This character is mentioned in the Wabash Cannonball. Claxton was
also, I believe, Roy Acuff's middle name. If anyone can explain this,
please do. Is this a case of persons living or dead being purely coincidental, or is there any connection not involving precognition?
TIA.
Al
This character is mentioned in the Wabash Cannonball. Claxton was
also, I believe, Roy Acuff's middle name. If anyone can explain this,
please do. Is this a case of persons living or dead being purely coincidental, or is there any connection not involving precognition?
TIA.
Al
On Tuesday, May 11, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Al Christians wrote:get his crops to market and although tried, was not convicted, the jury was made up of sympathetic farmers from the area.
This character is mentioned in the Wabash Cannonball. Claxton was
also, I believe, Roy Acuff's middle name. If anyone can explain this, please do. Is this a case of persons living or dead being purely coincidental, or is there any connection not involving precognition?
TIA.
AlReplying to the LAST comment on the thread, the one that says:
Daddy Claxton was an Alabama farmer at the turn of the century in rural Alabama.Most historical records say that he was Black. The railroads of that time had a monopoly on farmers crops getting to market and many lost their farms. He stole a train to
The above is what I learned, too, somewhere in my past. Did you learn it from me? for instance, at https://historynewsnetwork.org/blog/152354 ? If not, then you and I both learned it independently, which is TWO sources, twice as good as one!
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