Showing posts with label Self. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Self. Show all posts
Saturday, October 29, 2011

Lard Pail Lunches and Shared Knowledge (or Life in a Country School ~ Part 1)

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Choestoe School in Union County, Georgia, 1936 through 1943 has a special place in my memory, in things I love, and in who I became in life....
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Mary Self Squires, Noted Educator, Began Her Career at Henson One-Room School, Choestoe (Self Family, Part 3)

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For two weeks we have traced early settlers to Union County, Georgia bearing the last name Self. As we observe in April, “Teaching Career Mo...
Saturday, April 2, 2011

Continuing the Self Family Saga (Part 2)

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By way of review, last week’s introductory story on the Self early settlers to Union County told of three families with the surname Self tha...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Some Early Self Family Settlers in Union

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The surname Self has a long history, going back at least to the time of the Vikings, who in their ships made ocean voyages and explored land...
Thursday, June 17, 2010

Through Hardship Came Courage: The Harrison and Nina Mays Collins Family

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How our ancestors coped with hard situations they faced in life was told by Vera Lorraine Collins Goodwin in her family story submitted for ...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Reece Family in Union County, GA (part 3): Quiller Frank Reece, Second Child of William and Mary Daniel Reece

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Pvt. Quiller Frank Reece (1843-1932) Civil War - Confederacy 6th Georgia Cavalry, Company F. Quiller Frank Reece (4.20.1843 – 10.13.1932) wa...
Thursday, January 7, 2010

My Brother, My Hero, Francis Eugene Dyer

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When death comes near a holiday, such as Christmas, it seems to hold an extra measure of sadness. My brother, my hero, Francis Eugene Dyer, ...
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Some More 'First Families' in Union by 1834--the Self Family

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From time to time I have been examining the 1834 special census of Union County to see ancestors of those families who may still be living w...
Thursday, August 6, 2009

Jarrett Turner Family in Union By 1834

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Examining the first census of Union County, Georgia is a source of fascination. The census was completed on March 24, 1834. At that time Uni...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Aunt Dora reaches 104

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Dora Anne Hunter Allison Spiva Her name is Dora Anne Hunter Allison Spiva. Today, February 10, 2009, she reaches the milestone of 104 year...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Choestoe man was outstanding educator The Career of Norman Vester Dyer

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Telling his father that he did not want to farm, but rather to teach, and that the mule he was given by his father would be sold and used fo...
Thursday, July 3, 2008

Charles Collins, lover of country

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On the 4th of July we all summon our highest degree of patriotism. We listen to speeches calling forth our best American spirit. We find our...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

Mayme Collins Aydelotte, educator and genealogist

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Sisters Goldie and Mayme Collins always seemed to have their names linked together when any news of them came back to Choestoe. They had bot...
Thursday, May 29, 2008

John Butt Sr. and his family

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Last week's column introduced John Butt, Jr., who, according to the 1834 census (initial tally for the new Union County) was the first o...
Thursday, March 6, 2008

"Go West, Young Man"--Bluford Lumpkin Dyer and Some of His Descendants

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I received a letter from my distant cousin John Dyer’s widow, Pauline. In it she stated, simply, “Your cousin John died February 2, 2008 in ...
Thursday, December 13, 2007

The Miracle of Brasstown Valley: a Book Review

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Governor/Senator Zell Miller has done it again. He has written his seventh book, and has managed within its pages to turn history into a pag...
Thursday, August 2, 2007

Continuing with some Nix connections (part 2 in a Series on the Nix Family of Union County, GA and surrounding counties)

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Sarah Elvira Williamson Nix (12 Dec 1842 - 01 Jun 1927), wife of Archibald Carr Nix (07 May 1842 - 25 Sep 1906) Last week’s column began a s...