The Tallahassee Genealogist
Volume XXXIII Number 4 JULY 2014
In This Issue:
* Protection for Old Photograph Albums
* “Shebangs” – Civil War Prisoner Shelters
* Protection for Historic and Fragile Fabrics
* What Ancestral Given Names Can Tell Us
* Plus much more……
Tallahassee Genealogical Society, Inc. Post Office Box 4371 – Tallahassee, FL 32315-4371
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Table of Contents Vol XXXIII, Number 4 JULY 2014
NOTE: Change in TGS Member Dues ……………………………………….. 2
Protection for Old Photograph Albums………………………………….……… 3
“Shebangs”- Civil War Prisoner Shelters……………….……………………… 5
A Very Special Town………………………………………………………………… 7
Protection for Historic or Special Fabrics……………………………………….. 8
1914 – What was Happening in the World 100 Years Ago….……………. 9
Caring for Daguerreotypes……………………………………………..………….. 10
What Ancestral Given Names Can Tell Us……………………….………..….… 11
The Bradfords of Bradfordville………………..……………….………………….. 13
John McDougall………………………..…………………………….…… 16
Greenwood Cemetery Origins…………………………………………….. 17
Meetings Around the Area…………………………………….……………………. 19
Index of Surnames...... 20
Tallahassee Genealogical Society Publications for Sale……….....……… 21
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<<< CHANGE IN TGS MEMBER DUES >>>
If you missed the May TGS meeting and haven’t opened your email yet, the following changes are being made to the dues beginning this summer as the Tallahassee Genealogical Society transitions from a fiscal to a calendar year:
If your membership currently expires at the end of June 2014, then during this transition year only, you may choose to renew as follows:
1) Remit $10 ($12.50 for family) by July 1st to continue membership
through December 2014 and
Remit $20 ($25 for family) by January 1, 2015 to continue membership
through December 2015*
OR
2) Remit $30.00 ($37.50 for family) by July 1st to continue membership
for the entire period
(July 2014 through December 2015)
with only one payment
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*Effective January 1st 2015, renewal will be by calendar year only
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Note: Any member joining TGS in 2014 (for the first time, on July1st or later) will also be able to choose between the above options.
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PROTECTION FOR OLD PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
Acid is murder on photos, cloth and paper products – items you may want to pass down to your children and grandchildren. If your budget can afford it, replace all old standard albums with new acid-free albums and supplies such as acid-free photo corners, transparent sleeves and folders. Three types of plastic are currently considered acceptable for long-term storage:
A. Polyester – Melinex is a brand of polyester that meets the requirements of long-term storage of photographic materials. Clear, smooth and rigid, polyester gives support while letting the viewer see the image. B. Polypropylene – Untreated (uncoated) polypropylene is an acceptable low cost alternative to polyester. It is less rigid but is clear and can be used for materials that do not need the greater support provided by polyester; or where the greater cost of polyester cannot be justified. Avoid polypropylene that has a surface coating applied. C. Polyethylene – The softest of the plastics and the least clear. High-density polyethy- lene is translucent, like glassine, and its smooth surface is the least likely to cause surface abrasion. Like polypropylene, it is a lower cost alternative to polyester, where the clarity and rigidity of polyester are not needed.
Vinyl pages and “magnetic photo albums” are unacceptable for the storage of photographs. Sheets and enclosures made of polyvinyl chloride (also called PVC or vinyl) are recognizable by their oily feel and smell. They release chemicals that react with photographic materials to cause staining and deterioration. Many older style “magnetic albums” have poor quality backing pages , coated with a tacky adhesive, that may cause discoloration and make it difficult to remove photo- graphs in the future. Cellulose triacetate is not recommended for long-term storage because it becomes distorted and can cause surface abrasion.
