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Title: History of the American Negro and his institutions ... edited by A.B. Caldwell
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Caldwell, Arthur Bunyan, 1873- ed
Subjects: Negroes
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga., A. B. Caldwell publishing co.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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s day, 1873. His parents were Albert and RachelShropshire. Back of them he knows nothing of his ancestry,except that his grandfather on his fathers side was a Scotch-man. While Lunie was still a child, the family moved to Cowetacounty, but later returned to Fayette. Lunie grew up on thefarm. His schooling was limited to the short term publicschools in Coweta and Fayette counties. On December 2, 1905, he was married to Mrs. Mary Thur-man, who was Miss Seagreaves before her first marriage. Theymoved to the place where they now reside and have three chil-dren, Lunie, Christine and Belle. Mr. Shropshire has made money farming and his home-place now includes 100 acres of excellent farm land. On thishe runs three plows and, in connection with his brother, raisesabout fifty bales of cotton a year besides considerable hay,grain and other products. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the BaptistChurch. Among the secret orders he is identified with theOdd Fellows and Good Samaritans.
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LUNIE SHROPSHIRE. NATHANIEL T. THOMPSON REV NATHANIEL T. THOMPSON, of Cartersville, Ga.,is a popular Baptist minister, of wide experience andexecutive ability. He was born near Danielsville, inMadison county, on September 11, 1860. His parents, JonesThompson and Mary (Meadows) Thompson, were both slaves.Rack of his parents, he knows little of his ancestry, except thathis fathers mother was named Susan. When the boy was three years old, the family moved toHancock county, and when he was of school age he attendedthe public school at Sparta. In this way his boyhood andyoung manhood were divided between farm work and thepublic school. When he was twenty years of age he was converted. Inthe same year, on February 1, 1883, he was married to MissAda B. Allen, a daughter of Rabun and Harriet Allen, of Han-cock county. Several years later he felt called to the work of the min-istry. With the call to the ministry eame the realization ofthe need for better preparation. This was no easy task, how

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