This memoir features the rollicking life and times of the grande dame of Oakland, Florida, Grace Mather-Smith relates her experiences-from growing up in the frontier town of Denver, to studying voice in the big city of Chicago, to pioneering in the backwoods of Florida where she raised her family and shook up the community.
This memoir features the rollicking life and times of the grande dame of Oakland, Florida, Grace Mather-Smith relates her experiences-from growing up in the frontier town of Denver, to studying voice in the big city of Chicago, to pioneering in the backwoods of Florida where she raised her family and shook up the community.
Grace Mather-Smith was born in Denver in 1884 and died in rural Oakland, Florida, in 1961. In between, she was a devoted wife and mother, pioneer, community organizer, opera singer, midwife, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Russell P. Kelley. III was born and raised in Palm Beach, Florida. After a career as an international business lawyer that took him around the world, he returned to live in Palm Beach where he has enjoyed rediscovering Florida and the memoir written by his great-grandmother.
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List of Figures Preface by the Editor Acknowledgments Note from the Editor Introduction 1Arriving in Oakland 2Pioneer Ancestors 3Denver 4Chicago 5Pioneering in Oakland 6Weighty Matters 7Back to Oakland 8Edgegrove Farms 9Family Trip to Europe 10Carmen 11Trip Back West 12Civic Improvements 13Flowers, Fruits and Friends 14Tales and Tall Tales 15First and Second Marriages 16Hawaii 17Widowhood 18Last Thoughts Epilogue Afterword by the Editor Appendix - Mather-Smith Family About the Editor
List of Figures Preface by the Editor Acknowledgments Note from the Editor Introduction 1Arriving in Oakland 2Pioneer Ancestors 3Denver 4Chicago 5Pioneering in Oakland 6Weighty Matters 7Back to Oakland 8Edgegrove Farms 9Family Trip to Europe 10Carmen 11Trip Back West 12Civic Improvements 13Flowers, Fruits and Friends 14Tales and Tall Tales 15First and Second Marriages 16Hawaii 17Widowhood 18Last Thoughts Epilogue Afterword by the Editor Appendix - Mather-Smith Family About the Editor
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