Funeral Information for Mrs. Alberta Martin, the last known living widow of a War Between the States veteran, died today, May 31st, Memorial Day, at 12:30 PM...
I read a brief article on Mrs. Martin in the Washington Post this morning, and what cracked me up is that, after the veteran died (who was 60 years older than...
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Jun 1, 2004 5:38 pm
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I guess the South won the Civil War after all since this Confederate widow outlived the last Union widow who died in Tennessee a year and a half ago. This obit...
Hugh Clayton
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Jun 1, 2004 7:45 pm
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The URL I sent in a few minutes ago is the one that you read about in the Washington Post. You viewpoint sort of sounds right to me. But I get so confused...
Hugh Clayton
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Jun 1, 2004 9:52 pm
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DeAnne, I'm my own Grandpa. Arleigh parttea@... wrote: I read a brief article on Mrs. Martin in the Washington Post this morning, and what cracked me up is...
Wendy, She married her mother's brother. Was she from West Virginia, also??? Arleigh The King family <gnwking@...> wrote: My mother is her own aunt. Go...
Nope and Nope again. She is originally from *drum roll please* Pittsburgh PA. Her half-sister (from her parents previous marriage) married her brother. (from...
If my aunt would have had it her way... she would have become my sister and my brother, my uncle. However, that never worked out. Now, my youngest brother is...
Being a native of West Virginia, and a professional historian, I hope that I have missed the beginning of this chat and are misunderstanding the inference...
... 8th cousin, responsible parties are my Dutch ancestors.. ... Dear Uncle always said "If you are not related to yourself several different ways, then you...
My great great granparents were a sister and brother that married a brother and sister, that would have made their children double first cousins and me my own...
No, you aren't missing the inference - but Arleigh is meaning it in jest. (Like the Scottish - sheep inferences) I too am a native of West Virginia - still...
Good points. There are several references to husbands taking sisters as wives. (Even while the sisters are still alive) and to widowers marrying deceased...
My mom's two brothers married two sisters. I also have a great uncle who married his wife's sister after she died. I think for their generation marriage had a...
Y'all have done much more research than I. The Jamestown wife ship; I didn't even know such a thing existed. Please tell more. Also I am curious, were...
In one of the fourteen different volunteer organizations I do work with, the Friends of Oakley Cabin, based out of Brookeville, MD. one of the first owners of...
Hugh Clayton
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Jun 2, 2004 5:59 pm
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We find that during the Civil War, brothers married widowed sisters-in-law frequently. It was thought of as a family obligation. Saundra -- "You may be...
Donna, This book might provide some more information: Morgan, Edmund Sears; “American Slavery American Freedom: The ordeal of Colonial Virginia” As I...
Donna and Wendy, I used to think that double cousins were something different, but once you get back more then a couple of generations, they seem to be...
Arleigh, This is a great story. Thanks for sharing it with us. Donna ... From: Arleigh Birchler [mailto:abirchler16@...] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004...
Thanks, I will find it. Donna ... From: Arleigh Birchler [mailto:abirchler16@...] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 11:37 PM To: cwcw-chat@yahoogroups.com ...
Being a native of Utah and having several family members (past history) who were involved in the world of Polygamy I chose to marry an outsider and went to the...
The Society for Women and the Civil War is pleased to announce the call for presentations for the 2005 conference. The 7th Conference on Women and the Civil...
... ship; I ... Jamestown wife ship--I haven't done any original source research, simply going by Uncle's word--the girls who were candidates had to be "of...
I have recently been corresponding with a woman who got a grant to do storytelling about the Underground Railroad in Indiana. She came to me for advice on...
I'm sorry for this double post. I thought I was sending it to a different list. I'd better check out what's happening with my address book. Glenna Jo Christen ...
Terri Ammann of the ANV has posted several original and repop female civilian items that she has for sale. If you are interested, please follow the below...
There are two organizations devoted to the Underground Railroad in the Metro Washington, DC area that may be able to help her ... Tony Cohen of the Menare...
Hugh Clayton
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Jun 7, 2004 10:23 am
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I am looking for a picture of the Cary sisters and cousin....I can easily find Hetty Cary, but am having trouble finding Constance and Jennie. I believe we...
