As a tribute to Veterans today, I compiled a list of ancestors who served that I have blogged about. This…
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Living History: Turpentine Farming
My great-grandfather, Jeremiah Daniel Thomas (1858-1946); my 2nd great-grandfather, Daniel B. Grant (1846-1900); and my 3rd great-grandfather, Jeremiah Grant (1815-1892)…
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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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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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