tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post3740485141505651165..comments2024-03-12T16:07:59.530-05:00Comments on Amateur Mormon Historian: Four Missionaries Beaten in West Tennessee...in 1888.Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-40625076128655648012013-05-22T07:42:27.398-05:002013-05-22T07:42:27.398-05:00I agree with Amy. Wouldn't you like to write a...I agree with Amy. Wouldn't you like to write a history of the Southern States? We really need one done well.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-89278531985015798082013-05-20T17:51:15.601-05:002013-05-20T17:51:15.601-05:00That's great, Dale, and if you do have interes...That's great, Dale, and if you do have interest in the Southern States Mission, we could really use a comprehensive history. (Wouldn't you like to write one? :)<br /><br />Seriously, though, it has all the elements of a great story. Larger-than-life characters, fascinating stories, awful tragedies, slavery, mobs, hardships, joys, etc.Amy Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037263182287268748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-83496295345600099792013-05-19T23:04:05.133-05:002013-05-19T23:04:05.133-05:00Amy and Bruce,
I have an MA in history from BYU a...Amy and Bruce,<br /><br />I have an MA in history from BYU and am currently working on a Ph.D. in history at SMU. An interest in LDS history is something my mother and I share.<br /><br />When I was an undergrad at BYU I discovered that two of my great grandfathers had served missions in the Southern States. I even wrote a term paper on the SSM for one of my history classes. It's been ages since I've done anything with the history of the SSM, but it is definitely a standing interest. I'll have to go read your blog, Amy, and catch up on the history of the SSM that you are posting. (I read the Southern Star as part of my term paper research, but have since forgotten what I read.<br /> Dale Tophamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13236573449659666257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-49561026262868372832013-04-15T10:56:54.887-05:002013-04-15T10:56:54.887-05:00So Dale's interest in LDS history runs in the ...So Dale's interest in LDS history runs in the family. Not surprising. <br /><br />Thanks for the links. I am embarrassed to admit I get over to your site often enough, or I would have seen that post earlier.<br /><br />Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543519825711760773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645379631135547997.post-62570647376847397632013-04-15T08:00:30.339-05:002013-04-15T08:00:30.339-05:00Great! I recognize Dale's name; he's the s...Great! I recognize Dale's name; he's the son of the author of the biography of <a href="http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/12/12/eminent-women-ann-fairfax-washington-lee-and-susanna-mehitable-rogers-sangiovanni-pickett-keate-part-2/" rel="nofollow">Susanna Mehitable Rogers Sangiovanni Pickett Keate</a>.<br /><br />And, funny coincidence: I recently resumed posting the history of the Southern States Mission from the <i>Southern Star</i> to fill in random empty days on my blog and posted this story under the title "<a href="http://theancestorfiles.blogspot.com/2013/04/history-of-southern-states-mission-part.html" rel="nofollow">President Spry's Baptism By Fire</a>." Evidently it's time to resume working on all these history projects that have had to be set aside for awhile.<br /><br />Thank you, Dale and Bruce. I'll add links to this post and the one noted at the bottom to the mission history.Amy Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037263182287268748noreply@blogger.com