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THE MYTHIC Westerly IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA $25.00
University Press donation Kansas $9.95 (ISBN 0-7006-0377-8) 1986
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Society (ISBN 0-686-4644-0) 1958
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ISBN 0-87726-006-0) no date
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paperback
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1979
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1001 MOST-ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT Say publicly AMERICAN WEST
$10.95 paperback
Kansas Heritage Center 1982
Cogswell, John
VOICES OF Interpretation PLAINS: Designated RADIO COMMENTARIES
$9.95 Greenridge Press
(ISBN 0-944720-07-3) 1987
COURTHOUSES OF Algonquin COUNTY Algonquin County
Historical The upper crust 1965 no date
Collins, Carpenter T., editor
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The Karnes Crowbar
July 1999, Volume 2, Issue 3, Part Two
Wedding Bells
Marriages--Illinois to 1850
Karnes, Elizabeth
Odell, Alfred C.
Nov
29
1835
Fosdick, Amanda
Karnes, David
Oct
17
1839
Karnes, William F.
Tibles, Ann
Oct
26
1841
Belts, Sarah
Karnes, Phillip
Nov
25
1841
Gassaway, Polly Ann
Karnes, George
May
16
1833
Anderson, John P.
Karnes, Elizabeth
Jun
30
1833
Karnes, Samuel H.
Woods, Martha
Feb
19
1834
Holston, Delida
Karnes, John
Apr
07
1834
Grable, Israel J.
Karnes, Sarah
Mar
26
1840
Gasaway, T. F.
Karnes, Martha
Dec
04
1842
Marriages--Indiana to 1850
Karnes, Sophia Jane
Palmer, Jacob
Dec
22
1844
Beall, Richard J. H.
Karnes, Syntha A.
Oct
12
1848
Karnes, Aaron
Shearer, Sally
May
31
1819
Karnes, Tabitha
Miller, Joseph
Oct
21
1827
Davis, Caleb S.
Karnes, Elizabeth M.
Nov
30
1843
Carpenter, Nancy
Karnes, Abraham
Apr
20
1842
Marriages--Kentucky to 1850
Karnes, Margaret
Oldacre, Henry
Jan
06
1806
Karnes, Allen
Percey, Elizabeth
May
12
1811
Karnes, Joseph
Stilwell, Jane
Sep
15
1825
Marriages--Missouri to 1850
Colins, Nancy
Laughlin, Karnes
Jul
18
1844
Carter, John
Karnes, Sarah
Feb
15
1841
Marriages--Pennsylvania to 1790
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1743,
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Alfred Karnes
American gospel musician (1891–1958)
Alfred Grant Karnes (February 2, 1891 – May 18, 1958) was an old time musician and Southern Gospel singer best known for his recordings at the Bristol Sessions in 1927.
Biography
[edit]Born in Bedford County, Virginia,[1] later residing in Corbin, Kentucky, Karnes was a Baptist preacher and gospel singer. In 1927, he drove to Bristol, Tennessee in response to advertisements put out by Ralph Peer looking for local artists to record on Victor Records. Karnes recorded six sides at the sessions, all gospel, accompanied by his own harp-guitar with the best known including "Bound For The Promised Land", "To The Work" and "Where We'll Never Grow Old". Karnes' records sold well enough for him to record seven more sides for Victor. After that Karnes made no further recordings and returned to the pulpit in Corbin for the rest of his life until he died in 1958. He is buried in McHargue Cemetery, Lily, Laurel County, Kentucky.[1]
Musical style
[edit]Alfred Karnes played the harp-guitar, a seldom recorded instrument from the Edwardian Era. The harp-guitar had a large guitar body with an extra set of strings above the main fretboard which were unfretted. These were struck along with the regular guitar stri