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3 " T H E C IV IL W A R ........................................................................... 65
1. Granma and General Sherman, JOHN O. WEST ..................................66
2. James Ware's Hanging, GLORIA COUNTS...............................................68
3. A Woman's Strong Love, DIANNA SHULL ............................................69
4. Swimming the Swollen Stream, LOTTIE GUTTRY ................................69
5. My Grandmother's Trip, LOUISE MARTIN ...........................................72
6. Uncle Levi, PATSY JOHNSON HALLMAN .................................................73
7. Letters from Ezekiel Cobb, EZEKIEL COBB .............................................. 75
8. An Old Tintype and A Faded Journal, ELEANOR MONROE ................... 76
9. Ephriam Dial in the Civil War, FRANCES B. VICK
AND ANDREW BRANNEN ..........................................................................78
10. The Civil War and the Scudder Family, JEAN G. SCHNITZ.................... 80
11. The Last Ham, BARBARA PYBAS ............................................................82
12. Civil War Casualty, ELEANOR MONROE ................................................... 84
13. The Aftermath of the Civil War, TOLD BY MARY ANN
LONG FERGUSON, TRANSCRIBED BY ODESSA HICKS DIAL .......................86
4 " IN D IA N S ......................................................................................... . 89
1. Josephus and Frank Browning, KAREN McDONALD.............................91
2. Lye Soap, ELIZABETH STANLEY POPE AS TOLD TO JANET JEFFERY ............ 92
3. A Night to Remember, ELEANOR MONROE ............................................. 93
4. Another Indian Story, MYRTLE OLDHAM HAM TRANSCRIBED BY
JO ELLEN HAM MILLER ................................................................................. 94
5. Experiences of Calvin and Nancy Fisher, GRACE FISHER PORCH......... 97
6. A. J. Walker and the Indians, FRANCES B. VICK AND ANDREW BRANNEN ... 98
7. A Fat Man's Misery, JEAN G. SCHNITZ ................................................... 100
8. Gramma Garrett, LUCILLE HARRIS ......................................................... 101
9. She Put it in Writing, JENNIFER CURTIS ................................................. 101
10. A Renegade Rifle, AUSTIN T. KING ........................................................ 102
11. A Tale Grandpa Told about Indians, ERNEST B. SPECK ....................... 104
5 * ANIMALS, WILD AND DOMESTIC ................................... 107
1. Bears and Wild Beasts, MYRTLE OLDHAM HAM TRANSCRIBED BY
JO ELLEN HAM MILLER ............................................................................... 108
2. Thomas and the Rattlesnake, WAUN HARRISON .................................. 113
3. Papa John and the Bull, SUE WENNER ................................................... 114
4. Do Unto Others.. . , LILLIAN ELLISENE RUMAGE DAVIS .......................115vi
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Series of family anecdotes, collected from authors across the state of Texas describing general family history, how families arrived in Texas, and experiences related to the Civil War, Indians, animals, religion, ghosts, feuds, historic figures, and various other topics. Index starts on page 349.
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Abernethy, Francis Edward; Lincecum, Jerry Bryan & Vick, Frances Brannen, 1935-. The Family Saga: A Collection of Texas Family Legends, book, 2003; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc701341/m1/7/?q=peddler: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.