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 […]
Last week, I mentioned that Katie Wilson Meade’s granddaughter shared a seven-page narrative that Katie wrote about her (and Emmett’s) childhood when they lived in Belize. Katie, Emmett, and Julian were the only Wilson children born in Belize. They emigrated back to the U.S. in 1884. Emmett and Julian were […]
Here’s one of my latest acquisitions to the Emmett Wilson biographical research library: Surprisingly, it isn’t a dry tome, and it was a great deal! I ordered it from a book thrift store, and paid a grand total of $6, including shipping. What’s in here? Several interesting bios on Emmett’s […]
I often wonder about the relationship Emmett had with his mother: Was it formal or relaxed? Was it “Mother” or “Mom?” At this point, even after two years of research into Emmett’s life, I still don’t know much about Emmett’s mother, Elizabeth Virginia Maxwell Wilson. I’m still looking for family […]
Yesterday, I mentioned that Emmett’s grandfather had a law partner, S.R. Mallory, and they worked in the Mallory Building in Pensacola during Reconstruction. My friend and colleague, the excellent Jacki Wilson at the Pensacola HIstorical Society sent me this: Jacki told me that what was on the original site of […]
In between writing and digging around in a new-to-me database this week, I’ve been reading microfilm copies of The West Florida Commercial and The Pensacola Observer, 1867-69. These newspapers were published during Reconstruction, and there are only scattered issues in existence. By 1871, both papers had ceased publication. With so […]
The blogger Michael Segal asks an interesting question: Is ambition an addiction worth having? As some of you know from a few earlier posts, Emmett Wilson essentially drank himself to death at age 35 on May 29, 1918. Behind the drinking, I think, was another addiction: Ambition. Part of a […]
For the past few days, I’ve been trying to track down an odd clue that I came across in Emmett’s research. Earlier this week, while digging around for information on Emmett’s grandfather, Augustus Emmett Maxwell, an odd item — and I mean, a VERY odd item — kept coming up […]
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