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Furlow/Etheridge family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1983-0005M

Scope and Contents

This collection consists primarily of correspondence among relatives and friends of the Furlow/Etheridge families, reflecting family relationships and life in early twentieth century Georgia towns. There are also newspaper clippings, postcards and greeting cards, some genealogical information, a scrapbook, and a few business letters.

Dates

  • 1880 - 1982 and n.d.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Timothy Matthews Furlow (1854 - 1923) of Americus, Sumter County, Georgia, married Susannah (Susie) Calvin Etheridge (1860 - 1945) of Perry, Houston County, Georgia, on October 19, 1880. The Furlows lived in Jackson, Butts County, Georgia, where their five children were born: Frances (Fannie), 1883, who married Mac Potts ca. 1906; James William, 1886; Calvin Edward (Ned), 1892; Warren, 1896; and Sarah Louise, 1900, who married John D. Rhem in 1927.

Extent

2.25 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Other Finding Aids

Unpublished inventory available.

Related Materials

Related collections in this repository: Vanishing Georgia Collection.

Title
Furlow/Etheridge 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