My mother and three siblings pose here on the dining room steps with their mother, Kerma Minor. The white painted-brick farmhouse was surrounded by 330 acres of rolling hills studded by her daddy's prized cows. This was my mother's home, Ceylon Lane, Greene Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania--where the Donald Minor family weathered the Depression and World … Continue reading The Old Minor Home Farm: Those Places Thursday
Francis Marion Minor
This Day in Family History: April 15
April 15. A date burned into my brain by adrenaline and estrogen and progesterone, a hormone cocktail that pushed a new life into our world. In 1864, my great-great-grandmother, Mary Jane Gwynne Minor lay in her child bed. Her birthing team may have included a sister-in-law, a midwife, or perhaps a doctor from nearby Waynesburg, … Continue reading This Day in Family History: April 15
Amanuensis To Some Military Past: Francis Marion Minor and the 1863 Federal Draft
The conscription bill enrolls all the males of the loyal States (including Indians and negroes) between the ages of 20 and 45 into a national militia, and empowers the President to call them into the service of the United States for three years or the war. Congress has wisely empowered the Executive to receive a … Continue reading Amanuensis To Some Military Past: Francis Marion Minor and the 1863 Federal Draft
Tombstone Tuesday: John Pearson (Pierson) Minor
Shoots, Roots, and Leaves 