Harlan Fountain Lunsford Family Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 7 small boxes and a 1 oversize container for college diplomas. The Lunsford family history is well documented in these materials, which include genealogy records for a far-reaching number of families, census records and maps from the states where the Lunsford families settled.
Dates
- Creation: 1783 - 1985
Biographical / Historical
Harlan Fountain Lunsford was born June 5, 1936 in Cuthbert, Georgia, the son of Harlan Fountain Lunsford, Sr. and Loris Bostick Lunsford. He grew up in Dawson, Georgia and learned the grocery business from his father who owned a wholesale grocery. He graduated from Terrell County High Scholl and attended and graduated from North Georgia College in 1958. He served in the US Army Intelligence Branch. After serving, he settled in Smiths Station, in the Columbus/Phenix City area. He died 17 Feb 2015 and is buried in Brooksville Cemetery in Cuthbert, Georgia.
Extent
8 Linear Feet : 7 small boxes and 1 oversized box
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The material in this collection was given to the Archives by James Gibson, whose brother Ted was a CSU graduate, in September 2018.
Source
- Gibson, James (Person)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Regan, Martha
- Date
- 2020 September 15
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States