McAdoo Family Papers, 1840s - 1880s; 1993-1994

Collection — other: Box 1

Identifier: SC-M-002

Staff Only

Content Description

The McAdoo Family Papers are divided into three series by format. The first series contains photocopies of the diaries of Mary Faith Floyd McAdoo and her husband William Gibbs McAdoo from the mid-nineteenth century. The second series is a collection of miscellaneous genealogical material relating to William Gibbs McAdoo. Finally, the correspondence series consists of letters from Brice Clagett to Dr. Florence Corley regarding his book projects.

Dates

Creation: 1840s - 1880s; 1993-1994
Creation: Majority of material found in 1846-1872

Creator

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Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material must be secured from the repository and/or copyright holder.

Biographical or Historical Information

Dr. William Gibbs McAdoo I (1820-1894) married Mary Faith Floyd in 1857. The family was from Clinton, Tennessee, near Knoxville; Dr. McAdoo was affiliated with the University of Tennessee for many years. However, the McAdoos lived in Marietta after the Union occupation of Tennessee during the Civil War. It was in Marietta the couple had their son, William Gibbs McAdoo II (1863-1941). Sarah Temple cites W.G. McAdoo II's autobiography, Crowded Years, as the source for her assertion that the McAdoos refuged in Marietta because they liked the climate and because it was the place where they had first met. She says that they purchased, "a home, at that time called Melora, on the Powder Springs Road several miles from Marietta and in this house William G. McAdoo was born...The house, though in disrepair, is still standing; it is usually known as the Atkinson place, Col. A.S. Atkinson having owned it for some years. The McAdoo family left Marietta in 1864 when William G. McAdoo was about six months old" (Temple, First Hundred Years, 543-544). William Gibbs McAdoo II was the son-in-law of Woodrow Wilson and served as Secretary of the Treasury in the Wilson Administration and later, as a Senator from California. As of 2006, the McAdoo house has been beautifully renovated by Marietta developer Lynn Rechsteiner who restored the house in an historically-conscious way for business offices.