1896-06-15: H. C. Lamar to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Letter
This document is a letter from H. C. Lamar to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, written from Snowdoun, Ala., on June 15, 1896. The letter is written to condole with the recipient on the recent death of her husband, Dr. Samuel T. Williamson. The Fitzpatrick family emigrated from Ireland to the Virgini...
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Family letters 1896-06-15: H. C. Lamar to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Letter Lamar, H. C. |
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Family letters Williamson Family; Mitchell Family; Fitzpatrick Family; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Letters; Condolence notes; Peoples -- Domestic Life; History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era; |
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1896-06-15: H. C. Lamar to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Letter |
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This document is a letter from H. C. Lamar to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, written from Snowdoun, Ala., on June 15, 1896. The letter is written to condole with the recipient on the recent death of her husband, Dr. Samuel T. Williamson. The Fitzpatrick family emigrated from Ireland to the Virginia colony in the early 1700s. Over time, the family moved from Virginia through the Carolinas and into Georgia before finally settling in Line Creek, Alabama and Verbena, Alabama. Several members of the family were active politically including William Fitzpatrick, who served in the Georgia legislature, and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who served two terms as governor of Alabama. Sarah Fitzpatrick, a descendant of this family, married Columbus White Mitchell who was from a prominent Alabama family. The couple had ten children, seven of whom survived infancy. Three of their sons served in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy (Phil F. Mitchell, Joseph A. Mitchell, and Columbus White Mitchell). Their daughter Mary Louisa, a central figure of this collection, married Dr. Samuel "Trinley" Thomas Williamson in September 1861 shortly after the war began. Williamson was a medical doctor who also fought in the Confederate armed forces. With Williamson and the three Mitchell brothers away fighting, Mary Louisa was left home to run the household with only the help of her sick mother and her sisters. At this time she was also pregnant with her first child who was born in 1862. All three brothers and Williamson survived the war. The family continued to live in Alabama following the Civil War. Since the mid-1900s, some branches of the family have spread out while some continue to live in Alabama. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project. |
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1896-06-15: H. C. Lamar to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, LetterThis document is a letter from H. C. Lamar to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, written from Snowdoun, Ala., on June 15, 1896. The letter is written to condole with the recipient on the recent death of her husband, Dr. Samuel T. Williamson. The Fitzpatrick family emigrated from Ireland to the Virginia colony in the early 1700s. Over time, the family moved from Virginia through the Carolinas and into Georgia before finally settling in Line Creek, Alabama and Verbena, Alabama. Several members of the family were active politically including William Fitzpatrick, who served in the Georgia legislature, and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who served two terms as governor of Alabama. Sarah Fitzpatrick, a descendant of this family, married Columbus White Mitchell who was from a prominent Alabama family. The couple had ten children, seven of whom survived infancy. Three of their sons served in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy (Phil F. Mitchell, Joseph A. Mitchell, and Columbus White Mitchell). Their daughter Mary Louisa, a central figure of this collection, married Dr. Samuel "Trinley" Thomas Williamson in September 1861 shortly after the war began. Williamson was a medical doctor who also fought in the Confederate armed forces. With Williamson and the three Mitchell brothers away fighting, Mary Louisa was left home to run the household with only the help of her sick mother and her sisters. At this time she was also pregnant with her first child who was born in 1862. All three brothers and Williamson survived the war. The family continued to live in Alabama following the Civil War. Since the mid-1900s, some branches of the family have spread out while some continue to live in Alabama. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project. [page 1]
Snowdoun, Ala.
June 15th 1896
Dear Cousin Mary
I was not as much shocked as I was
grieved to hear that Dr. Williamson was dead & would
be buried to day for Blocker told me Saturday of
his precarious condition. The first time I ever saw
Dr. Williamson was at his own hospitoble home
in Bullock in the days long gone by. on
first sight I loved & liked him, he always had
a warm, cordial, friendly greeting for me. and
no doubt like all of humanity he had his faults,
but I never saw one single defect in the
make up of his character. To me he always
seemed the courtly kindly & knightly gentleman.
In the role of husband, father, friend & citizen
he seemed to rise to the full measure of a
superb man. Dear cousin it is hard, for
this must be to you the deepest darkest sorrow
of your life time, but I feel & hope that your
Christian fortitude will carry you safely through
it all. Yours was an ideal family. Love in
all of its purity & sweetness was abundant
in your husband. You all seemed devoted
one to the other, & my heart is overflowing
in grief for you all. The link in your
charming family is broken. Who knows but
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that is Gods own decree. & you
know the good book says let Gods will
be done Give my love & deep sympathy
to each of the children & may the God
of Heaven give you strength with
which to bear up under the heavy
blow to you all.
With love & sympathy I am
Yr friend & coz
H. C. Lamar1896-06-15Lamar, H. C.Williamson Family; Mitchell Family; Fitzpatrick Family; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Letters; Condolence notes; Peoples -- Domestic Life; History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era;Snowdoun, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States1896-06-15Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Family Papers, 1850-1989, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaRecord Group 1223, Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Papers, Folder 572 pages, 29 cmengAuburn, Ala. : Auburn University LibrariesThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of this image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.Stillimage; Text;1896-06-15_LamarHC_to_WilliamsonMLM_letter.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/fmw01/id/64 |