GENERAL CARE OF ALBUMS
1. Handle all photos and negatives by the edges, or preferably with white cotton gloves. 2. Remove photos and negatives from poor quality albums and enclosures if it possible to do so without causing damage. If photos are glued to old album pages, it may be necessary to place entire page in acid free folder or acid free plastic sleeve. 3. Remove extraneous materials such as paper clips, rubber bands, old clippings and notes. Newspaper clippings can be copied onto alkaline paper and included in the album. The old clippings can be enclosed in a protective sleeve and saved. 4. Items “repaired” with pressure sensitive tape or glue should be enclosed in transparent sleeves. 5. Whenever possible, identifying information should be written on the enclosure or album page
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itself rather than on the photograph. Use a No. 2 pencil, pigma pen or India ink on paper, and a film-marking pen on plastic. Felt tipped pens and ball point pens should never be used because the ink can “bleed through” and stain the photograph. Use labels with a stable adhesive on boxes and folders. 6. If it is necessary to have identification on the photograph itself, write brief notations lightly on the back with a lead pencil (No. 2 or softer). If the surface of resin coated paper does not accept pencil, use a blue photo marking pencil or a film marking pen to write on the back edge. 7. Never subject photographs – whether enclosed in picture frames or not – to direct sunlight.
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______He who cares nothing about his ancestors will rarely achieve anything worthy of being remembered by his descendents. …Author unknown ______
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“SHEBANGS”
(Civil War Prisoner Shelters)
During the Civil War, the increasing number of captured Union prisoners necessitated the construction in February 1864 of a large rectangular open-air structure christened Fort Sumter, on the eastern edge of Andersonville, Georgia. Commanded by Major Henry Wirz, (who was tried and hanged after the war on charges of conspiracy and murder), the fort was almost immediately overcrowded to four times its capacity, with inadequate water supply, limited food rations, and extremely unsanitary conditions. Of the approximately 45,000 Union prisoners held during the 15 months of Fort Sumter’s existence, nearly 13,000 died - chiefly of scurvy, diarrhea and dysentery. Countless numbers remained sick and injured for months and even years after the camp was liberated in May 1865. Various religious groups, sympathetic neighbors from the town, and women’s aid societies tried to offer help, but the need was overwhelming.
Originally planned for 16.5 acres, the camp was soon enlarged to 26.5 acres, a vast open pasture surrounding an uninhabitable swamp. The Confederate quartermaster officer Captain Dick Winder, was ultimately assigned to provide prisoners with shelter, but ran into problems with the location of sawmills, bureaucratic red-tape, inflation and general incompetence, and never finished the task. The prisoners were left to fend for themselves throughout the cold winter months and harsh Georgia summers. They constructed “shebangs” or shelters from clothing, feed sacks, blankets, branches from the swamp and any other materials they could steal from guards or even other prisoners. Prisoner diaries and memoirs document seven common types of shebangs:
1. Tent flys made by attaching two blankets to a ridgepole 2. Crude lean-tos made by piecing together strips of cloth onto a pole frame 3. A kind of teepee made by draping a blanket over a short vertical pole 4. Simple holes dug vertically into the ground 5. Holes that were dug down and then sideways to create small caves. These structures were however, subject to cave-ins. 6. Adobe-like structures made with mud bricks roofed with a small blanket, overcoat
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or shirt 7. Huts made of split pine boards
Others, less ambitious or lacking in necessary resources, scooped out holes in the sand or clay. Here they bunked, but since they lacked any covering they suffered greatly from insects and the weather. Private Robert Knox Sneden who survived his time at Andersonville, described the shebangs as follows:
“…some had dug holes in the ground three or four feet deep and made a slanting roof over them of poles and pine top boughs. The whole camp looked like a collection of pig pens.”
When the camp was enlarged new prisoners were added. Sneden commented:
“…Many are burrowing in the ground like rabbits, as they have neither blankets nor brush to make a shelter. The sand is clean, however, not full of lice and maggots as in the old stockade”.
Ironically, these pit shelters were not only intended to provide protection against the weather but also against possible cannon fire, as several of the Confederate cannons outside the stockade faced the interior of the prison grounds in case the prisoners rioted.
One hapless Union prisoner, Dorence Atwater, was selected to record the names and numbers of the dead at Andersonville for the use of the Confederacy and the federal government after the war ended. He believed the federal government would never see the list, and secretly kept a duplicate copy which he smuggled out when the camp was liberated.
