tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68306999582205246622011-11-27T18:02:41.551-06:00With 28 years of experience in genealogical research, Sherry Hightower,a.k.a. Texas History Hunter, blogs about genealogy, family history and cemeteries. Follow her as she shares the discoveries of her family's Texas roots and beyond.Tex Hist Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845128709199613662noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830699958220524662.post-39910172452862043002011-03-11T08:46:00.000-06:002011-03-11T08:46:24.410-06:00

It has been about six months since my last entry. Where have I been and what on earth have I been doing to cause me to stay away so long? Without getting into personal  issues, no "TMI" here, I'll just say life behind the scenes can be interesting. Besides the holidays and then several birthdays between Oct. and the New Year, things were popping. Then in Jan. I was fortunate enough to be

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Growing up with my grandparents, I often listened to the telling and retelling of wonderful stories. I have forgotten many of these but one that has always stayed with me was about Pierce's Drug Store. Mr. Cader Aquilla Pierce owned a drug store at 1711 Irving Ave in Beaumont (Jefferson Co).  When my grandmother was younger, she had worked a few years in the store as a clerk for Mr. Pierce. They

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Many people have fond memories of their high school days. Some may have kept their high school year books and occasionally look back at friends and re-read something they scribbled in the corner or across the page, usually across their photo. I found my grandmother's high school album. They didn't have year books, at least not at her high school in 1923. What she had was like an old album where

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In 1840 James O. Wilkinson was living in Jefferson County Georgia. Who his parents and siblings were is still unknown.  On Dec 2, 1831 in Jefferson Co., he married Mary Ann Purvis, daughter of William W. Purvis and Sarah Matthews of Warren County GA. Copy of the certificate I received in 1989 from the Jefferson County Court Clerk. In looking at the Jefferson County GA genealogical website,

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