This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Where Memories Live by Kathy Widener recalls a Lexington farm
Local author Kathy Gantt Widener preserves Uncle Leon O Gantt memories from a Lexington County farm in Rayfin community through the first novel of a trilogy. She signs copies from 1 to 3 pm Saturday at Patt Hallmark Aiken Office Supply on Whiskey Road. The book spans 1810 to 1923 and weaves family photos and a tree into a narrative of farm life, wartime service, and a remembered era. The second volume covers 1923 to 1950 with North Africa and Italy World War II service experiences, while the memoir third book covers Widener’s childhood. The author’s genealogical and historical interests fueled the project.
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Patt’s
Hallmark? Aiken
Whiskey Road
Leon
Widener
An Dephadt
Ike
Rayflit
Twentyth Centre
Jacker
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Edisto River
Lenington
New Holland
Aiken
Uncle Leon
North Africa
Italy
Mark Clare
Dwight David Eisenhower
George VI
England
Atlantic
Japan
New York
Batesburg
Paton High School
Trenton
Daughters of the American Revolution
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Colonial Dames