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Posted 06-13-2009 at 09:50 AM by Brenda Rees (Brenda Rees - Shaping Florida)
Updated 08-13-2009 at 08:38 AM by Brenda Rees
(McDonald Red Bay Mason 1806-1875, Anderson, Woodmen of the World, Alaqua)
Anna’s Stories – A Mason’s Story, Walton County, Florida
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Masonic program from the collection of Anna Smith and Sonny Hollingsworth, 1955. Other pages posted at end of blog. Be sure to Log In to see historic pictures and program.
Anna Smith’s handwritten notes (Written around 1978 recalling her maternal grandparents.)
Hugh Thornber 4-8-1844 --11-30-1928
Martha E. Burrow Thornber 3-6-1851 – 8-4-36
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Granddad Thornber’s and Uncle L.I. Smith’s life-long friendship started in Tyndall. Granddad’s main interests were his business, the Masonic Lodge, card games such as “set back”, and lawn croquet.
Anna wrote on back of this picture "Granddad Thornber and Uncle L.I. playing croquet at Wiscasett." Wiscasett was the name of home at Smith Dairy in DeFuniak Springs. From the private collection of Anna Smith Hollingsworth Reardon and Sonny Hollingsworth. L.I. Smith's great nephew, Tuff Smith, had a beach home at Grayton Beach. L.I. and his nephew, P.W. Smith, made a trip to Grayton in 1899. Read about it in Grayton...
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