Martin White 2015 Presentation and Query

Elder Martin White's Biography (off-site)

Although I presented the White's family story in Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois in May 2015, I'm continuing to dig for more information on Martin, Kiturah, and their children, so I still have a request for my cousins -- I am completing my grandmother's research on my 3rd great-grandparents because I am a promise-keeper and I have found much new information that she was not able to obtain during her own research because 1.) she was collecting as much as she could on all the descendants which was a huge undertaking in the days before the internet and 2.) the information was just not available to her or her assistants, even though she traveled to Kentucky where he was born, to Illinois, Kansas and the Missouri border area where he eventually died. She even corresponded by letter with many cousins, most of whom have passed away by now.

Unfortunately, the records that my grandmother copied or received during her family research were burned. The only thing I had in the beginning of my research on Martin & Kiturah was their story preserved in the red White book that my Grandmother published in 1983.  

I'm seeking two things especially, but as with any story, there are always more things I want to know about my 3rd great-grandparents. The two things I would like to have especially is a photograph of Martin and Kiturah (Kitty, Katie). Grandma was able to obtain photographs of some of their children and grandchildren which was eventually published in her genealogy. There are many photographs out there of Abraham Lincoln, so they lived during the time when photographs were possible, but I'm not sure if they ever had their photograph taken or if anyone ever drew or painted their portraits. 

The other thing I would like to have are samples of Martin's handwriting. Do you have any letters or documents with his signature that's been handed down in your family that is not from the internet, that you would be willing to photocopy or scan to share with me? I need family samples to verify what I have found on the internet. If you have either thing, please leave a comment for me in the comment section below. I moderate all comments before I publish them, so if you have personal information such as an email or a home address in your comment, it will not be published -- it's safe with me. However, if you wish to be counted as a member of the family, it would be best to make two comments -- one for me to keep containing your personal information and one to publish here.

I have been approached by people wanting to sell records to me pertaining to Martin White. As to that, I am NOT interested. So don't even bother trying to scam me. 

You would make my day if you have either requested item or another personal object of Martin's such as his Bible, his hymnal, a ministerial logbook or church minutes from Liberty Mosquito, Elk Fork or Pleasant Gap Primitive Baptist churches, sermons, his pulpit or powder horn or something of Kiturah's like a handwritten recipe, a list of Bible family records, her favorite Bible verse, a hand-crafted object and so forth.  These may be added to my family tree on Ancestry. Thank you in advance!

More to Read:

1. Border Ballads

2. Decoration Day

3. In Memory of Her Veterans

4. Preacher Man 

Click on the label "White" at the bottom of this post for information about other White descendants that I have written about or included in other posts. 

Citation: "Martin White 2015 Presentation and Query." Written by Dolores J. Rush. 6 September 2022.  Rush Family News, USA. 

Boone Family Research Links

My grandmother asked me to continue her research on the Boone connection to her family that she found just before she published her White genealogy in 1983 which I have done. I want to compile a source list for those who keep pestering me for info on the Boone Family. Since so many have kindly shared with me, I think it's only fair that I pass on the favor. I have many bookmarked Boone websites at the moment, but it is nothing like the one I had before my computer crashed in June 2021. So here goes (and by the way, if you find a dead link, let me know in the comments below, so I can fix it. Thanks.)

I met the Boone Society's official genealogist, Dorthy Mack, in person for the first and last time in 2016 and we took her out to eat at Jack Stack's Barbeque Restaurant in Martin City, Missouri on Father's Day of that year. She was returning home after a Boone Family Reunion. Sadly, she passed away on the 8th of April 2021. She was my feisty friend. The new Boone Society genealogist is Dorthy's Find-a-grave's memorial manager, so if my list doesn't work for you, go ask her. 

Some Allied Family Surnames: Berry, Boone, Bradley, Brooks, Bryan, Callaway, Castlio, Day, Elston, Darst, Douglass, Fletcher, Frey, Grow, Grubbs, Harmon, Hays, Howell, Lander, Liggett, Linville, Martin, Mock, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, Muir, Pennington, Scholl, Strode, Theobald, Van Bibber, Watts, Wilcoxson, Yeates

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By the way, I DNA match several Boones on Ancestry. Too bad many of them don't have trees. 

