My Roots Run Deep

Stories From My Family History

Canoeing

As a kid one of our favorite things to do was go on canoe trips with family and friends. My parents had several spots we could put in and several we could take out. How long the trip was to take determined the in and out spots on the river. We usually had at...

Trespassers

One of my favorite places to go and walk through nature is some property we own by the river. There used to be a bridge that my children had named the Dangerous Bridge, it was old with holes working their way though the floor so that you could look down as you...

Fixing a Car (Not so conventional)

Watching a neighbor work with a backhoe in our field trying to find an old well (that's a completely different story), I was talking to one of my dad's friends about my dad. All the things I know about fixing cars comes from my dad.... though none of it is...

Meal (the one that shaped me most?)

I have the Becoming journal and have slowly been working on it. I was just faced with the question about the most memorable meal. Of course over time I've had lots of family meals that meant a lot to me, and I can remember getting together with friends and family....

Memories from the Table

After moving we stored things we couldn't use in a shed until we could figure out what to do. One of those things was an antique Duncan Phyfe dining room table from my aunt Kate - my Grandmother's sister. My aunt Kate had been married twice and couldn't have children....

Too Much or Not Enough

Every so often I wonder if I did enough or too much for my kids and I think back to how much my parents did when I was growing up. I frequently think about what my parents didn't do.... but there are things my parents did. When I was in school one of my desires was to...

The Honey Bear

Our families first deer, Bambi, came from a man in Danville who had collected animals. He had a wild array of animals and had decided to get rid of them. I still remember going to his house and waiting in the house seeing his monkey and others while my dad went out to...

Buffalo Escape… Why have Buffalo? (Others escaped too)

Buffalo who have escaped in the next county have been all over the news this week. A family that farms has been raising them for meat and a herd broke the fence. The school bus was driving their route and happened to come upon a herd of buffalo and alerted everyone....

Frank, Tootie, Howard, and Juanita Cheuvront

Apr 22, 2013 | Richter | 0 Comments

It's funny, this picture came up with Juanita Cheuvront filled into the title when I added it, but the actual name in my files is Frank, Tootie, Howard, and girlfriend. I have no idea where the name Juanita Cheuvront came from. This is one of those things that...

Republican Policy Committee

Apr 17, 2013 | Richter | 0 Comments

This is a picture of the US Senate Republican Policy Committee. It's funny that I can quickly pic my Aunt Dorothy out even with a photo so many people. I found this information about the committee: About the Republican Policy Committee The United States Senate...

Wesley Richter

Apr 13, 2013 | Richter | 0 Comments

My grandfather Richter!

Edgar Richter Obituary

Apr 5, 2013 | Richter | 0 Comments

Edgar C. Richter Oakwood - Edgar C. Richter, 97, or Oakwood Route 2, died at 1:37 pm Sunday (Dec. 15, 1991) at USMC, Logan Campus. He was born November 2, 1894, in Oakwood Township, the son of Abraham Lincoln and Arilla Pate Richter. He was married to Sophia Melton....

My Dad and Camping

Apr 5, 2013 | Richter | 2 Comments

My dad was in the reserves shortly before I was born. This is a small picture of him I have in my files. I think it's the only one I have of him in uniform. I remember my dad never wanting to camp out and he would tell stories about finding snakes in your boots...

Corbly Hometead

Apr 5, 2013 | Eldridge | 0 Comments

John Corbly was born in 1733 just north of Londonberry, Ireland. At fourteen he indentured himself to pay his passage to America and served four years on a farm in Berks County, Pennsylvania. He went to Winchester, Virginia, where he married Abigail Bull and purchased...

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