Frances Cabell Coursen Perritt recorded her family history by scrapbooking artifacts, photos and clippings
Frances Cabell Coursen Perritt recorded the live of herself and her family by scrapbooking artifacts, photos, and clippings. Many of her ancestors came to Oregon before it was a state
Cabell Family
John Cabell and the Census
As the son of a Virginian plantation owner with the American Civil War approaching, John B. Cabell grew up with privilege and tension. The plantation, Green Hill, sat on a high grassy hill overlooking the James River. The county where they lived, Buckingham, was in the very center of Virginia. Their plantation came with 750…
Daniel Ferguson-Last Project
I have written before about Daniel Howes Ferguson and his family. One post about a steamboat disaster on the Willamette River in Oregon, I called Too Much Fire in the Box. Before this Daniel joined the California Gold Rush in 1849. I wrote about this in a post called Traveling by Mailboat. Here are some…
Albert Lonski Wartime
My father, Albert Thomas Lonski, wore his dress uniform for this portrait photograph. This uniform, his dress uniform, included a forest green coat, trousers of the same color, a khaki shirt, and tie. The insignia on his hat and lapel was the Eagle, Globe and Anchor (EGA). This was Marine Corps symbol. The next photo…
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