d/o John Murphy, CSA, Martha Booker
w/o Hope Hull Baker, m. 16 Sep 1880
w/o Maynard Pond, m. 12 Mar 1895
w/o John W McMahon, m. 30 Oct 1900. He was shot and killed 1 Sep 1904, by George Porter of Calera.
Children
Stella Baker Blair (1885-1915)
Mary Margarette (Baker) Graves (1890-1957)
Her Uncle, Edmund W Booker (1837-1912), to whom she leased the Shelby Springs property abt 1895, @ Find A Grave Memorial# 36041514
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Owner of Shelby Springs Hotel
..I have transcribed the following from Shelby Springs Resort letterhead on a handwritten letter, dated 15 Apr 1907, from Mary to her son, Murphy.
~~Six Fine Springs -- White Sulphur, Green Sulphur, Yellow Sulphur, Magnesia, Freestone, Chalybeate. *Peerless in beauty of natural surroundings. *Twelve acres of campus shaded by hundreds of mammoth oak and hickory trees. *A natural stream flows through the grounds. * A fine NEW HOTEL with newly furnished rooms recently erected now ready for guests. *Twenty detached cottages all rooms on ground floor. *Now completely renovated and improved, and under the management of the owner. *Patronized by refined, cultured and congenial people. *Cuisine unsurpassed. Jersey milk and butter, fruit, melons and fresh, homegrown vegetables. *A fine band furnishes music for the guests at meals and for dancing in the pavillion. *Hot and cold sulphur baths that permanently cure rheumatism, eczema, etc. *Pure air, cool nights and medicinal properties in the spring waters which permanently cure diseases of the stomach, bowels, liver, kidneys, nervous, prostration, etc. Free from mosquitoes, malaria, dust and mud. *Postoffice, telegraph and long distance telephones. *Ladies and children without escorts assured that they are as safe here as in their homes.~~
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Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
about Maynard Pond
Name:Maynard
State Filed:Ohio and Alabama
Widow:Mary M Pond
Roll Number:T288_375
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From her 30 Sep 1920 obit, "Her remains were brought to Shelby Springs, her former home, last Sunday morning, where interment was made."
w/o Hope Hull Baker, m. 16 Sep 1880
w/o Maynard Pond, m. 12 Mar 1895
w/o John W McMahon, m. 30 Oct 1900. He was shot and killed 1 Sep 1904, by George Porter of Calera.
Children
Stella Baker Blair (1885-1915)
Mary Margarette (Baker) Graves (1890-1957)
Her Uncle, Edmund W Booker (1837-1912), to whom she leased the Shelby Springs property abt 1895, @ Find A Grave Memorial# 36041514
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Owner of Shelby Springs Hotel
..I have transcribed the following from Shelby Springs Resort letterhead on a handwritten letter, dated 15 Apr 1907, from Mary to her son, Murphy.
~~Six Fine Springs -- White Sulphur, Green Sulphur, Yellow Sulphur, Magnesia, Freestone, Chalybeate. *Peerless in beauty of natural surroundings. *Twelve acres of campus shaded by hundreds of mammoth oak and hickory trees. *A natural stream flows through the grounds. * A fine NEW HOTEL with newly furnished rooms recently erected now ready for guests. *Twenty detached cottages all rooms on ground floor. *Now completely renovated and improved, and under the management of the owner. *Patronized by refined, cultured and congenial people. *Cuisine unsurpassed. Jersey milk and butter, fruit, melons and fresh, homegrown vegetables. *A fine band furnishes music for the guests at meals and for dancing in the pavillion. *Hot and cold sulphur baths that permanently cure rheumatism, eczema, etc. *Pure air, cool nights and medicinal properties in the spring waters which permanently cure diseases of the stomach, bowels, liver, kidneys, nervous, prostration, etc. Free from mosquitoes, malaria, dust and mud. *Postoffice, telegraph and long distance telephones. *Ladies and children without escorts assured that they are as safe here as in their homes.~~
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Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
about Maynard Pond
Name:Maynard
State Filed:Ohio and Alabama
Widow:Mary M Pond
Roll Number:T288_375
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From her 30 Sep 1920 obit, "Her remains were brought to Shelby Springs, her former home, last Sunday morning, where interment was made."
d/o John Murphy, CSA, Martha Booker
w/o Hope Hull Baker, m. 16 Sep 1880
w/o Maynard Pond, m. 12 Mar 1895
w/o John W McMahon, m. 30 Oct 1900. He was shot and killed 1 Sep 1904, by George Porter of Calera.
