Alexander L. McCaskill was born in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, on January 4, 1829. He moved to Walton County in 1852 where he married Catherine Campbell Gillis in 1858. They had three children, but only two survived to adulthood. In 1861, McCaskill was chosen to be a member of… Continue reading
Myrtice Vera McCaskill (left, in 1922) was born June 15, 1896, in DeFuniak Springs. She was the daughter of the first City Marshal (1901-1903) Malcolm McCaskill and his wife Mary Stanley. Malcolm was born in Knox Hill in 1861 and was the brother of John Jette McCaskill and the uncle… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
In one of her “Bits and Pieces of Walton County History” columns, Anna Reardon wrote: “Wallace Bruce was born in Hillsdale, N.Y. on January 10, 1844. He was well-educated, graduating with honors from Yale University about 1868. . . . He married Anna Becker of Scodak Depot, N.Y. about 1870…. Continue reading
The study of the career and accomplishments of a successful man is full of educational value, especially when such an individual has achieved tangible and practical results. A record of the accomplishments of some men in the brief span of their life’s period reads like romance. Without knowledge of attending… Continue reading