This week's 'Saturday Night Genealogy Fun' challenge was to figure out how far back a line can be traced thru tombstones. My immediate reaction was that it was probably thru my dad's CRAWFORD line There are 4 generations of CRAWFORDs buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Kansas Dad: Eugene Crawford Granddad: Leon Russel Crawford …
Month: July 2017
Patriots (and Tories)
As we celebrate Independence Day, I began thinking about my ancestors that participated to make today possible. My great grandmother, Josie Hammond, joined the Daughters of the American Revolution thru her great-grandfather, Jason Hammond. At the time, it was believed that Jason fought for Connecticut. Unfortunately, there are several Jason Hammonds in Connecticut at the …