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Size | 1 foot of linear shelf space (approximately 400 items) |
Abstract | Family correspondence, chiefly 1849-1888, of Emma Maria Service of Augusta, Ga., and her parents, John Hugh James Service and Martha Stackhouse Williford Service, and their children from previous marriages, including William S. Williford, commission merchant at Macon, Ga., and Martha Williford, teacher at Montpelier Institute near Macon and missionary, 1850-1874, in West Africa (at least partly in Liberia) under Episcopal Bishop John Payne, whom she married; and letters from members of the Stackhouse family of Hinds County, Miss. Correspondence concerns William Williford's business in Macon; Martha Williford's work as teacher and as missionary; life in Hinds County, especially during the Civil War; Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky., where Samuel H. Stackhouse was a student, 1860-1861; family activities; and other matters. |
Creator | Service, Emma Maria. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Laura Hart, May 2021
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Family correspondence, chiefly 1849-1888, of Emma Maria Service of Augusta, Ga., and her parents, John Hugh James Service and Martha Stackhouse Williford Service, and their children from previous marriages, including William S. Williford, commission merchant at Macon, Ga., and Martha Williford, teacher at Montpelier Institute near Macon and missionary, 1850-1874, in West Africa (at least partly in Liberia) under Episcopal Bishop John Payne, whom she married; and letters from members of the Stackhouse family of Hinds County, Miss. Correspondence concerns William Williford's business in Macon; Martha Williford's work as teacher and as missionary; life in Hinds County, especially during the Civil War; Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky., where Samuel H. Stackhouse was a student, 1860-1861; family activities; and other matters.
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Box 1-2
Box 1Box 2 |
Papers |
Image Folder PF-3375/1 |
Pictures |
Reel M-3375/1-2
M-3375/1M-3375/2 |
Microfilm copy of the collection |