After discovering the Blackwell Pioneer Cemetery 14 years ago I fell head over heels into researching this family line. Tracing…
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Missouri Bootheel Cotton Crop Memories
My maternal grandparents, Leonard Campbell and Ila Hamilton, were born in the bootheel of Missouri in the tiny town of…
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Two Fundraising Ideas for Cemetery Restoration
After locating our families overgrown Pioneer Cemetery in rural Missouri we began the task of renovating the grounds. There was…
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A Glimpse of an 1890’s Rural American Wedding
ANd PRESENT LIST While researching my Missouri Blackwell Family line I discovered a newspaper article detailing the wedding of Lavinia…
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A Secret Wedding
I grew up knowing that I was born on my maternal grandparents wedding anniversary, July 2. My grandparents, Ila and…
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