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Anna Bateman Her Story Anna Bateman was born to parents George (b.1832[Pa. 1908_) and Josephine Delilah (Haywood) (b.1843-Indiana-d.1904) Bateman in Missouri in 1869. In the census of 1870 she is with her parents in New York Twsp. Caldwell Co. Missouri. Father is listed as farmer. But...
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MRS LOUISE “LOUIE” CATHERINE BARKLEY ACHENBACH By Karen Wilcox Mrs. Louie Achenbach oldest and best known pioneer woman passed away at her home in Polo Wednesday afternoon November 22, 1933. We would like to take you on a journey back in time to 1840. We are in Orangeville, Columbia...
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FRANK L. PARKER, I. by Willie Parker Frank and Fred Parker were identical twins, born November 14, 1866, in Salem, Iowa. Their parents were Thomas and Nancy Wilmeth Parker. Frank married Flora Tospen November 13, 1887. Marriage records in Kingston show he was not 21 and had to...
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HENRY TOSPEN By Judy Housh Henry Tospon was born in 1838 in Brunswick, Germany. His wife, Elizabeth Whelaman, was born in 1843 in Hanover, Germany. The family left Germany and moved to England and then onto Scotland before coming to the United States to locate in Somerset, Pennsylvania. ...
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A few months ago, I took a short course called Writing Your Life Story at the University of North Florida OLLI (Oshner Lifelong Learning Institute) program. Our wonderful teacher gave us an assignment (one of several) to write a brief story about the topic "What no one knows about me". This...
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“Well? What do you think?” Mom prodded. Dad chewed thoughtfully on a bite of the pecan pie (his favorite) that my mother, his young bride, had baked specially for him. It was her first attempt at pie baking. With little cooking experience, Mom was eager to please, and anything but confident....
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We are thankful for a lady like Zina Hanks. She was born and raised in Spring Lake, Utah. She will be 90 on July 12, 2014, and has enjoyed good health up until the end of September when she suffered a slight stroke. She and her husband Gale were married in...
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If put to the test of what I can't imagine living without, it would be courage, faith,and love. The first of the three, I believe I had when I took my first steps learning to walk. In those days every experience was a discovery and, having had few disappointments, I was...
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