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Ancestry/Genealogy

madinmaryland

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2. A few interesting tidbits...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 10:17 AM

Mar 2012

One ancestor killed her three young children and then took her own life. This was in the 1890's.

Another ancestor was given a full and "honorable" Ku Klux Klan Burial service back in the 1920's.

Another ancestor shot and killed another man in Arkansas in the 1830's. He was a tavern owner and was not charged due to self defense.

A great-great Aunt was a moonshiner and bootlegger in the 1930's. She got busted and spent a couple of months in jail.

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