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James Hosea Ballou Inman in logging scene

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  • This undated photograph shows James Hosea Ballou Inman (1853-1926) second from the left with loggers transporting logs with what appears to be a type of handcar on train tracks. James Hosea Ballou Inman was the son of Reverend James Anderson (1826-1913) and Mary Kirby Inman (1825-1917). Reverend James Anderson Inman became a Universalist preacher in Haywood County in 1859 and after the Civil War, in 1868, the Universalist Church of Haywood County was organized. This photograph is from the Plott collection held by the Bethel Rural Community Organization.