Wake Wednesday - Major General Calvin Jones, M. D. of Wake Forest

Did you miss the Summer 2024 feature about Major General Calvin Jones, M. D. of Wake Forest in the Wake Genealogy Watch newsletter?

If so, here is your reminder to seek out the feature to correct that mistake! Ed Morris, the former executive director of the Wake Forest Historical Museum shares his vast knowledge on Jones and illustrates why he can truly be called an early Wake County renaissance man. Jones was a soldier, medical man, entrepreneur, educator, politician and founder of a school that would eventually become Wake Forest University. This is not guilding the lilly. There is much more to know. I don't want to spoil Ed's masterful telling of the story, so I will direct you to it with the encouragement to keep a sharp eye. You don't want to miss how Major General Calvin cleverly saved North Carolina from being a battleground state in the War of  1812. He was truly a masterful strategist!

Dr. Calvin Jones  of Wake Forest. Portrait
 photo by Ken Bennett, Wake Forest University

This featured article can be accessed in this issue of the WGW on pages 3-7.

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Wake Genealogy Watch - Summer Edition 2024, v7.4 - Live Now at our website

The Summer 2024 Issue (Vol. 7 Issue 4) of our award-winning newsletter, Wake Genealogy Watch, is now available online for reading or download. You can visit the WCGS website  or access through this link -  Wake Genealogy Watch, Summer 2024.

  Features in this issue include:

• Our updated slate of officers for the WCGS Board of Directors
  
  
• Past president Carla Stancil reflects on the progress and challenges faced by our society during her tenure.
  
  
• Ed Morris, retired executive director of the Wake Forest Historical Museum, shares his vast knowledge of Major General Calvin Jones, M.D. of Wake Forest. You will be amazed at his many accomplishments and contributions to Wake County.
  
  
• Cynthia Gage made some very special discoveries about her ancestors using the resources at places of higher learning. She shares her tips with us.
  
  
• A clean up and preservation guide to help you know what to do and who to contact for help saving your aging family cemeteries in need of care.
  
  
• A new resource to help you get started researching the Wake Cemetery Survey Image records. Come check out our quick tips for successful searches.
  
  
• Details of our Summer 2024 Events Calendar.

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