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Hermsdorfer, Sally S.Randal Rust2017-11-11T14:41:33+00:00

Sally S. Hermsdorfer

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Meriwether, Elizabeth Avery

Tennessee suffragist, temperance activist, publisher, and author Elizabeth Avery Meriwether was born in Bolivar on January 19, 1824. Her father Nathan Avery was a physician and farmer, while her mother Rebecca Rivers Avery was the daughter of a Virginia planter.…

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