Heather Cox Richardson from Letters from an American <heathercoxrichardson@substack.com> Yesterday, November 5, 2024, Americans reelected former president Donald Trump, a Republican, to the presidency over Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris. As of Wednesday night, Trump is projected to get at least 295 electoral votes to Harris’s 226, with two Republican-leaning states still not called. … [Read more…]
Anne Frye Maxey, age 94, of Frederick, died Saturday, March 30, 2024, at Silverado Memory Care. Born January 26,1930 in Mount Hope, WV she was the daughter of the late Wilbur Fred Frye and Edna Craft Frye and the wife of Donald Reese Maxey who died in 2015. At age 18 she married Don and … [Read more…]
Another Mystery for history sleuths: Have an idea? Post a comment! Many of the letters and postcard list Wilson and Mattie’s address as Culbertson, Ohio. We know it must have been near the DT&I Railway in the general area of Pedro, but it’s not on any modern maps. The Road Side Thoughts Gazetteer says this … [Read more…]
These are the earliest letters found in the closet. There are nine letters, spanning eighteen years, to and from the Reed and Marshall families. So far, we’ve been unable to find any connection to any Reese or Maxey. What to give your genealogy sleuthing a try? Here’s a transcript of the first letter from … [Read more…]
Did Stephen William Maxey serve in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry? The only reference we’ve found so far is the July 31, 1863 Class 1, Subject to Miliary Draft book- where he’s listed as having served in the 26th Ohio Volunteer infantry. It lists Stephen, number 19, second from the bottom of the page with ditto … [Read more…]
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