Before you begin to research your family roots, write down everything you know about your family, beginning with yourself and work backwards. There are fill-in worksheets at most libraries/genealogical centers that can help make this process easier, but failing that, take a spiral notebook and fill out one sheet per person, beginning with yourself and working backwards. Write down your full name, your birth date and where you were born, your marriage record and place, etc. in a list form. The worksheets usually have fill-in-the-blank spaces for birth date & place, marriage date/place and death date/place. It would be nice to create another couple of lines for a burial place as well for the deceased members of your tree. Then, create a sheet apiece for your parent's basic stats. You can list your siblings on your parent's sheets as "children." And so on, up to your grandparents, as far back as you can go. Interview your parents and your siblings for as much information as they remember about your family tree. It may take several tries to jog the memory center of the brain. Also, ask them about family photographs or certificates while you are asking for family information. That may also help shake memories loose as well. 

Next, before you ever check out the genealogy sites on the internet, take your spiral notebook with you to your local library or genealogy center or historical/genealogical society. Be sure to ask the staff for help if you get stuck. Their job is to assist their patrons and they may be a wealth of information too. I take advantage of mining people's brains when I can. My dad always said if you don't ask questions, you won't know what you want to know. Be sure to write down what information you found and where you obtained it. That's called citing your sources. Let me tell you, once you get into researching your family, you won't remember where you got that information, unless you are one of the rare individuals with a photographic memory. Write it down!  

Look for records that mention your family members to document your BOONE ancestors at the library.  Begin with Hazel Spraker's Boone Family genealogical book (see book list *** below).  You may also be able to order books and periodicals through World Cat at your local library. 

You may have to order some certificates from Vital Records (courthouse) in the state in which your Boone relatives lived, although some may be available online. For instance, Missouri has death certificates from 1910 to 1963 online and there are a few previous to 1910 at the same database. And I mention many of the other types of records your ancestor and relatives may have in their possession that you can use to document their lives in several posts on this blog. Look under the labels "Paper Trail" and "Research Basics." 

Seek the truth and document everything with the appropriate records. Don't accept every Tom, Dick, and Harry's say-so, especially if he doesn't have paper records with a source listed to back it up. The more records you have, the better you get to know your ancestors and I have found that useful when someone wanted to write "fiction" about one of my ancestors. 

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There are many counties, schools, and streets named in honor of the Boone and allied families such as Boone County, Missouri; Boone Street in Lecompton, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri; Liggett and Strode Roads in Blue Springs, Missouri; etc. 

Books:

