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From: Kimberly Huber <>
Subject: Re: Flora and Allan MacDonald's Children
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 16:42:52 +0000


Doug:

Taken from the book made after the tornado in 1984 for Red Springs is the
following quote: "Fallen debris and trees liter the graves of the children of
Flora Macdonald for whom the college is named." I will personally go to the
gardens today to find the names of the children buried there.

Kim



Doug Purcell wrote:

> Kimberly, "Flora MacDonald: The Jacobite Heroine in Scotland and North
> America" by Ruairidh H. MacLeod (1995 by Shepheard-Walwyn) lists seven
> children of Flora and Allan MacDonald as follows: Charles, Ann, Alexander,
> James, Ranald, John and Frances. None of these children are buried in North
> Carolina according to this book. Some did not even come to North Carolina. I
> was with Ruari MacLeod on a tour of the Argyll area of Scotland this past
> July and, if I am not mistaken, he stated that the story about some of Flora
> and Allan's children being buried in North Carolina is not true. I am
> curious to learn the names of the children that are supposedly buried in
> North Carolina. Perhaps there is another source that refutes the position
> taken by Mr. MacLeod. It would also be interesting to learn the source of
> the story that maintains some of Flora's children are buried in North
> Carolina.
>
> Doug Purcell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kimberly Huber <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 3:02 PM
> Subject: Flora Macdonald
>
> > Flora Macdonald Academy is still in use in Red Springs, NC. My children
> > are currently attending the Academy. Flora Macdonald's original marker
> > was placed there when it was removed from Scotland for a new marker.
> > However in 1984 a tornado hit Red Springs and devistated most of the
> > town, the gardens were practically destroyed and the marker was heavily
> > damaged. Her children are buried there with the memorial to her.
> >
> > Kim
> > Red Springs, NC
> >
> >

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