First Generation Brinkman Family, ca. 1880. Seated – Lewis Edward Brinkman, Catherine (Myers) Brinkman, Frederick “Fred” Brinkman, and George F. Brinkman. Standing – believe Emily in center, with brothers Henry J. and John W. Brinkman on either side. Here's a writing that only a family historian could love; dense with facts and very short on… Continue reading Brinkman Family Summary
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Who are these People?
Often, it seems that the answer to every question about family history includes the seed of at least one more subject to research. For example, my wife, Ann, came into possession of a set of old family photos about twenty years ago. These belonged to her mother. Ann wanted to give the pictures to her… Continue reading Who are these People?
Moses D. Damron, Union Soldier, Postmaster, Farmer
Prologue At 5 o'clock on the morning on November 8, 1861, U.S. Navy Lieutenant William O. Nelson, who had been charged with clearing Eastern Kentucky of the Confederate Army, marched out of Prestonsburg toward Piketon ( now Pikeville), Kentucky. With him was part of the Second, the Twenty-First and the Fifty-Ninth Ohio Regiments, the Sixteenth… Continue reading Moses D. Damron, Union Soldier, Postmaster, Farmer
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