Peter David Enfinger (center)
Following the Civil War Southerners witnessed monumental changes throughout the region. The Reconstruction governments put in place by the North laid a heavy burden on the poor farmers and settlers and times were hard. Among the people who witnessed these events was Peter David Enfinger.
Enfinger was born in Freeport, Florida on March 18, 1855. He was one of several children born to James Monroe Enfinger and his wife Melitha. Peter was interviewed by the Pensacola News Journal in August 1954 as he neared his 100th birthday. He recounted the history of a nation in transition after the war....