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Death Was Painless ~ John Featherstone
Posted on 11 April 2012 | No CommentsJohn Featherstone was one of the crew blasting in the mine in mid-July 1902. It only took a second for the misstep to take the lives of the five men... -
Churchill Pedigree Upset
Posted on 16 January 2012 | No Commentsin 1912, Wharton Dickinson upset many Churchill descendants in America when he pointed out a fallacy in the lineage of John Churchill who immigrated to Plymouth, Massachusetts in the mid-1600’s. ... -
John Featherstone ~ Home Destroyed by Fire
Posted on 3 December 2011 | No CommentsDuring the mining boom days of Park City, Utah, homes were almost stacked on each other and were frequently built with cheap materials and poor construction standards. Unfortunately for John... -
Julia Wore a Fine Hat ~ Flummery but Fine
Posted on 10 November 2011 | No CommentsBackground ‘noise’ has always been an important part of my genealogical research. I hate silence. I’ve heard a loud ringing in my ears for over four decades. It can’t be... -
Engagement Rings ~ Relics of Barbarism
Posted on 9 November 2011 | No CommentsAccording to Frederick Starr, an anthropology professor at the University of Chicago in 1902, engagement rings are a relic of barbarism from slave days. I personally know a very large... -
Terminal Love of Flying ~ James Drew Rodden
Posted on 24 October 2011 | No CommentsMy 2nd cousin, James Drew Rodden, was apparently born with an innate need to be in the cockpit of an airplane. His personal life and finances allowed him to learn... -
John Featherston Foils A Highwayman
Posted on 14 October 2011 | No CommentsExpress Messenger, John Featherston, saved the passengers of the Gilmer and Salisbury coach with a well selected phrase delivered with pointed elegance. -
Bennett ~ Featherstone ~ The Chicago Robbers
Posted on 9 October 2011 | No CommentsI constantly search through old newspapers for any mention of my ancestral surnames. When both Bennett and Featherstone turned up in the same article, I couldn’t resist reading about these... -
Alfred Featherstone ~ Life Glimpse in Newspaper
Posted on 8 October 2011 | No CommentsIt seems that any family surname frequently turns up in searches of old publications. Even though we frequently don’t know who the referenced individual was, the articles or mentions give... -
Maggie Bennett Killed By A Train
Posted on 25 September 2011 | 1 CommentYoung Maggie Bennett and her friend Miss C. Donnell were playing on the Rock Island Railroad Tracks when the Rock Island Denver Limited came steaming down the line. Miss Donnell...
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