The other day on Geni.com someone contacted me about a cassette they found in an old camcorder at a garage sale in Laramie. The tape turned out to be an interview my Aunt Bunny did with her mother, my grandfather’s wife, in 2005. What a wonderful find. I had no idea the tape existed. Neither did anyone else, it seems. So often I tell people a big part of the trick to doing genealogy is...
Hazel Mary Howery nee Alloway March 13th 2005 Laramie, Wyoming
I can’t say I’m a fan of the Confederacy, but I was pleased to come across these videos by cousin Bob Howery at DailyMotion.com about his ancestor Dennis S. Howery, of Floyd County, Virginia:
Reading a biography of Dennis Howery
Walking the property of Dennis Howery
See Also
Dennis S. Howery at Findagrave.com
Pvt. Dennis S. Howery (Credit: B. G. Howery, Jr.)
Grant, O Gods, that the earth may lie soft and gently upon the shades of our ancestors, and may their urns be filled with a perpetual springtime blooming with the sweet scents of crocus. – Aulus Persius Flaccus, Satura VII, 207-8 On this date each year, I honor the memory of Conrad Hauri, the founder of my patrilineage. He was a wealthy peasant in the village of Steffisburg, in the...
In 1795 Jacob Howry laid out a settlement “on the big rode in Botetourt County”, which he named Howrytown. On 1 June 1795 he began selling lots there. The buyers were Christopher Bauer, Michael Bishop, etc. [Deed Bk. 5:264-81.] In all, he sold 40 lots to 23 people. The name Howrytown was retained as late as 1841, but the area is now a “suburb” of Greenville. Although he...