Glen Mary Plantation in Hancock County, GA
Glen Mary holds a special place in my heart. My 2nd great grand uncle, Flavius J. Pearson, eloped with the daughter, Ella L Smith, of this house about 1860. He was 22 and she was 16. The family story is that he rode across the fields on horseback and swooped her away. Not sure if that was true, but I like the story. Flavius and Ella remained married until his death in 1903. They are buried side by side in the Sparta City Cemetery. Several years ago, right when Glen Mary was beginning the restoration, my mother and I visited. The picture above is what it looked like then. The roof was leaking, various pillars were totally hollow on the inside, but with the determination of one woman, Marilyn Meyers and donor money , it is beginning to look like a house again. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151959291520608&set=pb.249246320607.-2207520000.1378410376.&type=3&theater http://www. glenmaryplantation.o rg/ Glen Mary from the U...