Baxter Tillman GARDNER was the son of Bennie GARDNER (1888-1920) and Jessie PATRICK GARDNER BYRD (1892-1967). Baxter was the middle…
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Bennie Gardner: if only he’d lived a few more years
Benjamin Lucas GARDNER was born 12 November 1888 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He was the sixth of seven children…
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Florrie Thomas Martin – tenant farmer’s wife
The month’s Genealogy Blog Party topic is Which of your ancestors deserves to sit on the Iron Throne? My grandma,…
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The Thomas’ aren’t from Chesterfield County!?!
Started out strong My maternal grandmother, Florrie Thomas Martin, supplied me with the names of her parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents….
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Daniel Grant, Jr. : WW2 casualty
Daniel Laban GRANT, Jr. was born in Texas City, Galveston County, Texas on 28 October 1913. His father, Daniel Sr….
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Hollie Grant: A wife and then a widow
Hollie GRANT was the one of seven children born to John GRANT (1851-before 1900) and Laura GAINEY GRANT 1850-1925). John…
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