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Jacob Albert Carter

January 23, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles

Jacob Albert Carter was born in 1850 and died on December 27, 1893.1 MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS LITERALLY PIERCED UNTO HIS DEATH DURING CHRISTMAS OF 1893 __________1Pg. 24-25, The CARTER, ALKIRE, KENNEDY, WILLIAMS and Related Families, by Judge James M. Carter, published 1977....

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Someone Confused Rat Poisoning With Baking Powder

January 15, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

My maternal great-great grandfather, Thomas Kennedy, came to the United States around age 25 which likely dates his immigration to 1846. Like many in this country, our ancestors came from Ireland during the Potato Famine. This famine began in 1845 and lasted until 1852. According to his daughter, Margaret Jane Kennedy (my great grandmother), her father married five years later. Thomas’ own father had died when he was a young boy and he didn’t much remember him. At some point...

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The Carter Family Overview, History and Memorabilia

January 9, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles

The following genealogy is adapted from the book The CARTER, ALKIRE, KENNEDY, WILLIAMS and Related Families, by Judge James M. Carter, published 1977. The Family of Jacob Albert Carter and Margaret Jane Kennedy (Carter)1 Jacob Albert Carter, (born September 20, 1850; died December 27, 1893), son of Robert Marshall Carter and Catherine Rebecca Alkire (Carter)2 married Margaret Jane Kennedy (born November 29, 1851; died March 20, 1939), daughter of Thomas Kennedy and Sarah (Sally) Williams. They were married on March...

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Margaret Ruth Linger (Slifer)

January 9, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles

October 21, 1923 to November 29, 2001. Married January 31, 1948. MY MOTHER’S CODED DIARY MESSAGE MADE THE TRANSLATOR BREAK OUT IN A SMILE WHEN SHE FIGURED IT OUT! (January 2, 2023) MY MOTHER REFERENCED ‘CONFUCIUS’ IN HER HIGH SCHOOL POETRY ASSIGNMENT (January 2, 2023) VINDICATING MARGARET (July 22, 2022)...

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A Woman Named Emma

January 9, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

As I was thinking on this piece today there were several different scripture texts that popped into my mind and I almost wanted to start with one of them, but when I read the surrounding context I’m not sure it is well-suited to the main theme of this piece. On the other hand, perhaps it is a perfectly-suited opener. My fear is that readers may become diverted with all the controversial mess-and-mucky interpretations/applications/conversations that have likely been surrounding this chapter...

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My Mother Referenced ‘Confucius’ in Her High School Poetry Assignment

January 2, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

In part of laying the groundwork for future subjective writings about my mother’s young life and a variety of events, in connection with not only telling my own life story but hers (which is intrinsically interconnected with my own), I am making a variety of observations about my mother through her young writings. Perhaps it is unfair and biased but as I glanced over the collection of classmate poems that she typed for her junior class as part of an...

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My Mother’s Coded Diary Message Made the Translator Break Out in a Smile When She Figured it Out!

January 2, 2023
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

It would be fair to say that over the years my mother did in fact utilize forms of coded messages (or other overtly odd notes, statements, instructions, letter-writing and documents) in a variety of her writings. That said, what was contained in her young diaries/writings which I have in my possession, provide a basis of both intrigue, statements open to interpretation and clear evidences of both her high intelligence, wit, musical abilities and interest in forms of word-play. It doesn’t...

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My Mother’s High School Poetry

December 31, 2022
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Personal Writings, Writings

There is a lot to discover as we browse through the type of items people typically save from childhood homes when parents must leave, and eventually pass. Among the items I have in various boxes and browse at times is a type-written book of poems that I never gave proper attention to previously. This past summer I scanned each one and more closely observed that my mother had typed this booklet up. And, she had contributed a poem to what...

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The Year I Slept Through Christmas

December 19, 2022
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

1983 was definitely the year I slept through Christmas. I checked the calendar. Yep, Christmas fell on a Sunday that year. And, I recall where I was the surrounding years. Oh wait. It actually might have been 1982. There’s a chance it was that year. But, I really think it was 1983. Not sure where I was 1982. Christmas of 1981 I had taken a bus to Boonsboro, MD and spent the holiday with my Aunt Virginia, Uncle Bill and...

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Mountain Daisies of West Virginia

December 7, 2022
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Artwork For Sale, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Uncategorized, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

In July of this year I took a trip to my mother’s hometown of Buckhannon, West Virginia. It was a personal pilgrimage of sorts. I had only been to Buckhannon once (and very briefly) during the summer of 1978. That was the summer between my father’s retirement in 1977 after working over forty years with the Soil Conservation Service in Elkton, MD, and his death in May 1979. We had gone from the annual Slifer family reunion in Boonsboro, MD...

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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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