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Index of Family Names
“Through Mountain Mists”

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Acree

The influence of a good woman: Renva Smith Acree

Addington

Zenobia Addington Chastain, a noted teacher Part #1
Zenobia Addington Chastain, a noted teacher Part #2

Bruce

Moore, William Bruce and Catherine Souther Moore

Burnette

Burnette and Cobb Families Link

Butts

Butt families – early settlers in Union
John Butt Sr. and his family
James Butts – Proud owner of a Gillespie Rifle

Chastain

Zenobia Addington Chastain, a noted teacher Part #1
Zenobia Addington Chastain, a noted teacher Part #2

Cobb

Burnette and Cobb Families Link
Cobb, Taylor

Collins

Collins, Cecil Woodrow
Collins, Ivan Thomas
Collins, Sr., Robert Neal
The poor man’s friend – Thompson Smith Collins (A story of Christmas Past)
The Life and Times of Dr. Mauney Douglas Collins, Ga. School Supertindent


Davenport


Davenport Mountain named for early settler, John B. Davenport

Dyer

Souther - Dyer House, 1850
Dyer, Jefferson Beauregard and Rhoda Jane Souther
Dyer, Bluford Marion
Dyer, Micajah Clark
Dyer, Sr., Otis Cecil
Post reunion reflections
Reunion anyone?
Nix connections (part 7): Emma Lena Nix Dyer

Edge

Respected mountain doctor, Herbert Monroe Edge

Erwin

Dr. Frank J. Erwin, Country Doctor and Entrepreneur
The Rev. George Erwin, Missionary to Russia

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Fain

Fain brothers
Fain, Ebenezer

Foster

Civil War's effect on Mary Elizabeth Fields Smith Foster

Hamby
Circuit riding preacher—Rev. Milford Gilead Hamby

Haralson

The Haralson Legacy – Patrick and Maude

Hill

Sheriff Charles Leonedas Hill

Hood

Nix connections (part 4): Aunt Jane Nix Wilson Hood
Rev. James J. Hood: minister, musician, woodcrafter

Hughes

Rev. Thomas M. Hughes
An early Union County minister, Rev. Thomas Coke Hughes

Humphries

Philip Humphries, an itinerant preacher

Hunter

Dr. S. Vanus Hunter, dentist

Jackson

Jackson Family Story
Jackson, William Harrison

Kimsey

Echoes of camp meetings and evangelist Rev. Elijah Kimsey

Mauney

Edward Sylvanus Mauney (1897-1977) – Union County Historian

Meeks

Dr. William Thomas Meeks Sr. Town and country doctor

Miller

Frances Verdie Miller, Teacher Extraordinary

Moore

Moore, William Bruce and Catherine Souther Moore

Nix

Nix connections (part 1):
Nix connections (part 2): Archibald Carr Nix
Nix connections (part 3): Columbus Hannibal Nix
Nix connections (part 4): Aunt Jane Nix Wilson Hood
Nix connections (part 5):  Serving in the War Between the States
Nix connections (part 6): John Washington Nix
Nix connections (part 7): Emma Lena Nix Dyer

Pruitt

Mr. Obe Pruitt's public service

Reece

The Farm Reece remembered

Rich

Legacy left by the Rev. Charles Edward Rich

Rogers

Noted country doctor Dr. William H. Rogers


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