by Haruo » Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:24 am
So was "Doctor Reuben Gideon “Dock” Jimmerson" a doctor by education and/or title, or was "Doctor" (and the nickname "Dock") a given name like the Judge in Colored Sacred Harp editor Judge Jackson? And I would note that the records of this fellow spell his various names variously, with at least one "Reubin", and with as far as I can see "Jimerson" outnumbering "Jimmerson". Do you know whether (as I would assume) the D. R. Jimerson who was the senior pastor at the meeting following Angus's demise was this same D[octor] R[euben] Jim[m]erson? And I wonder if he's related to Ellin Jimmerson of Huntsville.
Any hymn texts emerging from the Freewillers you've been studying?
Haruo = Leland Bryant Ross
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