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...
Thursday, August 5, 2004

Education in Union County

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The yellow school buses are running and students gather in classrooms at Blairsville’s primary, elementary, middle and high schools and at W...
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...