Category: People

Anna Becker Bruce

Anna (often called “Annie”) Becker was born on October 22, 1849, in the village of Schodack Depot, New York. She attended a private “Young Ladies Academy” in northern New York. Wallace Bruce and Anna married on June 29, 1870, at Schodack Depot. They had three children. The photograph of Anna was taken in Edinborough, Scotland, […]

Harley and Coralie Wickersham

Harley Emmett Wickersham (1877-1953) and his wife Coralie (1875-1944) lived on Circle Drive in a home designed by Duncan Gillis, a well-known architect. Harley operated a funeral parlor a few blocks from their home that his father, Jonathan Adoniram Wickersham, founded in 1885. Coralie was from a prominent family that included her brother, Donald Stuart […]

R.E.L. and Florence McCaskill

Robert E. Lee McCaskill (1871–1946) was a wealthy land developer and timber tycoon who inherited vast land holdings from the estate of his father, John Jett McCaskill. Robert McCaskill’s promotional booklet, “The Road to Health, Happiness and Prosperity,” interlaced facts and photographs with folksy prose designed to lure farmers and ranchers to Walton County. The […]