| Announcing Our
Latest Book:
Some Early Settlers of Upshur County, Texas
By Ronald Ellis Wade
Following the Civil War little was left for southern families to survive
on. Southerners were looking for a new life in an area which could offer
them virgin farmland and safety from the carpetbaggers and past. Word
quickly spread that Upshur County, Texas offered dense virgin forests
and land that could produce far more than the old states and this book
is about the early settlers who came to Upshur County to build a new
life and a new state.
Hundreds of photographs vividly tell the story of the families who
packed packed their ox-drawn wagons and made the long journey to the
piney woods of East Texas. The lives of numerous Upshur County families
are highlighted including their full family trees when known. Families
highlighted include Bingham, Busby, Carroll, Knight, Langford, Love,
Mathis, Petty, Salter, Sanders, Wade, and Williams. However there are
hundreds of other families highlighted.
Lessons From Grandma - Wisdom and Humor of a
Confederate Widow By James Willis Petty - Edited by Ronald Ellis Wade
"Lessons from Grandma"
was written early in the 1900's but never published except as a little
typewritten piece for family members.. "Grandma" Susan Bearden Petty
might be embarrassed by the publication of a study of her life's journey
for this is a true story. Born in 1825 in rural Georgia and married at
only 15, she moved to East Texas where her life's story herein is told.
Grandmas in the 19th century dealt with trials not faced now or even by
your own Grandmas.
This volume tells of rural life in the aftermath of the Civil War. As a
Confederate war widow (her husband died at home while on furlough after
suffering wounds during the Civil War), she had to deal with drought,
wild animals, sometimes wilder children, "ruffians", run-away horses and
even a real ghost! But more so, this book portrays life in 1800's East
Texas and how Aunt Susan helped others enjoy life and lay foundations as
future Texans and Americans. You will find a lot of humor mixed in with
the wisdom and true-life history.
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