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Collection Number: 05688-z

Collection Title: Myers, Patterson, and Snell Family Papers, 1865-1936

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Size 10 items
Abstract The collection consists of two sets of letters and accompanying photographs from members of the Myers, Patterson, and Snell families of Loris, S.C.; Thomasville, N.C.; and Wilmington, N.C. The first set was written during the Civil War and describes military life of Wilson Lindsay Myers (1839-1930) and John W. Patterson (1845-1865) in Virginia and South Carolina, respectively. The second set is from Paul Myers Snell, Sr., and was written while he was in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, working for the Army Corps of Engineers on dredging and developing the levee system around New Orleans in the 1930s. Photographs depict Wilson Lindsay Myers and the Snell family.
Creator Myers family.

Patterson family.

Snell family.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Myers, Patterson, and Snell Family Papers #5688-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Nancy S. Johnson of Chapel Hill, N.C., in April 2016 (Acc. 102570).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Jodi Berkowitz, June 2016

Encoded by: Jodi Berkowitz, June 2016

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Wilson Lindsay Myers (1839-1930) of Thomasville, N.C., and John W. Patterson (1845-1865) of Loris, S.C., served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Myers was married to Susan Bathsheba Fouts of Thomasville, N.C.

Paul Myers Snell, Sr. (1894-1961) was married to Annie Elizabeth ("Sug") St. George (1889-1977), and they had two sons, Paul Myers Snell, Jr. (1925-2010) and Thomas Mason Snell (1926-1993), all of Southport, N.C., and Wilmington, N.C. Paul Myers Snell, Sr. worked for the Army Corps of Engineers.

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The collection consists of two sets of letters and accompanying photographs from members of the Myers, Patterson, and Snell families of Loris, S.C.; Thomasville, N.C.; and Wilmington, N.C. The first set was written during the Civil War and describes life in battle. The second set is from Paul Myers Snell, Sr., and was written while he was in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, working for the Army Corps of Engineers on dredging and developing the levee system around New Orleans in the 1930s. Photographs depict Wilson Lindsay Myers and the Snell family.

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Folder 1

Letters, 1865-1936

Letters are written by Wilson Lindsay Myers in Pinners Point, Va., to his wife, Susan Bathsheba Fouts Myers, in Thomasville, N.C.; and by John W. Patterson in South Carolina, to his father, James Gould Patterson, Sr., of Loris, S.C.

Image Folder PF-5688/1

Photographs, 1865-1936

Photographs labeled "Grandpa/Grandfather" are of the same Wilson Lindsay Myers, circa 1870 and circa 1928. A larger family photograph, circa 1936, includes the Snell family: Paul Myers Snell, Sr., Annie Elizabeth St. George Snell, and their children, Paul Myers Snell, Jr., and Thomas Mason Snell.

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