The Wadsworth Congregational Church of Whitsett, North Carolina, was founded by Reverend W. Madison Lindsay in 1870, when he returned to the county of his birth after he had fled to Canada and then to Massachusetts as a runaway slave. Reverend Lindsay had a remarkable early life. Born in 1833 to … Continue reading →
In the early 1800’s the American west was still a largely unknown territory where opportunity and adventure abounded, and the dangers of the wild and remote landscape kept all but the toughest of settlers from venturing forth. The landmarks that guided those settlers along the way were little more than verbal … Continue reading →
Some time ago, I was contacted by a woman in Ireland that had come across an original copy of the book 250 Years of the Wadsworth Family in America. The book, she said, was part of an estate sale and she wondered if I would be interested in having it. I … Continue reading →