1896-05-31: Joseph A. Williamson to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Letter
This document is a letter from Joseph A. Williamson to his mother, Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, and is written from Montgomery, Ala., on May 31, 1896. The letter discusses family matters including the illness of the writer's father, Dr. Samuel T. Williamson. The Fitzpatrick family emigrated...
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Family letters 1896-05-31: Joseph A. Williamson to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Letter Williamson, Joseph A. |
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Family letters Williamson Family; Mitchell Family; Fitzpatrick Family; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Letters; Peoples -- Domestic Life; History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era; |
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1896-05-31: Joseph A. Williamson to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, LetterThis document is a letter from Joseph A. Williamson to his mother, Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, and is written from Montgomery, Ala., on May 31, 1896. The letter discusses family matters including the illness of the writer's father, 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]
[letterhead: Southern Express Company ... Montgomery, Ala.]
May 31, 1896
Dear Mother,
Your letter received
and am sorry to know
that Father is not doing
so well. I send you
medicine & lemons by todays
train. I wanted to run
up one day last week,
but Mr Shoemaker went to
Nashville prevented me.
Would come up this
morning but it is the
first of the month,
and will have to work
for several days on
monthly business
Statements. Will come up
about Wednesday if
possible. I will go and
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see Dr. Gaston and ask him
about the Carbunkle on
fathers neck hopeing that
you may all keep well
& that father may
improve. I am lovingly
Joe
We are both well.1896-05-31Williamson, Joseph A.Williamson Family; Mitchell Family; Fitzpatrick Family; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Letters;Peoples -- Domestic Life; History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era;Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States1896-05-31Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Family Papers, 1850-1989, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaRecord Group 1223, Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Papers, Folder 562 pages, 28 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;1896-05-31_WilliamsonJA_to_WilliamsonMLM_letter.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/fmw01/id/68 |
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1896-05-31: Joseph A. Williamson to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Letter |
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1896-05-31: Joseph A. Williamson to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Letter |
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This document is a letter from Joseph A. Williamson to his mother, Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, and is written from Montgomery, Ala., on May 31, 1896. The letter discusses family matters including the illness of the writer's father, 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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Williamson, Joseph A. |
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