Showing posts with label ancestors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ancestors. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Camp Chase

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Today finds me thinking about my gr-gr-gr-gr-grandfather, Joseph Lantz, and the horrors he must have witnessed and was subjected to while in...
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Old Time Ways

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I thought I'd share a little bit from the book "Our Roots Are In The Mountains" by a distant cousin of mine, Jocie (Thompson) ...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

A Handful of Pinto Beans

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Ever since I was a little boy, I’ve always wanted to be a farmer. I can’t ever remember a time when I wasn’t drawn to the soil as if by some...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Anderson's Lament

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For my great-great-great Grandfather Anderson. Anderson's Lament A man of privilege born into a good family, He had all of the makings o...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Grandmaw Bithey

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My Grandmaw “Bithey” was quite a character. Her real name was Tabitha (pronounced Ta-bie-tha), and you would have a fight on your hands if y...
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Monday, November 10, 2008

The Farmer's Old Wife

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Recently I've been looking at folktales, rhymes and ballads from the Old Country where my people came from hundreds of years ago. "...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008

Much Ado About Nuttin'

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My cousin Bub picking up hickory nuts. Every fall on the mountain, my family used to get together and we’d go on a nuttin’ trip. We’d gather...
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