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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.18 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.38 (search)
Hon. Thomas J. Semmes.
[from the New Orleans, La., Picayune, January 23, 1898.]
An evening with the venerable statesman and jurist.
A charming Retrospect of a useful and eventful life.
s this a few evenings ago in the historic home of the distinguished advocate and jurist, Judge Thomas J. Semmes.
For over half a century a conspicuous figure in the United States, for over forty ye at in war, still lives as the cardinal principle upon which this American republic is founded, Mr. Semmes stands to-day one of the most important connecting links between the old South and the new, on een the scene of some of the most notable gatherings in the South.
There were only five of us-Mr. Semmes, his amiable and accomplished wife, she who has stood by his side these many years, in clouds mmes had married a Miss Neville, and beneath the marriage date was painted in black, 1640.
Mr. T. J. Semmes' mother was a woman of remarkable intelligence.
She was a member of a prominent and wealth
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)