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Lunceford / Moore / Chapman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1978-0001M

Scope and Contents

Letters on courting, family relations, health, fashion, death, and crops by all three families and their relatives, who lived in Taliaferro, Emanuel, and Treutlen Counties, Georgia. Most of the letters are by Alex Lunceford, Leila Lunceford Chapman, and Leo F. Chapman. One letter (1909) from Soperton, Georgia, contains an account of a lynching. Also included are picture post cards of Georgia towns, two photographs, handwritten poems, and pages from an autograph album (1900).

Dates

  • 1879 - 1957

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Alex S. Lunceford (1857 - 1942) married Alice L. Moore (1863 - 1910) and lived in Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Georgia, where their daughter Leila (1880 - 1906) was born. She married Samuel Prior Chapman (1879 - 1957) in 1900. They had one child, Leo Farmer Chapman (1901 - 1972), before she died.

Extent

1 folders

Language of Materials

English

Materials Specific Details

Available only as photocopy.

Title
Lunceford / Moore / Chapman family papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States