The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-27
DAYS IN
|STATfH|STORY
Interesting Renaissance of Over
d so Years Ago In Florida
ACTION OF JAN. 10, 1861
From Union Distinguished
Citizens Who RI presented States In
terest In Memorable Convention

y, Fifty years ago Florida withdrew from
3he Federal Union and the secession or
FINANCE was adopted by the distinguish
led Florida convention.
ri The action of January III, 1861, has {
two-fold purpose, the legal dissolution
of the relations which the State of Flor
! Ida bore to the United States. and the
reverence of all ties whatever that
< cund her to the north, ties which hac
become obnoxious to the majority OF
1.-THE people.
81 January 10 was the semi centenial OF
I. fhe great day in the history of Florida,
Ind in the appreciation of the historic
Esignifcance of the event as well as OF
the agitation which preceded it and the
& four years of bloody war that followed
n and many more years of reconstruction
that came after that, The Pensacola
<'Evening News has prepared this story
with the aid of Secretary of State H.
CLAY Crawford. who furnished great
s!majOrity of the facts. In presenting
these memorials of treasured past, it
Is in no other than broad, historic
Hspirit. 1t is the duty of the State to
preserve to the world and to itself. 1t
an inspiring story that the sons and
daughters of Florida have presented to
them today, and they cannot arise from
the contemplation of the facts without
"a deeper appreciation of their obliga-
lions to their fathers.
n Following is a memorandum of the
persOnnel, etc., of the Florida Seces-
{ son Convention of 1861. 1862, compiled
EfrOm the minutes of the proceedings of
The convention 1.-THE original recOrds) by
III. Clay Crawford, secretary of State:
The convention met half hundred
wears ago, Thursday, January 3, 1861,
Sixty. nine delegates having been elecc.
ed tO-wit: -
AIachua-J. C. Pelot, who was grand
FATHER of Prof. Harry +. Graham, form
zerly of the Pensacola High School, now
<of the Stearns-C Culver Lumber Com
2pany of Bagdad. His son of the same
initials is an old man now and lives in
9Manatee county, and he was old enough
TO have been member of the cOnven-
lion. j. b. Hawkins and M. s. Perry.
This Perry was a brother of Governor
Perry, who served before the war.
4 Brevard- William B. Yates.
Il Columba-J. w. Jones and A. J. P.
Wright.
Calhoun Fifth District) -McQeen
5McIntosb; Samuel Benezet and 5. j.
Baker.
CIay-T. j. Hendricks.
Duval- j. P. Sanderson and }. M.
Daniel.
II Escambia-A. w. Nicholson and Will.
Diam S. Wright, father of CIV. Wright,
ywho ia one of PensacOla's wealthiest
land most prominent citizens.
Franklin-S. B. Stevens.
Gadsden-A. X. Allison, T. Y. Henry
land E. c. Love, father of the prominent
Herbert Love, who now resides in
Quincy, Fla and of Col. E. c. Love
|also Of Quincy.
Hamilton-L. A. Folsom and Joseph
Thomas. 49,
Hernandez. W. Saxon, Joseph M.
Taylor. ,..
Hillsboro- Simon Truman, Jas. Gittis
|(Twentieth District
Holmes-R. d. Jordan and K. X.
Golden.
Jackson-S. S Alderman, who is, as
far as can be learned the only member
|of the memorial convention who still
lives. He resides today at Wewahithc,,
ka. j. X. G. Baker, j. A. Collier and
Adam Medically.
Jefferson M. Palmer.T. B. Lamar
and James Y. Young, W S. Dilworthy
and Calvin Davis, J. P. Anderson and
Alyia May.
Lafayette.E. P. Darlington.
Leon-John Beard, who was the
father of Hon. Jno. s. Beard, formerly
of Pensacola, w. G. M. Davis. James
Kirksey, G. w. Parkhill r. H.Gamble,
q prominent citizen of Tallahassee VINO
died only few years ago, and Geo. /.
Ward.
Levy Helvenst.
Liberty s. Gregory.
Madison C. McGeehee and A.
j. Lea.
Manatee- Ezekial Glazier.
Marion--J. B. Owens, w. McGahag-
in. John j. Lamb Thirteenth District)
s. M. G. Gary and L. j. Cooper.
Monroe Winer Bethel, thought to
he a grandfather of Judge H. l.. Bethel
of Tallahassee. although this could not
be verified, William Pickney ana r.
Tiff.
New River-Isaac S. Coon.
Nassau Joseph Finegrin.
Orange w. w. Woodruff and Isaac
Rutland Nineteenth District)
Putnam. o. Devall.
st. Johns Mathew Solana and X. T.
Mays
Suinter--D. G. Leigh.
Santa Rosa-Ja Norton, p. =.
Simpson. father Of Mr.. r, B. and Or. J