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Thomas Springfield Home (Where Dicey & Thomas lived)
Dry point by South Carolina artist Darrell Koons, 1969, 5 of 45
Commissioned in 1969 by a woman who owned a photo of the
home which burned down in the 1930's.
Family
tradition says that this crystal salt cellar belonged to Dicey Langston.
It was passed down through her daughter Sarah "Sallie"
Springfield Bates who passed it to her daughter, Mary "Patsy"
Bates, to her son James Archibald Altom, to his daughter Crystal Altom, to
her daughter Crystal June Williams to her son Brent Collinson. Through Mr.
Collinson's kindness, the piece is now in Marnie L. Pehrson's possession
(4th GGdaughter of Dicey & Thomas). |
Note is in June
Collinson Gibson's handwriting (Brent Collinson's mother) - "Brent,
this salt cellar belonged to your great, great, great, great grandmother,
Dicey Langston, Revolutionary War heroine." |
Laodicea "Dicey" Langston Springfield's Gravestone
Marnie Pehrson in front of Dicey Monument. Center stone was the
hearthstone
of Dicey's Home in Traveler's Rest, SC
Plaque at the hearthstone monument at Dicey's Home in Traveler's Rest
Dicey and Thomas Springfield's farm in Traveler's Rest, SC
Langston Charter Middle School, named in Dicey's Honor
Opening August 2005 in Greenville, SC
Langston Charter Middle School, named in Dicey's Honor
Opening August 2005 in Greenville, SC
Marnie Pehrson speaking on "Who Was Dicey Langston"
At Press Conference announcing Langston Charter Middle School
in Greenville, SC.
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