Thanks to Nancy Kennedy for her email on this topic. Nancy, was chairman of the group that put together the Reflections book in the first place and she says the Early Settlers image is correct and that is D.W. Hester. She stated that the picture of ‘Fielding and Locky’ was in fact NOT […]
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Filed under: D.W. Hester Mystery, Early Settlers of McNairy Co., Melocky "Locky" Huddleston Hurst, Col. Fielding Hurst
Kevin McCann is putting the finishing touches on the 4th Edition of this book as we speak.
Hurst’s Wurst: Col. Fielding Hurst and the Sixth Tennessee Cavalry U.S.A.
The Sixth Tennessee Cavalry was described by one Confederate soldier as “an ignorant […]
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Yes, this is a rehash from the last incarnation of this website, but the Old Purdy Cemetary has to be one of the scariest places on the planet. From Purdy, TN, it’s a mile or two from the Hurst Mansion, down an old one lane, long and winding gravel/dirt road. There is […]
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LONE SURVIVOR - The only home in “Old Purdy” which has withstood the ravages of time is the old Col. Fielding Hurst home. Today its occupants, Miss Bessie Dodds (left) and Miss Mary Dodds chop cotton in an adjoining field which once was the courthouse lawn.
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, […]
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Click the picture to enlarge. Notice anyone familiar? Did someone try to rewrite history and wipe Fielding Hurst off of the Early Settlers of McNairy County poster?
I have seen this poster several times and it is on page 13 of “REFLECTIONS: A History of McNairy County, Tennessee 1823 - 1996″. There is something very odd […]
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Filed under: Early Settlers of McNairy Co., D.W. Hester Mystery, Col. Fielding Hurst, Purdy, TN, Hurst Nation
Fielding Hurst and wife, Melocky Huddleston Hurst.
Image provided by late and great cousin Ann Moore Boldger, the original Hurst Nation Online webmaster extraordinaire.
Here’s a copy of Cousin Ann’s website on Archive.org.
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Filed under: Ann Moore Boldger's Hurst Nation site, Melocky "Locky" Huddleston Hurst, Col. Fielding Hurst, Purdy, Hurst Nation
Here is the PRE-BLOG version of this site. Check it out first here.
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This marker is in Bethel Springs, TN. Word is that almost a century after his death, the people of Purdy refused to allow the parker to be placed in their town. They compromised by letting them put it down the road in Bethel Springs. I would love to hear from someone with some first hand […]
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Filed under: Civil War, Civil War in Tennessee, Purdy, TN, Bethel Springs, Hurst Nation
Despair for the children
who lie now in bed.
The widow, the aged
the soldier who bled.
For out of the “Nation”
comes a sickness and curse -
God save us all
From the demon called Hurst.
Like vandals of old
through our land they did ride
With Hunger and Death
always close by their side.
Came Terror, his herald -
but the wailing comes first . . […]
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Filed under: That Demon Called Hurst, Col. Fielding Hurst
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Filed under: Col. Fielding Hurst
Despair for the children
who lie now in bed.
The widow, the aged
the soldier who bled.
For out of the "Nation"
comes a sickness and curse -
God save us all
From the demon called Hurst.
Like vandals of old
through our land they did ride
With Hunger and Death
always close by their side.
Came Terror, his herald -
but the wailing comes first . . .
We know he is coming,
That demon called Hurst.
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