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Notes for Mary Florence Allman

On March 11, 1867 The Tennessee Orphan Home was established to care for and educate the children of Confederate soldiers who had been killed while fighting for the cause. The home consisted of one hundred and fifty acres of farm and a house which once belonged to Montgomery County Circuit Court Clerk Thomas Mumford. The home operated between 1867 and 1883.

James Howcott Brickhouse was in charge of the school for Confederate Orphans at Clarksville, Tennessee, and married Florence who was one of his pupils.

In 1863, the town of ERIN was listed on a Middle Tennessee Civil War map. At that time, there were a few stores and an Irish railroad worker camp. The legend says "the hills and creeks reminded the Irish of their native Ireland and named their town Erin."

On her tombstone: "Beloved wife of James Howcott Brickhouse Superintendent of Public Schools Houston County, TN 1889-1893"
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