NOTE: For information about your Union ancestor held at Andersonville, check https://FamilySearch.org. This collection contains images of records of Federal (Union) prisoners of war confined at Andersonville prison 1864-1865. The collection consists of prison hospital admissions, death and burial records, registers of prison departures, prisoner claims for reimbursements, and consolidated monthly reports. This collection is NARA microfilm publication M1303 and is from Record Group 249 Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners.
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A VERY SPECIAL TOWN! Reprinted from the Leon County, Florida Heritage Book with permission of TGS Member Betty-Jane Tappan Free
In late September of 1949, my parents and I drove into Tallahassee where I was enrolled at FSU, planning a major in Medical Technology. That began several years of memories – dorms with House Mothers who kept track of us, sometimes more strictly than our own parents might have. “Sign out” cards were regularly checked to make sure that all of “their girls” were abiding by the rules that were drilled into us during freshman orientation.
Many of us made contacts with local churches and I chose the First Christian Church on the corner of W. Park Ave. and Bronough (now the site of a US Post Office). Our college-age group activities included “dine-a- mite,” held every Sunday evening. Aside from a good fellowship, many of us learned how to cook for a group, a good experience for me up to the present. One of the ladies in the church also invited us into her home a couple of times a year and I remember that we all were enthralled to be in a “real home” with thick carpets and beautiful décor. The dorm “parlors” were nice but our rooms were rather bleak! Wescott Building - FSU
My future husband, DeWayne, came to FSU as a junior September 1951. We were introduced by a mutual friend during the spring semester of 1952. When DeWayne came to call for me for our first date, he had one arm in a sling and had sprained both wrists – a result of a trapeze accident with FSU’s Flying High Circus. Actually he was one of the riggers and had gone on the the trapeze on a dare!! Although we dated that spring, we both left FSU that June. He graduated and I went to Atlanta for my senior year to intern, coming back in August 1953 to graduate.
Eventually, DeWayne and I started dating again and married in March 1956, five years after our first date at FSU! The first five years of our marriage took us to several other towns around Florida but in the fall of 1960 we eventually got the opportunity to return to Tallahassee and we were happy to be back! Although DeWayne died in the fall of 1987 as a result of an accident on the “Shrine Train”, I have lived in the same house that we bought in 1960. Our neighborhood was in Leon County, then was “taken in” by Tallahassee and has seen a whole generation of children grow up and many of them are moving back and bringing up their children in the same neighborhood. Grandchildren come back also.
Many changes have taken place in Tallahassee in the past 48 years, and it is “fun” to talk with others and remembering many of the old landmarks. Do you remember when Penney’s was where the “new” Federal Courthouse now stands? - when the Floridian Hotel was across Monroe Street from St. John’s Episcopal? - the first football game in Floridian Hotel (ca. 1950’s) Doak Campbell Stadium? Think back and see what you can remember about a VERY special town!.
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PROTECTION FOR HISTORIC OR FRAGILE FABRICS
1. Temperature & Relative Humidity
Textiles should be stored in an environment that is consistently cool and has a moderate humidity. Attics, basements or garages are unsuitable because of their extremes of temperature and humidity. High temperatures speed deterioration and high humidity encourages insect and mold activity. Conversely, a low humidity contributes to the desiccation and aging of fibers. The ideal climate is generally considered to be 65-70 degrees F and 50% relative humidity.
2. Light
Light is particularly damaging to textiles because it causes fading of dyes and deterioration of fibers. Its effects are cumulative and irreversible. Textiles should not be exposed to light while they are in storage; protect them with blackout covers or by storage in acid-free boxes or closed cabinets.
3. Pest Management
There are two main types of insect pests, which can damage textiles: clothing moths and carpet beetles. Wool is the preferred food for both of these pests, although they will eat other materials particularly if they are soiled. These insects prefer a warm, humid and dark environment. The best way to prevent infestation is to provide an inhospitable environment: keep textiles in a cool, dry location. Limited light exposure and air circulation resulting from periodic inspection will also discourage insects.
4. Cleaning
Most textiles can be safely surface cleaned by vacuuming to remove particulate soil that can attract insects; do this before storage. For all but the most robust rugs or tapestries, vacuum at the lowest setting through an upholstery screen, or your fingers to keep the vacuum attachment away from the fabric.
Modern christening gowns and other new textiles of cotton, linen or synthetic blends in good condition may be carefully hand washed Use distilled water and a pure detergent - not soap, which causes yellowing . Modern wedding or christening gowns should be washed immediately after wear because soil and stains become more difficult to remove as they age. Most wedding gowns will require dry cleaning. Use a reputable dry cleaner and request fresh or filtered solvent.
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4. Storage
Vacuum or wash textiles before storage. Do NOT use mothballs, moth flakes or other chemicals – they can harm your fabrics. Cedar chests and herbal preventatives are generally ineffective. Dry cleaner’s bags are particularly unsuitable because they cause yellowing and damage to fabrics over time. Cotton muslin or washed cotton sheeting are good choices for bags enclosing fabrics to be hung.
Cardboard or wood containers are not acid-free. If they are used for storage, acid-free tissue paper or undyed 100% cotton fabric such as cotton muslin can be used to wrap the textiles before storing in containers.
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(I received a gift of a large box of fabric remnants from my mother-in-law a few years ago. The cardboard box had been kept out in the backyard storage shed for years – in Miami! Needless to say what the roaches didn’t destroy the humidity did! My husband & I thanked her and headed for the nearest dumpster on the way back to Tallahassee!).
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The past belongs to the future but only the present can preserve it. - Anon ______
1914 - What Was Happening in the World 100 Years Ago
* The US population was 99 million (over 316 million today)
* World War I began
* The Panama Canal officially opened after ten years of construction
* World’s first electric red/green traffic lights installed in Cleveland, Ohio
* George Washington Carver began experimenting with the peanut
* Last known passenger pigeon died (photo on right)
* Charlie Chaplin played the Little Tramp
* The Kentucky Derby winner of 1914 was Old Rosebud
* Unemployment was 7.9%; a first-class stamp was $0.02
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CARING FOR DAGUERREOTYPES
Daguerreotypes were introduced to the United States in 1839 and remained common until the Civil War. Therefore, the condition of the one you may now own is the result of how it has been handled, stored or displayed over the past 175 intervening years or so. Typical problems you may notice are image tarnish, cases broken or missing parts, or damage from amateur attempts to fix these problems. Leave any cleaning or repair to a professional. Find one through the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works directory (www.conservation-us.org). The best thing you can do to preserve a daguerreotype is to digitize it, store it properly and leave it alone. Follow these guidelines:
1. Don’t take apart the daguerreotype case or separate the image layers. One touch of the photographic plate can harm the image.
2. Don’t try to clean a daguerreotype.
3. Digitize your daguerreotype to preserve the image and limit handling. These images can be tricky to scan because of the reflective surface and the glass layer on top of the image. If your photo scanner doesn’t work, try a camera set on a tripod. To prevent the camera from being reflected onto the image, cover it with a black cardboard with a hole cut in the middle for the lens.
4. Store the photo wrapped in a clean, soft cloth to protect the case. Document any details you know about the subject(s), photographer, location, date taken, etc. in pencil on acid-free cardstock. Place note and daguerreotype in acid-free container along with wrapped image.
5. To slow deterioration, keep the daguerreotype in an environment away from light sources and with a stable temperature and humidity (not attic, basement or garage).
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WHAT ANCESTRAL GIVEN NAMES CAN TELL US
Your ancestor’s name could be the clue to identities of earlier generations. Depending on the country of origin, cultural traditions of the past often determined name choices for the new baby. Today parents may name their offspring after Hollywood stars, best friends or names in current fashion, but in the past tradition often dictated which name to choose. If you are looking for a given name of an ancestor, it might be possible to deduce it from their offspring’s name.
BRITISH (especially by the 18th and 19th century) * the first son was named after the father’s father * the second son, after the mother’s father * the third son, after the father * the fourth son, after the father’s eldest brother * the first daughter, after the mother’s mother * the second daughter, after the father’s mother * the third daughter, after the mother * the fourth daughter, after the mother’s eldest sister
Note: In families where this pattern would lead to duplicate names – both grandparents were named Robert, for example – the parents might skip to the next in line. In this case the second son would be named after the father.
