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by Colton Berg
Submitted on June 11 2008
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This story demonstrates that we are constantly reminded of God’s Providence, not coincidence, in bringing two families, related, yet very far apart, together. So my family history may not be just one story, but many, many, stories that show how God has used people across generations to accomplish His will.
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by Grace Atherton
Submitted on June 10 2008
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The darkening clouds of the 1918 flu epidemic rapidly thunder into a flood of death. As influenza strikes my nineteen year old, Great-Grandmother Minerva is challenged as a treasured dream shatters before her...
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by Ann Merritt
Submitted on May 7 2008
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My grandmother writes about her own grandmother, Carrie Reno, who was a lady of a gracious and skillful disposition.
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by Christi McCully
Submitted on May 3 2008
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The American Revolution in 1676??? Almost! Thomas Swann almost loses his neck for his invlovement in the affair but his hospitality saves the day!
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by Kevin Powers
Submitted on May 2 2008
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At first glance a discovered ancestor seemed to be a dark spot on the family tree, due to a notorious association. But on further examination, the impact of this Christian man on generations of his progeny can be truly appreciated.
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by Matthew Chancey
Submitted on April 30 2008
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Charles Chauncy was a dissenting minister in England, whose forced migration to America in the 1630s forever wove his family into the fabric of America's founding era.
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by Richard Williams
Submitted on April 17 2008
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John Crutchfield was one of the Confederate soldiers at Chimborazo Hospital in the final days of the Civil War.Taken prisoner after being wounded at the Battle of Piedmont, he was taken to the infamous Federal prison in Indiana: Camp Morton.Transferred to Chimborazo on March 10th, 1865, my great-great grandfather later died there; his widow died never knowing what became of him. The family never knew where he was buried, or if he was buried—until recently.
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by Joe and Becky Morecraft
Submitted on April 4 2008
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My great-great-grandfather, James Colley, was a teen-ager in 1833, when his father, Richard, noticed his property line had been moved again. Richard Colley was the first settler in Dickenson County, Virginia, and highly valued his land. He hoped to avert a fight by sending James to talk to the interloper. A gun was pulled and James was shot. As he was being prepared for burial, a relative felt a slight breath issuing from the young man and medical help was summoned. The rest is history.
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