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1. 33_2_145 - Cemetery Record Book

   Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book of burials in Lot 422 and 452 SW. See page 452 for more information at 33_2_162 and 33_2_157. Baby Simmons is buried in Grave 5 in Lot 422. Information for Lot 452 SW is on this page. Spaces are reserved for the Gaston family, including Leah Gaston McGill. Charles J. Huling, died 1944 and Leonard G. Payne, died 1956 are buried in this Lot. From the Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book, Fairho...

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2. 33_2_158 - Cemetery Record Book

   Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book of burials in Lot 442 SW and 443. Lot 442 includes spaces for the family of Jesse Elwood Gilpin and spaces for the Stafford family including John Stafford Parker. Spaces for Ernest Berry Gaston II, Max P. McGill and Leah Gaston McGill are in this lot. Lot 443 has graves for Sylvia Logsdon, died 1957, and Walter V. Logsdon, died 1927. From the Fairhope Colony Cemetery Record Book, Fairhope Single ...

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3. 5.10.1-234 - Letter

   Correspondence of secretaries of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (E. B. Gaston and C. A. Gaston), dated 1934-1952, (letter W). Includes general business correspondence of the FSTC: letters of inquiry about the Colony, letters of inquiry about leasing lands, records, rents and other day-to-day business correspondence. In addition, there is correspondence between C. A. Gaston and Fiske Warren (and other Warren family members) about pro...

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4. 5.10.1-234 - Letter

   Correspondence of secretaries of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (E. B. Gaston and C. A. Gaston), dated 1934-1952, (letter W). Includes general business correspondence of the FSTC: letters of inquiry about the Colony, letters of inquiry about leasing lands, records, rents and other day-to-day business correspondence. In addition, there is correspondence between C. A. Gaston and Fiske Warren (and other Warren family members) about pro...

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5. DBJ-0432 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated February 26, 1911 of young Fairhopers on a sailing trip to Dog River (western shore of Mobile Bay) for a picnic. Two names are written on the photograph: the young lady holding the broom is Leah Catherine Gaston McGill, daughter of E.B. and Clara Gaston. Her brother James E. Gaston is on the far right. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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6. DBJ-0433-0434 - Photograph, Digital

   Photographs by Arthur M. Dealy dated February 26, 1911 of young Fairhopers on a sailing trip across Mobile Bay to the western shore for a picnic at Dog River. Leah Catherine Gaston McGill is the young lady in the center of the photograph wearing a white sailor blouse and a tie. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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7. DBJ-0435 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated February 26, 1911 of young Fairhopers on a sailing trip to the western shore of Mobile Bay for a picnic at Dog River. Leah Catherine Gaston McGill is the young lady laughing in the center of the picture. Her brother James E. Gaston is the young man with the white hat. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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8. DBJ-0436-0437 - Photograph, Digital

   Photographs by Arthur M. Dealy dated February 26, 1911 of young Fairhopers sailing across Mobile Bay to the western shore for a picnic at Dog River. In the first picture, James E. Gaston is the young man seated in the white hat. His sister Leah Catherine Gaston McGill stands behind him in the dark coat. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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9. DBJ-0438 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated February 26, 1911 of two young Fairhopers who are with a sailing party going to Dog River on the western shore of Mobile Bay for a picnic. Leah Catherine Gaston McGill is on the left with an unidentified companion. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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10. DBJ-0439 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph by Arthur M. Dealy dated February 26, 1911 of Leah Catherine Gaston McGill on a sailboat in Mobile Bay going with other young Fairhopers to the western shore of Mobile Bay for a picnic at Dog River. From the Dealy Brown Jennings Photo Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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11. FMH-A0007a - Audio, Digital

    Interview (audio) Part 1 dated April 28, 1982 of Mrs. Hazele Williams Payne (1891-1991). The interviewer is not identified. Others interviews with Mrs. Payne are FMH-A0004a, FMH-A0004b and FMH-A0007b. In this interview, three of W. A. Dealy's comic poems are read by the interviewer and Mrs. Payne comments on the people and situations, providing fascinating and many times humorous and poignant details about early Fairhope. The first poem ...

