Smith Fender of North Carolina Pioneer Life Recalls Civil War Era
The Diamond Club recalls Sewell Smith Fender born June 1 1861 in Allegheny County North Carolina. He describes his farmer upbringing on a plantation with enslaved workers and the burning of their home during the Civil War. Fender later drove horse streetcars in Denver and became a motor man before settling in his chosen home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Fender
Caroline
Denver
Garin
Sears
Hitler
Sewell Smith Fender
Allegheny County
From the North Carolina to the West The Binder Smith Tale
A flowing memoir recounts Smith moving from North Carolina to California then to Hamburg Iowa with farm work, rail service jobs in Denver and San Francisco, and a shift to motor work. It notes his education, family roots, years in Madison Township, love of mountains, and reminiscences of fox and coon hunts. It ends with reflections on mental resilience and a call to leap minute by minute toward a fuller life.
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Renan i
Conlett
William Sbelt
Mase Coere Land
Uber
Wey
Benith
Cresby
Denver
Street
Smith
Greeley
San Francisco
Middle West
North Carolina
Hamburg
Iowin
Mr. Fender
M. M. Payne
8. P. Cresap
John Wing
John Griffin
John Samuels
John Jingo
Madison Township
Fendhey
Blue Ridge Mountains
Gotte
Seo Tong
Spain
Locust Grove Ladies Aid Hosts Busy Church Meeting
Mrs. Paul Gruber and Mrs. Ben Gude hosted Locust Grove ladies aid at the church. Twenty three members attended with guests including Mrs. Will Carmichael and Geo Bunn. A lunch followed and future meeting set for September 4 at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gruber
Ben Gude
Locust Grove
Will Carmichael
Geo, Bunn
June Griffin
Bovian
Winds Finley
Winnery
Fred Mever
Jet
Pook
Glen James
Mia
Merk
E Livingston
Daueh
Ruth Ann
W. A. Livingston
Lorove
Riverton
Russia
McQueen
Gearald Staten
Girele
Porters Lake
Ther
Carrol Anderson
Glen Tames
Nurs
Faulk
Mines
Virell Bunes
Lost Art of a Match for a Disreputable Character
A veteran writer criticizes a disreputable character, quipping that even if his milk of human kindness were charmed the result would sour. The remark is a sharp, humorous verdict on a flawed figure.
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Limburger
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