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Seventy Years of an Active Life
“Printed for private circulation. Sterne was an Englishman who first came to Texas in 1852. He helped survey the first proposed rail line in Texas and had many adventures with Ben McCulloch in 1856- 1857. During the Civil War, he served as a Union…
Memoirs of a Southern Woman "Within the Line," and a Genealogical Record
Mary Jones Polk was born in Tennessee, the daughter of Dr. William Julius Polk and Mary Rebecca Long Polk. Her parents were married at Mt. Gallant, in Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1814 or 1818. They moved to Columbia, Tennessee, in 1828 or…
The Battle of Lexington as Seen by a Woman
“Author gave an original painting, made at the time of the battle, to Missouri Historical Society.”
