The First American Marriage In San Antonio, TX

by Linda Stewart,  October 8, 2021

PASCHAL, Franklin Lafitte, was born at Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, January 15, 1810, and came to Texas in 1836 to fight in the Revolution.  As lieutenant in Major Augustus Parker’s Company, formed at Rome, Georgia, Paschal entered the Texas Army, and soon became commissary of Green’s brigade.  Later he joined Captain Jack Hays’ command, and while on scouting duty near San Antonio was ambushed and seriously wounded.  Returning to Georgia for treatment, Paschal came back to Texas in 1839 and settled at San Antonio.  He was a man active in his community, service as Bexar County’s first sheriff during the Republic, a member of the City Council, City Tax Collector, and as crier of the United States District and circuit court.  Meanwhile, he had represented Bexar County, in 1843-44, at the Eighth Congress, House of Representatives.  Three months after the session ended, Franklin Paschal was married to Miss Frances Roach of South Carolina, this marriage on May 13, 1844, being the first American marriage performed in San Antonio.  Some forty years later, on February 13, 1884, Pascal, still a resident of San Antonio, died of pneumonia.  — See Chabot, With the Makers of San Antonio, 315-7; Election Register, 1843-45; Texas Veterans, 91;  House Journal of the Eighth Congress.

Reprinted From the “Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses 1832-1845”.

Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas, book housed at the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, 650 FM 1011, PO Box 310, Liberty, TX 77575.

French Huguenot Theory

by Linda Stewart, 29 April 2020

I posted an article entitled “Ancestors of Local People Were Persecuted French Huguenots” by Quida Jewell, Fulton, KY.   http://paschal-paschall.com/2020/04/29/ancestors-of-local-people-were-persecuted-french-huguenots/

Mrs. Jewell writes about the life Dr. Jesse Rutledge “Blue” Paschall, as well as his father,  Dr. Newton Julian Paschall.  Both men were honored physicians and surgeons, who for many years served the community in Fulton, KY, and in Obion Co., TN.

In the article, Mrs. Jewell  also writes an interesting statement: “The branch of the Paschall family were originally French Huguenots and were driven from their native land by religious persecution.  Three brothers came to America, one locating in New York City, another at Philadelphia, while the ancestor of Doctor Paschall established a home in North Carolina.”

The Huguenots were French Protestants in the 16th (1501-1600) and 17th (1601-1700) centuries who followed the teachings of John Calvin.   During the 17th century, they were violently persecuted by the French Catholic government.  The Huguenots fled the country creating Huguenot settlements all over Europe, America and Africa.

Per the book, “Ancestry and Posterity of John Lea” many weavers with the surname of Paschall came to England during the reign of King Henry VII, who reigned from 1485 to 1509.  To date, we do not have documented proof that our Paschall family were French Huguenots because the records our researchers have do not go back to the King Henry or Huguenot time period.

The website features two databases.  The Descendants of Thomas Paschall (1634-1718) and The Descendants of William Paschal (1704-1774) of NC.  We do have proof that Thomas Paschall was born in England in 1634, married Joanna Sloper and immigrated to America in 1682. Per the Lea book, Thomas was the son of William (ca 1608-1670), and William was the son of Thomas (died 1638).

Regarding Mrs. Jewell’s statement that three brothers came to America.  Per the Lea book, we have proof that Thomas’ “brothers” did not accompany him on his voyage to America.  Thomas (1634-1718) had two brothers, Joseph and William (1656-1658).  William died in infancy and Joseph died in 1712 in England. Joseph’s son Benjamin (1677-1730) immigrated to America and lived in Philadelphia where his Uncle Thomas’ family lived.

However, since we do not know the ancestry of William Paschal (1704-1774), nor who his Paschal siblings were, could these “brothers” be part of William’s family?  From the documents to date, William does not appear to be in the direct line of Thomas, but may be a cousin.  The “brothers” theory may be just family folklore.  Further research is needed in the colonial records to locate the possible “brothers.”

Brian Rodriguez and Clarence McDaniel are currently researching the England records to try to find the ancestry and connections between Thomas and William.  If anyone has information that could aid Brian and Clarence in their England research, or if you have information on the “brothers”, please let us know.

Have a blessed day!

