Mark Maynard | Woodlake

Mark’s Covid Diary… May 19, 2020

By Mark | May 19, 2020

I wouldn’t say that I’m necessarily giving up on the idea of posting longer pieces about specific, god-awful things that are happening in the news. Knowing myself, I think it’s likely that, in the very near future, something will happen that will cause me to go back to my old ways, and spend an entire […]

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, Church of Christ, 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, Wythe Thomas Wise | 10 Comments

One more post on my great grandparents, Curtis Florian and Minnie Wise Florian

By Mark | January 11, 2020

A few days ago, I posted a little something here about the young lives of my great grandparents Curtis Florian (1892-1977) and Minnie Wise Florian (1892-1981), who were married at the age of 19 in Woodlake, Kentucky, on February 28, 1912. Well, I guess that post of mine inspired my aunt in D.C., who just […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1912, Florian, genealogy, Grover Cleveland Wise, Jefferson Davis Wise, Kentucky, Laura Hutchernson, Laura Hutchinson, Ma Florian, Mark Maynard Archives, Mark's ancestors, Mark's aunt Betsy, marriage certificate, Mimi Gladys, Minnie Wise Florian, obituary, Oliver Florian, Ollie Florian, Pa Florian, Stamping Ground, Wise | 6 Comments

Trying to piece together the young life of my great grandmother, Minnie Florian Wise

By Mark | January 7, 2020

The woman to the right is my great grandmother. Her name was Minnie Florence Wise, and she was born on December 9, 1892, in Montgomery County, Kentucky, which is about 30 miles east of Lexington, where, if I’m not mistaken, her grandfather, John Anderson Wise (1823-1893), fought on the side of the Union during the […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, 1889, 1892, 1900, 1912, 1950, Arlo, barefoot, census, Charles Maynard, Civil War, coal, Confederate States, Curt Florian, Curtis Florian, depression glass, Florian, flour sack dresses, Franklin, Franklin County, genealogy, Georgetown, Goin' Up Cripple Creek, Grover Cleveland Wise, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis Wise, John Anderson Wise, John Calhoun Wise, Joseph Phillip Florian, Kentucky, Louvina J. Tipton, Ma Florian, Mark's ancestors, Mark's aunt Betsy, marriage license, Matilda Gill, Matilda Gill Wise, Mayfair Open Rose, Minnie Florence Wise, Minorsville, Mollie Onan, Monterey, Mt. Sterling, National Archives, Rebecca Clark, root cellar, Scott County, secession, Seth Reese Wise, Stamping Ground, Switzer, union, West Virginia, White Sulpher, Wise | 15 Comments

My great-grandfather’s story of theft aboard The Robert E. Lee

By Mark | July 23, 2019

The family and I have spent the last four days in the Maine woods, where my aunt and her husband had rented a cabin so that our extended family could celebrate my father’s 75th birthday together. Aside from falling in Maine’s largest lake while completely clothed, having to scrub vomit from the upholstery of a […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1870, 1918 flu, Arlo, birthday presents, birthdays, Cairo, Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, catsup, Charles Maynard, Civil War, clocks, Curtis Florian, dogs playing poker, Doug Skinner, drinking, falling in water, family history, family values, farming, fire, Frankfort, gambling, Georgetown, guns, hidden guns, horses, Illinois, John W. Cannon, Kentucky, legends, Little Mister Frankfort, lobster, lobster rolls, Louisville, Maine, Mark's ancestors, Mark's aunt Betsy, Mark's lips, Mark's relatives, Maynard-Lao Archive, Minnie Florian, Mississippi River, Natchez, New Hampshire, Ohio River, paddle boats, pandemic, Piggy Wiggly, poker, Pony Express, Rabbit Hash, Robert E. Lee, Sebago Lake, speed, statues, steamships, sunburn, The Robert E. Lee, theft, Thomas P. Leathers, tobacco, tuberculosis, vacations, vomit, White Sulfur, Wild Bill Cody, William Zanzinger | 10 Comments

Tag Archives: Woodlake

Mark’s Covid Diary… May 19, 2020

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

One more post on my great grandparents, Curtis Florian and Minnie Wise Florian

Trying to piece together the young life of my great grandmother, Minnie Florian Wise

My great-grandfather’s story of theft aboard The Robert E. Lee

Connect

Recent Comments

Elsewhere

Arts and Culture

Friends

Information, News & Politics

Organizations

SE Michigan Blogs

Special Projects

Ypsi Living

Search