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James Allen in 1756: Resources to Track His Travels
One note in the London Gazette can lead researchers to the right track.
Bad Football Night for Ray Wingfield
20 October 1951 – Appomattox, VA – Appomattox high school’s Ray Wingfield muffed his big moment at football glory here Friday night.
Runaway Slave with $250 Reward
3 June 1863 – “Ranaway from the Subscriber, a bright mulatto boy, named Bob; is twenty-two or three years of age, five feet eight or nine inches high, blacksmith by trade; was raised in Appomattox County, Va.
Dr. Franklin Speaks at Rotary Club
11 January 1944 – “From Appomattox to Chester” was the title of an intensely interesting autobiographical sketch delivered today In the Chester Club as a farewell to his fellow Rotarians by Dr. James H. Franklin, president emeritus of Crozer Seminary, who leaves shortly for Richmond, Va., after nine and a half years in Upland and Chester.
Marian Carpenter, Lost and Found
18 August 1959 – Marian Carpenter, 3, missing from her grandfather’s Appomattox County home for more than a day, was found safe and sound by a search party yesterday.