Thursday, July 29, 2004

Uncle Buddy Turner's Long Life

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Lewis B. Turner lived a long life in Union County. Born in 1852, he was a child when the War Between the States raged. In fact, it was his r...

Rev. William Jasper Cotter, 1846

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The Rev. William Jasper Cotter was assigned by the Methodist Episcopal Church South to a circuit-riding charge that included twenty preachin...
Thursday, July 22, 2004

James Nix Settles in Norwood, Colorado

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Young James Nix from Choestoe found work at various trades in the Western states. He rented acreage and farmed. He worked at sawmills in t...
Thursday, July 15, 2004

Young James Nix Settles Into Life in Colorado

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Elizabeth Souther Nix Bankston (1834-1924) was the fifth child of John Souther and Mary "Polly" Combs Souther. As a widow, she tr...
Thursday, July 8, 2004

A Trip West in 1873 - From the Memoirs of James Nix

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James William Nix pictured in 1881, 8 years after he left Georgia for Colorado. Pictured beside him is his fiancée, Iona May Copp. The coup...
Thursday, July 1, 2004

That Spirit of Independence of Our Forebears

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July 4 is all about celebrating America’s independence from England. We read anew how the fathers of our country met in Philadelphia and pou...
Thursday, June 17, 2004

In Tribute to Our 40th President, Ronald Wilson Reagan

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Regardless of your political affiliation, you no doubt were greatly touched, as was I, by the state funeral of our 40th president, Ronald Wi...