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!
We Lived Through War and Winter in Southern Illinois
Our first experiments were in the sixties. Our father was a soldier at the front. A log cabin family and Aunt Betsy with two stories hosted many children. Poverty forced us to become makers of cloth from wool spun and woven at home. When the boys returned in 65, many did not come back, showing mothers heroism matched with war’s losses.
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Betsy
John
Jeffey
Ellen
Billy
Johnnie
Eveline
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