Tag: Effinger
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Stories of Duffié’s Nelson County Raid
My mother, Maria Nelson Gantt Keller, was born and raised in Nelson County, Virginia. Her two great grandmothers or their families each passed down stories related to Union Major General David Hunter’s infamous Valley Campaign in June 1864. Duffie’s raid took place between July 11-12th, 1864 and, other than Sheridan 1865 raid, was the only…
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Annie Effinger: The Lost Effinger Connection
One of the most interesting interconnections in our overlapping family history is that of the Effinger family of Harrisonburg and the Massie family. George Michael Effinger was the eldest child of Ignatius Effinger, the Hessian Soldier who changed sides in the Revolutionary War and became George Washington’s bodyguard. He and his English wife, Elizabeth Hope,…
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