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William Addington was born in about 1750 in London, England. He immigrated to the United States in about 1770 and settled in Culpepper County, Virginia where he married Margaret Cromwell in about 1774. Margaret was born in Maryland. They had five children. William served in the American Revolution. He died 9 Feburary 1805 in Russell County, Virginia. Margared Cromwell Addington died between 1831 and 1840 presumably in Scott County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, California, Arizona, Ohio, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Georgia, Iowa, West Virginia, New Mexico, Idaho, Oregon, Maryland, and elsewhere.
John Walker (ca.1677-1734), son of John Walker, immigrated from Scotland to Chester County, Pennsylvania and married Katherine Rutherford. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and elsewhere.
Because William Addington was the writer’s great, great grandfather, it is of his descendants that much of the subject matter of this history and genealogy is about. Special space is given to his son, Charles Cromwell Addington, who lived to a late age, thus increasing the accessibility of information about this family—which, through two generations, children, and grandchildren, became connected by marriage with many large families. Equally interesting information is given about other branches of the family of Addington of both England and the United States. An index of more than 2,000 names has been added to the reprint of this publication.
Henry Adams (ca. 1583-1646) married Edith Squire (1587-1673) in 1609. They immigrated to Braintree, Massachusetts in 1638. After his death she married John Fussell. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vermont, Utah, Pennsylvania, California and elsewhere.
It is February 1947 in post-war London when four-year-old Trish Smithers and her younger sister, Debbie, are abandoned by their mother at an orphanage. After they are eventually adopted by an Anglican minister and his wife, the sisters lead a sheltered life in a quaint country village—until tragedy strikes again. As Trish struggles to overcome life’s hurdles, she must balance her protective nature for her younger sister with their need for a secure future. Her relationship with her loving mentor—Aunt Tina, the village postmistress—is invaluable as she encounters life's harshest lessons. As Trish continues on her coming-of-age journey into womanhood, she experiences a close call with ...
Others introduce readers to historical figures who are less familiar: freedmen schoolteacher Caroline Putnam; reformer Orra Gray Langhorne; Sadie Heath Cabaniss, the founder of professional nursing in Virginia; and Marie Kimball, an early preservationist. Essays on cotton textile workers in the late nineteenth century and home demonstration agents in the early twentieth examine women's collective experiences in these important areas. Altogether, the essays in this collection offer readers an engaging and personal window into the experiences of women in the Old Dominion. Contributors: Anna Berkes on Marie Kimball; Ray Bonis on Adèle Clark; Arica L. Coleman on Mildred Loving; Beth English on Wage-Earning Women; Warren R. Hofstra on Virginia "Patsy" Cline; Caroline E. Janney on Janet Henderson Weaver Randolph; Catherine Jones on Lucy Goode Brooks; Jodi L. Koste on Sadie Heath Cabaniss; Pamela R. Matthews on Ellen Glasgow; Ann E.
"While this is a glimpse of Frankfort's African American community, it has much in common with other Black communities, especially those in the South. Although much in the collection that produced this work - both photographic and oral history - is nostalgic, it ultimately demonstrates that change is constant, producing both negative and positive results."--BOOK JACKET.