Agnes Willson Major collection, 1836-1961.

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Agnes Willson Major collection, 1836-1961.

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This collection consists of 6 cubic ft. of historical and genealogical records. Included in the historical part of this collection is the correspondence of Agnes Willson Major, S.I.M. Major, Jr., and Cmdr. S.I.M. Major, III, USN Ret. Also included are documents pertaining to the U.S.S. Illinois, D.A.R. research, local church records, local business records, local lotteries, scrapbooks, postcards, and photographs. The historical documents concerning Kentucky mostly pertain to Franklin, Woodford, and Shelby counties and cover a time period between 1836-1961. Included in the genealogical part of the collection are histories of numerous Kentucky and Virginia families. These records vary in content, form, depth of information and accuracy. These records cover the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

6 cubic ft.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7405885

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Major, Agnes Willson, 1889-1966.

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Mrs. S.I.M. (Agnes Willson) Major, 1889-1966, at one time was the society editor of the Woodford Sun. Widow of Cmdr. S.I.M. Major, USN Ret., she was born in Richmond, Ky. in 1889 to Agnes Hanna and Matthew Willson. She was educated in Richmond and Shelbyville, where she graduated from Science Hill School. Samuel I.M. Major III was the son and grandson of two other S.I.M. Major's, both of Frankfort, Ky. His grandfather was a noted politician and local civic leader during the early days of Frankfo...

Saint John's Episcopal Church (Versailles, Ky.)

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Daughters of the American Revolution.

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D. A. R. chapters from Washington, DC and surrounding areas. From the description of Papers, 1948-1949. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36009706 ...

Illinois (Ship)

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Whaling vessel, out of Sag Harbor, N.Y., mastered by Daniel Jagger, on voyage from 4 July 1845-27 Aug. 1847 to the Tristan, East Cape, Dutch Banks, New Holland, New Zealand, Japan, and Malishes Banks whaling grounds; owner-agent: John Budd; built at New York, N.Y., 1826; bought from New York, N.Y., 1843, for the Sag Harbour, N.Y. whaling fleet (1843-1850); sold to New Bedford, Mass, 1850; whaling as ship out of New Bedford (1850-1869); altered to a bark ca. 1872; sunk in Arctic in 1876. ...

Major, S. I. M., 1830-1886.

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Major was a prominent figure in Frankfort's antebellum leadership. Along with other leading citizens, Major was involved in organizing the Bank of Kentucky, Farmers Bank, the Capitol Hotel, the Frankfort public school system, numerous churches, various turnpike companies, and steam boat and stagecoach lines. From the description of Daybook : records, 1837-1853. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36364807 ...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Ascension Episcopal Church (Frankfort, Ky.)

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Major, S. I. M., 1877-1952

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