My Google Library Boone bookshelf

• The Boone Family by Hazel Atterbury Spraker. The Tuttle Co, Rutland, VT, 1922. Internet Archive.  
• The Boone Bible has been donated to the Missouri State Historical Society. 
• "Boone Family Echoes" newsletters. Beulah Boone Collection. Jackson County Historical Society (JCHS) (Recommended by David W. Jackson)
• Before Abolition: African Americans in early Clark County, Kentucky. By Lyndon Comstock. 2017. Amazon
• Bristow-Douglass; the Rev. James Jackson Bristow and Sarah Douglass Bristow, their ancestors and their descendants, 1640-1961. Compiled by Julia J. Bristow. Lincoln, NE, 1960. Internet Archive. 
• Hannah Boone and Her Descendants. By Bess L. Hawthorne. Chedwato Service, Burlington, VT., 1960. Internet Archive. 
• A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri. By William Smith Bryan & Robert Rose. Genealogical Pub, Co, Baltimore, 1977. Internet Archive
• Boonesborough; its founding, pioneer struggles, Indian experiences, Transylvania days, and revolutionary annals by George Washington Ranck, J. P. Morton & Co, 1901.  Open Library.
• The Callaway Clan. By Bessie Callaway Hoffmeyer. College Press, Collegedale, TN, 1948.  Internet Archive. 
• The Elston Family in America. by James Strode Elston. The Tuttle Co, Rutland, VT, 1942.  Internet Archive. 
• The Duncans of Bourbon County, KY by Judith Spencer Ardery. Internet Archive
• History of the Lander Family of Virginia and Kentucky. By David Lander. Regan Printing House, Chicago, IL, 1926. Internet Archive. 
• The Linville Family in America. By Alice Eichholz. The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982. Google Books and Internet Archive. 
• A Second Visit with the Linvilles. by Alice Eichholz. The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976. Google Books. 
• Lost Souls of the Lost Township. By Paul R. Petersen & David W. Jackson. The Orderly Pack Rack, Kansas City, MO. 2011. Amazon. 
• Morgan & Strode. By Jim White. 2010. Lulu.com
• Rebeckah Boone's Bible
• Richard Callaway Family of Va. and Ky. and allied lines. By Jessie Williams Hart, 1933. Internet Archive. 
• Scholl, Sholl, Shull genealogy: the colonial branches. By John William Scholl. The Grafton Press, New York, 1930. Internet Archive. 
• Some Boone Descendants and Kindred of the ST. Charles District by Lilian Hays Oliver.  Chedwato Service. 1964. Seeking My Roots.
• Tallman Family History. By G. Tallman. Van Wert, IA, 1939. Internet Archive.
• The Jenkins, Boone & Lincoln Family Records. By Warren Y. Jenkins. Canon City, CO., 1925. Internet Archives. 
• The Pioneer and the Prairie Lawyer: Boone and Lincoln Family Heritage. by Willard Mounts. Ginwill Publishing Co, Denver, Co, 1991. 
• The Old Hand Carved Walnut Box. by Jim White. Lulu.com
• The Richard Callaway Family. by Jessie Williams Hart. Internet Archive. 
• The Spear and the Spindle: Ancestors of Sir Francis Bryan (d. 1550), KT. by T. A. Fuller.  Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1993. Personal library and Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Mo. 
• Three years with Quantrell; a true story.  As told by John McCorkle. Armstrong Herald Print, Armstrong, MO, 1914. Internet Archive. 
• White's Family & Their Kin. By Mrs. Gladys Esther White O'Neal & Elma Leota White Stoops. Paper Graphics, Garden City, KS, 1983. Personal Library or Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, MO. 

Links: (be sure to check out the other links on side menu)

Albert Boone, Kansas Memory

Bald Eagle Mercantile, Lecompton, Douglas County, KS. 

Ballad of Daniel Boone- Fess Parker. YouTube. 

Birth Records - Write down the birth year by day, month and year and the place where the person was born like the city, township, county, and state. Birth records can be found in adoption records, old family Bibles, church records, birth announcements, doctor records, letters, newspapers, and a hospital or state issued birth certificate.  

Our Berry Family

Walters, Sanders, Soots, Russell, Morphew, McCloud Families by Mary Anne Walters. 

Rootsweb family tree.. 

Boone Association

Boone Slick Road Association

Index to the Boone Family Collection at Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Mo.

Boone Family Association Boone Bulletin Newsletters

Boone Society

The Boone Page (Facebook)

Bryan-Morgan (blog)

Joseph Boone at the Bushong United website (Rootsweb)

Business Cards

Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records Search Engine

Plat maps at Historic Map Works

Census Records - Every ten years, the US takes census records. States and counties also sometimes take a census.  In addition to the census records, there are agricultural, mortality and slave schedules from 1850 and 1860. 

City Directories

Court Records

Crosthwaite's Family Tree/Tribal Pages

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone's Homestead (PA)

Daniel Boone's Homestead (PA)

Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Association (VA)

Daniel Morgan Boone’s Missing Years  (MO)

Rededication of Daniel Morgan Boone's Gravesite (NSDKC)

Boone Trees (Rootsweb index)

Boone-Hays Cemetery (Rootsweb)

A List of Children

A Reading of the Boone-Hays Cemetery (Rootsweb text)

Elmaza (Fletcher) Boone's Timeline

First Families of Kentucky

Fort Boonesborough's Early Settlers List 

Fort Boonesborough's Living History and Early Settlers List

A Reading of the Douglass-Grange Cemetery (Rootsweb text)

Find-a-grave

Fort Boonesborough's Early Settlers List (Goodman) 

Freedom Frontier National Heritage Area

Full Name. Do not add in a middle name if there is none listed in your primary records. Yes, some children received their mother's maiden surname as a middle name, but that doesn't mean everyone did. I received my mother's middle name as my middle name, but my mother-in-law does not have a middle name at all. Nicknames can be added in between quotation marks. My grandmother taught me to add in a woman's maiden name between parentheses, such as mine - Dolores Jean (O'Neal) Rush. It's to remind you that before a certain date, I was once single and after that date, I was married. You don't know how many times I've seen people add in a dated record with a woman's maiden surname on it after she was married on genealogical websites. 

