Schley County GaArchives Photo Document.....1890 Ellaville Postcard May 7, 1890 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ernie Jones http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00032.html#0007882 January 24, 2009, 12:47 pm Source: Tri-County Journal, Wed. 7 Jan 2009 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/photos/documents/1890ella23118ph.jpg Image file size: 204.4 Kb The Tri-County Journal and Chattahoochee Chronicle Wed., Jan. 7, 2009 1890 Ellaville Postcard found by Linda Adams Ernie Jones is always searching for items from Ellaville and he recently found a postcard that was sent from Ellaville in 1890 from Mrs. R.M. Murphy to Y.M. Gandy of Chester, Connecticut. The message written on the post card reads: Ellaville, Ga., May 7, 1890. Dear Sir, "Would like very much to be agent for your pillow sham holder, I think I can sell to all the ladies in our village. Please send me ? outfit. Mrs. R. M. Murphy, Schley Co., Ellaville, Ga. Harris Hill researched Mrs. Murphy and came up with the following: Mrs. Roburtus M. Murphy was one Minnie G. Tidwell of Ellaville. Her father was Rev. William W. Tidwell who was pastor of the Ellaville Methodist Church for a time before being reassigned to a pastorate in Berrien County. She was born about 1856. She married Mr. Murphy in July of 1876. He was elected Schley County Tax Collector in Jan. of 1889 and also served as Ellaville's postmaster from Aug. 1889 until Feb. 1898. Mr. Murphy died on his 57th birthday, Aug. 27, 1911. Mrs. Murphy survived him along with 3 sons and a daughter. One additional child died in infancy in 1887. The daughter, Jewel Murphy, married Edgar L. Bridges, who at the time was mayor of Ellaville, in a double wedding with pearl Bridges (the Mayor's sister, I suspect) on November 5, 1898. One of the sons was Carl A. Murphy who was the manager of the legendary 1904-1905 Ellaville baseball team. He later became a traveling salesman or "drummer" as they were called then. Another son was Hoyt P. Murphy. He is buried in Ellaville cemetery with his father. Hill also researched a pillow sham holder and found this excerpt from a 1884 book: "Some enemy to mankind has recently invented an infernal machine known as the pillow-sham holder, which is attached to the head of the bedstead and works with a spiral spring. It is a kind of refined towel-rack on which you hang your pillow shams at night so they won't get busted by the man of the house." The postmarks on the card are legible and show that it was postmarked in Ellaville on May 7, 1890 and again in Chester, Connecticut on May 10, 1890. These dates would signify excellent mail service, indeed, perhaps faster service than exists today! File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/photos/documents/1890ella23118ph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb