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Tracing Our Roots: A Genealogy Coloring Book
Available on Amazon for $9.99! Discover the beauty of your family history, one coloring page at a time. Every family has a story worth remembering. Tracing Our Roots: A Genealogy Coloring Book invites you to celebrate the people, places, and… Continue reading
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Dr. Henry Henson – The Night the Stars Fell From the Sky
Dr. Henry H. Henson lived a long and eventful life that spanned nearly 88 years and included major changes in Texas and American history. He was born on May 21, 1823, in Rabun County, Georgia. His family later moved to… Continue reading
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Wiley Marion Hopson
Wiley Marion Hopson was born in July 1832, in Meriwether County, Georgia. He lived through a period of tremendous change in American history, from the antebellum South and the Civil War to the growth of rural communities in East Texas.… Continue reading
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The Driehorst Family of Camden, New Jersey
The historical records of a family can sometimes reveal more than names, dates, and relationships. Newspaper articles, census records, and obituaries can offer glimpses into private struggles that might otherwise have remained hidden. The story of Harold Wray Driehorst and… Continue reading
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Dainty Dolly Castle
Dolly Castle: The Petite Lion Tamer Who Was Larger-than-Life Dolly Castle lived the kind of life that sounds more like a circus story than a biography. She was a singer, actress, lion tamer, elephant trainer, dog trainer, and radio personality.… Continue reading
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Under the Big Top: The Wild History of the Al G. Barnes Circus
Part I The buzz surrounding the “Al G. Barnes’ Animal Circus” began in the spring of 1907 in Kansas. This mesmerizing circus showcased a variety of spectacles, featuring Ruth Grey, heralded as “Nature’s Most Mystic Phenomenon,” during its five-night stint… Continue reading
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The Tragic Killing of Texana Hall
A Henderson County Murder Case On the night of April 12, 1931, a violent shooting at the Hall family farm near Athens, Texas, left two people dead and set in motion one of the most dramatic murder trials reported in… Continue reading
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What Happened to the Married Daughters of Andrew and Nancy Ingram Smith?
The 1850 census for Andrew and Nancy Ingram Smith was taken on September 3, 1850 in Carroll County, Georgia. Enumerated with the Smiths are their children: Margaret (18), Sarah (16), Martha (14), Nancy (13), Catherine (10), and Stephen (6). By… Continue reading
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What’s this about?
If you’ve found your way here… welcome! You may also be wondering: What’s this about? The short answer is East Texas, Genealogy, and any story I find interesting. For years I’ve been fascinated with old maps and photos, histories, crimes,… Continue reading
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Whipple Allison, A Rolling Stone
Whipple Allison, born in 1903 in Young County, Texas to parents George Washington Whipple and Ila Lovie Jones, spent his early years in Young County. By 1920, at the age of 16, Whipple was living at home in Electra, Wichita… Continue reading