Geni's Boonesborough's Pioneers

Hays House 1857 Restaurant, Council Grove, KS. 

Historic Map Works

Historical Marker Database

Isaac Van Bibber (Rootsweb)

Kansas Memory

Kansas State Historical Society (KSHS)

KY Kinfolk's Fort Boonesborough Early Settlers List

Kentucky Stations & Settlements

Jackson County, MO Marriage Records 1826 

The Landers (blog)

Marriage/Divorce Vital Records. 

Mattock Family Heritage Resources (Bible Records-Strode)

Military Records. Enlistment cards and pension applications.  Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Database. 

Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1963

Death date/place can also be found using not only death certificates, but also using cemetery sexton's records, church records, funeral leaflets from a funeral home, obituaries or newspaper notices, old letters, stone carver's mortuary records and tombstones. 

Missouri Pioneers - 'Gone but Not Forgotten'

Nathan & Olive Boone's Homestead, 7850 N. State Hwy. V, Ash Grove, MO. 

New Santa Fe, MO Historical Society & Watt's Mill, Dallas (present day south Kansas City), Jackson County, MO. 

Free Newspaper Databases such as Chronicling America Newspapers.  

Primitive Baptist Library. (By Appointment)

Church Records - Baptism, Cookbooks, Directories, Membership, Minutes, Sunday School, and Newsletters. 

Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Independence, MO

Quaker Records. 

A Collection of Letters Written by the Scholl Family and their Kin: (1836-1897). by Isabel S. Giulvezan. St. Louis, 1959. 

Septimus Scholl Letters

Ship/Boat Passenger Lists

Social Security Card (after 14 Aug 1935)

Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Database

The State Historical Society of Missouri

    a. New Santa Fe and Dallas/Watts Mill manuscript list at the Missouri State Historical Society. 

Tax Records

Trekking the Swope Park Blue River. By Don Bradley for the Martin City Telegraph. Kansas City, Missouri. December 11, 2023 

US Federal and State Census Records

Voting Cards

Watts Burying Ground (Rootsweb)

The Watts-Hays Letters (1849-1861). 

Waldo's Santa Fe Hills: An Exclusive Indian Village with Layers of History. New Santa Fe Trailer (blog)

Will, Estate Inventory, and Probate Records. 

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If you know of any other Boone genealogy books or websites, please share it with us in the comments below. Thank you. 

Citation: "Boone Family Research Links." Researched and written by Dolores J. Rush. List approved by Ken Kamper of the Boone Association and Boone Society. 26 January 2022. Rush Family News, USA. 

Our All-Time Favorite Reading Books

Awhile back, one of my first cousins was looking to purchase a book for her nephew for Christmas. She wanted to give him a book that was popular with her age group and asked for our advice.  We thought her suggestion was too mature for his age and level of understanding, so we told her of several other books that we thought would be more appropriate.  That's when I decided to compile a list of our all-time favorite chapter books and I'm finally getting around to it. 😄

(Pssst! Many of them have been made into audio books and movies too. A book and the corresponding CD or DVD  would make an excellent birthday or holiday gift. They can listen to, read and/or watch and compare the story lines. And I was able to find a few free e-books for your I-Pad, Kindle, Lap-Top, Nook, or Smart Phone. They are linked in. Our favorite bookstore is Half-Price Books. We discovered it during our homeschooling days. We also visit our local library and thrift stores for books.)

