This week’s prompt is to write about a black sheep in the family. Boe Heiser was the first name that…
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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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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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Stearn Hyser: veteran firefighter and family man
Harry Stearn HYSER, called Stearn, was born 11 November 1879 in Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland. He was the middle child…
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Rufus Terry: textile worker & restaurant operator
Amuel Rufus TERRY, Sr. was born in South Carolina on 7 Aug 1895, probably in Richland County. His parents were…
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Oliver Terry: railroad painter
Oliver Mack TERRY was one of 12 children born to John D. TERRY (1874-?) and Mariah MARTIN TERRY (about 1873-1950)….
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