Dr. Ferdinand Maddin Malone

26-Feb-1858 Athens, Limestone County, Alabama

25-Jun-1943 Capleville, Shelby County, Tennessee

Turn of the Century

Renaissance Man

by great-granddaughter

Mary Lou Wilcox Reed

White Bluff, Tennessee

June 2003

Table of Contents

Foreword by Author 3

Chapter 1 Beginnings. 6

Chapter 2 Boyhood and the War 12

Confederate Army Record written by John T. Malone. 12

War Letters and Memories. 14

Fredie wrote about the times: 14

John's Letter - In the breastworks Near Atlanta Georgia - Aug 10, 1864. 18

John T. Malone - 10 Day Pass Home -January 19, 1865. 20

The End - April 26, 1865. 21

Chapter 3 Reconstruction. 22

Chapter 4 A Young Man’s Pursuits. 27

Chapter 5 Ferdie and Laura. 48

Chapter 6 Turning Point 57

1901. 57

Biographical sketch of Ferdie by youngest daughter Alba: 57

1903. 58

1906. 58

1918-1925 A Country Doctor Through the Eyes of a Granddaughter by Nan Tuggle Flinn. 58

Chapter 7 The Journals. 64

1912 Journal of Ferdinand Maddin Malone. 64

Growing Up At Ross’ Corner 202

1930 Journal of Ferdinand Maddin Malone. 205

1933 Journal of Ferdinand Maddin Malone. 289

Our Old Slaves (as I and Henderson Jamison (col) remember: 360

1934 Journal of Ferdinand Maddin Malone. 377

1941 Journal of Ferdinand Maddin Malone, Excerpts. 458

Our Old Slaves. 458

1943 Journal of Ferdinand Maddin Malone. 462

This Is The Last Entry In The Journal.. 490