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It was on the 1st day of January in 1866 when James
Madison Hall (1819-1866) penned the following words in his Civil-War-era
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Monday January 1st 1866. Today I commence my notes of events that may daily happen immediately around me during the current year. This notes are not intended to be of any service to any one except myself as a book of reference and to my family as a faithful exposition of my daily transacting. I formed & entered into a copartnership with James Wrigley to carry on in the town of Liberty a general Commission and Warehouse business. The Steamer
Kate & sloop Luna left for Galveston. The little woman had a fine new year's dinner, which reflected great credit upon her art as a house keeper.
. . . Weather cloudy & cold with incessant rain throughout the entire day. |
During the half decade before the above entry, Mr. Hall faithfully penned daily observations of life in Civil War Texas (mostly Houston County and Liberty County). Among those often mentioned in his writings are several of our ancestors, including ::
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Mahala Lee Sharp Hall nee Roberts (1816 - 1885) who was the mother of
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Samuel Houston (Sam) Sharp, Sr. (c. 1839 - c. 1885) who married
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Mary Alexandrien (Nellie) Sharp nee LeMire (1843 - 1876) who was the daughter of
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Elizabeth LeMire Beale nee Waring? (c. 1825 - aft. 1870)
Sam & Nellie were the parents of Berta Mary Sharp who married Edgar Henry on 02 January
1895 in Houston County, Texas. It was on Sunday, the 11th of March in 1894 that Edgar Henry penned
this message on a page in Berta Mary Sharp's Friendship Album.
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