Note that she was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1866, and her husband died in 1889, leaving her with four kids at age 23. For the record, the daughter referenced as "Mrs. Homer Parks" is an error and should read "Mrs. Arthur Parks". Also, the spelling of her name in the caption should be "Margaret […]
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The Dabney Line as given by Susan Dabney Smedes in her Memorials of a Southern Planter (1887) and William H. Dabney in his Sketch of the Dabneys of Virginia has been criticized by others, notably by Charles William Dabney in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , vol. XLV (April 1937), pp. 121-143. CWD […]
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