Genealogy
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Church Records Sunday
Register of Members (Macedonia) Names transcribed to the best of my ability. Corrections are welcome! Other pages in this book Continue reading
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The Great Cyclone of 1884
As a child, my Ma-Ma told me of a tornado coming through and either ripping a baby from the arms of it’s mother, or pulling both mother and baby off their front porch. I wish I remembered more of the story, especially since I made her tell me a few times. I thought it was Continue reading
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Freeman R Smith
One of my biggest brick walls, perhaps the biggest is James Cuddy Smith. On FamilyTree YDNA, my grandfather has 6 matches at 37 markers. On would think with over 10,000 matches at 12, that number would be higher! One of these 6 matches is a descendant of Freeman R. Smith. He is often referred to Continue reading
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Overlooked — Absalom Caudle
Absalom Caudle is an enigma to me. What am I overlooking? Is this a case that one person said many years ago that his parents are Benjamin and Mary Adams Caudill and the multitude simply took it as fact? Or am I missing something? What I think I know: Absalom Caudle was born 1759 in Continue reading
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Nickname
Beauton Evangeline. Now isn’t that a name? That was my Granny Boot’s given name. Her daddy didn’t like Beauton and declared he was going to call her Boots. The name evidently stuck. Many people didn’t realize it wasn’t her real name. As grandchildren came along, she became Granny Boots. Beauton Evangeline Haywood was born December Continue reading
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A Favorite Photo
It’s impossible for me to pick just one favorite photograph. I decided to pick an ancestor I hadn’t written about much and my favorite photograph of him. I have a fleeting memory of my great grandfather Charlie Morris. I really shouldn’t have that considering he died when I was two. My grandmother and older cousins Continue reading
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In the beginning
This post is a part of the 2025 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at www.amyjohnsoncrow.com. I remember when my grandmother being visited by Gray Harris. He wanted to know about her Harris family for a book he was writing. I remember sitting at her kitchen table with them and listening to her Continue reading
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Children of James and Martha Smith –Green Smith
I believe the children of James and Martha Smith to be the following: This is the fifth installment of trying to learn more about James Cuddy and Martha Smith by learning about their children. I’m confident that Nelson P, Green, Richmond, Cuddy J and Nancy were James and Martha’s children. In addition, I believe they Continue reading
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Finding WC
For a long time I have tried to find the child of Mattie Harris. Mattie was the daughter of William Christopher and Alice Virgillia Harris Harris. Not much is known about her from the time her mother passed away in 1912 until 1918. On November 23, 1918, she gave birth to a son, WC Harris Continue reading
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Children of James C and Martha Smith — The problem with WC and Martha
You know what they say, research is never done. This is another one of those topics I’m going to have to circle back around to. Maybe someone better than me can sort this out. Until this week, I believed that James C and Martha had the following children who survived to adulthood. Throughout the past Continue reading
Chasing the Past 