1856: Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Essay

1856: Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Essay

This document is an essay written by Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson in 1856. The essay may have been written as a school exercise. 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 Georgi...

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Main Author: Williamson, Mary Louisa Mitchell
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Family letters
Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/fmw01,73
format Electronic
collection Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Papers Collection
building Auburn University Digital Library
publisher Auburn University Libraries
topic Family letters
spellingShingle Family letters
1856: Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Essay
Williamson, Mary Louisa Mitchell
fulltopic Family letters
Williamson Family; Mitchell Family; Fitzpatrick Family; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Essays;
Peoples -- Domestic Life; Education -- K-12; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction;
title 1856: Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Essay
titleStr 1856: Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Essay
description This document is an essay written by Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson in 1856. The essay may have been written as a school exercise. 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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spelling 1856: Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, EssayThis document is an essay written by Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson in 1856. The essay may have been written as a school exercise. 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] The Ocean All the works of nature are beautiful. It is pleasant to contemplate them from the least to the greatest, The wisdom, the power and the goodness, of the great Architect of the universe is manifest in them all from the meandering rivulet, to the vast and magnificent ocean, of whose beauties and advantages, it is my purpose now to speak, A calm ocean must be beautiful indeed -- the broad bosom of the "great deep" at rest I know would be calculated to inspire in the mind, and heart, of the beholder, all that is susceptible in our nature, of being aroused to pleasurable sensations, by estimable objects. Oh, how I would be delighted to roam by the sea shore in a calm, and behold the beautiful surface of the majestic ocean as it seemed at rest, I know that such a scene must be calculated, to excite in us feelings of reverence, and awe, to him who said to the waters. "thus far shalt thou go and no father" and when we look upon the [page 2] this side of the picture, and contemplate the ocean, as the high way of nations. and the great thourough fare of the commerce of the world, and as a source of wealth and even sustenance to nations and individuals, We are constrained to exclaim with hearts full of love and gratitude. "how wondrous are thy works Oh! thou God of Israel". Mollie Lou [page 3] Mollie Lou Mitchell Compositure 1856 1886 Mollie1856Williamson, Mary Louisa MitchellWilliamson Family; Mitchell Family; Fitzpatrick Family; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Essays; Peoples -- Domestic Life; Education -- K-12; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction;Alabama, United States1856Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Family Papers, 1850-1989, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaRecord Group 1223, Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Papers, Folder 53 pages; 25 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;1856_WilliamsonMLM_Essay.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/fmw01/id/73

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