George Willis Tate, author of Barkley House Vignettes: People and Events of Old Pensacola, graduated from Penn State Law School summa cum laude. An amateur historian, he tells the story of Barkley House special passion. George is the great-great grandson of George and Clara Barkley, some of Pensacola’s most influential early immigrant settlers.

Pensacola’s National Registry “Barkley House” is the stage for many interesting and previously untold historically accurate tales. The book reveals the port city’s linkage to the families of George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte.  You’ll meet a princess whose family lived in Pensacola, a prince who dined on boiled owls, a French nobleman who owned a hotel on Palafox street, and a Pensacola brick maker whose family included the richest man in America. You’ll forever see the already-famous Barkley House in a more historic light once you‘ve tasted the rich gumbo of Pensacola‘s territorial days via this popular new work of public history!

A writer since undergraduate days, George was honored to receive the Washington Post’s award for “Best Edited Government Publication” and now writes for The Veteran Voice newspaper as well as publishing for Legacy Press.

This ends George's entry.  Please have her remove the stuff about Patricia from George's page.

**Patricia is married to Dr. Joe A. Edmisten; they have a blended family of 6 children and 15 grandchildren.