Hounchell, Saul -- 1892-1971
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Oneida Baptist Institute Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0048 SAA 048
Abstract
Oneida Baptist Institute in Clay County, Kentucky was founded by James Anderson Burns, a participant in the deadly feuding activity that plagued Clay County in the early 1900s. In his 1928 autobiography, The Crucible, Burns tells of how his participation ended when he was left for dead after a gun battle. He escaped to a mountain-top where he stayed for three days and underwent a transformation, finding that his “…urge for vengeance was gone.”
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Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1906-1983