Welch, Irish and Scottish parents tended to follow the same naming pattern as the British as time went on.
FRENCH and FRENCH CANADIAN French families followed the same pattern with a few exceptions – depending on whether the relative was deceased – the deceased relative got precedence. So the first son might be named after the mother’s father (rather than the father’s father) if the mother’s father was deceased.
Most children were given hyphenated first names, which could cross genders. A boy might be named Pierre-Marie, in honor of his female patron saint. In French Canada, many boys were named Joseph-something and many girls were named Marie-something in honor of the holy family.
ITALIAN * Ancestral given names were often selected to honor the patron saint of a particular village or town
* Generally, the son’s name was chosen as the British, but: * The first daughter was named after the father’s mother * The second daughter was named after the mother’s mother * The third daughter, after the mother
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Italians also named their children after a deceased sibling. So if you find two Maria Antonias in the same household, it is not a typo!
SPANISH and MEXICAN
In Hispanic families, many of these naming traditions combine. At Baptism a baby might be given one or two extra names, including the saint associated with the baptismal day. But the child might never be called by the first baptismal name. To make it more confusing, church records might show that the parish priest has added to the child’s name a superfluous José or María!
POLISH
Polish families adhere to an entirely different first-name tradition. Catholic parents typically named their children after the saint whose feast day fell closest to the child’s birth or baptismal date. So a boy born in early August, for example, might be named for Saint Dominik (Dominic), whose feast day is traditionally celebrated August 4. For a list of common Polish first names and their associated saint’s days, see
RUSSIAN and UKRAINIAN
Children born in Ukraine and Russia were named for saints on the Byzantine calendar, which differed from the Roman Catholic calendar. If a girl’s birth or baptismal date fell closest to a male saint’s day, she might still be given that name, feminized by adding an “a” to the end. See common Russian name days at www.behindthename.com/namedays/lists/rus.php.
DUTCH
Families in the Netherlands might follow this pattern: * the first son was named after the paternal grandfather * the second son, after the maternal grandfather * the first daughter, after the maternal grandmother * the second daughter, after the paternal grandmother
Given the prevalence of infant mortality, these four names- recycled as necessary – were often enough. In a family with all daughters, a third child might receive a feminized version of a grandfather’s name, such as Wilhemina or Hendrika.
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THE BRADFORDS OF BRADFORDVILLE Reprinted from the Leon County, Florida Heritage Book with permission of Suzanne Bradford Mahaffey
They came in family groups traveling in large caravans of people and livestock, camping out or staying with relatives or in inns along the way. It was a bit of chance, coupled with a bit of knowledge that brought them to the frontier land of middle Florida. They were searching for fertile land to replace their worn out fields in Halifax County, North Carolina. It was the early 1830’s and they were the Bradford brothers – Henry Boen, Thomas Anderson, Dr. Edward and Richard Henry. Their decision to move to Florida would make a lasting impact, not only on their families, but also on Leon County.
Richard Henry Bradford (1800-1883) The sons of the Reverend Henry and Sarah Crowell Bradford, they came from a successful farming family. Francis Asbury of the early Methodist church married their parents, and their father was active in the growth of Methodism in North Carolina. Their grandfather, John Bradford, was involved in North Carolina politics and was a delegate to the assembly that established the Halifax Resolves, a precursor to the Declaration of Independence. Both John and Henry fought the British in the Revolutionary War.
Two older brothers had already left the family community of Enfield to try their luck in Tennessee and Georgia. The four remaining brothers considered following them, but in the end were influenced to move to Florida by their cousin, John Branch, former North Carolina governor and later territorial governor of Florida. He was convinced that the lands of middle Florida were perfect for growing cotton, the crop that was quickly becoming the staple of the South. Henry was the first to move to Florida, because the 1830 U.S. census shows him in Leon County. The others were established in their new home soon after the death of their father in 1833. Their widowed mother Sarah along with their sister and brother-in-law, Mary Crowell “Polly” Bradford Whitaker and Eli Benton Whitaker, also became residents of Leon County later.
The decision of what land to buy was driven by the need for fertile fields and a water supply. They purchased large tracts north of Tallahassee near Lakes Iamonia and McBride (between present day Meridian and Thomasville Roads and east of Thomasville Road) and set about clearing the lands for planting. Among their plantations were Pine Hill, Horseshoe, Water Oak, and Walnut Hill. In her book Florida Breezes, Ellen Call Long describes the area north of Tallahassee and the people who live there. She states, and “further beyond, on the road we have left, is a large settlement, all ‘Bradford’s’ – North Carolinians, too; they make a good population for any country especially a new one; economical, industrious; in short, they mind strictly their own business.”
They were not completely alone in this new land, for many extended family members also settled near them, including the Branch family. Life on the frontier was not easy. Disease, Indians and weather caused problems. Many women of the time died in childbirth. Yellow fever was
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rampant in the 1830’s and 1840’s. The Henry Boen Bradford family lost three of their little children in 1841 – most likely from yellow fever. During the 1840’s and 1850’s the families grew and their farms prospered. Trouble was ahead, though, for the years of the Civil War brought pain and heartbreak to the entire nation, but especially to the South. The Bradford family was no exception. Their sons were quick to enlist in the Confederate Army, and unfortunately, one was quick to die. Richard Henry Bradford, Jr. was the first Confederate officer killed in Florida, for he died in October 1861 in the Battle of Santa Rosa Island. A few months later by legislative order, Bradford County was named for
him .
Three of Richard Bradford’s other sons, John, Edward and Robert Fort, fought in the war. Another son, Dr. William Henry Bradford, remained in Leon County to help take care of the medical needs of the families that were left behind. John R. Bradford, son of Henry Boen, and William Mumford, Henry and Thomas, sons of Thomas A. Bradford, also served in the Confederate Army. Henry Bradford house on Water Oak Plantation was captured and imprisoned at Johnson’s Island. (ca. 1876)
The years after the war brought many changes. The Bradford brothers were now three, for Henry Boen had died. The remaining brothers and their sons continued to farm. They diversified and began growing new crops. Richard is credited with bringing the first Jersey cows to the county. The dairy farm he began was continued by his son, Robert F. Bradford, and in turn by his grandson, Robert F. Bradford, Jr. Another son, Colonel John Bradford, a surveyor and civil engineer, started the first businesses in Bradfordville. Along with a friend he established the general store “Bradford and Ross”, a gristmill, sawmill and cotton gin.
The Bradford lands were eventually sold to wealthy northern families who enjoyed them as hunting preserves. Robert F. Jr. was the only one still farming by the 1930’s when he sold his land to the Griscom family. He then relocated his dairy to Ausley Road in Tallahassee where he continued to farm until the 1950s. His son, Richard Henry Bradford, great-grandson of the original Leon County resident, Richard Bradford, moved his dairy to Jefferson County and farmed there until 1999.
Over the years the Bradfords and their descendants served as farmers, merchants, teachers, and government and church leaders and, as such, made numerous contributions to Leon County and North Florida. Many remain in the area. On the Edward Bradford side they include Preston DeMilly and members of the Epps family. The Neal Bradford Tallahassee street scene (ca. 1857) family members are descended from Henry Boen Bradford. Among the descendants of Thomas Anderson Bradford are Rubie Butterworth, Martha Tilden, and Clifton Van Brunt Lewis. Descendants of Richard Henry Bradford include Mary Alma Roberts Lang, Nora Parker McDaniel, Paul Parker, Susanne Bradford Mahaffey, Katie Bradford Linch and their families.
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Charles Nam – Welcome back!!
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Hey Researchers out there.....
Have you just located a long lost relative? Found an address that was eluding you? Located a website or book that might help others? Have a story to share?
If you would like to let us all share in your good fortune just send me an email at [email protected] and your information may appear in the October 2014 issue of The Tallahassee Genealogist
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John McDougall Reprinted from the Leon County, Florida Heritage Book With permission of Linda S. Mabry
In the early 1840’s John McDougall, a thirty-year-old Scottish immigrant, arrived in Tallahassee and opened a bookstore with Alfred E. Hobby. They offered a varied selection of literary works – including Shakespeare, Dante, and Dickens. By 1860, their stock-in-trade totaled $5,000.
