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Finding my family’s version of “Little House in the Big Woods”

By Mark | February 4, 2020

Quite often, I find myself thinking things like, “If not for this one thing having happened, I likely wouldn’t be where I am today.” I wonder, for instance, if my father hadn’t gotten into an accident that kept him from shipping off for Vietnam, how my life might have turned out differently. Or I start […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1900, 1918, 1918 flu, adoption, Bessie Roberts Wise, biscuits, Carrie Wise, census, Charles Maynard, Cleve Wise, crackers, Curt Florian, Curtis Florian, Edgar Emerson Wise, Edgar Wise, family history, farming, feather bed, feathers, flu, food preservation, foster parents, Franklin County, geese, geneology, Georgetown, Gladys, Gladys Florian Phillips, Grover Cleveland Wise, Hattie Wise, horses, Jefferson Davis Wise, John Calhoun Wise, Kate Wise, Kentucky, land bounty, land warrant, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods, log cabin, Ma Florian, Mark's ancestors, Matilda Gill Wise, Mattie Belle Wise, Mattie Wise, midwife, Mimi Gladys, Minnie Florian, Minnie Wise, Minnie Wise Florian, Minor Branch, Minorsville, natural childbirth, old maid, orphans, Owen County, Pa Florian, poverty, public education, Sarah Catherine Emerson Wise, Scott County, smoking, spring house, Stamping Ground, subscription school, teaching, tobacco, War of 1812, Wise, Woodlake, Wythe Thomas Wise | 10 Comments

Thankfully, Jean Henry’s ancestor did not get my ancestor killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill

By Mark | January 2, 2020

On this site a few days ago, in a conversation about the misdeeds of our ancestors, Jean Henry mentioned that a relative of hers, Colonel Ephraim Doolittle of Shoreham, Vermont, was likely responsible for the deaths of many men in his command at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June of 1775. Doolittle and his […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1765, 1775, Arthur Lee "Pickle" Avery, Asa Lawrence, Battle of Bunker Hill, Beardstown, Boston, Breed's Hill, Charles Babbidge, Continental 7th, cowardice, Daniel Avery, David Avery, Doolittle Regiment, Ephraim Doolittle, genealogy, George Washington, Groton, Illinois, Isles of Shoals, Jean Henry, Mark's ancestors, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, minute-men, New Hampshire, Pepperell, Pepperrel, Revolutionary War, Sarah Horn, Schuyler, Townsend, William Prescott | 21 Comments

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