My great grandmother, Lizzie LEE MARTIN, was born Elizabeth Patience LEE on 12 May 1868 in Richland County, South Carolina….
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Lula Martin: bullet or typhoid?
Lula Devere MARTIN is my 2nd cousin, twice removed. She was the daughter of Hack MARTIN (1851-1932) and Charlotte HARRISON…
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Ella Grant: the last tragedy & the first
For the last four weeks I’ve written about the tragic young deaths of the Gardner family – Benny in 1920,…
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Mattie Gardner: she didn’t die in a car accident
Mattie Mae GARDNER was the last of the seven children born to John GARDNER (1854-1935) and Ella GRANT GARDNER (1864-1918)….
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Walker Gardner: WW1 veteran and young father
Henry Walker GARDNER was born in March 1895 in South Carolina. He was the sixth of seven children born to John…
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Curtis Chavis: gone at 18
Curtis CHAVIS was born 9 October 1925 in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina. He was one of three children born…
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