Author - Book Title(s).
(Many of the books may be appropriate for both boys and girls.)

for boys 

1. Bender, Esther  - Thank God for Rocks.
2. Bowen, Robert Sidney  - Dave Dawson (book series); Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal (audio)
3. Burgess, Thornton W. - The Adventures of Bob White (audio); The Adventures of Buster Bear (audio); The Adventures of Bobby Coon (audio); The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel (audio); The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (audio); The Adventures of Grandfather Frog (audio); The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat (audio); The Adventures of Johnny Chuck (audio); The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer (audio);  The Adventures of Mr Mocker (audio); The Adventures of Old Man Coyote (audio); The Adventures of Paddy Beaver (audio); Adventures of Peter Cottontail (audio); The Adventures of Sammy Jay (audio); The Adventures of Prickly Porky (audio); The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum (audio);  The Adventures of Poor Mrs Quack (audio); The Adventures of Reddy Fox (audio); The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk (audio); The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad (audio);  Bowser the Hound (audio);  The Burgess Animal Book for Children (audio); The Burgess Bird Book for Children (audio); Blacky the Crow (audio); Buster Bear's Twins (audio); Happy Jack (audio); How Old Mr. Crow Lost His Double Tongue (audio);  How Old King Eagle Won His White Head (audio); How Old Mr. Mink Taught Himself to Swim (audio); Mother West Wind's Animal Friends (audio); Mother West Wind's Children (audio); Mother West Wind "How" Stories (audio); Mother West Wind When Stories (audio);  Mother West Wind 'Where' Stories (audio); Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories (audio);  Old Mother West Wind (audio); Mrs. Peter Rabbit (audio); Old Granny Fox (audio); Tommy and the Wishing Stone (audio);  Whitefoot the Wood Mouse (audio); Why Hooty the Owl Does Not Play On the Green Meadow (audio)
4. Burroughs, Edgar Rice  - Moon Maid (audio); The Princess of Mars (audio), (book); Son of Tarzan (audio);  Tarzan (book); Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (audio); Tarzan the Terrible (audio); The Land that Time Forgot (audio); 
5. Chesterton, G. K.  - The Wisdom of Father Brown (audio)
6. Cooper, James Fenimore - The Last of the Mohicans (book)
7. Defoe, Daniel  - Robinson Crusoe (audio)
8. Dickens, Charles - A Christmas Carol (video); Oliver Twist [note: video may be disturbing for young children] (video), 
9. Dixon, Franklin W. - the Hardy Boys (mystery series). (video)
10. Douglas, Lloyd C.  - The Robe (book), (video clip)
11. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan - The Lost World (book); Sherlock Holmes
12. Dumas, Alexandre - The Count of Monte Cristo (audio), (book) ;  The Three Musketeers (audio)
13. ENGLISH FAIRY TALES - Jack & the Beanstalk (video); 
14. Fleming, Ian - Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang 
15. Field, Eugene = The Poems of Eugene Field (book)
16. George, Jean Craighead - My Side of the Mountain
17. Gipson, Fred  - Old Yeller
18. Grahame, Kenneth - The Wind in the Willows (audio), (book) 
19. God - The Holy Bible (book), (audio)
20. Guest, Edgar Albert - Just Folks (book)
21. Haggard, H. Rider  - King Solomon's Mine (book), (audio), (video)
22. Hamner, Jr., Earl  - Spencer's Mountain,  The (Walton's) Homecoming: A Christmas Story (video)
23. Herriot, James (pen name for James Alfred Wight) - All Creatures Great and Small (series); Dog Stories; 
24. Hope, Laura Lee - The Bobbsey Twins (book); The Bobbsey Twins in the Country (audio); The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea (audio); The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore (audio); Merry Days Indoors and Out (audio); 
25. Lawhead, Stephen R. - the Pendragon Cycle (series)
26. Lewis, C.S.  - The Chronicles of Narnia (series). 
27. London, Jack - The Call of the Wild (audio), (book) (video); Sea Wolf (audio); White Fang (audio); 
28. Kipling, Rudyard  - The Jungle Book (audio)
29. Malory, Sir Thomas  - Le Morte Darthur: King Arthur & His Round Table (book)
30. Marzollo, Jean  - I Spy: A Book of Picture Riddles
31. McSpadden, J. Walker - Robin Hood (audio)
32. Munsch, Robert - Love You Forever.
33. Lofting, Hugh - The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle (audio).
34. Nesbit, E.  - The Railway Children (audio)
35. O'Dell, Scott - Island of the Blue Dolphins
36. Pyle, Howard  - Robin Hood (book)
37. Rawls, Wilson  - Where the Red Fern Grows
38. Sayers, Dorothy - Lord Peter Wimsey (adult mystery series) (book)
39. Scott, Sir Walter - Ivanhoe (audio), (book) 
40. Sheldon, Charles M. - In His Steps (book), (video-1) (video-2) (video-3)
41. Stevenson, Robert Louis (some of his writings are on the dark side, but these are okay) - A Child's Garden of Verses (book);  The Black Arrow (audio);  Treasure Island (audio);  
42. Swift, Jonathan - Gulliver's Travels (book)
43. Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel  - The Hobbit; The Lord of the Rings (the movie is too intense for little ones)
44. Travers, Pamela Lyndon  - Mary Poppins
45. Twain, Mark (Clemens, Samuel) - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (audio); Huckleberry Finn (audio), (video), The Prince and the Pauper, Tom Sawyer (audio), 
46. Verne, Jules - 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas (audio); Journey to the Center of the Earth (book) 
47. Wallace, Lewis - Ben Hur (book)
48. Warner, Gertrude Chandler  - The Boxcar Children (audio)
49. White, E. B. - Charlotte's Web; Stuart Little.
50. Wright, Harold Bell - The Shepherd of the Hills (book); 
51. Wyss, Johann David - Swiss Family Robinson  (audio), (book)

