Thompson and Dunklin families letters, biography, and menus, 1857-1858.

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Thompson and Dunklin families letters, biography, and menus, 1857-1858.

This collection consists of the correspondence of William A. Dunklin, Jennie Thompson Dunklin Feagin, Jon Haralson, Mattie E. Haralson, and other family members. Dunklin writes to his wife while they are courting in 1859, and while he is away at war. His war letters speak of the diseases ravaging his unit, the 44th in Alabama. He himself succumbs to typhoid fever and pneumonia during 1862. There is one file with some biographical material on William A. Dunklin. Also included in the collection are two menus from the St. Nicholas Hotel dated April 29, 1866. The location of the hotel is unknown.

13 folders (.5 cubic feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7535562

Georgia Historical Society

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Dunklin, William A., 1829-1863.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 44th

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Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862.

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Dunklin, Virginia A. Thompson, 1842-1922.

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Dunklin, William, 1851.

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Johnson, Robert E. (Robert Elliott) 1907-

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Dunklin family.

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Feagin, Virginia A. Thompson Dunklin, 1842-1922.

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Thompson family.

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Thompson, Martha Ellen, 1839-1867.

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Porter, E. A.

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Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.

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Dunklin, Virginia A. 1842-1922.

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Virginia (Jennie) A. Thompson was born in 1842 and grew up in Muscogee County, Georgia. She was the daughter of John W. Thompson (ca. 1812-1858) and Malvina Thompson (b. 1818). She had two older siblings, William (Bud) H. Thompson (b. 1837) and Martha (Mattie) Ellen Thompson (c. 1839-1868). John Thompson died around 1858 and Malvina remarried Robert G. Johnson (b. 1808) of Columbus, Georgia. Johnson was a farmer. On December 29, 1859, at the age of 18, Jennie married Wil...

Thompson, John, circa 1812- 1858.

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Dunklin, Ann H.

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Feagin, Henry Samuel, Jr., 1840-1904.

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Thompson, Malvina, 1893-1953

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Haralson, Martha Ellen Thompson, 1839-1867.

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Haralson, Jonathon, 1830-1912.

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Thompson, Virginia A., 1842-1922.

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