Children
Stella Baker Blair (1885-1915)
Mary Margarette (Baker) Graves (1890-1957)
Her Uncle, Edmund W Booker (1837-1912), to whom she leased the Shelby Springs property abt 1895, @ Find A Grave Memorial# 36041514
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Owner of Shelby Springs Hotel
..I have transcribed the following from Shelby Springs Resort letterhead on a handwritten letter, dated 15 Apr 1907, from Mary to her son, Murphy.
~~Six Fine Springs -- White Sulphur, Green Sulphur, Yellow Sulphur, Magnesia, Freestone, Chalybeate. *Peerless in beauty of natural surroundings. *Twelve acres of campus shaded by hundreds of mammoth oak and hickory trees. *A natural stream flows through the grounds. * A fine NEW HOTEL with newly furnished rooms recently erected now ready for guests. *Twenty detached cottages all rooms on ground floor. *Now completely renovated and improved, and under the management of the owner. *Patronized by refined, cultured and congenial people. *Cuisine unsurpassed. Jersey milk and butter, fruit, melons and fresh, homegrown vegetables. *A fine band furnishes music for the guests at meals and for dancing in the pavillion. *Hot and cold sulphur baths that permanently cure rheumatism, eczema, etc. *Pure air, cool nights and medicinal properties in the spring waters which permanently cure diseases of the stomach, bowels, liver, kidneys, nervous, prostration, etc. Free from mosquitoes, malaria, dust and mud. *Postoffice, telegraph and long distance telephones. *Ladies and children without escorts assured that they are as safe here as in their homes.~~
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Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
about Maynard Pond
Name:Maynard
State Filed:Ohio and Alabama
Widow:Mary M Pond
Roll Number:T288_375
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From her 30 Sep 1920 obit, "Her remains were brought to Shelby Springs, her former home, last Sunday morning, where interment was made."
w/o Hope Hull Baker, m. 16 Sep 1880
w/o Maynard Pond, m. 12 Mar 1895
w/o John W McMahon, m. 30 Oct 1900. He was shot and killed 1 Sep 1904, by George Porter of Calera.
Children
Stella Baker Blair (1885-1915)
Mary Margarette (Baker) Graves (1890-1957)
Her Uncle, Edmund W Booker (1837-1912), to whom she leased the Shelby Springs property abt 1895, @ Find A Grave Memorial# 36041514
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Owner of Shelby Springs Hotel
..I have transcribed the following from Shelby Springs Resort letterhead on a handwritten letter, dated 15 Apr 1907, from Mary to her son, Murphy.
~~Six Fine Springs -- White Sulphur, Green Sulphur, Yellow Sulphur, Magnesia, Freestone, Chalybeate. *Peerless in beauty of natural surroundings. *Twelve acres of campus shaded by hundreds of mammoth oak and hickory trees. *A natural stream flows through the grounds. * A fine NEW HOTEL with newly furnished rooms recently erected now ready for guests. *Twenty detached cottages all rooms on ground floor. *Now completely renovated and improved, and under the management of the owner. *Patronized by refined, cultured and congenial people. *Cuisine unsurpassed. Jersey milk and butter, fruit, melons and fresh, homegrown vegetables. *A fine band furnishes music for the guests at meals and for dancing in the pavillion. *Hot and cold sulphur baths that permanently cure rheumatism, eczema, etc. *Pure air, cool nights and medicinal properties in the spring waters which permanently cure diseases of the stomach, bowels, liver, kidneys, nervous, prostration, etc. Free from mosquitoes, malaria, dust and mud. *Postoffice, telegraph and long distance telephones. *Ladies and children without escorts assured that they are as safe here as in their homes.~~
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Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
about Maynard Pond
Name:Maynard
State Filed:Ohio and Alabama
Widow:Mary M Pond
Roll Number:T288_375
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From her 30 Sep 1920 obit, "Her remains were brought to Shelby Springs, her former home, last Sunday morning, where interment was made."
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