I couldn’t get this handsome man’s face out of my head. It was strange. It was almost like I had embraced a whole new ‘-ism’, this time, Emmettism. Something new to replace the mania for alcohol, a feeling that comes and goes even with a few years of continuous sobriety. My […]
When I first started gathering research on Emmett, I remember thinking: I wanted to get as much information as I could get my hands on, as quickly as possible, so that I could jump right in and write this complex man’s comprehensive story…. And looking back in my research journals, […]
This is a passage from the Big Book that makes me think about what it was that fueled Emmett’s alcoholism (italics mine): “I looked around me at people who seemed happy and tried to analyze their happiness and it seemed to me that without exception these people had something or […]
Alas. With sadness, the passing of my cousin, Emmett’s grand niece, and gracious friend. I was blessed and lucky to know her through my Emmett’s research. She encouraged me, helped me, shared generously anecdotes, photos, and information I could not have found otherwise. I am going to miss her terribly.
Over the past few months, I’ve been doing a lot research to fill-in-the-blanks with information about Emmett’s siblings. Today, I found an interesting (and new-to-me) document with useful information about one of Emmett’s sisters! Don’t you love the details going back several generations and documented for Emmett’s family? Awesome! So, […]
Towards the end of December, I came across an excellent interview conducted with Emmett’s close friend Minnie Kehoe. The text of the interview is below, along with the original source information. Note that this wasn’t exactly an in-person interview; Minnie apparently took issue with one of the articles published by […]
Here’s a new-to-me article about E. Meade Wilson II, nephew of Emmett, on his wedding day. (I was going back to check on articles about Emmett and siblings that may have been uploaded since my last database check, and came across a wedding announcement — which made me do a […]
Here’s information that Emmett’s youngest brother, Walker Wilson, was applying for membership in the Train Dispatcher’s Association of America (via Google docs). Deciphering the item — S.A.L. was the Seaboard Air Lines railroad. Walker’s employment with the railroad was not simply a family tradition, but an important employer in the […]
Here’s another new-to-me clipping discovered through routine checking of updated databases: Emmett’s father’s obituary contains interesting information. For example, even though Dr. Wilson had been ill for several days, his death may have been unexpected, as it was a ‘great shock.’ Dr. Wilson’s death information (from a second source) mentioned […]
“Cephas L. Wilson, i.m.o. Louise H. Wilson.” Such a tiny little item to stumble across, but I love finding even the tiniest crumbs of information! Here’s what I found today: The publication is titled “The Rancher,” a newsletter published by the Florida Sheriff’s Boys Ranch; the item on page 12 […]
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