Amber Fellure strengthened ties with her grandmother, Ann Brown,
during her archival research locating primary sources for her final
document. Their shared passion for genealogy made the discovery journey
fun for both of them. Fellure focused her study on the “French 500”
who settled in her town, Gallipolis, Ohio. These French aristocrats,
fleeing from the French Revolution, purchased deeds to the area around
Gallipolis from land speculators. However, those that survived the
shipwreck and other hardships to reach this promised land discovered
their deeds were worthless. Fellure dug into their original accounts of
how they managed to survive on the Ohio frontier and created a
fascinating final document.
Amber Fellure, J.D., is the assistant city prosecutor for
Gallipolis. After graduating from the M.A. Program, she began to teach
history, law, and criminal justice classes at her local community
college.
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