Tracy Burum Mathewson (1876-1957), a professional photographer and newsreel cameraman, was born in Augusta, Georgia. His parents were Joseph Oscar Mathewson (1836-1894), and his mother was Susannah Luther Mathewson (1840-1880). He worked for the Atlanta Georgian beginning in 1905, and was also a photographer for theAtlanta Constitution. In 1898 he married Clara Eugenia Rountree (1877-1957) and they had one child, Tracy Buram Mathewson Jr. (1898-1990). Known as the Dean of Southern press photographers, he covered many notable news events, including Mexicon General Francisco Villa's raid of New Mexico in 1916, as well as Georgia sporting events and sports personalities such as Ty Cobb. In 1955, he won the Burt Williams Award for news photography. Mathewson retired in 1954 and died in Jasper, Georgia.

Walter F. Winn (1884-1939) was a native of Newton County and a lifelong resident of Georgia. He married Fannie Mae Cameron (1880-1914) in 1901. They had one child, Roy Winn (1902-1968). After his first wife died, Walter Winn married Ruby Traynham Winn (1917-1973). Walter Winn was a newspaper photographer and served as the manager of the photographic department of theAtlanta Journal for nearly 30 years, beginning in 1909. He died in 1939 and is buried in Marietta National Cemetery. Additional biographical information about Walter F. Winn has not been determined.