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Smith family history: Part 12
Mary Cleveland Wright Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series As we saw in the last post, Robert became engaged to a “Mary W.” around three weeks after his father’s death in late July, 1861. Robert and Mary would eventually be married in March of 1864, despite the concerns Robert’s mother Eveline expressed in a…
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Smith family history: Part 11
Smith – McNaught correspondence highlights Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series As I mentioned in the last post, the Atlanta History Center has in its collection correspondence between the Smith family and William McNaught. Finding this correspondence was a true stroke of luck, and I think highlights what an invaluable resource the Kenan Research…
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Smith family history: Part 10
L. Windsor Smith – Last will and estate Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series Larned Windsor Smith passed away at his property acquired from Meredith Webb Legg in Cleveland, TN on Jul 7, 1861. Bradley county records were apparently burned by Union forces so there is no record of the transaction. I was able…
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Smith family history: Part 9
L. Windsor Smith – GA to TN Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series After South Carolina seceded in December 1860, six more southern states followed suit by February 1861, including Georgia. On January 19, 1861 members of the Georgia Secession Convention voted, with 208 votes in favor of secession, and 89 opposed. On February…
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Smith family history: Part 8
L. Windsor Smith – Mid-1850s to 1860 Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series In the mid-1850s Atlanta was growing and so was the Smith family. Born over 12 years after Robert Windsor Smith, Leonard Windsor Smith was born May 12, 1853 in Atlanta. Throughout most of his life he is primarily referred to as…
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Smith family history: Part 7
L. Windsor Smith – Early 1850s Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series In the early 1850s Atlanta was growing rapidly, in no small part due to the railroads converging on the place. However, Atlanta was still notably smaller than Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, and still less than half the size of Macon. City 1850 U.S.…
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It is enough
Part of the ‘Hope to action’ series Mohawk Park lies in the northern part of Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Situated within the park sits the Oxley Nature Center, a place that has been an important part of my father’s life for as long as I can remember. However, a poignant early memory for me took place…
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Jekyll Island photos
In late May I had the opportunity to visit Jekyll Island. I don’t think I saw anything too terribly out of the ordinary, but still had a great time. Took a ton of pictures, here are some of the better ones.
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Smith family history: Part 6
L. Windsor Smith – Initial Atlanta real estate transactions Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series On 12/16/1848 Robert Windsor Smith’s father acquired 21 1/4 acres from Charner Humphries, the owner of the White Hall tavern. Here are images of the recording of the DeKalb County deed, and following I will include my attempt to…
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Smith family history: Part 5
L. Windsor Smith – “Virtually in the wilderness” Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series After the devastation of the 1846 “Great Havana Hurricane” and the loss of 1 year old second son Clark Smith it is not difficult to see why Robert’s father Larned wanted to make a change. That change would be yet…
Birds of Kirkwood 