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Leon Geny, the Belmont gardener, is listed in the Nashville City Directory.

On this page, you see the listing of Adelicia and Joseph Acklen, as well as their gardeners Leon Geny and Robert Kunze - both European immigrants.

Adelicia Acklen donated a bell ($3000) for the church in 1867. This is an example of her charitable work in Nashville.

Three photos of the exterior of the Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville

This document contains selected sources, both primary and secondary, used by students in "Living History," a FLARE project at Trevecca Nazarene University in the 2016 fall semester, relating to Adelicia Acklen.

This paper explores the modes of transportation available to people in Nashville in the 19th century, including river travel, railroads, carriages, and the roads/turnpikes most likely used.

This document has census records and statistics from several decades in the 19th-century, used to look at immigration/nativity rates from several southern cities.

This paper analyzes immigration trends into Nashville and compares them to other southern cities in the 19th century. The paper also looks at migration from the north to the south.

Adelicia Acklen owned several office spaces on Cherry Street. This photo is of the current location of where those offices were located.

This paper examines the work that Adelicia Acklen conducted in terms of philanthropy and charity in Nashville.