Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Comings, Lydia Jane Newcomb (1849-1946) |
Othernames |
Lydia Newcomb |
Born |
1850 |
Titles & honors |
President of Fairhope Single Tax Corpotation Co-Founders of Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education Founder of Baldwin County Historical Society, 1923 |
Notes |
Came to Fairhope in 1904 |
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12.16.40-43 - Reports
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1905_Courier_Page_289 - Photograph, Digital
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