Confederate Veterans Buy Villa Ridge Inn for Kentucky Home
The Villa Ridge Inn near Louisville in Pewee Valley is purchased by Kentucky Confederate veterans as a home for aged ex confederate soldiers. Professor A N Gordon formerly owned the hotel and sent plans to move his school there. The site spans 6 acres with a large house, forested grounds, and a heating plant costing 2500 dollars. The purchase, supported by the Confederate Veterans Association of Kentucky, allocates ten thousand dollars yearly for maintenance with a per capita grant if numbers exceed eighty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. McClure
Gordon
Pewee Valley
Noble Butley
Louleville
Ourville
Villa Ridge Inn
Professor Gordon
Yweterama
Louisville
Confederate Veteran Association of
Kentucky
O. 8. Tenney
John C. Breckinridge
Confederate Veteran Association
Aging Notables and Their Long Lives Across Georgia
A sweeping portrait on aging figures, from Granny Fritzpatrick to legal luminaries, highlighting Centennial-era Georgians famed for intellect, artistry, and public service. Notables include Duff Green, Hamilton B. Bleckley, Alexander Stephens, J. L. Dagg, and St Simon Island olive cultivation pioneer Mr. Couper, each living to advanced years and shaping regional culture.
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Cupid
Michael ‘Angelo
South
Catricit
Lewis
Bartow County
Cartersville
Georgia
Tennessee
Ross Landing
Chattanooga
McCaul
Atlanta
Daniel McCaul
Duff Green
Europe
Mississippi
Green
Logan EB. Bleckley
Supreme Bench of Georgia
University of Georgia
Addison Shaver
bin Arp
Linkhorn
Lincoln
Alexander Hamilton Stephens
Confederacy
J. L. Dagg
Virginia
Mercer University
Alabama
Richmond
Randolph
Goa
Governor Randolph
Mr. Randolph
St. Simon Iland
Glynn
John Couper
Simon
Couper
Pro- Iwance
Languedoc Canal
Bordeaux
Cannon Point
St. Simon Island
St. Simon
Hamilton Cooper
South Carolina Agricultural Society
Sea Island
Gifted Amateurs Played For Confederates By tL. L. PARHAM
The piece recounts Atlanta’s 1850s to Civil War era amateur performers the Murdocks and later the Atlanta Amateurs. They used stage talent to raise nearly $100,000 for Confederate soldiers, touring cities and staging plays like The Wife Pocahontas and The Omnibus, with members such as William H. Barnes and Bill Chatne.
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Tl. L. Parham
Atlanta
Sherman
Army of Tennessee
Joe Johnston
Murdocks
George W. Adair
Thomas Howard
Wiliam H. Barnes
Secret Society
Tsiffy Burton
Innis
Toodles
Maggie Mitchell
Adah Isaacs Menkeen
Mazeppa
Neafill
Corsisan Brothers
Atheneum
Forrest
Balt
Choica
Thomas Cox
Carson Cox
Johnnie Kelley
Walter 3. Taylor
Charleston
Augusta
Savannah
Macon
Columbus
Milledgeville
Marietta
Raccoon Roughs
Capttain
John B. Gordon
J. i. McCollum
Western and Atlantic Railway
John B. Morgan
Richmond
Hill Barnes
C. W. Hubner
J.L. Richmond
Robert P. Trippe
W. A. Haynes
D. Mobley
H. Hammond
Schoen
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Henturk
A. N. Gordon
R. J. Massey
Woney Soutis
Rudolph Virchow
Germany
Berlin
Virchow
Jang
Sweden
Norway
Bavaran
Silesia
Oliver Wendell Holmes
M. Bro
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapois
James Kent
Supreme Court of
State of New York
Kent
Walt Whitman
Brooklyn
John Greenleaf Whittier
Dominic
Whittler
Whittier
Muller
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
tiertIn
Washington
Companion
Frances Willard
Aren
Pithday
Willard
Benjamin Franklin
Ation
Cole
Paris
United States
France
England
Pennsylvania
William Ewart Gladstone
Queen Victoria
Gladstone
Homer
Erhu Burritt
Pert Pike
Arkansas
Washington City
Aeath
Klem- Gosnowski
Madame Sosnowski
Madame DuFre
Ss. C
Columbia
U S. C
Athens
Confederates
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