (1742) and Elizabeth Delaney of Culpeper Co, VA and Sullivan Co, TN
John Pemberton (1742) and Elizabeth Delaney of Culpeper Co, VA and Sullivan Co, TN martygrant.com
John Pemberton would probably have been listed on the 1800 census in Sullivan County, but unfortunately this census record was lost for Tennessee.
John and Elizabeth are buried at the Pemberton Cemetery.
www.martygrant.com /gen/pemberton/tn/pemberton-john-sullivan-tn.htm   (5159 words)

  
 John C. Pemberton Biography Page
Though his defenders would later claim that Pemberton frequently exhibited antebellum pro-Southern sentiments, there is much evidence to the contrary When war broke out in 1861, he agonized for weeks before coming to Virginia to fight for his wife's native land.
Despite Pemberton's preference for administrative duties and his problems in South Carolina, Davis promoted him to lieutenant general and gave him arguably the most difficult command in the Confederacy Pemberton was to defend Vicksburg, a Mississippi city standing on high bluffs above the Mississippi River.
Pemberton became a pariah in the South and was accused by his immediate superior, General Johnston, of causing he Confederate disaster by disobeying orders.
www.civilwarhome.com /pembertonbio.htm   (724 words)

  
 John Pemberton
John Pemberton was born in Philadelphia on 10th August, 1814.
Pemberton was given the task of organizing the cavalry and artillery in Virginia.
In the summer of 1863 Pemberton was instructed by President Jefferson Davis to hold Vicksburg.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACWpemberton.htm   (478 words)

  
 Gen. John C. Pemberton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
General John C. Pemberton was native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and a West Point Military Academy graduate.
It was because of the influence of his Virginia born wife and many years of service in the southern states before the Civil War, that he became devoted to the South.
Pemberton was made a Lieutenant General in the Confederate Army and assigned to defend Vicksburg and the Mississippi River.
www.nps.gov /vick/cs_cmnd/pembertn.htm   (96 words)

  
 John S. Pemberton, LLS4 - MSAD50   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
John had siblings and their names were Ann, Archy, Mary and Martha.
John got a degree and later a graduate degree in pharmacy.
John was a druggist in Columbus and built a laboratory.
www.msad50.org /lls/invent/jspemberton.html   (172 words)

  
 John Pemberton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He assisted the state of Georgia in catching and prosecuting so-called "snake oil salesmen" who sold fake chemicals to farmers with the promise they would help their crops grow.
It is likely that Pemberton served in either the Georgia reserve force or the Georgia State Line, perhaps commanding a contingent of other cavalrymen from Muscogee County.
It is said, though no record shows this, that he was shot once and slashed with a saber and would have died had his friend James Carter not grabbed the reigns of his horse and led him from the battlefield.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Pemberton   (970 words)

  
 The Faculty of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute: John Pemberton
In his research, Professor Pemberton considers various points of conjuncture between history and anthropology, and does so in pursuit of the ethnographic shadows of an emergent modern subject.
Professor Pemberton's recent teaching has been about the history and culture of Indonesia, and includes a course entitled " Recording Angels" in which he "traced connections between machineries of the modern and fields of cultural production.
Professor Pemberton received his Ph.D. from Cornell University and taught at the University of Washington before joining the Columbia faculty in 1997.
www.columbia.edu /cu/weai/faculty/pemberton.html   (309 words)

  
 John Pemberton
John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 - August 16, 1888) was an American druggist who was the original maker of Coca-Cola.
He was born in Knoxville, the county seat of Crawford County, Georgia, the son of James Clifford Pemberton (born 1803) and his wife Martha (born c.
Biography of Pemberton from the website of the Crawford County Historical Society
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/j/jo/john_pemberton.html   (99 words)

  
 Coca Cola Inventor's Grave, Columbus, Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Columbus, was the home of Dr. John S. Pemberton, a pharmacist who concocted the original (and still secret) formula for Coca-Cola syrup.
He died in 1888; his grave can be viewed in Linwood Cemetery in one of the older sections of town.
Pemberton fought for the Confederacy in the War Between the States along with 200 other cemetery residents -- his stone is marked with a Confederate Army/Masons seal rather than the anticipated coke bottle engraving...
www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/GACOLcoke.html   (210 words)

  
 Amazon.com: On the Subject of "Java": Books: John Pemberton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
John Pemberton, Inventor — Louie Anderson on an important war invention at History.com®.
Pemberton extends Hobsbawn's notion of "invented traditions" to show how Soeharto's new order has constructed Java and greater Indonesia according to his nationalist agenda.
Namely, Pemberton has a tendency to lump all Javanese experience together, assuming that individuals of different backgrounds all share the same understading of Java and its traditions.
www.amazon.com /Subject-Java-John-Pemberton/dp/0801499631   (1313 words)

  
 John Pemberton Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
This is the first biography of the "Defender of Vicksburg," General John C. Pemberton.
A Philadelphia native, Pemberton resigned from the United States Army in 1861 to fight on the side of the South, influenced by his Virginia-born wife and by his years of service in the Southern states before the Civil War.
John Pemberton explores these questions in this far-reaching ethnographic and historical interpretation of cultural discourse in Indonesia since 1965.
www.alibris.co.uk /search/books/author/John_Pemberton   (573 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - John Clifford Pemberton (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
John Clifford Pemberton 1814–81, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b.
He resigned from the U.S. army in Apr., 1861, and in June became a Confederate brigadier general.
Pemberton was made a lieutenant general in Oct., 1862, and was assigned to command the region about Vicksburg.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Pemberto.html   (216 words)

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