Family Stories
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July 18, 2016
Granddaddy Williams and the National Economy (9/16/2011)
Originally published 9/16/2011 · republished 2016
My paternal grandfather, Richard Hobart Williams, was a hard-working staunch conservative, a Hoover Republican who traveled around East Tennessee during the Great Depression trading horses…
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July 18, 2016
Carrying the Mail (9/29/2010)
Originally published 9/29/2010 · republished 2016
My maternal grandfather, Oscar Shelley, a rural mail carrier for 33 years, 1927 to 1960, wore out a new Chevrolet every two years on Route…
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August 11, 2016
Dillard L. Williams and the Confederate Flag (March 30, 2010)
Originally published March 30, 2010 · republished 2016
Dillard L. Williams is one of my ancestors, my paternal grandfather’s great grandfather. He was born in 1821 and, according to Granddaddy, was murdered in 1864. If…
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August 11, 2016
Education in America (Well, Tennessee Anyway) – 100 Years Ago (May 12, 2010)
Originally published May 12, 2010 · republished 2016
I wrote a couple of days ago about some changes in education over the past fifty years, but I also have one first-hand account of…
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