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The Flying Shuttle
Man's fate is wrought in the loom of years,
To pattern traced by an unseen hand
The shuttle flies and the weaver sighs,
For the work is slow and tragic and grand.
Some shuttles are filled with golden thread
For the few great souls who march in the van,
But most are filled with the thread used for
The warp and woof of the average man.
Stuart F. Reed
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Keeping the Faith: Emily Chaney Whitehead After the War
When the Civil War broke out, John Swepson Whitehead took most of the family's money, his best horses, his eldest son, Walter, and his manservant and joined with the Confederate forces. His hopes, as everyone's did, ran high at the onset that the South would win the war and quickly.
But that was not to be . . .
Donna Hechler Porter
Jul 44 min read
Nothing Good in War: John S. Whitehead and the Mt. Hope Home Guard
A continuing series drawn largely from Laura Powers Marbut and Sarah Powers Thielbar's book David M. Chaney, 1809-1859, Allied Families...
Donna Hechler Porter
Aug 4, 20245 min read
A Mighty Avalanche Cometh: The Whitehead Home and Sam Houston
Governor Sam Houston visits the Whitehead Home the fateful year of 1860.
Donna Hechler Porter
Jul 5, 20245 min read
Homes Tell Stories: The Whitehead Home in Polk County, Texas
In the spring of 1856, John Whitehead commissioned a Mr. Slatter to build him a more substantial log home along the banks of Caney Creek.
Donna Hechler Porter
Jun 15, 20243 min read
A Panther Clawed Under the Door . . . Emily Chaney Whitehead in the Wilderness
A continuing series drawn largely from Laura Powers Marbut and Sarah Powers Thielbar's book David M. Chaney, 1809-1859, Allied Families...
Donna Hechler Porter
Jul 12, 20234 min read
John and Emily: Of Legends and Crepe Myrtles
A continuing series drawn largely from Laura Powers Marbut and Sarah Powers Thielbar's book David M. Chaney, 1809-1859, Allied Families...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 12, 20234 min read
A New Start . . . Emily Margaret Chaney Watson and John Swepson Whitehead
A continuing series drawn largely from Laura Powers Marbut and Sarah Powers Thielbar's book David M. Chaney, 1809-1859, Allied Families...
Donna Hechler Porter
Mar 15, 20233 min read
The Stillness of Pounding Hearts: Lewis Watson and Emily Margaret Chaney
Among my stillness was a pounding heart. Shannon A. Thompson, Seconds Before Sunrise A continuing series drawn largely from Laura Powers...
Donna Hechler Porter
Feb 13, 20233 min read
Overwhelmed by Sadness: David Madison Chaney and Margaret Nesom
One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis A continuing series drawn largely from Laura Powers Marbut...
Donna Hechler Porter
Aug 9, 20223 min read
The Chaneys and the Whiteheads, Part 1, An Introduction
In 49 short years, David Madison Chaney did a "lotta living." Marbut & Thielbar, David M. Chaney, 1809-1859, Allied Families and...
Donna Hechler Porter
Mar 10, 20223 min read
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