tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355902810691341869.post8107497194472813426..comments2024-03-16T19:45:00.601-04:00Comments on KINterested: Uncovering a Church Affiliation: Rev. Castleberry and Thirty First Street Baptist ChurchAdriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17972573709273791396noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355902810691341869.post-47862792754314148422021-01-31T13:08:14.415-05:002021-01-31T13:08:14.415-05:00Thanks for your comments Karie. Sounds like you...Thanks for your comments Karie. Sounds like you're on a fascinating research path of your own - and how cool to have letters at your disposal! Good luck as you continue on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016809527787514570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355902810691341869.post-34923714765454300172021-01-31T13:03:29.579-05:002021-01-31T13:03:29.579-05:00Thanks Jake!Thanks Jake!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05016809527787514570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355902810691341869.post-83050740778796799742021-01-25T11:03:41.919-05:002021-01-25T11:03:41.919-05:00ps I believe Rev Castleberry's wife's name...ps I believe Rev Castleberry's wife's name was Sylvestra, according to Shadowlawn Cemetery records.Karie Mitchell Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16525357018828309163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355902810691341869.post-73063394087996773882021-01-25T10:59:22.877-05:002021-01-25T10:59:22.877-05:00wow. I have just stumbled onto your site here. Gr...wow. I have just stumbled onto your site here. Great research! I am researching Rev Castleberry, who performed the marriage in Aug 1938 of Werry (Wary?) Mitchell (b1910) and Beatrice (nee) Drake. Werry/Wary's father was Spicer Mitchell, who was the son of Cordelia and Henry Mitchell of Summerfield, Alabama (near Selma in Dallas County). Cordelia was born in 1825 and was a slave in Georgia and then Summerfield. After obtaining freedom, Cordelia's family moved to Selma, where the women were Laundresses and later worked at a local Dry Cleaners. Some members moved to Birmingham. I am hoping to get to the present descendants of Spicer and Cordelia and make contact. Cordelia was part of the family (at the time 'property') of Rev Dr Archelaus H Mitchell (b1807 in Georgia). Dr Mitchell was very instrumental in the building of the early Methodist Church in Georgia and then Alabama. Summerfield at that time was a thriving college community with, at one time, 500 students. We have much written material, including a letter from Dr Mitchell's father in Georgia, telling him to 'tell Cordelia that her sister Frannie had a fine baby boy'. I am trying to run down the present descendants of Henry and Cordelia, their daughter Susan and their son Spicer, and his son Werry and wife Beatrice, and make contact with them, and also now Rev W.M. Castleberry, who I learn is buried with his wife at Shadowlawn Cemetery. We are all connected in a beautiful way. This can be a way to bridge the gaps that exist between us and to bring empathy and understanding and connectedness among us. Thank you for your good work!Karie Mitchell Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16525357018828309163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355902810691341869.post-18688019906464258282017-10-12T12:45:52.943-04:002017-10-12T12:45:52.943-04:00Very interesting. I have been looking through marr...Very interesting. I have been looking through marriage licenses and noticed Rev. Castleberry's name quite a few times. I am flipping through digital pages looking for instances of Brother Bryan who performed many marriages in the area. I was wondering why Castleberry kept popping up, so I looked it up and came across your site. Good work on your research!Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13019716810196904759noreply@blogger.com