In the last two days I have thoroughly enjoyed the book “West Plains Missouri…As I Knew It” by Robert Neathery and told to Marideth Sisco (1994). It was the first time I had ever really gotten a “feel” for the town in which so many of my families lived and originated. Robert mostly describes his [...]
Tombstone Tuesday: Confederate Burial in New Jersey
April 21, 2010 by
For this Tombstone Tuesday, I think it’s only fitting that I should acknowledge the death of James Barnard Morrison so close to the date that he died, June 12, 1864. Yes, it was during the time of the Civil War and yet, part of me feels bad that he had to die so far from [...]
Weekly Genealogy Blogging Prompt #1
March 3, 2010 by
L-R: Cerilda, Myra and Jim Yates This is the only photo I have of my Great Grandmother Cerilda Yates and to me, it’s priceless. After having seven children Cerilda died an unneccesary death from “child bed fever”. What that amounts to is unclean conditions when she was giving birth. We do have a group picture [...]
