Sharing Faith, Stories, and Wisdom from Generation to Generation
I’ve been writing and exploring my family history for decades. It’s easy to get jaded and think there’s nothing new to discover about some people. My uncle, Carlisle E. Martin (1915-1977), was one of those people until a few months ago. Carlisle was the oldest of my mother’s siblings. His parents were J. Daniel Martin (1886-1955) and Florrie Thomas Martin…
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Last Man Standing was a recent theme for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. My grandfather, Daniel “Dan” Wilbert HEISER (1882-1974) was the last man standing in his family. Dan first wife, Goldie PRICE HEISER (my grandmother) died 1 January 1919 in Washington, D.C. at 25 years of age. Her death certificate had no place to name the informant, but I’m…
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I only saw my HEISER grandfather, Daniel Wilbert “Dan” HEISER (1882-1974), a handful of times in my life. He and my dad, Charles L. HEISER (1913-2001), were not close. My dad was raised by his mother’s parents after his mother, Goldie PRICE HEISER (1893-1919) died when he was five. He was separated from his father and sisters for reasons he…
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This week’s prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks is: So Many Descendants. Two ancestors in my mom’s family each had 16 children: Uriah/Huriah Henry LEE, Sr. and Renatus THOMAS. But Uriah, my 2nd great-grandfather, has more descendants. I didn’t do a full count, but the estimate put Uriah ahead. I did count grandchildren, though – 88 of them! Uriah…
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This is the first installment in an irregular series I’m calling ‘Things to be Learned from Dead People.’ (Note: There are three men named John Terry in my family tree. None of them are this John Terry.) A murder in Fairfield County, SC A man named John G. Sessions, of Fairfield County, South Carolina was murdered in Barnwell County, South…
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If you’ve read even some of my blog posts, you know I enjoy research. A few years ago, my daughter and I put boots to the ground to find a ‘lost’ local cemetery after I did all the background research I could. Here are links to the two blog posts I wrote about: The Challenge of the Dickens Family Cemetery…
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