Showing posts with label Rich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rich. Show all posts
Thursday, August 5, 2010

Militia Districts in Union County

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The state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties. Within each county are further subdivisions called Militia Districts. Union County is div...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Reece Family in Union County, GA (part 2): More on the Family of William ("Billy") and Mary Daniel Reece

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William Billy Reece and his wife Mary Sarry Daniel Reece Thanks to Mr. Billy Josiah Queen who promised and delivered on “more information t...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

A Look at Owltown

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Travel Highway 129/19 south from the old courthouse square in Blairsville and you will come to the Owltown District of Union County lying ar...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Dr. Thomas Newton Berry, Mountain Doctor

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"If the hat fits, wear it!" might well have been the advice to young medical student Claude Hemphill III from his grandmother, Mrs...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Reunion Reflections: Basking in the Afterglow

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Sentinel photo/Janie Holbrook Authors displaying their books at the 2008 Dyer-Souther Reunion: Seated: Dr. Eva Nell Mull Wike ( The Matheson...
Thursday, June 7, 2007

Choestoe Baptist Church Homecoming Sunday, June 10

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The second Sunday in June has long been "Homecoming" Day at Choestoe Baptist Church. People who still live in the community and ar...
Thursday, July 20, 2006

Post reunion reflections

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Last week's column looked forward to the Dyer-Souther Heritage Association annual reunion held on Saturday, July 15, 2006. We anticipate...
Tuesday, July 5, 2005

Legacy left by the Rev. Charles Edward Rich

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Although Rich was his surname, riches as the world knows them were never in abundance for the Rev. Charles Edward Rich, better known as Brot...
Thursday, October 28, 2004

The Harvey Alfonso "Bud" Twiggs Family

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Harvey Alfonso, better known as “Bud” Twiggs, was the youngest of six children born to the early Union County settlers, Willis (1804-1880) a...
Thursday, August 19, 2004

To Consolidate Schools or Not? That was the Big Question in 1916 and Later ( A History of Education in Union County, Part 3)

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I began my teaching career in the same school I entered as a first grader when the new two-teacher Choestoe school building opened. Back in ...
Thursday, August 12, 2004

Continuing the History of Education in Union County (Part 2)

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With school beginning for the 2004-2005 school term, it seems appropriate to review some of the history of education in Union County over th...