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McLendon Road, history behind the name

“There’s another name that some of you people might remember. There was a gentleman out here who owned a great deal of property named Frank McLendon. He owned, I guess, I don’t know, thousands of acres of property out there.”  The property is described as going all the way to Scottdale.

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Partridge family of Clarkston

Another Partridge family lived in Clarkston, Georgia in DeKalb County beginning in 1911 when Sadie and Arthur Partridge built a home on Church Street. There was no city water, electricity, or gas and the road was not yet paved.

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