Mam-ma's Southern Family

Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing has another great challenge tonight: 1)  What day of the week was your Grandmother born (either one)? Tell us how you found out. 2)  What event was a headline in the newspapers on that date?  Tell us how you found out. 3) What has happened in recorded history on your Grandmother's birth date (day and month)? Tell us how you found out, and list five events. 4)  What famous people have been born on your Grandmother's birth date?  Tell us how you found out, and list five of them.   5)  Put your responses in your own blog post, in a comment on this blog post, or in a status or comment on Facebook. Day of the Week  My grandmother, Pansy Louise Lancaster, was born on Wednesday, November 19, 1913 in Erath County, Texas to George Warren Lancaster and Lela Ann Loveless. I found out the day of the week by searching November 1913 in Wikipedia . Headlines  For headlines, I typed in the date into the sear...

I am working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow . I will write each week in one of my two blogs, either Mam-ma’s Southern Family or at My Trails Into the Past . I’m looking forward to writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways. My great-grandfather was Thomas Newton Johnston, born 25 July 1885 in Comanche Co, Texas to Reuben Mach Johnston and Olivia Jane Jones. [1] He was the fourth child of thirteen. He married Nell L. Hutson, the daughter of Peter H. Hutson and Sarah H. Selman, on 6 June 1907 in Comanche Co, Texas. They had six children, five who lived to adulthood. Unfortunately, Nell died young in 1919 at the age of 31. [2] Thomas started out a farmer, renting a general farm. [3] Later, he worked as a salesman at a lumberyard. [4] He married Zilpha E. Burford on 12 Dec 1931 in Stephenville, Erath Co, Texas. [5] This was the only “grandmother” my mother knew. Tom died 20 February 1951 at the age of 65. He did mak...

I am working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow . I will write each week in one of my two blogs, either Mam-ma’s Southern Family or at My Trails Into the Past . I’m looking forward to writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways. Two of my ancestors were ministers. Nathan H. O. Polly , my four times great-grandfather, was a circuit rider. He was born 27 June 1820 in Kentucky and died 2 November 1902 in Rockwall County, Texas. He was 82 years old. He was part of the evangelical movement of Churches of Christ or Disciples of Christ. According to his obituary, he baptized about 3000 people and preached for 50 years all over northern Texas. I found articles about Brother NHO Polly in several newspapers, such as The Christian Messenger. In the 1880s his health was failing and he had cut back on the preaching. Ebenezer Loveless , my two times great-grandfather, was a Baptist minister in Faulkner County, Arkansas. His ministry was mo...