Solon Borland
Senator Borland's "That Man Named Solon" and "Solon Borland & FAMILY"
(printed copies with exhibits, pictures, etc. are on file at Butler Center
for Arkansas
Studies, Old State House Museum, Arkansas History Commission, local
Genealogical or historical society and Dr Carl Moneyhon at UALR)
A story of an early pioneer (1842) of Arkansas
Solon Borland, M.D.
(1811 VA-1864
TX)
http://www.argenweb.net/washington/pics/solon.html
The new 190 page booklet "Solon Borland & FAMILY", a
MAJOR updating of "That Man Named Solon" by William S. Boggess
contains information coming from two descendants of Solon's
maternal grandparents and some 500 documents at The College
of William & Mary's, Earl Gregg Swen Library, Borland Papers,
Mss65 B66, providing us our limit of 75, of NEW information
in form of letters written among family members starting 1828,
revealing interesting facts, heretofore, unknown.
"Solon Borland & FAMILY"
"Chapter 2: That Man Named Solon"
(05-18-06 Revised 06-22-08)
by William S. Boggess
http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/hertford/bios/borland2.txt
Solon Borland's gravestone --
dedicated in 1992 by the Arkansas Bar Foundation to his honor at Mount Holly
Cemetery
stone photographed by Bruce S Allardice
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/cemph/pulaskiph.htm
Also
see: http://community.webtv.net/billboggess2/UNITEDSTATESSENATOR
Borland Page by Sally Moore Koestler
http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MulberryGrove/Borland.htm
FANNY GREEN BORLAND,
daughter of Honorable Solon Borland, M D and third
wife Mary Isabel Melbourne, born in "City of Roses", Little Rock, Arkansas
1848
died at "Bluff City", Memphis 1979. An extra ordinary poet:
Biography: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/hertford/bios/borland17.txt
Marriage: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/vitals/marriages/borland2mr.txt
Fanny's poems:
The Deserted Road: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/newspapers/thedeser9nw.txt
The Past and The Future: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/newspapers/thepasta8nw.txt
Judge Not By The Outward Look: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/newspapers/judgenot5nw.txt
The Baby at Lilie: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/newspapers/thebabya10nw.txt
The Dead Confederacy: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/newspapers/thedeadc2nw.txt
Master Charlie Anti ___ Convention Davis, Harold, George, Ferdinand and Rebel Gray's Address: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/newspapers/masterch11nw.txt
A Women's Protest: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/newspapers/awomensp12nw.txt
At My Father's Feet (MY FAVORITE) http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/newspapers/atmyfath3nw.txt
David O Dodd: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/newspapers/davidodo4nw.txt
To My Son's Scrap-Book: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/newspapers/tomysons6nw.txt
News Story: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/newspapers/thedeadc7nw.txt
Obituaries: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/obits/m/mooresbo2ob.txt
http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/shelby/obits/m/mooresbo9ob.txt
SOLON'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER MOLLIE
http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/hertford/bios/borland18.txt
She, with daughters, Grace M & Mary Borland, for some gracious and unknown
reason(s), were dedicated to Deaf-Mute schools, totalling nearly one-hundred
years of faithful service, starting 1883 at Arkansas Deaf-Mute Institute,
becoming Arkansas School for the Deaf in 1917 with daughter Mary Borland's
husband, Thomas P Clarke was its superintendent, whose brother, Francis D
Clarke, 1880 co-inventor of 1st hearing aid, served as superintendent, 1885-1892.
Widow Mary (Mollie) M (Borland) Beattie, 17th June 1889, in Little Rock married
widower Colonel Oliver Crosby Gray of Arkansas Industrial University since
1874, also mayor of Fayetteville 1886-88,
http://www.argenweb.net/pulaski/Col.MrsOCGray.html
who had served as president.
http://www.argenweb.net/pulaski/St.Johns.College.of.Arkansas.1850-1882.html
Mollie, later becoming matron at the Arkansas School for the Blind, Little
Rock, where Colonel Gray served as superintendent, first starting May 1895.
Submitted by
William S. "Bill" Boggess,
January 31, 2006
Updated: Nov. 18, 2007 - Updated: Jul. 5, 2008 - Updated: Sept. 26, 2008
- Updated: Jan. 11, 2013
Pulaski County AR GenWeb Coordinator
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