for girls

Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale. 

1. Alcott, Louisa May  - Eight Cousins (audio); Jack and Jill (audio); Little Men (book); Little Women (audio), (book), (video);  Rose in Bloom (audio), (audio 2); Spinning Wheel Stories (audio)
2. Barnes, Emilie - Sharing a Cup of Kindness with Treasured Friends, The Spirit of Loveliness: Bringing Beauty, Creativity, and Order to Your Life; If Teacups Could Talk: 
3. Brink, Carol Ryrie  - Caddie Woodlawn; The Pink Motel
4. Brown, Ruth Alberta  - At the Little Brown House (book); The Lilac Lady
5. Buck, Pearl S. - The Good Earth.
6. Burnett, Frances Hodgson  - A Little Princess (audio), (book), (video);  Little Lord Fauntleroy (audio),  (book); The Secret Garden (audio), (book); The Shuttle (audio)
7. Childs, Laura =  Cackleberry Club; Scrapbook; Tea (adult cozy mystery series)
8. Finley, Martha - Elsie Dinsmore (book series); Elsie's Children (audio); 
9. Field, Rachel -- Hitty, Her First Hundred Years.
10. Frank, Anne - The Diary of a Young Girl (video)
11. Gates, Doris - The Blue Willow
12. God - The Holy Bible (book)
13. Hale, Mabel - Beautiful Girlhood (audio) 
14. Hill, Grace Livingston - (abt. 100 novels); The Enchanted Barn (audio); The Girl from Montana (audio)
15. Keene, Carolyn  - Dana (mystery series); Nancy Drew (mystery series)
16. Keller, Helen - The Story of My Life (book)
17. Landon, Margaret  - Anna and the King of Siam (video clip; The King and I); Never Dies the Dream
18. Lindgren, Astrid - Pippi Longstocking.
19. MacLachlan, Patricia  - Sarah, Plain and Tall (video)
20. Marshall, Catherine - Christy; Julie
21. Montgomery, Lucy Maud  - Anne of Avonlea (audio); Anne of Green Gables  (audio), (book); Anne's House of Dreams (audio);  Anne of the Island (audio); Emily of the New Moon; Further Chronicles of Avonlea (audio);  Jane of Lantern Hill; Rainbow Valley (audio); 
22. Norton, Mary  - The Borrowers (series)
23. Oke, Janette  - Love Comes Softly (series);
24. Page, Patti  - Once Upon a Dream; This is My Song: A Memoir. 
25. Perrault, Charles - Cinderella (book)
26. Porter, Eleanor H. - Pollyanna (audio), (video clip); Pollyanna Grows Up (audio), (book)
27. Porter, Gene Stratton - Freckles (book); Keeper of the Bees; Laddie (book), (video); The Girl of the Limberlost
28. Potter, Beatrix -  Great Big Treasury (audio);  The Tale of Peter Rabbit (book); Miss Potter (video)
29. Sewell, Anna - Black Beauty (audio), (book) 
30. Shaw, Bernard -Pygmalion (video) (My Fair Lady; Audrey Hepburn version is my favorite)
31. Sidney, Margaret  - Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (book) (video) 
32. Smith, Hannah Whitall -  The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life (audio)
33. Spyri, Johanna - Heidi  (audio), (book), (video)
34. ten Boom, Corrie - The Hiding Place; Tramp for the Lord. 
35. Tudor, Tasha - A Tale for Easter.
36. von Trapp, Maria - The Story of the Trapp Family Singers  (video); (movie: Sound of Music) (video clip)
37. Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith - Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. (book); Rose O' The River (audio)
38. Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Little House on the Prairie (series). 
39. Williams, Margary - The Velveteen Rabbit (audio)

