Price drop
The price on 211 W. Cervantes Street in Pensacola, where Emmett lived with the Kehoe family between 1911 and 1913, has dropped slightly. It can be yours for only $299,000!
Following the Money
One of the things I’ve always found curious about Emmett Wilson’s life was why he never lived on his own, never owned a house, never had his own apartment in which he was responsible for everything (food, furniture, utilities and the like). Emmett was a bachelor with an active and […]
hmmm
I think Father was trying to tell me something via imposition of ashes today. (He has quite the wry sense of humor.)
Life Expectancy
As I write Emmett’s story, I always wonder how long he would have lived had he not drank himself to death. Several of the men in his family, particularly his twin brother Julian, were long lived. Emmett was 35 when he died of uremia on May 29, 1918. The website, […]
Death Came As He Slept
Here’s another fantastic find whilst conducting the every-other-month database sweep: Great details in this article — first, based on some other clips that I’ve found around this date, Walter was working and politically active up until the end, so there may not have been any clue anything was amiss. (I’m […]
Great Source: Sanborn Fire Maps for Pensacola, 1907
Here’s something that finally answered one of my big Emmett Wilson puzzles over the past five years of research: Check this out: The line drawing (above) is a screen shot of the duplex 211 West Cervantes, as it appeared in 1907. Note that this one structure had TWO numbers (211 […]
Happy Holidays, Everyone
Hildur Dahlstrom Beall
Our next installment on Emmett’s secretaries features Hildur (or Hilda) Dahlstrom Beall (1892-1975). According to my research, Hildur was Emmett’s secretary in some capacity from about 1910 to 1914, but she was primarily Walter Kehoe’s secretary (as he was the one paying her salary, as you’ll see further on in […]
On Faith
I think Emmett probably read this magazine. The articles and writers were pretty much up his alley. And if he did, I like to think he might have seen this poem. It’s lovely. === Speaking of faith, I’ve been slogging away with what I call ‘adjunct Emmett’ writing; i.e., submitting […]
Tell my story. 