Source:

Lea, James Henry & George Henry.  “Ancestry and Posterity of John Lea, of Christian Malford, Wiltshire, England, and of Pennsylvania in America, 1503-1906.”  Philadelphia & New York: Lea Brothers & Co.  1906, p. 396-399.

Ancestors Of Local People Were Persecuted French Huguenots

By Quida Jewell, “Backward Glance” at Fulton, KY

If they like, Mrs. Jo Scruggs’ youngsters can brag to their school-mates about how one of their ancestors was a buddy of David Crockett … for through their grandmother, Mrs. Hazel Scruggs, now deceased, they are descendants of some very outstanding persons.

Some of the ancestors of the Scruggs children also, of Mr. Joe Bennett, his sister, Mrs. W. H. McGee, Mr. Joe’s son Follie, and Miss Martha Smith – all local people – were originally French Huguenots, who were driven from their native land by religious persecution.

One ancestor was a companion of Davy Crockett in removing the Cherokee Indians from Tennessee.  Another was a revolutionary soldier.

The following article about the family with the late Dr. Jesse Paschall as the principal subject appears in “History of Kentucky” published in 1922.

Jesse B. Paschall, M. D., A busy physician and surgeon.  Doctor Paschall’s work has []anged over a large community in both sides of the State Line in Fulton, and he is as well known in Obion County, Tennessee as in Fulton County, Kentucky.  His father before him was an honored physician for many years in the same communities.

The branch of the Paschall family were originally French Huguenots and were driven from their native land by religious persecution.  Three brothers came to America, one locating in New York City, another at Philadelphia, while the ancestor of Doctor Paschall established a home in North Carolina.  The grandfather of doctor Paschall was Jesse Morgan Paschall, a native of North Carolina.  The spirit of adventure led him early into southwest.  He was a companion of David Crockett in removing the Cherokee Indians from Tennessee.  Alexander Paschall, father of Jesse Morgan Paschall was the son of William Paschall, a revolutionary soldier from North Carolina.  He spent most of his years as a pioneer farmer in Weakley County, Tennessee, where he died.

The late Dr. N. J. [Newton Julian] Paschall was born in Weakley County in 1840 and was a graduate in medicine of the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia.  Soon afterward the war brook out and in 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army from Weakley County.  He served as captain in the cavalry under General Forrest and served throughout the war from his first great battle at Shiloh until the final surrender.  When the war was over he returned to Obion County and subsequently took another diploma in medicine from Washington University at St. Louis, Missouri.   He also practiced in Texas three years, and for many years had his home in Fulton, Kentucky, and in Obion County, Tennessee, moving across the line into the latter county in 1878.  However, he died at Fulton, Kentucky in 1900.  He was a man of highest standing in professional and civic circles.  He married Sarah Jane Wilson, who was born at Milburn, Kentucky, and is now living in Obion County.  She was the mother of eight children; Mary Elizabeth whose husband, Andrew L. Foster, is connected with the Patterson Transfer Company at Memphis where they reside; Sarah Agnes is the wife of Herschel T. Smith, a well known Fulton attorney; May was married to Joe Bennett, a druggist at Fulton, Kentucky; Augusta is the wife of Thomas N. Fields of Obion County; Newton Jr., is in the drug business at Fulton, Kentucky, but has his home in Obion County; Ed C. is a fire insurance broker at Fulton with a home in Obion County; Dr. Jesse B. is the seventh of the family; and Dixie, the youngest is the wife of Thomas M. Pittman, a civil engineer at McComb, Mississippi.

Jesse B. Paschall was born in Obion County, September 7, 1881, attended the public schools at Fulton, Kentucky, high school at Memphis, Tennessee, took his preparatory college work in the Mooney School of Franklin, Tennessee and in 1909 received his M. D. degree from Washington University at St. [sic] in his chosen line.  He is a member of the college fraternity Phi Delta Phi.  Doctor Paschall entered active practice at Fulton in 1909 and has achieved all the recognition due a man of adequate equipment and skill in his chosen line.  He is a member of the County State and American Medical Associations , has held the position of Health Officer of Fulton, Kentucky, and is present Health Officer of Fulton, Tennessee, where he has his home, one of the modern residences in the vicinity of Fulton.  His office is at 218 Lake Street in Fulton, Kentucky.

