A Southern Romance Ended by Hidden Heritage Fraud
In Walker county, Texas, after the Civil War, Mark Horton and Jessie Reynolds wed amid family support and prosperity. A dying quadroon servant, Lucy Shepherd, reveals Jessie is Reynolds's enslaved daughter, not his wife’s. Horton probes Reynolds, who urges silence. Horton's pride drives a divorce pursuit and exposure of a fatal secret that shatters their family and sends Reynolds to North Carolina while Horton heads to California after the voided marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker County
Ata
North Carolina
Texas
John H. Reynolds
Reynolds
Henry Lorton
Mark Lorton
Jessie Reynolds
Hood
Fonda
Horton
Mark Horton
Ken—tucky
New Jersey
Reynolds Mansion
Mark
Jessie
Kneine
Mark Hortons
Orton
Lucy Shepherd
Mr.Reynold
Mr. Horton
Reyolds
Jesse
Ounce
California
Legacy of sorrow and moral desolation in Wilker County
The piece laments a father's failed plans and the misery he brings to his daughter and the Hortons, contrasting decay with a longing for spring. It relays traditional Lancashire and Derbyshire beliefs on finding lovers through odd superstitions, and ends with a Toledo excursion tale highlighting a boy's ambition to a steamboat career and a legal note on unmailable lottery letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prerry Muou
Justice of the Peace
Odolin
Weber
Toledo
Ant
Tammany Origins and Political Power in New York City
A detailed account traces the origins of the Tammany Society from its 1798 formation as St. Tammany or Liberty to its incorporation in 1805 as The Tammany Society or Columbian Order. It covers its split into factions, influence over elections, and key figures who shaped New York politics, including Aaron Burr and Fernando Wood, plus its tribal system naming states as animals and its enduring control of city government through party machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Cincinnati
Washington
Aaron Laur
Vician
Hawilton
Ecar
Peuters
J. O. Hoffman
C. ©. Colden
Swartests
Romaine
Dadah
Lammond
Democratic
J Party
Sons of Liberty
The
Tammany Society
Columbian Order
New York
New Stampshire
Rhode Island
Jefferson
Garr
Tammany
Burt
City of
Gov. Tompkins
W. 2. van Ness
Thomas Swartout
Edward Fervis
John D. Groene
Gen. Jackson
Tribean
Unti
Fernando Wood
Tammany Ander
Tamwanoy Hall
Wood
Ove
Gunther
Weed
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Vnston Sentinel
GEO. McMathes, Enter
Geo. W.grahadei
Raleigh, N. C
Preston Roan
TIS
Winston
Olive
Ez. Gmay
Mast & Cray
Attorneys At Law
N. C
Forsyth
Romntes E- Srectat
Court House
Jones
Ompson's Drug Store
Martin Grogan
Z. W. Durham
Winston, N. C
Beck & Moore
Jatow
Becky Winston
NWN. C
W. T. Vogler
Robert D. Johnston
Wuerchant Tailor
Jeeers Constantey OW
of Fine Imported
B. F. Oxos- Yard
UF Srains
Jas. A. Gray
Fire Insurance
Bnt
Stobis
United States
Tabacco, &c
Winston, N. G
Gaston
New Berne
A.C
Street & Son Proprietors
Henry S. Foy
Clargen
Tate
G.T. Foust
Hamburg
Gorda
Garter, Rives & Go
Mate St
Merchant's Notel
Malta
Winston Male Academy
Metchl
Sud Com
Salt the Times
Suetal
Perk
Winston Female School
Winston, N.C
Mus
Davis
Martin
Isre
Avavey
Coyres
N.S. Vay
Hortons
Nel
Wilker
Lancashire
Pippin
Cockermouth
Halliwell
St. Thomas
Shropshire
Alam
Derbyshire
Leon
Milly
Clock
Chile
Wilmington
Goss
Paul
Smatts
Cardd
South Carolina
Fowlar
Tennessee
Parson Sroaxulow
Rayner
Treasury
Paol
Din’ Coset
Radical Party
Bose
Pool
Rayver
An Swais
Cnardogu
Epec J
Pi Ol
Acker
Feneral
Georging
Fiar
South
Madison-square
Rowe
Mervith
Hazael
Hart Tho
Gayon
Weston
Unis
Avid Krohue
Iit Ie
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