Zirkle Family Papers 1855, 1961

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of electrostatic copies of two newclippings (1961 and undated) and a letter from John G. Zirkle, White Hall, New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, to his brother Benjamin Zirkle, Jefferson County, Tennessee, February 9, 1855.

In his letter, John G. Zirkle discusses family health, visits from friends, their difficulties with the Manassas Gap Railroad Company who exercised eminent domain and located their railroad tracks across the family farm splitting it in two without adequate compensation, and the shortage of grain due to the earlier drought.

One of the newsclippings concerns the sixty-fifth wedding anniversary of Mollie Bozman and Walter L. Allen of Wylie, Collin County, Texas, married in 1896. The other newsclipping includes an interview with Charles F. Allen (1840-1907) of Wylie, Collin County, Texas, a Confederate veteran born near Lazy Springs, Rockingham County, Virginia, and his obituary.

Charles F. Allen enlisted in Company C, 3rd Tennessee Regiment, under Colonel John C. [Vaughn ?] and fought at First and Second Manassas, Winchester, Seven Pines, Battle of the Wilderness and Chancellorsville.

Acquisition information:
These copies were given to the Library by Mrs. Robert Henry of Indian Trail, North Carolina, on October 19, 1989.
Physical description:
There are 3 items in this collection.