Smith
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Children of James and Martha Smith–Nelson P Smith
I believe the children of James and Martha Smith to be the following: I am in no way done with my research into this family. In fact, I’m only getting started. However, I wanted to get some sort of narrative down on these children. You’ll soon see how incomplete my research is. I picked, at Continue reading
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What’s in a name?
There are a few folks in my ancestry for which I’m completely unsure of their names. Perhaps the reason I’m unsure of names is proof you can’t believe what your family has passed down. James Smith was my maternal 5th great grandfather. I’m certain of his first and last names (well, I’m sure it could Continue reading
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Sallie Thompson
The facts: Yesterday as we gathered at my grandfather’s, there had been talk of visiting one of the local cemeteries we all remembered from our childhood. One aunt suggested we visit another. One none of us were familiar with. So, the girls piled in the vehicle for a short road trip and then a short Continue reading
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C is for Crippled
This is my great-grandfather, Joseph Jones Smith. When he was in his late twenties, early thirties, he took sick and was bed ridden for two weeks with pneumonia. When he recovered from the pneumonia, arthritis had attacked his joints and he couldn’t bend most of them. He spent the last half of his life unable Continue reading
Chasing the Past 