Title/Author: David Allan Heller Those that know this author understand what a huge St Louis Cardinals fan that I am (Tom). Also, baseball history is a passion that I enjoy reading and blogging about. In 2018, I joined the St Louis Browns fan club and love to receive the material that they share. During the…
My 5th Great grandfather Lt Michael Shirley
The Sixth Man by Andre Iguodala, Carvell Wallace Growing up in Springfield, Illinois wasn’t always easy for Andre Iguodala but it didn’t create character. The type that has led to respect from his peers and others on and off the basketball court. He has parlayed his basketball life into success in several fields. He has…
Bartholomew Ball was Mayor of Dublin in 1553–54. He is my 12th Great Grandfather and comes through my mothers side of the family and more specifically a descendant of the Seagraves line. He was the son of Thomas Ball and Margaret Birmingham. The Ball family owned lands in Dublin at Ballygall near Glasnevin and operated…
This is another story about my ancestors.
In my last writing about the relatives on the Mayflower, which you can find HERE, I talked about William Bradford and mentioned he worked with William Brewster. This is about Brewster and his trip aboard the ship “Mayflower.” On that trip he brought his wife and two sons. Yes, they were actually named Love and…
Have you ever been to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee? How about Sevierville, also in Tennessee? They are BOTH in Sevier County Tennessee. It was named after John Sevier. This is the story of Linda’s relative. (Hughes-Snodgrass-Sevier line) John Sevier Linda’s 4th Great Grandfather John Sevier, pioneer, soldier, statesman and a…
This is a story about William Bradford who is a relative of the Knuppel/Sawrey family.
Mary Obedience Clay is the 5th great-grandmother of my wife. She survived this horrible event. “In the month of August, Mitchell Clay had harvested his crop of small grain, and wanting to get the benefit of the pasture for his cattle, … he asked two of his sons, Bartley and Ezekial, to build a…
As I progress on my journey to “dig up” my ancestors, I stop every few days and delve into their personal history. Most are just regular persons that do their daily work and get married and have children. Nothing out of the ordinary. But every once in awhile, I find some nice tidbits about an…