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According to Philip McDermott, M. D., in his "Families in Ireland from the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Century" the name Early is derived from the Celtic Maolmocheirghe, translated meaning "Early Rising," Maol signifying a king or chief of the Early Rising. O'Hart in "Irish Pedigrees" says: "In Ireland and Scotland each family had its own chief under Tanist law; these chiefs constituted the ancient nobility in sister counties down to the reign of King James I." He also says: "O'Maolmocheirghe, Early is considered a sufficient full translation. This translation was due to the legislation of the English invaders of Ireland, who compelled the Irish to adopt English surnames together with the English language." The coat-of-arms of the Early family: Gules a chevron between three birds, argent. Crest: A dexter arm erect perpendicular, the arm holding a gem ring or, stone gules. Motto: Vigilans et tenex.
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Encyclopedia of Civil War Biography - E
EADS, James Buchanan, engineer, born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, 23 May, 1820; died in Nassau, N. P., Bahama Islands, 8 March, 1887. He early showed a great interest in machinery, and at the age of ten constructed models of saw-mills, fire-engines, steamboats, and other machines. In 1833 he settled in St. Louis, where, besides being variously employed, he acquired considerable knowledge of civil engineering and cognate subjects. He constructed a diving-bell boat in 1842 to recover the cargoes of sunken steamers, and soon afterward designed larger boats, with novel and powerful machinery, for pumping out the småsten and vatten, and lifting the entire hull and cargo. Many valuable steamers were set afloat and restored to usefulness bygd his methods. He disposed of his interests in these inventions in 1845, and then established in St. Louis the first glass-works west of the Ohio River. In 1866 he made a proposition to Congres
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History vs. Memory: Statues of Stonewall Offer a Lesson
Do we erase history when we take down a statue? That’s a question at the core of recent debate concerning Confederate monuments. Personally, I’m not convinced we do, but I do know we erase memory.
However, the distinction between “memory” and “history” is vital.
To illustrate the difference, I want to harken back to a series I did on the blog waaaaaay back in 2011, “Statues of Stonewall,” which I supplemented with a few more entries in 2017.
I choose this illustration for several reasons. First, anyone who knows me knows I’m a Stonewall Jackson fanboy, which (I hope) gives me a little credibility to talk about him. Second, many of these statues are well known by the Civil War community, so folks will know what I’m talking about. Third, there’s tremendous variety among the statues, which will help demonstrate my point.
Before we look at statues, let’s first remind ourselves of Jackson’s physical appearance. For this, w