Credit goes to these
direct descendants
of Frederick William Hurst:
Samuel Harris Hurst, Jr
(a grandson)
In 1961 Samuel and his wife Ida finished the tremendous project
of typing up the diary of Frederick William Hurst
and getting it produced in book format.
Joyce Holt
(a great-great-granddaughter)
Joyce retyped the diary of Frederick William Hurst
in electronic format, created this web site,
produced the book in trade paperback and Kindle ebook formats,
and produced the book of Hurst's artwork,
for which she also wrote supplementary material.
Sharon Butler (a great-great-great-granddaughter)
For one of her Laurel Projects,
Sharon created a detailed index
of Frederick William Hurst's diary.
Joyce referred to Sharon's index
to quickly assemble links in this website.
Jon Kramer
Jon provided scans of 50 sketches in
in Frederick William Hurst's sketchbook
(1875 to 1876)
Erica DuPaul
Erica provided a scan of one of
Frederick William Hurst's paintings.
DeRoy Jensen
DeRoy provided a scan of one of
Frederick William Hurst's paintings.
Gordon Hurst
Gordon provided scans of two of
Frederick William Hurst's paintings,
and of
portraits of several of his wife's ancestors.
Cynthia Hendrix White
Cynthia provided scans of
portraits of several of his wife's ancestors.