Doctor Paschall is a democrat, a member of the Baptist Church and is affiliated with Frank Carr Lodge of Odd Fellows, Fulton Lodge No. 1142 of the Elks Evergreen Camp No. 4, Woodman of the World.

April 9, 1915, in Fulton County, Kentucky, he married Miss Addie Browder, daughter of John C. and Luella (Milner) Browder, a well known family of farmers of Fulton County.  Mrs. Paschall is a graduate of the Memphis Conference Institute of Jackson, Tennessee.   Their only children, twins, Sarah Jane and Luella Julia, both died young.  Sarah Jane at the age of three years.

Dr. Jesse Rutledge “Blue” Paschall (H0387) (Newton Julian, Jesse Morgan, Alexander, Elisha, William), the son of Newton Julian Paschall and Sarah Jane Wilson, was born in 1881 in Obion, TN, died on 22 August 1924 in Jefferson Co., KY, and was buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Fulton, Fulton Co., KY.  He married Addie Browder, and they had three daughters; twins Louella Julia (1916-1916)and Sarah Jane (1916-1919), and Mary Browder (1923-2001).

Article reprinted by Linda Stewart, 29 April 2020

Memorial Day – In Remembrance of those who died.

By Linda Stewart, 27 May 2019

“Roughly 1,264,000 American soldiers have died in the nation’s wars–620,000 in the Civil War and 644,000 in all other conflicts. It was only as recently as the Vietnam War that the amount of American deaths in foreign wars eclipsed the number who died in the Civil War.”

Per Barbara Maranzani in her History article “8 Things You May Not Know About Memorial Day”, it reads in part … “In May 1868, General John A. Logan, the commander-in-chief of the Union veterans’ group known as the Grand Army of the Republic, issued a decree that May 30 should become a nationwide day of commemoration for the more than 620,000 soldiers killed in the recently ended Civil War. On Decoration Day, as Logan dubbed it, Americans should lay flowers and decorate the graves of the war dead “whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land.”

According to legend, Logan chose May 30 because it was a rare day that didn’t fall on the anniversary of a Civil War battle, though some historians believe the date was selected to ensure that flowers across the country would be in full bloom. Even before the war ended, women’s groups across much of the South were gathering informally to decorate the graves of Confederate dead. In April 1886, the Ladies Memorial Association of Columbus, Georgia resolved to commemorate the fallen once a year—a decision that seems to have influenced John Logan to follow suit, according to his own wife.”

Today across America, people are placing flags on the graves of our fallen soldiers so that we will never forget.

Reference: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/civil-war-facts  and  https://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-memorial-day?

 “Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray 1861-1865” by Mamie Yeary

By Linda Stewart, 1 May 2019

For anyone who is doing genealogical research on ancestors that served in the War Between the States, or is a Military History buff “Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray 1861-1865” by Mamie Yeary is a must have for your library.  The book was originally published in 1912, and a reprint of this 948 page book is available through Amazon in two volumes.   A digital copy of the book is available online through The Portal to Texas History  at https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29786/

The editor Mamie Yeary, took three years to conduct interviews, and received letters from hundreds of veterans who fought and survived the Civil War. The entries found in this book provide great insight from the men who actually fought in the war.  Mamie Yeary made great efforts to capture their “reminiscences” before this generation of men passed on.

Per Bob Carpenter’s review of the book … The book gives first-hand experiences of those who were there. Some of the entries are actually funny, not all serious. The entries are from veterans living in Texas at the time the recollections were gathered, but many of the men were from other parts of the country and fought in many places during the war.  After all, there was not a great deal of fighting actually on Texas soil. In other words, this is a great book for research, even if you are looking for information in other areas of the war. I highly recommend it for research or personal interest.

We owe a debt of gratitude to Ms. Yeary for her dedication in writing this book.  Here is one of the thousands of entries that is in the book.

