Dr. Charles Cecil Stockard Sr. (1853-1909) was born in Columbus, Mississippi, to John Johnston Stockard (1817-1905) and Victoria Ann Rupert (1827-1901). Stockard attended the University of Nashville and later studied in Vienna, Austria. In 1882, he married Lucy Woodson Young (1859-1947) and the couple had three children: John Rupert (1883-1885), Charles Cecil Jr. (1886-1961), and Lucy Vaughn (1891-1966). In 1892, the Stockard family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where Dr. Charles Cecil Stockard Sr. became a prominent physician. In approximately 1897, he founded the Stockard Sanatorium. He was also a deacon and a member of the First Christian Church.

Dr. Charles Cecil Stockard Jr. taught ophthalmology at Emory University and advocated for Esperanto, an artificial language constructed in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof (1859-1917). He was also an officer in the United States Army as part of the Medical Readiness Clinic, and vice president of the Atlanta Society of Magicians. Dr. Charles Cecil Stockard Jr. married Cornelia “Goldie” Inez Robinson (1880-1970) and the couple had two children: Cecil Robinson Stockard (1915-1993) and Frank Robinson Stockard (1920-1922).

Cecil Robinson Stockard received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Atlanta Law School in 1949. He was a member and past president of the Atlanta Civil War Round Table. In 1935, Cecil Robinson Stockard married Elizabeth “Betty” Hicks (1916-1969) and had one son, Cecil Robinson Stockard Jr. (1944-2013).

Frank Mason Robinson (1845-1923) was born in Corinth, Maine, to John Langdon Robinson (1808-1905) and Sarah Fisher Palmer (1810-1903). In 1875, he married Laura Ann Clapp (1853-1947) and the couple had three children: Anice (1878-1880), Cornelia “Goldie” Inez (1880-1970), and Harris Lloyd (1902-1970). In 1886, the Robinson family moved to Atlanta. He was the bookkeeper for John Pemberton (1831-1888), an Atlanta pharmacist who invented Coca-Cola. Robinson is credited with coining the name “Coca-Cola,” as well as advertising, marketing, and designing the logo. Robinson later became the Secretary-Treasurer and Vice President of the Coca-Cola Company.

Laura Ann Clapp Robinson was a philanthropist who founded the Atlanta Child's Home in 1907. This organization later merged with the Leonard Street Orphans’ Home. In 1937, the Child Welfare Association became the first certified private adoption agency in Georgia. Robinson served as its director and president until her death.