52 Ancestors 52 Weeks
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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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Challenge — One Ancestor Ago
This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at http://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/. Challenge I buried my father today. Not the challenge I was going to post about this week. He had cancer and was five minutes into his first chemotherapy treatment. At first, I thought I would Continue reading
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Six Ancestors Ago — John “Jacky” Morris
First This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at http://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/. John “Jacky” Morris is my fourth great grandfather via: The Facts: This week’s prompt is “First.” John “Jacky” Morris is in many ways first. He was my first roadblock. He’s also the first mystery in which Continue reading
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Four Ancestors Ago–John “Sutt” Morris (52 Ancestors)
This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at www.nostorytoosmall.com. John Thomas “John Sutt” Morris is my 2nd great-grandfather via The facts: The following was written by my mother in about 1990. John T. “Sutt” Morris There were so many John Morris’s in the Moratock, Eldorado, and Ophir communities in the late Continue reading
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P is for Preacher aka Five Ancestors Ago–LeeRoy Whitson Harris (52 Ancestors Week 16)
is for Preacher. This post is a part of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge by Amy Johnson Crow at www.nostorytoosmall.com. Rev. LeeRoy Whitson Harris is my 2nd great-grandfather via The facts: He was a shoemaker according to the 1880, 1900, and 1920 census. In 1910, he was listed as a farmer. Was this just the recorder listing Continue reading
Chasing the Past 
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