Joseph changed his middle name from Socrates to Shirley. After entering Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, he picked up the nickname "Soc" which he disliked. He was a student at Washington and Lee in 1870 when then President of the school, General Robert E. Lee died. Joseph was one of the students chosen as bodyguard. (Program of Lee's funeral, with Joseph S. Christy appearing on it is owned by Jane Rose (Christy) Kinsey.)
The grandfather of Mr. J. S. Christy, of Sumner was one of the first settlers of Lawrence County in this neighborhood; and his son, William Young Christy, was afterwards a prominent man in the Legislature. Christy and afterward the township. enterprising business towns Mississippi Railroad runs east to west a little north of and represented the County prairie was named from him, Sumner is one of the most: in the County. The Ohio and through the township from the center. Joseph was a pharmacist, he owned a Pharmacy in Sumner for many years. He later did sales and relocated to St. Louis, MO.
The grandfather of Mr. J. S. Christy, of Sumner was one of the first settlers of Lawrence County in this neighborhood; and his son, William Young Christy, was afterwards a prominent man in the Legislature. Christy and afterward the township. enterprising business towns Mississippi Railroad runs east to west a little north of and represented the County prairie was named from him, Sumner is one of the most: in the County. The Ohio and through the township from the center. Joseph was a pharmacist, he owned a Pharmacy in Sumner for many years. He later did sales and relocated to St. Louis, MO.
Joseph changed his middle name from Socrates to Shirley. After entering Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, he picked up the nickname "Soc" which he disliked. He was a student at Washington and Lee in 1870 when then President of the school, General Robert E. Lee died. Joseph was one of the students chosen as bodyguard. (Program of Lee's funeral, with Joseph S. Christy appearing on it is owned by Jane Rose (Christy) Kinsey.)
The grandfather of Mr. J. S. Christy, of Sumner was one of the first settlers of Lawrence County in this neighborhood; and his son, William Young Christy, was afterwards a prominent man in the Legislature. Christy and afterward the township. enterprising business towns Mississippi Railroad runs east to west a little north of and represented the County prairie was named from him, Sumner is one of the most: in the County. The Ohio and through the township from the center. Joseph was a pharmacist, he owned a Pharmacy in Sumner for many years. He later did sales and relocated to St. Louis, MO.
The grandfather of Mr. J. S. Christy, of Sumner was one of the first settlers of Lawrence County in this neighborhood; and his son, William Young Christy, was afterwards a prominent man in the Legislature. Christy and afterward the township. enterprising business towns Mississippi Railroad runs east to west a little north of and represented the County prairie was named from him, Sumner is one of the most: in the County. The Ohio and through the township from the center. Joseph was a pharmacist, he owned a Pharmacy in Sumner for many years. He later did sales and relocated to St. Louis, MO.
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