J. D. GAINS. Texarkana, Tex. — Born Nov. 26, 1845, near Walton, KY. Enlisted in the Confederate Army, March 8, 1862, at Memphis, Tenn., as private in Company D, Forrest’s regiment, Armstrong’s brigade, Army of Tennessee; Jesse A. Forrest, first Captain, and N. B. Forrest, first Colonel. served with Johnston at Shiloh, and for a while under Price and Van Dorn in Mississippi, and then under Forrest and Bragg in Tennessee, until captured.  Was taken prisoner near Kelley’s Ferry, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1863.  Sent first to Camp Chase, Ohio, and afterwards to Rock Island, Ill.  was in the battles of Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth and various small skirmishes in North Mississippi, Alabama, West Tennessee and Middle Tennessee.  The old Forrest regiment was reduced to a battalion, and was known as McDonald’s Battalion.  My last Captain was John C. Blanton, a preacher, who is still living near Tupelo, Miss.  I reached Richmond, March 12, 1865, on exchange, but never reached my command, which was at that time in the neighborhood of Selma, Ala.  Crossed the Mississippi River about April 10, 1865, to Chicot County, Arkansas, and the war ended before I could get to Kirby Smith’s command.  Then returned to my home in Kentucky, and moved to this place in February, 1881, where I have since resided.

John Dudley Gaines, the son of Archibald Kincaid Gaines and Margaret Dudley, and husband of Mary J. Collins, died in Texarkana on 6 March 1925, and was buried in the State Line Cemetery in Texarkana.

Happy Hunting! – LS

The Keenan and Paschal Families in the Montague County Indian Raid in 1870

By Linda Stewart, 17 March 2019

Susan, William, and John Paschal are buried to the right of the fence under the tree in the Keenan Family Cemetery, Forestburg, Montague Co., TX.  Picture courtesy of Brett Fishburn, http://www.findagrave.com

Last year I wrote an article entitled “Just the facts, ma’am”.  I will re-post part of that article.

One of John T. and Mary’s son’s abandoned his young wife and four children.  He moved on and a couple of years later had a new family and children.  The facts say that the son and his first wife were married two years when he went off to war leaving her, now 18 years old, with a one year old baby and a farm to run.  The regiment he was in remained fairly local to the area they lived in.  He received furloughs and came home long enough for her to get pregnant and he returned to his regiment.  In 1865, she was 22 years old, had been married for five years, had four children, and a husband who had been basically absent for three years due to the war.  He came home from the war, but two years later they were separated.  He abandoned her and the children and moved 200 miles away.   Of course we will never know the cause of their separation, but  I can only imagine what emotions this young woman felt … anger, abandonment, grief for a dying marriage, frightened for the well being of her children.  I found documents where she told people she was widowed.  I am sure in her heart he was completely dead to her.  Her parents were both deceased so where was she to go.  She did have siblings, but I did not find any records that she lived with any of them.   I did find a records of her living with two different local families in the county where her brothers lived.  The records were sparse for a two year period, then I find birth information of a fifth child.  I am sure people will gasp at the thought of an illegitimate child, but don’t we all want love and compassion even if that decision is not a wise one?  Her story does not have a happy ending, she was killed a year later.

The man was Montgomery Pike Paschall and his wife was Susannah A. “Susan” Willingham Paschall.  Their four children were Benjamin Franklin “Ben”, William “Billy”, John “Johnny”, and Mary Josephine.   Montgomery abandoned Susan in Fort Worth, TX, and was living in Hays Co., TX by August 1867. In 1868, Montgomery, his second wife Ann Brock and their baby daughter Ada Ann Paschall were living in Austin, Travis Co., TX.  With Susan’s parents deceased, and her husband gone, Susan moved to Montague Co., TX where her siblings were living.

In the spring of 1868, Susan and the four children were living with Levi Perryman and his wife.  On 26 November 1869, Susan’s 5th child,  Melinda Katherine Paschal was born.  By the fall of 1870, they were living in the household of John and Anna Keenan, when Susan, William, and John were killed.  Mary, and probably Benjamin, were raised by Susan’s brother John J. Willingham after her death.

For those of you who may not be familiar with the Indian Raid story, below is an article that appeared in the newspaper shortly after the incident occurred.

The Daily Express, (San Antonio, TX) – Wednesday, January 18, 1871, Vol. V, No. 15, Page 4, and The Juniata Sentinel, (Mifflintown, Pennsylvania) – Wednesday, 22 February 1871, Volume XXV, No.8, Whole Number 1249, Page 1.

Indian Outrages. From the San Antonio (Tex.) Express, Jan. 18. [1871] From a letter received by a gentleman in this city, from Lieutenant A. C. Hill, we learn of further Indian outrages in the upper country.

