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This vintage autograph album belonged to:

Stephen Winstead from

Princeton Dallas Co. Ark

He was born Dec. 6th 1842.

He was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity

I contacted the Curator of Archives for Phi Gamma Delta and

below you will see the letter he sent me and a website

for more information about some of the students listed in

this book. Many would put their fraternity at top

of page, name, date of birth, future profession,

what society they belonged to, what class, who

they were dating and then a short comment.

T were some that listed their profession as

soldier and one young man was killed during

the war and this was written later in pencil by

the owner of this book.

Very nice piece of history!

The 1924 Alumni History of the University of North Carolina says that Robert Gilliam Russell was a student in 1860 and 1861. He was in the class of 1864 but withdrew before graduating to serve in the Confederate army. The same goes for Winstead. After leaving Chapel Hill in 1861 he became a captain in the 18 th Arkansas Infantry. He was from Princeton Arkansas, born 12/6/42 and died 8/14/74.

Just as high school students have classmates sign their yearbooks, so to did young men at college sometimes keep autograph albums. Around the same time photo albums became popular, filled with portrait photographs of friends and classmates, and often signed on the bottom or the back with name, class, and some shared affiliation such as fraternity or literary society. You might see some mention of the Philanthropic Society or Dialectic Society.

If you find other mentions of Phi Gamma Delta, Iâe(tm)d be interested in knowing more about them. Other Phi Gams of the time that we know of include John Monroe Johnson, Berry Pippen Clifton, Augustus Perry Young, Angus Shaw, James Lucas, Robert Joyner, James Moore, Thomas Jefferson Hadley, James Madison Covington, John Atkins Cameron. Some biographical information about each of them (including Russell) is :

/history/Articles/Carolina.htm

Below is a list of name that are in this album. T were some names that I could not make out and the spelling

on others may not be exact and this list is not complete! I did find on man that was a State Senator and wrote this next to his name.

1. Edward Hines Raleigh N.C.
2. John Willie Jones N.C.
3. Kenneth R. Jones Jones County N.C.
4. Thomas Capehart Plymouth N.C.
5. R. Leigh ?
6. James P. Britt ?
7. Sam ? W. Smith Jr. Dallas Co. Ark
8. B. T. Powell Ark
9. William Hargraves? N.C.
10. William R.Webb Oak Hill NC- Senator
11. W. M. Sneed N.C.
12. W. R. Webb N.C.
13. Thomas Lindsay N.C.
14.S.W. Gray N.C.
15. Henry Foscue Jones County NC
16. James L. Richmond Gladdens Grove, S.C.
17. Seth Speight Gainseville Ala
18. T. B. Hagood Barnwell S.C.
19. Moutravillo? Clegg N.C.
20. David Russell Jr. S.C.
21. ? Hampton ?
22. Edward Atkinson S.C.
23. W. Day N.C.
24. ?
25. Charles ?
26. William R. Mckethum
27. William ?
28. James Jenkins N.C.
29. J. Thompson N.C.
30. Thomas J.M. Wiggins Halifax Co. N.C.
31. ?
32. ? Robertson
33. ? Rhodes
34. Clarence ?
35. Ernest Wittich??? Ala
36. George McMillan N.C.
37. Archibald Henderson N.C.
38. ? F. Taylor N.C.
39. W. Young N.C.
40. James Barrett Augusta, GA
41. George Bynum Chathum County N.C.
42. Octavius Wiggins N.C.
43. Billie Richardson Smithfield N.C.
44. Stanley Rigg???? N.C.
45. J. Buxton Williams Jr. Warren Co. N.C.
46. Robert Russell N.C.
47. Edmund Brodie N.C.
48. Charles Broadfoot Fayetteville N.C.
49. James Hunt or Hart N.C.
50. B.W. Young N.C.
51. Tom Johns Wake, Co. N.C.
52. John A. ?? Gainseville ALA
53. Rich H. Smith Jr. Scotland Rock?? N.C.
54. Jos. Jenkins N.C.
55. Mark B. Pitt Edgecomb Co. N.C.
56. Chas. ??...

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