Continuing with the exploration of A. Max Wilson’s descendants, we meet the second child, the Rev. Dr. Francis Childria Wilson. Because there’s now two Dr. Francis C. Wilsons to reference in this family, I’ll refer to Emmett’s father as Dr. FCW, and Emmett’s nephew as Rev. FCW. We first see […]
Dateline: April 30, 1914. The scene: Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC. Emmett Wilson, accompanied by a delegation from Florida, dedicates and unveils the statue of Dr. John Gorrie, the inventor of artificial refrigeration. Gorrie was, according to The Pensacola Journal of February 1, 1914, a man “memorialized in every ton of […]
I came across something unusual in the continuing search for Emmett Wilson information from his brother A. Max Wilson’s descendants. Let me rephrase that: What I found may not have been all that unusual in the early 1900s, but it is a little unusual today. Let’s take another look at […]
The next name on Katie Wilson Meade’s list of her brother A. Max Wilson’s children is Augustus Maxwell Wilson, Jr., or ‘Max Jr.’ This next descendant has more ‘documentation’ of what he was doing, but not much else in terms of photos, letters, articles in the paper — Max Jr. […]
After yesterday’s post, I couldn’t just leave Max and his branch of the Wilson clan dangling there on the family tree, unexplored. So, I decided to dig around today. As mentioned, Max and his wife Belle Fannin Wilson had 11 children — but more accurately, they had 12, with 11 […]
Well, the schools are shuttered already, 24 hours ahead of this massive snowstorm headed our way. The car is fueled; the firewood stacked high; the milk in the fridge. The kids gleeful. The mom not going to get much writing done over the next four days. Also, notice right at […]
It turns out that I’m not the only one who has sought out information on Emmett Wilson. The letter was sent to Emmett’s sister, Katie. The writer of this letter, Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton, was an impressive fellow. He was a professor and historian, and his big project was […]
Folks, for almost three years, I’ve understood Emmett’s full name was Augustus Emmett Wilson. But after reading through the information gathered on my most recent research trip, I’m not so sure. Let me bring you up to speed: Emmett was born in British Honduras in 1882, where his parents were […]
Guys, fantastic news! The New York Public Library released 180K historic images to a digital archive, and yes, instead of braving the frigging cold of 16 degrees (as it is outside right now), you and I can peruse in our pajamas! One very cool feature of the NYPL is this […]
Have you seen this? Yep, that’s a lawmaker getting ready to go nighty-night right there in the office. The NPR story, which can be found here, says it is a matter of circumstances for many of our elected officials: It is expensive to live in D.C., to plunk down an […]
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