Miss Mary's money : fortune and misfortune in a North Carolina plantation family, 1760-1924 / H.G. Jones with David Southern.

By:

Jones, H. G. (Houston Gwynne), 1924- [Author]

Contributor(s):

Southern, David W []

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781476619873

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

F262 .M577 2014

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Contents:

Landed grandfather : Francis Jones (1760-1844) -- Profligate father : Congressman James Strudwick Smith (1787-1852) -- Boozing politician son : James Sidney Smith (1819-1867) -- Lecherous doctor son : Francis Jones Smith (1816-1877) -- Saintly daughter : Mary Ruffin Smith (1814-1885) -- Beneficiaries : church and state -- Warring Episcopalians: the battle for Price Creek -- Saving St. Mary's School -- Healing the wounds : the Chapel of the Cross -- Cleaning up, warming up, and lighting up the university -- End of the trail.

Scope and content: "The Smith fortune was made by Mary's grandfather, Revolutionary War veteran Francis Jones, and survived the profligacy of his son-in-law, Dr. James Smith, before being willed to the university and the North Carolina Episcopal diocese. Hundreds of descendants have been virtually ignored. This book, the result of eight years of research, is for them"--

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"The Smith fortune was made by Mary's grandfather, Revolutionary War veteran Francis Jones, and survived the profligacy of his son-in-law, Dr. James Smith, before being willed to the university and the North Carolina Episcopal diocese. Hundreds of descendants have been virtually ignored. This book, the result of eight years of research, is for them"--

Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface: "The wealthy old lady" -- Landed grandfather : Francis Jones (1760-1844) -- Profligate father : Congressman James Strudwick Smith (1787-1852) -- Boozing politician son : James Sidney Smith (1819-1867) -- Lecherous doctor son : Francis Jones Smith (1816-1877) -- Saintly daughter : Mary Ruffin Smith (1814-1885) -- Beneficiaries : church and state -- Warring Episcopalians: the battle for Price Creek -- Saving St. Mary's School -- Healing the wounds : the Chapel of the Cross -- Cleaning up, warming up, and lighting up the university -- End of the trail.

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