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Gentle Schoolmistress Ended Feud With Bold Candle Verbal
In Chestnut Cove Kentucky a quiet schoolteacher Tilda Dale bridged a half century feud between Doanes and Hacketts. She disarmed a trapped friend, testified, and used a candle to threaten peace, prompting both sides to abandon violence and the release of James Doane. The town’s powerful families watched as fear subsided.
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Tilda Dale
Kentucky
Virginia
Doanes
Hacketts
Chestnut Cove
Donanes
Deanes
Hackett
James Doane
Doane
North Carolina
Szbilea
David Hackett
Young Hackett
Tilda
Dozm
Justice of the Peace
Dosnes
Hach
Ple
Donne
Agich