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iPentimento Will Be Featured Tomorrow

Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Carol

iPentimento is a Featured Blog!

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Just a little note to you all to say that iPentimento is going to be featured tomorrow on MeMyselfandJC Juvy writes her daily blog on whatever is going on in her world each day, AND she features 5 blogs a day as a bonus. Thanks very much Juvy for giving iPentimento some extra exposure on April 1st. No joke!

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The Baby In The Oven

Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Carol
On April 18, 1889, a tiny bit of a girl was born to Mary Elizabeth and Harvey Lawson Smith at McCammon Cave Farm in Howell County, Missouri. She was so tiny and fragile that she spent the first few months of her life being cared for by her mother, neighbors and friends. Her mother had no other way to keep her warm but to put her in the oven of the wood stove. Most likely, she was only taken out when she needed to be fed or her clothing changed, at least in the first weeks. The little girl was named Lillian Mirtha Maude May Smith. Why so many names? Because she was named in honor of all the ladies who came to take care of her so my Great Grandmother could attend to her other household duties and the older children, Jasper, James, William and Della, as well as her husband Harvey.

Miriam Daily, Elizabeth Jane and Mary Elizabeth

Miriam, Elizabeth and Mary Elizabeth circa 1917

(see where I get my good looks?) ;-)

This story was told to me by "Mirtha's" daughter Allene Moore Chapin, as well as a written copy of the story. As the mother of four other children that were living at the time of Mirtha's birth, Mary Elizabeth was no doubt considered a "veteran". It is likely that many of the women in rural America gave birth with the help of mid-wives which was the case here. I can't be sure of it, but Mary Elizabeth's own mother Elizabeth Jane Smith Hunter might have been in attendance for this birth and knew what to do. Elizabeth was known to have helped deliver many babies in her time, as I was told by the women who knew her.

Harvey Lawson Smith Family circa 1914

Back row L-R: Jasper, Eli, William, James and Della;

Front: Mirtha, Minnie (my grandmother) and Mary Elizabeth Pentecost Smith

 

Mirtha Smith Moore

Lillian Mirtha Maude May Smith Moore

 

As you can see, Mirtha thrived and grew up to be a strong and robust young woman. She went on to marry Richard D. Moore and have three children of her own: Allene, Richard, and Bette.

To see more about this family please visit my Family Tree on Ancestry; or visit my FTM page here.

 

 

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Footnote Brings The Vietnam Wall To You

Posted on March 27th, 2008 by Carol
I was a freshman in high school when the Vietnam War was just beginning. My brother was four years older than I, and his classmates were graduating and going off to Vietnam. Our school had a total of about 700 kids enrolled and we knew most of them by name. We lived across a big field from Tumwater High School and so it was easy and convenient for me to walk there to attend classes and weekend sporting events. One of the star basketball players was Duane Cordiner. His name was always in the paper and we all "knew" him and were proud that he was one of us. It was probably my brother who told us of Duane's death in Vietnam since they were in the same year in school. Duane was the first death that hit home, but before his death in 1970, it had become common to begin conversations with, "Did you hear, ___ died in 'Nam"!?

Duane Cordiner name on Vietnam Wall

Footnote's latest release is images of the Vietnam Wall names. I found Duane's tonight and I may look for some more that might have been there. Boys who have stuck in my memory but are lost to time. Each name is highlighted and all of the military information available is listed with it. You can't save the image to a file, but if you have a way to capture it like with SnagIt or a screen capture feature, you can have the picture of the name. You will also be able to copy the text information for your files. For those of us who can't visit the wall in DC, or even go to the traveling wall, this is something very special.

Vietnam Wall

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