Category Archives: Nancy Hunter Lindsey

The Cunningham Clan Comes West

Posted on November 8, 2019 by lois

On April 17, 1848, the Williamson family, which had been on furlough in Ohio since fall of 1847, left Ripley, Ohio, and began their journey back to Kaposia village in Minnesota. With them were Sylvester Cook, who was coming out … Continue reading →

Posted in Elizabeth Williamson Hunter, Fanny Huggins Pettijohn, Jane Smith Williamson, Lydia Lockhart Ellison, Marjorie Emma Cunningham Shultz, Martha Ann Cunningham, Martha Williamson Stout, Mary Ann Clark Longley Riggs, Mary Ann Longley Huggins Kerlinger, Mary Beauford Ellison Cunningham, Nancy Hunter Lindsey, Ruth Edna Ellison, Sarah Rebecca Pond Ellison | 1 Comment

Life of a Legend – The Story of Jane Smith Williamson – Part XVI

Posted on August 28, 2019 by lois

Over the next few years of Jane’s life, she remained as active as possible. Her biographer, The Rev. R.J. Creswell, furthered yet another legend about Jane when he wrote about her in 1906. He said: “In 1881 she met a … Continue reading →

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Life of a Legend – The Story of Jane Smith Williamson – Part XV

Posted on August 27, 2019 by lois

One other change that the Williamsons experienced in the latter years of the 1860s was that Andrew Williamson, Thomas and Margaret’s second oldest son, came home from his service in the Civil War. Andrew had enlisted in the 5th Minnesota, … Continue reading →

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