This is another installment in the series entitled Things to Be Learned From Dead People. I didn’t personally know my…
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Frankie and Johnny and Grandma and Me
My grandma, Florrie THOMAS MARTIN (1894-1979) lived with my family. When my sister and I were teenagers, we played a…
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Dogs belong outside
When I was nine, Tinker came into our lives. Tinker was a cocker-beagle mix. She was about the size of…
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52 Ancestors Week 14 – Phillip Martin: Farmer, Preacher and POW
Phillip MARTIN, my 2nd great-grandfather, was born 30 March 1831 to Joel E. MARTIN and Sarah GILL MARTIN. He was…
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52 Ancestors Week 9 – Finding John and Mary Davis
In short order, our little entourage (myself, Joyce, Katie, Tommy, Agnes and Agnes’ son Bobby) were piling into the van….
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52 Ancestors Week 7 – Goldie, the grandmother I never knew
My dad’s mother, Goldie Isabel Price Heiser, was born in August 1893 to Montgomery Price (1859-1947) and Sarah Rebecca Pyles…
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