“COLONEL FIELDING HURST AND THE HURST NATION”: Fielding Hurst historical marker

Posted on June 16th, 2010 by admin

Gary Blankinship, “COLONEL FIELDING HURST AND THE HURST NATION” - The West Tennessee Historical Society Papers; 1980; Page 1

At Bethel Springs, Tennesse, on U.S. Highway 45 stands a historical marker which reads:
In this section lived numerous members of the Hurst Family, who were staunch Unionist in a predominantly Confederate area.  It’s  best known member […]

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Bethel Springs Hurst Nation Historical Marker

Posted on September 12th, 2007 by admin

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

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    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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