We started out at our roving "office" to catch up with technology!
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| Senior coffee- 50 cents with free re-fills! |
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Free wi-fi- our mobile office! Thanks, McDonalds!
Heading out on the Natchez Trace today.
For you Floridians, did you know that West Florida once stretched all the way to the Mississippi River, and some of our ancestors lived there?
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We turned off the trace to visit Vicksburg National Military Park. A number of our relatives died or were captured at Vicksburg. Several were close relatives of my great-great grandparents, AJ Womack and Rebecca Franklin. One was AJ Womack's nephew- Thomas Beasley Dent. He died in February 1863- age 17. His brother was captured when Vicksburg surrendered. Two of their cousins- Ferdinand Dent Kennedy and David Jasper Kennedy, were killed on June 23, 1863. All four of these young men were grandsons of Sarah Dent Womack- wife of Richard Womack, who raised AJ Womack from the time he was a baby. Many other relatives fought in the siege and battle of Vicksburg.
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| Canons at Vicksburg |
New info I never knew about! Looks like your weather's OK. Saw some lines of storms out that way.
ReplyDeleteSomehow "lost" the blog but am now caught up. So sorry you had trouble with the van. Looking forward to seeing you soon. Let me know if you need to arrive earlier and/or stay later. Marsha
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