Charles William Spratt

Do you believe in miracles and if so, have you ever witnessed one? Describe. WOW ; You guy’s keep coming up with tough ones. Gee in 1979 after my first wife died in childbirth leaving me with a six year old and a three year old son’s to take care of...

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December Week 3 prompt What Changes Have I Witnessed WOW

Charles William Spratt

As you look back, what are the three most incredible changes you have witnessed? Legacy Story Prompt December Week 3 OK ; I’m not as old as some of you but I’ve been around the block a time or two. I’ve worked on copying machines most of my life so I...

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OH BOY ; OH BOY ; OH BOY

Charles William Spratt

Oh Boy ; Oh Boy ; Oh Boy Week 2 of the December Legacy Story Prompt is a doozey : Describe an egregious act that is still too difficult to forgive or that you have since forgiven. As a Christian I know that I am supposed to forgive those that trespass...

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What I Could Change In My Life

Charles William Spratt

The November Story Prompt is a tuff one . If you could go back in your life and change something what would you change. I read my cousin Millard Don Carriker’s story and I pretty much agree with him. Where would I be now if I changed anything. If I would...

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My First Christmas In The Army

Charles William Spratt

Everyone is writing a Christmas story so I guess I will write one too. I turned eighteen years old in 1965 and signed up for the draft. I was a high school drop out and knew that if I got drafted they would stick me in the Infantry. It’s not that...

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Hound Dog on His Families Trail

Charles William Spratt

I received an e-mail from Tom Coumier this morning to see if I was alright. I guess I am alright sort of . Just hung up on my genealogy. That’s all.I tell my wife it’s like an hound dog on a trail . you can’t quit. When I started ,y genealogy...

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My Loooooooooong Resume And A Fun Life As A Copier Repairman

Charles William Spratt

After I got out of the Army I went to work at the local flour mill. That lasted a whole two weeks. Being outside in a tee shirt with a six foot fan blowing on you to keep you cooled off while it was snowing outside was not what I was...

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The Proudest Moment

Charles William Spratt

I guess the proudest moment I ever had with a close family member is when my Granddaughter was born. She was born March 10 1999. Carolyn Sue Spratt First Halloween 7 Months Old In The Costume That Grandma Made It was special but I guess what really made it...

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I Found Why I Love Genealogy ; My Great Grandmother

Charles William Spratt

Sarah Ellen Corder When she Young My Great grandmother name was Sarah Ellen Corder. I know everyone talks about having skeleton’s in their closets. I believe this is mine. I know time’s were different back then but still I find it hard to believe that even a woman born...

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Wilson Marion Spratt ; Andrew's Father

Charles William Spratt

Andrew Johnson Spratt’s Father was born ( according to census’ ) about 1834 in Kentucky. I believe probably Greene County. I haven’t been able to find his father’s name but I believe it may have been Enoch Spratt. But Andrew’s father’s name was Wilson Marion Spratt. Wilson Marion Spratt The...

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Why I Started Geneaolgy And What I Uncoverd

Charles William Spratt

Before I fell in love with genealogy I loved working with wood. We ended up moving and I didn’t have a good place for a work shop. I was working putting a roof on my deck outback and fell two steps off of a ladder and broke my hip. My wife...

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The Spratt Genetics

Charles William Spratt

It’s amazing how genetics passes down your looks. My son looks like me and I look like my Dad and so on. You start to wonder how far does this go on. I know for a fact it does go on for awhile in my family. This is Charles William...

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Carolyn Sue Scroggins and her Kids

Charles William Spratt

Charles & Carolyn Spratt with our two sons 1978 about a year before her death. March 28 1979 is a date that will live on in the memories of my family for ever . That is the date that my first wife , the mother of my first two son’s died...

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Grandma Beavers Didn't Have A Canopy Over Her Bed

Charles William Spratt

I have been encouraged to write some more about my Grandma Beavers by my cousin . Because he said he didn’t know an awful lot about her except his memories of her soon after her husband had died and she was a crabby old woman . My mother was the youngest...

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Charlie's First Car A 1972 Ford Maverick

Charles William Spratt

Since Tom Cormier’s son Tyler wrote a story about his experience with his dirt bike and his cars I will write one about my deceased son’s car. Since he is not around to do it for himself. It’s just too good of a story not to pass along. Charlie as we...

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A Camping Trip I Won't Forget

Charles William Spratt

When I was in high school in Pauls Valley ,Oklahoma the main thing we did during the summer months was go camping at Lake Murray near Ardmore Oklahoma. This is about 50 miles from the Texas state line . It never gets cold until late December that far south . This...

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September 11 2011 Just Another Work Day

Charles William Spratt

September 11 2001 was just like all of the other days that had came before . I got up , made the coffee , got my lunch and my wife’s lunch together getting ready for another day at work . My wife always turned the TV on to listen to the...

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The Reason Behind My Mother's Name That She Hated

Charles William Spratt

My mother was the tenth child and she too young to argue about her name that she grew up hating all of her life . When she introduced herself at school functions she used her middle name Ruth and all of the family used her nickname “ Sis “. It was...

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My Memories Of Grandma Beavers

Charles William Spratt

Millard “ Don “ Carriker and I are first cousins . He is also a member of Legacy Stories . Matter of fact he is the one that told me about this program . To my memory we have never met in person but a few years ago we met on...

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Oh Give Me Home Where The Buffalo Roam

Charles William Spratt

In July 1903 my Grandpa Spratt had finished his homestead time on 40 acres of land just south of Ft Smith Arkansas. By November 1907 Oklahoma was a new state and had new opportunities. My Grandpa was just an old poor farmer looking for a better life for his family of...