MORE:

YouTube Audio Book Playlist. 

We're Pet People

I listed five pets that brought me joy over the years in my positivity journal, including our most recent pet - Lily, a tan chihuahua dog, who died in April during coronavirus lockdown. When I first joined Find-a-grave, occasionally I ran into pet memorials (yes, Find-a-grave allows them) and at the time, I thought it silly to have them on there, but I've changed my mind since then as making a memorial for Lily brought me some measure of comfort after she passed. 

She joined our family in 2009 after a trip to Tennessee to visit family for Thanksgiving and we brought her home with us. Since she was a rescue dog, her guesstimated age was about 10 months old at that time. She was very afraid of the car and rode on my shoulder the whole way home in panic mode, but since that time, she loved to go riding as her daddy spoiled her by buying a treat (hotdog) for her at Quik-trip when he stopped to buy gas and a coke. She also went with us on many weekender vacation trips and was a good rider. 

I've been spring cleaning and finding things of Lily's. Some I've packed away, in case we decide to add a new pet to our household in the future, but holding them in my hands makes me miss her. She balanced out the females to the males in our home and we had her for ten years. As her Find-a-grave memorial states, I taught her many things for she was a smart dog and good company. I mentioned her in this article about genealogy code here. 

Today, I remembered that I had some documents concerning her shots, etc. packed away in a filing cabinet. So I dug them out and thought that they might be good documents to prove our residence at the time as they have our address written on them.  However, since this is a sample, I've taken care to remove our address from the below record for this article. 

Here's a list of other pets that I remember. I have a few more records in my filing cabinet for other pets like Ami, Baby, and Hunter. I remember a few more critters that our family kept as pets, but will have to dig for their names to add to this list. 

1. Ami (D. Rush; female Bichon Frise dog)
2. Baby Cakes (D. Rush;  male bicolor cat)
3. Blackie (J. Ullom's male farm dog; they thought he was a mutt, but he looked like a black Irish Setter)
4. Bumbles (S. Yoder; cat)
5. Candy (J. Ullom's rat terrier)
6. Darby (P. Eubank; male dog)
7. Darcy (D. Rush; male Sheltie dog)
8. "Don't remember name" pets (finches, fish, gerbils, hamsters, a hermit crab, a horned toad, lizards, turtles)
9. Diamond (I.L. Rush; horse) 
10. Freckles (N. Rush's male Brittany Spaniel dog)
11.  Ginger (N. O'Neal; female Lhasa Apso dog)
12. Gracie (M. Rush; Great Danes)
13.  Hunter (D. Rush; Pomeranian)
14. King (M. Rush; Great Dane)
15. Lily (D. Rush; chihuahua)
16. Misty (D. Rush; pet rabbit) 
17. Nancy (J. Ullom; Shetland pony)
18. Nellie (I.L. Rush; horse)
19. Nova (S. Yoder; cat)
20.  Perry (D. Rush; parakeet)
21.  Pretty Boy (N. O'Neal; canary)
22.  Rusty (R. O'Neal; Irish setter)
23.  Sam (N. O'Neal; Beagle dog)
24. Shirley (I.L. Rush; horse)
25. Snowflake (I.L. Rush; horse)
26. Song (N. O'Neal; female Siamese cat)
27. Sugar (I.L. Rush; horse)
28. Sugar (R. Rush; female miniature poodle)
29. Tippy (I.L. Rush; dog)
30. Violet (S. Yoder; cat)