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Keener family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 50
Scope and Contents
The Keener family papers consist of approximately 100 letters, dating from 1825 to 1861, addressed to
John Christian Keener or to his wife, Mary Anna Spencer Keener, by members of Mrs. Keener's family. Mrs. Keener's parents, Anna Baker and Richard Spencer, had moved from Maryland, settled first in
Georgia, and later Alabama. At the time of the early letters, the Spencers were farming a plantation in
Dallas County, Alabama, called Davenport Place. They raised cotton, corn, peaches, and...
Dates:
1825 - 1861
John Y. Young family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC-Mss. Coll. 111
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of digital facsimile printouts of correspondence to and from members of the Dr. John Y. Young family.Series 1: John Smith Young correspondence, 1853-1855. This series consists of letters written by John Smith Young to his siblings and parents. During this time, Young was a student at Centenary College of Louisiana. Many letters contain details about life at Centenary, his personal views on religion, and news of family members, especially his cousin...
Dates:
1848 - 1868
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- Cotton 1
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- Boatner, Annie Eliza Young, 1833-1896 1
- Drake, B. M. (Benjamin Michael), 1800-1860 1
- Holcombe, Armistead Richardson, approximately 1813-1879 1
- John Y. Young family 1
- Keener family 1
- Keener, John Christian, 1819-1906 1
- Keener, Mary Anna Spencer, 1821-1903 1
- Lafayette Society 1
- Mansfield Female College (Mansfield, La.) 1
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Louisiana Conference 1
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mississippi Conference 1
- Miller, John Copeland, 1822-1878 1
- Rivers, R. H. (Richard Henderson), 1814-1894 1
- Spencer, Anna Baker Spencer, 1800-1853 1
- Spencer, Richard, 1796-1868 1
- Thweatt, H. C. (Henry Coleman), 1805-1881 1
- Union Literary Society 1
- Washington Male and Female Seminary (Washington, Ark.) 1
- Young, John Smith, 1834-1916 1 ∧ less
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