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12. FMH-A0007b - Audio, Digital

    Interview (audio) dated 1982 of Mrs. Hazele Williams Payne (1891-1991). Part 2. The interviewer is not identified. Other interviews with Mrs. Payne are FMH-A0004a, FMH-A0004b and FMH-A0007a. In this interview, the rest of the 1935 "Merry Christmas Folks" poem (started in FMH-A0007a) written by W. A. Dealy is read by the interviewer. Mrs. Payne comments on the people and situations, providing fascinating and many times humorous and poignant...

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13. FSTC-0067 - Photograph, Digital

    Slide of picture dated 1894 of the E.B. Gaston family. Left to right: Frances Lily Gaston Clara Mershon Gaston Catherine Leah Gaston McGill (on Clara's lap) James Ernest Gaston Cornelius Alonzo Gaston (on E.B.'s lap) Ernest Berry Gaston From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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14. FSTC-0083 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of the Gaston family c.1900 with identifying information written on the frame by a family member. Pictures Left to Right; Cornelius Alonzo Gaston Catherine Estep Atkinson Gaston (E.B. Gaston's mother) James Ernest Gaston Frances Lily Gaston Crawford (standing behind E.B.Gaston) E.B. Gaston Arthur Fairhope (Spider) Gaston (sitting on E.B. Gaston's lap) Clara Leah Mershon Gaston Leah Catherine Gaston McGill From the Fairhope S...

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15. FSTC-0245 - Photograph, Digital

    Family Portrait in cardboard decorative frame c.1898-1900 of the Gaston family in Fairhope, Alabama. A family member has written the names on the frame. Left to Right: Cornelius Alonzo Gaston Leah Grauel Mershon James Ernest Gadton Ernest Berry Gaston Frances Lily Gaston Crawford (standing behind Mr. Gaston) Arthur Fairhope "Spider" Gaston (sitting on Mr. Gaston's lap) Clara Mershon Gaston Leah Catherine Gaston McGill From the Fair...

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16. FSTC-0255 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c 1932 of the E.B. Gaston family in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture includes E.B. and Clara Gaston, their five children (Frances, James, Cornelius, Leah and Arthur), their spouses and children. The sign in the middle reads "Fairhope The First Fireplace Built in Fairhope." E. B. and Clara Gaston moved their family to the first home occupied in the Fairhope Colony on January 24, 1895. Left to Right: James Ernest Gaston, Sr. Jame...

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17. FSTC-V0034 - Video, Digital

    Video interview dated February 6, 1995 with James E. Gaston, Jr. (Jim) who was born in Fairhope in 1921. His father, James Ernest Gaston, came to Fairhope from Des Moines, Iowa in 1894 with his parents Fairhope founders, E.B. and Clara Gaston, and his siblings Frances Lily, Leah Catherine and Cornelius Alsonzo. He was four years old. Jim's father, James Ernest Gaston (Sr) married Olive "Piney" Wood. They lived at 6 North Summit Street in F...

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18. PMG-1020 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated 1897 of the children of E. B. Gaston and Clara Mershon Gaston playing in their front yard on Fairhope Avenue in Fairhope, Alabama. This is approximately where the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation office (aka Gaston Building) is located today at 336 Fairhope Avenue. The children are L-R Cornelius Alonzo Gaston, Leah Catherine Gaston McGill, James Ernest Gaston (Sr.), Arthur Fairhope "Spider" Gaston, and Frances Lily "Frankie" Ga...

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19. PMG-1034 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph taken 1894 in Bayard, Iowa by Jasper Kearns, picturing the E. B. Gaston family prior to their move to Alabama to start the Fairhope Colony. Pictured are L-R, Frances LIly Gaston Crawford, Leah Catherine Gaston McGill sitting on her mother's lap (Clara Mershon Gaston), James Ernest Gaston, E. B. Gaston holding Cornelius Alonzo Gaston. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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20. PMG-1044 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated late 1940s of the five children of E. B. Gaston and Clara Mershon Gaston. L-R seated: Olive "Piney" Wood Gaston, James E. Gaston, Sr., Frances Gaston Crawford, Leah Gaston McGill, Max P. McGill, Jr. L-R standing: Arthur Fairhope "Spider" Gaston, Mary Price Gaston, Margaret Nichols Gaston, Cornelius Alonzo Gaston, Henry Crawford, Jr, Hallie Crawford. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archi...

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