One of my ancestors worked for a time as a plantation overseer in or around Carroll County, Mississippi, in the 1840s or 1850s. I was curious about this employment as he was a small landowner himself – why would he leave his own property to work for others? Well, I still don’t know the answer …
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My genealogy research has led me to Williamsport, PA, in search of ancestors by the name of Furst, Aitken, and Harrar, particularly the following: Aitken, Elizabeth Rebecca (). Res: 1880 to burial in 1925 Furst, James Chamberlin (). Marr: 30 Apr 1913 Furst, John Shuman (). Marr: 04 Feb 1898; Res: 1900; Age: 24; Marital …
One creature I haven’t seen in my backyard is the box turtle. Turtles are in decline in my mid-Atlantic region, mostly due to suburban sprawl. The box turtle’s home range is usually about 12 to 14 acres. Box turtles are slow crawlers, extremely long lived, slow to mature, and have relatively few offspring per year. …
My Smith ancestors left Virginia in the 1820s, probably traveling along the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap to Tennessee. Here are some sources I’ve gathered while I’m learning about their journey. Images Sources: Florida Center for Instructional Technology at http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/ Library of Congress at https://www.loc.gov/ “Cumberland Gap and Heights, Tenn., from the Kentucky side. …
My great-grandfather and second great-grandfather lived on Clifton Plantation in Carroll County, Mississippi. That’s interesting, I’d love to know more. I tried and failed to find it on my own, but luckily, some Smith relatives stepped up to help me locate it – thanks, Smiths!!! Although no Smiths own any of the property now, and …
St. John’s Union Church may also be called Old Towamensing Church and is now known as St. John’s Lutheran Church. It’s located in Palmerton, Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It is the second church built in what is now Carbon County. The land was purchased in 1798 and the church built the following year. The …
Sorry for the alliteration. Couldn’t help it. Like many other gardeners, I’ve discovered the amazing energy created when you pair a purple/burgundy foliage plant with one that sports that bright greenish yellow color we either love or hate: chartreuse. Never one to go half measures, I decided to apply this color scheme to my ENTIRE …
As someone who hates to eat mushrooms, I surprise myself by being kind of fascinated with these fungi. I think it’s because I associate them with fairies, gnomes, and pixies, my favorite forest dwellers. It’s certainly not the fact that they are associated with male virility because of the phallic shape, ugh. Nope, for me, …
Seven Pines School Hemingway, Carroll County, Mississippi November 11, 1907 Back Row, left to right: Ann Judson Smith, Teacher Sue Marian Pentecost Annie Lynn Smith Jimmie Ella Pentecost Annie Mae Browning Ruth Wells Hunter Browning Allie Browning Sue Darcus Pentecost Center Row: James Waders Smith Front Row, left to right: Phillip Pentecost Clinton McClellan Smith …
Look at this little pile of kitty love!!! These are three of the foster kittens we had last year. Happily, they were all adopted, yay. Sometimes people don’t want to adopt black cats for fear that they bring bad luck. I can tell you that this is ridiculous. Black cats have the best personalities and …