James McFadden Gaston Papers, 1852-1946

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James McFadden Gaston Papers, 1852-1946

James McFadden Gaston Papers, 1852-1946

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James McFadden Gaston (1824-1903), Confederate surgeon and physician from South Carolina, left the United States immediately after the Civil War and settled his family in Brazil where he practiced medicine in the city of Campinas. After almost two decades, Gaston returned with some family members to Atlanta, Ga., and re-entered American medical life, teaching at Southern Medical College, publishing articles, and conducting research. Gaston's son, James McFadden Gaston (1868-1946), was also a physician and surgeon. From 1908 until 1936, the younger Gaston and his wife, Annie Bunn Gay Gaston, worked as a medical missionaries in Laichowfu, China, under the auspices of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 1936, they returned to the United States and retired in Deland, Fla., where Gaston was involved in local church activities, especially the No Liquor League. Materials relating to James McFadden Gaston (1824-1903) date from 1852 to the 1890s and include letters to his wife, Susan Greening Brumby, detailing his experiences in the Civil War and in Brazil; a journal kept during his initial visit to Brazil; several manuscripts of novels about the antebellum American South; and other papers, including Brazilian Masonic certificates, lecture notes, broadsides advertising the Southern Medical College, and newspaper clippings. Materials relating to James McFadden Gaston (1868-1946) include letters about his work in China, his business affairs, and Gaston family history; an unpublished biography of his father; a series of journals documenting his boyhood in Brazil through retirement in Florida; and other papers, including religious pamphlets. Also included are a few photographs of Gaston family members and their friends.

About 400 items (6.0 linear feet)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection