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Another ‘new to me’ excellent source worth sharing: Just testing it out, here’s what was returned when I typed “Emmett Wilson” into the search bar: I’ve seen this resource before in Archive.org, but this document search/reading tool is outstanding. On the left hand menu screen (not shown in this image) […]
I hate reporting this, but I’ve made little actual progress on Emmett’s manuscript since January. My life has been mostly on hold because I’ve had to take several trips to my hometown in Mississippi to get my Dad’s affairs in order. He’s been in rehab after his fall in January, so […]
Here’s the obituary for Louis Wiselogel, father of Lula Wiselogel Wilson Grether, Emmett’s sister-in-law. I found it while I was looking for something else (naturally)! Lula married Emmett’s older brother, big shot politician and gubernatorial candidate Cephas Love Wilson in 1893. It was not an easy marriage for Lula; a […]
In the University of West Florida Archives, there’s a wonderful collection of more than 20,000 photographs of everyday Pensacolians between 1911 and 1949. Henry Lee Bell opened photography studio in 1911 in Pensacola Florida. Used to be partnered with George Turton. Was Turton & Bell around 1900 to about 1911, […]
Happy Anniversary! I just happened to be checking back into different databases for updated information, and the date on this document jumped out at me! Frank Maxwell Wilson was the son of Emmett’s older brother, Everard Meade Wilson, who died rather suddenly of pulmonary tuberculosis in 1914. This wedding took […]
That’s Emmett’s father, Dr. Francis C. Wilson, and acquaintances prior to a reunion for Confederate Army veterans in Scottsville, Virginia. Dr. Wilson and his friends boarded the train from Chipley on or about July 19, 1908 to attend the reunion, which was held July 21, 1908. Family records indicate that […]
In today’s edition of ‘Where are they now?’ we search for one of the original office buildings and residences of one Evelyn Croom Maxwell, distinguished jurist and lawyer of Pensacola, Florida. In 1890, Emmett’s uncle, Evelyn C. Maxwell was the law partner of Stephen Mallory II, who served as U.S. […]
In celebration of Opening Day, we’ll take a look at Emmett Wilson through the lens of his pastimes: Sports. Emmett appears to have been both athletic and a sports fan. He owned and rode a bicycle to and from classes while attending Stetson University Law School in 1903. He attended […]
“Jeopardy” is taping here in DC in a few weeks. I’ve always wanted to be on that program, but I know, realistically, the odds are low. Still, for fun, I took the online test to go on the show and did so mediocrely that I sincerely doubt I’ll be selected. […]
That’s my neighbor’s forsythia bush this morning, the first full day of Spring. That groundhog knew what he or she was doing on February 2. The snow is predicted to fall all day today in Emmett Wilson land. It is a good day to write about another snowy day, about […]
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