Family Stories

Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Hills

6 July 2011 Evidence

I made an interesting discovery while working on census records for some of the Pattersons/Chapmans.  I was looking at the 1840 record for my fourth great-grand uncle, Joseph Patterson (born 1790/1794).  The 1840 census is two pages wide, so make sure you always look at that second page.  I almost missed this find, myself, and [...]

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Twice-Told Tuesday: Still Quilting at 83

24 May 2011 Family Stories

CHATSWORTH – Mrs. N. C. Ward of Sunset Drive off Charles Road works barefoot at her machine making quilts.  She will be observing her 83rd birthday tomorrow and would like to hear from all her friends for whom she has made quilts.  For over 40 years she has made quilts, but it was about 12 [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: William West and Leaty Lankford

18 May 2011 Family Stories

My great-great grandparents. Source: J. Thompson, [e-mail for private use], to Tonia Kendrick, e-mail, 5 March 2011, “Re: [Tonia's Roots] New Comment On: Seeking Robert West Information,”; privately held by Kendrick, [e-mail & address for private use].

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Wordless Wednesday – Hemphill Women

27 April 2011 Family Stories
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Wordless Wednesday – Hemphill Men

20 April 2011 Family Stories
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Twice-Told Tuesday: Mrs. N. C. Ward Makes Quilts

15 March 2011 Family Stories

This article about my great-grandmother was published in the Autumn 1974 issue of Georgia Life magazine (now defunct). “An 83-year-old Chatsworth woman makes and sells about $1,000′s worth of quilts each year in a home enterprise that began about twelve years ago.  At that time Mrs. N. C. Ward injured her back and her doctor [...]

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Ahnentafel Roulette

15 January 2011 Family Stories

Randy Seaver has Saturday Night Genealogy Fun up at Genea-Musings.  Check out this week’s assignment: 1) How old is one of your grandfathers now, or how old would he be if he had lived? Divide this number by 4 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your “roulette number.” 2) Use [...]

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Twice Told Tuesday: Hemphill Elected to City Council

7 September 2010 And More

Robert M. Hemphill, proprietor of a local dry cleaning plant and an officer in World War Two, was elected a member of the Board of Aldermen at a special election held last Saturday.  Hemphill will fill the unexpired term of the late T. H. Moreland. Fifty votes were cast for Hemphill, who had no opposition. [...]

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Twice Told Tuesday: Mrs. Mary Hemphill Called By Death

27 July 2010 And More

Mrs. Mary Hemphill, one of the best known and most beloved women of Murray County, died Wednesday, and was buried Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the family burying ground. Mrs. Hemphill lived in Chatsworth for several years, making her home with her son, Mr. J. A. Hemphill.  Her many friends are saddened by her [...]

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Surname Saturday: Johnson

17 July 2010 Bios & Timelines

This week’s Surname Saturday focuses on my Johnson family line, which begins with my great-grandmother, Rachel Louisa. Rachel Louisa Johnson was born August 9, 1892 in Fannin County, Georgia.  She married Newton Coleman Ward in Fannin County on June 27, 1909.  Rachel and Newt lived in Fannin County until 1939, when they moved to Murray [...]

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