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JOHN HENRY DUSTON II His Story

John Henry Duston II His Story           John Henry Duston II was born to parents John H.Duston and Sophia(White) Duston on September 9,1827 at Dover, Lafayette Co. Missouri. He was the fifth child of John H. II and Sophia Duston. From the age of 10 he made Caldwell...
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JOHN H. DUSTON HIS STORY

  John H. Duston His Story.        John Henry Duston I was born July 9,1783 in Cornish, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire. Father and mother not known at this time. During the “War of 1812” he served in Captain Winthrop Shepherds’ Co. New York Militia.  In March of 1815, in...
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Eddie Batson His Story

Eddie Batson His Story       Eddie Batson was born to parents John E. Batson, and Eva (Calvin) Batson on August 14 1888, in Kingston, Caldwell Co. Missouri.  In census of 1900 he was living with par ents and sister Gracie B-4yrs old.      In the census of 1910 he living...
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John Batson Mrs. John (Eva) Batson Their Story

John Batson Mrs. John (Eva) Batson Their Story        John Batson was born to parents Tobias Batson (b. 1827-Ohio-) and Rebecca L. (Blades) Batson (b.1833-1863) in Greene County, Missouri. In census of 1860 the family was living in Center, Greene Co. Mo. He  was third child of 4 children born...
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Robert Mathias Catron His Story

Robert Mathias Catron His  Story        Robert Mathias Catron was born on April 27, 1863 in Caldwell County North Carolina to parents John Catron (1819-1873)and Elizabeth  Ann(Dula) Catron(1828-1900) He was the youngest of the 10 children born to this family.  They lived in North Ca rolina until after the end...
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Mrs. E.A. Catron (Elizabeth Ann) Her Story

Mrs. E.A. Catron (Elizabeth Ann) Her Story         Elizabeth Ann Dula was born on Sept. 1,1828 in Lenoir, Caldwell Co. North Carolina to parents Thomas Beasley Dula(1786-1829) and Elizabeth Hulme (1787-1855).  She had five brothers and two sisters, she being the youngest.      In 1844 in Caldwell Co. North Caroling...
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Johnnie Catron His Story

Johnnie Catron His Story         John Catron was born on Nov. 22,1819 in Virginia to parents Christopher Kettering/Katrine/Catron (1787-1854 and Mary (O’Neill) Kettering/Katrine/Catron (1798-?).      In November or 1844 he joined in marriage with Elizabeth Ann Dula(1828-1900) daughter of Thomas Beasley Dula Sr(1782-1829) and Elizabeth (Hulme) Dula (1887-1865).        In...
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Thomas Dula Catron His Story

Thomas Dula Catron His Story          Thomas Dula Catron was born 4 th  child of 9 to John Catron and Elizabeth (Dula) Catron in Jun. 4,1852 in Caldwell Co. North Carolina. He lived with his family in North Carolina, until they moved to Caldwell Co. Missouri after the Civil...
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James Christopher Catron His Story

James Christopher Catron His Story           James Christopher Catron was born on  June 4,1856 in Caldwell County, North Carolina to parents John Catron and Elizabeth Ann (Dula) Catron.  He was 6 th  of 9 children born to the couple.  They lived in Patterson, Caldwell Co., North Carolina until after...
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LAURA CARTON HER STORY

Laura Carton Her Story        Laura J. Catron was born on Feb, 18,1862 in Caldwell County ,North Caroli na to parents John Randolph and Elizabeth Ann (Dula) Catron.  By the census of 1870 they were living in Grant Twsp, Caldwell Co. Missouri.  She was child number 8 of 9.        ...
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William F. Catron His Story

William F. Catron His Story        William F. Catron was born to parents John Catron (Nov. 22,1819-June 8,1873) and Elizabeth A. (Dula) Catron on January 20,1849.  He was the 2 nd  oldest of 10 children born to the family.  He was born in Caldwell Co. North Carolina.  In 1860 census...
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Virginia Miller Memorial

A Journey to Self-Awareness

As I think about Virginia and her life as I witnessed it, I see a life spent in pursuit of self awareness. Her journey to wholeness began when she chose to apply and was accepted into  the counseling program at Northwestern State in Louisiana.  There she not  only achieved a graduate...
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Another Memory from Sammye

When i went to bed last night, i was thinking about Gin, and suddenly just came apart laughing over this memory. During the first semester of 1975-1976, El Dorado High School was being enlarged.   Ginna had a corner classroom, and a new classroom was being built next door.   For...
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From a Friend and Former Student

As a teacher, Ginna was a rarity.  She was willing to allow her carefully crafted lesson plans -- always wisely titled "tentative plans" -- to be subverted in order to satisfy the intellectual curiosity of her students.  She guided and directed, but she was flexible.  She didn't view a student with...
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ALICE MAY (AUSTIN) STEPHENS (HER STORY)

                                               ALICE MAY (AUSTIN) STEPHENS                                                ...
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W.H. AUSTIN (HIS STORY)

                                                 W. H.  AUSTIN  (HIS STORY)   William H Austin was born in Herkimer County New York, on April 7th 1844.  He died at his home in Hamilton...
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JOSEPH "JODY" RUFUS STREETER (HIS STORY)

Joseph “Jody”Rufus Streeter His Story        Joseph Rufus Streeter was born on December 27,  1884 to parents Charles Edgar Streeter and Sarah Frances (Clare) Streeter.  He was born in Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri. In the 1900 census he lived with his parents in Hamilton, Mo., as a single person.     ...
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FRED CLARE "FREDDIE" STREETER (HIS STORY)

Fred Clare “Freddie” Streeter His Story        Fred Clare Streeter was born on April 7 th  1886 to parents Charles Edgar Streeter and Sara Frances (Clare) Streeter.  He was born in Hamilton, Missouri, and lived with family in Hamilton through the 1910 census.      On May 27, 1915 he joined...
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PERCIVAL HENRY STREETER (HIS STORY)

Percival Henry Streeter His Story       Percival H. Streeter was born to parents Charles Edgar Streeter  (1846-1916) and Sarah Frances (Clare) Streeter (1860-1926) on December 5 th , 1882 in Missouri.      He lived with his parents through the 1900 census in Hamilton, Missouri.  On February 20 th  1907 he...
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NELLIE GERTRUDE STREETER (HER STORY)

Nellie Gertrude Streeter Her Story        Nellie  Gertrude Streeter was born on Feb. 4 th , 1882 to parents Judson Horace Streeter and Maria Frances (Cox) Streeter in Hamilton, Caldwell Co. Missouri.      In the 1900 census she resided in Kingston City, Caldwell Co. Mo. with her parents and sister...
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