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Originally Posted by frankbmd
I am interested in not only the nuances of the cards I collect, but also about the nuances and stories of the players. Arch Persons has a T206 card, but this still may be OT. He played for Montgomery in 1908 and 1909. He was out of baseball by 1912.
In 1924 Truman Capote was born in New Orleans. His father was not around for long in Truman's life, but his father's name was Arch Persons, from a "prominent" Alabama family. Truman spent a portion of his childhood with cousins in Monroeville, Alabama. I have wondered whether our Arch Persons SL is the father of Truman Capote, but have been unable to verify this.
The dates are plausible, the geography works and the name isn't all that common. I cited some reference material I had found awhile back and asked the Library of Congress for help. The person who answered my request seemed to care less in his response, which was not helpful.
Is there anyone else on the Board, who has any information on Persons the ballplayer that may be helpful in resolving this issue?
Not sure whether this has been discussed here before or whether it belongs by the water cooler, but I decided to toss it up here and see what happens.
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Sorry to necropost here but I also wondered about this guy and did a hefty bit of research on him for
a piece on my blog - tl/dr is that Arch Persons in the T206 set was moonlighting as Archie PeArson on the west coast, allowing him to jump contracts easily while holding two baseball jobs a year most seasons.
I was curious about him because most of the other T206 guys from the Montgomery team are pretty much minor league veterans, but there wasn't much info on Arch available.