COLLECTION NAME:
Mary Wheeler Collection
Record
Filename:
MW.B4.F21.152(i).jpg
Identifier:
MW.B4.F21.152(i)
Title:
Tom Wall Holdin' the Mule
Creator:
Wheeler, Mary (1892-1979)
Subject:
Roustabouts
Subject:
African American music -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
African Americans -- Paducah (KY)
Subject:
Horses
Subject:
Black history -- Paducah (KY)
Description:
Former roustabout Tom Wall and a mule. According to U.S. Census records Thomas Wall was born in Tennessee around 1863. He worked as a fireman on steamboats, living in Paducah with his wife Florence. The couple lived the majority of the early twentieth century at 1226 Madison and 1317 Monroe in Paducah, KY. Tom Wall appears in Mary Wheeler's book Steamboatin' Days on pages 25-27 and 43-46 and is credited for the songs God Dog My Lousy Soul and John Gilbert. Ms. Wheeler notes that Tom worked on the boats SILVER CLOUD (Way 5110), W.A. JOHNSON (Way 5618), JOHN GILBERT (Way #3066) and CITY OF PADUCAH (Way #1116).
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Date:
Circa 1935
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Image/TIFF
Language:
English
Coverage:
Lower Ohio River Valley
Rights:
Permission must be obtained from the McCracken County Public Library, Local and Family History Department
Citation:
Ancestry Library Edition. ProQuest, n.d. Web. Caron's Directory of the City of Paducah, KY. Louisville, KY: Caron Directory Company Inc., 1908-1959. Print. "Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records." Web. 2014. "Paducahky.gov." Oak Grove Cemetery. City of Paducah. Web. 2014. Way, Frederick, Jr. Way�s Packet Directory, 1848-1983. Athens, OH: Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, 1983. Print. Way, Frederick, and Joseph W. Rutter. Way's Steam Towboat Directory. Athens: Ohio UP, 1990. Print. Wheeler, Mary. Steamboatin� Days: Folk Songs of the River Packet Era. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1944. Print. 1860-1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com)
