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Raymond A. Bates was not famous, nor was he rich in the monetary sense. He was born and raised in the backwoods of rural Arkansas just before the dawn of the twentieth century. In his heart, he knew he would one day achieve the American Dream of having a wife and family to share the love he had to offer. He pursued this dream by traveling west to Oregon. he trip would be costly. Not only would the train ticket require the equivalent of a month’s pay, but Raymond would be leaving behind the friends and family he had always known. If he left Arkansas, he might never see them again. In the end, his wishes were fulfilled. He married, had a family, and eventually had nine grandchildren, ...

The blizzard in her young soul was blinding. She was unable to see past the fear and anguish. It was only when she escaped she was able to see the blizzard for what it was. Strength. Courage. The beautiful fury of nature that she could harness to change the world.

It was after hearing a message following a very difficult week when Jeralyn felt she was working in a challenging environment and described it as being with a group of misfits that she heard the words they are not the misfit you are. Always seen as different, described as dancing to the beat of her own drum and living her life based on the expectations of others Jeralyn eventually learned and after hearing the message "the testimony of a misfit", that to be a misfit is not an indicator that you are defective or wrong but rather you are different. Although we live in a society where difference is not celebrated, never let anything or anyone stop you from being authentically you. Live full ...

This book is the second book that covers the ancestorial lineage of Alice Holsinger Mehren from her maternal lineage of the Cummings through the decent of her mother Eva Mae Cummings. Eva Cummings ancestors had come over from Ireland or Scotland and migrated into Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, and finally into Jasper and Story counties, Iowa. It covers all the Cummings spouse's and some of their known descendants, the Hardin's, Frazier's, West, Brown, etc.

God had dramatic plans for Joe's final fifteen years.

Longtime New England singer/songwriter Matt York writes about the country supergroup The Highwaymen and it's members Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings. He talks about their careers individually, how they joined forces in the 1980's and their impact on country music. He also delves into what the future of country music might look like.

Contents: Hollingshead history Nelson Stoyell Hollingshead history Abram Evans and Elizabeth Evans histories Edward Rawlins to John Rollins history Van Benthuysen Family Keziah Ketura Van Benthuysen James Henry Rollins Hannah Hulme and her father William Hulme histories Abram and Hannah Burdett Rollins Hollingshead Nelson Hulmes Hollingshead Juanita Burdett Hollingshead Creager Abraham Loraine Hollingshead Henry Golden Hollingshead Theodore Hollingshead Kenneth Glenn Hollingshead Inez Elizabeth Hollingshead Davidson Gardea Zeitner Delila Jane Hollingshead Ferrin Effa Hannah Hollingshead Larsen Clarence Hollingshead Bruce “W” Hollingshead Pedigree charts Prepared for ...

The Holsinger family in the United States started by Rudolph Holsinger (Holtzinger) and his wife Magdalena Meyer Holsinger when they emigrated from Alsace-Lorraine, France to Pennsylvania. Rudolph Holsinger was by oral tradition was born in the Black Hills of Germany. I contacted someone who could look into the records, and it was found that Rudolph had stated that he was born in Switzerland, the birth record found for Rudoph Holsinger was found in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Cantons, Bas-Rhin, Switzerland, which are in the Black Forest and at times, the area was a part of the German empire. Basel, Basel-Stadt, Cantons, Bas-Rhin, Switzerland, borders Germany (Baden-Württemberg) and France. He m ...

A short military history of Captain Henry Wirz; includes diary entries by Wirz while his trial was in progress.

My grandfather, Rev. Otis L. Linn, served with the Y.M.C.A. from October 1918 until July 1919 supporting the troops of the American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.) in France. The "Y" functioned much like the USO in later years. This volume contains scanned letters and transcriptions of letters he wrote to his family. The collection is important to his descendants and to any others interested in original source materials from that time and place. Otis witnessed the 1918 influenza pandemic while in training, the end of the war in New York City while awaiting embarkation to England, and the presence of Woodrow Wilson in France to support the creation of the League of Nations. He worked with Bl ...