In 1964, Hazel Harvey Quaid put together a 15-page pamphlet covering the history of early American music. Quaid had been an Associate Professor of Music at Arizona State University, and the pamphlet was intended for the Arizona State Music Teacher's Convention. Apparently this convention marked the 25th anniversary of the Arizona State Music Teacher's Association, of which Hazel Quaid was a life member. Gammage Auditorium , a performing arts venue on the Arizona State campus designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, had only opened about a month earlier. Hazel Harvey Quaid (1892-1967) was the third wife of John Pier Quaid (1879-1945), and their story is covered here . Early American Music 1620-1869 A Brief Review Prepared for ARIZONA STATE MUSIC TEACHERS CONVENTION Gammage Auditorium October 10, 11, 1964 By Hazel Harvey Quaid Early Colonial Music Every early colonist brought in his own heart his kind of music according to his religion: Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, or if he were an adven...
When my sixth great-grandfather Jeremiah Shelton died in 1829 he left all of his possessions, including three slaves, to his children. But Jeremiah's widow Nancy had dower rights to a third of that estate during her lifetime. In her case that portion apparently included one of the three slaves, a young woman named Sylvia. When Nancy died in 1839 her dower portion reverted to the heirs, and that triggered a multi-year court battle for possession of Sylvia. Shelton et al vs Figg et al ( original document ) By the time Jeremiah died, almost all of Nancy and Jeremiah's children had moved away from the family home, which was a few miles outside of Morgantown, Kentucky, near the Sandy Creek branch of Big Muddy Creek ( map link ). The one remaining child was their daughter Sarah, who lived nearby with her husband Robert Figg and their children. The Figgs and Sylvia took care of the old couple as they entered the autumn of their years, including moving the widow Nancy into their home a...