Alice Morgan Person papers, 1872-1972.

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Alice Morgan Person papers, 1872-1972.

Materials include two handwritten versions (72 pp. and 57 pp.) of an autobiography by Alice Morgan Person in which she discussed the difficulties and successes associated with her business efforts; an autograph album chiefly containing clippings relating to Person; Person's account book, 1910-1912; two versions of Person's will. Also included are two volumes, 1872-1873 and 1913-1916, of the diary of Person's sister, Lucy Morgan Beard, a schoolteacher of Hickory, N.C., chiefly concerning teaching and family and social activities.

ca. 20 items (0.5 linear ft.)

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Beard, Lucy Morgan, 1853-1917.

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Person, Alice Morgan, 1840-1913

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Alice Morgan was born in 1840 near Petersburg, Va. She received most of her education at home. In 1857, she married Joseph Arrington Person, a wealthy planter from Franklin County, N.C. The couple settled at Person's plantation and had nine children. In 1863, Joseph Person organized a company of North Carolina volunteers. He soon was discharged from service, however, because of a disability. Shortly after returning home, he suffered a debilitating stroke that prevented h...