When the state chartered a local bank in 1860, Peres Brokaw and John McDougall were selected for the interim board of directors. The Bank of Tallahassee apparently never went into operation. In 1862, they were involved in the organization of the Gulf State Insurance Company. Company officials included Brokaw, McDougall, B.C. Lewis and Daniel Ladd of Wakulla County. John McDougall
John McDougall prospered with well-constructed financial deals. In 1870, the fifty-nine- year-old bachelor was joined by his nephew, John McDougall, a twenty-five-year old native of Scotland. Upon his arrival, he entered his uncle’s employ as a clerk in the bookstore, joined the Republican Party, and became politically active. The elder John died in May, 1876 and his other nephew, Alexander, arrived to claim his share of the estate, which totaled $73,581.19.
The McDougall brothers jointly managed the family business and maintained their uncle’s investment in the Tallahassee Manufacturing Company, a local cotton ginning enterprise. After the war, small plantation gins were supplanted by commercial facilities designed for high volume. Tallahassee Manufacturing Company competed with other companies for raw cotton and built a three story frame “cotton factory” in 1875. It was destroyed by fire in May, 1876. The factory was rebuilt and resumed business in the fall of 1877, but a second fire in 1878 doomed the company. Cotton ginning was abandoned and John developed a cotton mill, producing finished cotton products. Additional income was obtained from a steam powered grist mill on a branch of the St. Augustine River.
In 1878, Alexander purchased one of the largest brick buildings in Tallahassee, with the intention of opening a cotton warehouse. He and Phoebe Brokaw were married by the Reverend N. P. Quarterman, pastor of the Quincy Presbyterian Church on August 15, 1878. The Weekly Floridian called the wedding a “brilliant affair” and described it in great detail. The couple took the evening train to New York, where they honeymooned for several weeks. Phoebe Brokaw
Two daughters, Eliza and Mary, were born within the next four years In 1883, a son, John, was born. Phoebe did not recover from the difficult childbirth and died on January 29 in her home in Tallahassee. Alexander then married Phoebe’s sister, Eliza Brokaw on December 2, 1884 at First Presbyterian Church in a simple ceremony by the Reverend Theodore Smith.
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Following a New Orleans honeymoon, the couple moved into the Brokaw mansion, which Alexander had recently acquired for $2,000, John McDougall, Jr. was appointed to a four-year term as assistant postmaster for Tallahassee in 1884. In 1888 he was selected as a clerk in the local federal court. Four years later, he was appointed postmaster and served until his death on April 24, 1912. Funeral services were held two days later at the First Presbyterian Church, with the Reverend W.H. Zeigler officiating.
His brother, Alexander, assistant postmaster at the time, was appointed to replace him and served a four year term. After a lengthy illness, he died in a Thomasville, Georgia hospital on April 1, 1936. His two-story house was left to his son, Peres Brokaw McDougall. In 1914, Peres married Emma Trammell, the young sister of then Governor, Park Trammell. The Reverend T.J. Nixon, Pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church, performed the ceremony at the governor’s mansion. The couple moved into the house in 1936, sharing the Brokaw-McDougall House premises with Eliza until her death in 1942. Peres continued to live in ca. 1890 the house until his death in January, 1960. Emma remained there until the property was acquired by the State of Florida in 1973. ______
GREENWOOD CEMETERY ORIGINS Reprinted from the Leon County, Florida Heritage Book With permission of Linda S. Mabry
Greenwood cemetery is an all-black cemetery situated on Old Bainbridge Road between Tharpe and Volusia Streets and is designated a historic landmark. It was formed when the city’s segregation policies were in place. Until the 1960’s, Greenwood was one of the few cemeteries for blacks in Tallahassee.
In 1829, the Florida Territorial Council established an official burying ground on what was then the western boundary of Tallahassee. In 1937, the city ran out of grave spaces for “coloreds” and refused to bury more black citizens in the public cemeteries, so nine black citizens bought 16 acres and sold burial plots to black families, who agreed to maintain them. There is no official record of ownership of many of the graves and unused plots, and over time records were lost and owners moved away or grew too old to care for the property. The Greenwood Foundation was formed in 1985 to see the cemetery restored and regularly maintained.
