Bomar family papers, 1862-1870.

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Bomar family papers, 1862-1870.

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The collection consists of papers related to the Bomar family from 1862-1870. The papers include correspondence (1862-1870) of Amaryllis Bomar and other Bomar family members; letters from Amaryllis's friend, Imogene Hoyle, describe Atlanta during the Civil War and the life of refugees from Atlanta in other Georgia cities; those from the Bomars' friend, Richard Walpole of the 15th Mississippi Infantry, describe the battles of Shiloh and Corinth and discuss the expected attack on Vicksbury, Mississippi.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6927072

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Bomar, Thomas H.

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Bomar family.

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Benjamin F. Bomar was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, 9 August 1816. After moving to Cumming, Georgia (1840), to practice medicine, he married Sara Elizabeth Lumpkin Hayne. They moved to Atlanta (1847) where Benjamin Bomar was employed as a merchant and became the second mayor (1849) and the first clerk of the Fulton County Superior Court (1854). He died 1 February 1868. The Bomars had three children, Thomas H. (who served in the 38th Georgia Infantry in Virginia and was captured in 1864), ...

Bomar, Benjamin F., 1816-1868.

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Hoyle, Imogene.

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Killian, Amaryllis Bomar.

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Warpole, Richard.

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Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894

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Confederate general. From the description of Autograph manuscript : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270742671 James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the grandson of James Barron and son of Wilton and Jane A. (Barron) Hope. James Barron Hope graduated from the College of William and Mary. He practiced law and was commonwealth's attorney for Norfolk. He married Anne Beverley Whiting. The couple had two daughters, Jane A. Barron (Jane...

Killian, Charles.

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H.C. Morrison was born in 1857. He became a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1878. In 1888 Morrison began The Old Methodist newspaper which evolved into the Pentecostal Herald in 1897. In 1910 he became president of Asbury College where he remained until he was elected president of Asbury Theological Seminary in 1925. In 1933 he resumed the presidency of Asbury College while remaining president of the Seminary. In 1940 he resigned as president of the College but continued as ...

Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

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Confederate general. From the description of Letter (copy), 1861 Sept. 11 : Manassas, Va., to G.T. Beauregard. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489351 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Selma [Alabama], to Colonel Blanton Duncan, 1867 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489683 From the description of Letter, October 9, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 443082432 Benjamin Stoddert E...

Bomar, Sara Elizabeth Lumpkin Hayne.

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