In Montague County near Denton Creek, while the man of the house was from home, a party of nine Indians broke down the windows and doors of the house at about 10 o’clock at night, where two women and eight children were sleeping.  They killed Mrs. Susan Paschal, aged about 35 years.  They killed Billy, her son, or rather mangled him so that he died the next day.  A boy 7 years old named Johnny, was dragged into the yard, scalped, shot, and his bowels cut out while his sister Mary, only 4 years old was shot in the breast with an arrow and severely wounded.  Ben Paschal, age 12 years, was beaten with clubs and left for dead, but both he and Mary are now slowly recovering.  Another of the children was killed by having its head smashed with a stick, and was then brutally thrown into the yard.

Mrs. Ann Kenan, the lady of the house, was shot through the breast with two arrows, beaten with clubs, scalped, and left for dead.  She lived four days, and then died.  Miss Ann Kenan, her daughter, was horribly outraged, and then killed.  A child, 5 years old, was wounded in the bed.  The blood of the victims ran through the beds to the floor – in fact the whole house was covered with blood and hair, and gory clubs, used in the hellish work of these fiends.  The writer adds: “This same party of Indians, after committing these murders, went on down the country, and stole a lot of horses, on which they made their escape back to their homes.  There have been several families murdered besides this mentioned, and, if possible, with more brutality than above described.  I will tell you my honest opinion.  These marauders are the reserve Indians using the Comanche arrows and signs, to mislead the country into belief that they are Comanche’s who commit these outrages.”

Lieutenant Hill, who seems to understand the whole question, continues: “The eight of hundreds of lone chimneys now standing on the whole line of the frontier, from the Rio Grande to Red River, the great number of decaying fences and houses: and houses in this vicinity, stained with the blood of men, women, and children of all ages, is truly a shame to any nation on earth.  You would shrink and shudder if but half were told of the horrid murders committed.”  In regard to the reception of rangers Lieutenant Hill continues: “I am very successful in all my dealings with the whole people: we are gladly received by the citizens and soldiers of all this country.”

The story of the Indian Raid has appeared in numerous publications over the years.  Here are a few of those publications:

Wilcox, Jerry S., H. G. Bedford’s Texas Indian Troubles. “The Scalping Knife”, Hargreaves Printing Co. Inc, Dallas, Texas: 1905, pp. 26-18.

Potter, Mrs. W. R., History of Montague County. “Fate of Keenan and Paschal Families, Winter of 1870”, Austin, Texas, E.L. Steck: 1913, pp. 87-92.

Perryman, Levi., Victims of the Kenon Massacre. Forestburg, Texas:  1919.

London, Marvin F., Indian raids in Montague County.  S. J. T. Printers, Saint Jo, Texas. N.D.: 1977, pp. 71-74.

In each of these stories there are small discrepancies that can probably be contributed to folklore.   For example, the London account says that Susan Paschal and Ann Kennan were sisters.  This is incorrect.  Per the 1860 US Census, Anna was born in 1823 in New York, 7 years prior to Susan’s parents marriage in Missouri.   As family researchers, we are to tell the stories of our ancestors.  The facts tell that story.  Family folklore which is the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth, can be included in your research, but always make it understood that the story is family folklore and may or may not be factual.    Many times researchers are hesitant to include folklore because it is usually a scandalous account, but nevertheless the story exists.  Not only do families have folklore, but counties have them as well.

The Montague County folklore regarding who the supposed father of Susan’s 5th child Melinda Katherine Paschal, has two accounts.  The first account, says that Melinda was the supposed daughter of the local sheriff, Levi Perryman.  It was said that Perryman was known to be a womanizer assisting the widow ladies with all their needs.  Supposedly it would not bode well for Perryman’s political career to have an illegitimate daughter.  The “Indians” were not Indians at all, but white men dressed as Indians hired to kill Susan and Melinda.  The second account, says that Melinda was the supposed daughter of William M. Fanning, who raised her after Susan’s death.

Ancestry DNA testing has been conducted on a great granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin Paschal, as well as a great granddaughter of Ada Ann Paschall Cannon.  Both granddaughters were a match with Montgomery Pike Paschall as their common ancestor.

It would be prudent for the descendants of Levi Perryman and Melinda Katherine Paschal to also have Ancestry DNA testing performed.  The results could possibly finally prove or disprove the Montague County folklore.

Happy Hunting!

“Just the facts, ma’am”

By Linda Stewart, 8 September 2018

Hopefully the John T. and Mary Cook Paschall book will be printed within the month.  We have had one proof text that has been edited and another proof text has been ordered for the final inspection.  I have always enjoyed books, but now after spending over two years on this project with the writing and editing I have a new appreciation for authors.

I have been told by some people who have read parts of the book that people may not like what is written about their ancestor.  As an author and a researcher, I do not sugar coat my findings.  I only have one exception to my rule, and that is adoption.  If the child does not know they are adopted I do not include that information.  If they do know then the information is included.

In the book, there is a Paschall gentlemen who was a butcher.  He had been in this profession for a number of years.  He owned his own butcher shop, and also sold liquor out of the shop.  Today, we would think nothing of this.  There is a liquor section in every grocery store.  But in the time period he sold the liquor he went to prison for a year, because it was during prohibition.

One of John T. and Mary’s son’s abandoned his young wife and four children.  He moved on and a couple of years later had a new family with children.  The facts say that the son and his first wife were married two years when he went off to war leaving her, now 18 years old, with a one year old baby to raise and a farm to run.  The regiment he was in remained fairly local to the area they lived in.  He received furloughs and came home long enough for her to get pregnant and he returned to his regiment.  In 1865, she was 22 years old, had been married for five years, had four children, and a husband who had been basically absent for three years due to the war.

He came home from the war, but two years later they were separated.  He abandoned her and the children and moved 200 miles away.   Of course we will never know the cause of their separation, but  I can only imagine what emotions this young woman felt … anger, abandonment, grief for a dying marriage, frightened for the well being of her children.  I found documents where she told people she was widowed.  I am sure in her heart he was completely dead to her.  Her parents were both deceased so where was she to go.  She did have siblings, but I did not find any records that she lived with any of them.   I did find records of her living with two different local families in the county where her brothers lived.  The records were sparse for a two year period, then I found birth information for a fifth child.  I am sure people will gasp at the thought of an illegitimate child, but don’t we all want love and compassion even if that decision is not a wise one?  Her story does not have a happy ending as she was killed a year later.

As family researchers, we are to tell the stories of our ancestors.  The facts tell that story.  Family folklore which is the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth, can be included in your research.  But always make it understood that the story is family folklore and may not be factual.

So in the words of Joe Friday, Dragnet’s 1950’s TV series, “Just the facts, ma’am”.

Happy Hunting!

Write Your History

By Linda Stewart, 1 August 2018

I love history.  When I start a new family project, the first thing I do is research the county they lived in.  What crops were grown?.  What type of industry was in the area? What was the population of the town?  Were there any disasters or epidemics that occurred in the area that effected the family?  I will spend days getting the feel for the land, so to speak, before I start researching the family themselves.  This pre-research gives me a better understanding of what may have occurred in their lives.

One of the best sources to find this type of information is newspapers.com.  It is a paid site, but well worth the cost.  You can find all kinds of information.  You may even locate a family historian from the past.  Here is one such person …

A New Book – Edwin Paschall, J13,well known in Tennessee for forty years as a gentleman of great ability and intellectual culture, has prepared and will soon have in press a work on the early history of Tennessee, embracing the most interesting and thrilling events in the lives of the pioneers of the State.  It will be a book of absorbing interest, not only to the generation now passing away, but to posterity.  The work will be sold by subscription.  Mr. Walter Paschall J131, is now in the city soliciting subscriptions, and we cheerfully commend him and the forthcoming work to the favor of the public.  Nashville Union and American, (Nashville, TN) – Wednesday, December 16, 1868, Page 4.

Edwin Burford Paschall  was my 3rd great uncle.  He was a school teacher.  He placed an ad in the newspaper on 29 December 1854, which appeared 12 January 1855.  It reads School Notice – Edwin Paschall will open his School on the 1st of January, in a house owned by Mr. Digoons, on the Charlotte Turnpike, near the residence of Sterling R. Cockrell. The Tennessean, (Nashville, TN) – Friday, January 12, 1855, Page 4

I actually found Edwin Paschall’s book on Amazon, republished by Forgotten Books.  I have ordered it and am looking forward to reading his work from 150 years ago.  So write down your genealogy and your family stories.  Make copies and give them to your family members.  Who knows, maybe in the year 2168 one of your descendants will be reading your work.

Happy Hunting!