Beginning in May, 1987, several clean-up days were held, and a history of the cemetery , including a survey of grave markers, was researched and written under the guidance of the Historic Tallahassee Preservation Board. Greenwood Cemetery was rededicated on October 10, 1987, and acquired by the city. The John G. Riley House Museum and Center for African American History organized an anniversary celebration in 1997, and produced a commemorative booklet and self-guided walking tour. Greenwood was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Interments include Freddie Cohens, WWII, unmarked baby graves, and Willie L. Gallimore, FAMU three time All-American and Chicago Bears running back. There are over 100 names listed at findagrave.com
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NEWS TO NOTE
The Tallahassee Genealogical Society
July 27
Where: Leon County Public Library, Meeting Rooms A & B 200 W. Park Ave. Tallahassee, FL. When: Sunday, July 27, 2014 Schedule: 1:30pm - Sharing time 2:00-3:30pm - Program Program: “Workshop: Navigating Roadblocks on Your Genealogical Journey” Speaker: Facilitator (not speaker) – Amy Hutson
August 24
Where: Leon County Public Library, Meeting Rooms A & B 200 W. Park Ave. Tallahassee, FL. When: Sunday, August 24, 2014 Schedule: 1:30pm – Sharing Time 2:00-3:30pm – Program Program: “What’s New at FamilySearch.org” Speakers: Marilyn and Gary Cranford
Other Area Events of Note:
Wakulla County Archives and Museum
Where: Wakulla County Historical Society 24 High Drive, Crawfordville, FL When: Thursdays & Fridays 10am-4pm, Saturdays 10am-2pm
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INDEX OF SURNAMES
A… H… Asbury, Francis…………………………………….. 13 Hobby, Alfred E…………………………………….. 16 Atwater, Dorence…………………………………. 6 L… B… Ladd, Daniel………………………………………….. 16 Bradford, Edward………………….…………….. 14 Lewis, B.C………………………………………………. 16 Bradford, Henry Boen…………………………… 15 Lewis, Clifton Van Brunt…………………………. 14 Bradford, John…..…………………………………. 14 Linch, Katie Bradford………………………………. 14 Bradford, John R……..…………………………… 14 Long, Ellen Call……………………………………….. 13 Bradford, Neal…………………..………………… 14 Bradford, Robert Fort...……………………….. 14 M… Bradford, Sarah Crowell…………………….… 13 Mahaffey, Suzanne Bradford…………………… 14 Bradford, Thomas A…………………………….. 14 McDougall, Alexander…………………………….. 16 Bradford, Dr. William Henry……………….. 14 McDougall, Eliza……………………………………… 16 Bradford, Jr., Col. John…………………………. 14 McDougall, John………………………………………. 16 Bradford, Jr., Richard Henry………………… 14 McDougall, Mary……………………………………… 16 Bradford, Jr., Robert F…………………………. 14 Mumford, William…………………………………… 14 Branch, John………………………………………… 13 Brokaw, Eliza.……………………………………… 16 N… Brokaw, Phoebe…………………………………… 16 Nam, Charles…………………………………………… 16 Brokaw, Peres……………………………………… 16 Neden, Robert Knox…………………………………. 6 Butterworth, Rubie………………………………. 14 Nixon, Rev. T. J…………………………………………. 17
C… P… Carver, George Washington………………… 9 Parker, Paul………………………………………………. 14 Chaplin, Charlie…………………………………… 9 Cohens, Freddie…………………………………… 17 R… Riley, John G……………………………………………… 17 D… DeMilly, Preston…………………………………. 14 S… Dickens, Charles………………………………….. 16 Shakespeare, William……………………………….. 16 Smith, Rev. Theodore………………………………… 16 F… Free, Betty-Jane Tappan…………………….. 7 T… Free, DeWayne…………………………………… 7 Tilden, Martha………………………………………….. 14
G… W… Galimore, Willie L……………………………….. 17 Wirtz, Maj. Henry……………………………………… 5
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