Montgomery D. Davie papers, 1797-1890 (bulk 1846-1890)

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Montgomery D. Davie papers, 1797-1890 (bulk 1846-1890)

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Collection consists of personal and business correspondence received by Montgomery D. Davie of the Beverly community of Christian County, Kentucky from 1854 to 1890. The collection also contains letters related to the State Grange of Kentucky, legal documents, biographical information and family history and papers associated with John Epperson of Richmond, Virginia from 1797 to 1801. Included with the papers is a constitution from the Farmers State Union, a contract with the Freedmen's Bureau to hire laborers and a letter written by his wife during the Civil War describing conditions in Christian County and Clarksville, Tennessee.

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Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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Davie, Montgomery Decatur, 1827-1898.

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Montgomery Decatur Davie was a tobacco farmer, businessman and banker from Clarksville, Tennessee during the latter half of the 19th Century. He was born in Christian County, Kentucky on August 16, 1827. He attended Yale University but later transferred and graduated from Princeton University in 1848. He owned and operated a mill in Montgomery County, Tennessee during the 1850s. He served in the Tennessee legislature from 1855 to 1859. Following the Civil War, he return to Christian County to fa...

Davie family.

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Bank of America (Clarksville, Tenn.)

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Epperson, John, 1955-

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John Epperson was born April 24, 1955 in Hazelhurst, Mississippi. His father, John Epperson, Sr., was a postal carrier; his mother, Joyce was a housewife and entrepreneur. Epperson has two older sisters. After high school, he attended Presbyterian-associated Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi. He arrived in New York City in 1978 and got a job as a rehearsal pianist for the American Ballet Theater. Epperson created parody musicals in which he wrote the book, music, ...

National Grange. Kentucky State Grange.

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Kentucky State Grange of Patrons of Husbandry.

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Farmers State Union (Clarksville, Tenn.)

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