Category Archives: Family Stories and Recollections

Stories and tales shared by family members

My Ancestors this week

Posted on January 5, 2020 by greg

This week marks the birthday of one of my ancestors. My paternal grandmother Arrie Wright, who married Joseph Baxter Lovelace, was born on 10 January 1885 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, the daughter of George Alexander Wright and Sarah Ann … Continue reading →

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Staying with the Biggerstaffs

Posted on September 9, 2019 by greg

Just to throw out a genealogical crumb, today I found the entry in the marriage register for my aunt Blanche Eva Lovelace to Christopher Clyde Biggerstaff in Rutherford County.  They actually got married in Gaffney, SC. Blanche was 24 when … Continue reading →

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Joseph Baxter Lovelace, my Grampa

Posted on March 23, 2019 by greg

This post was inspired by a Post from Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist, on 23 March 2019 (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2019/03/23/the-one-i-wish-id-known/) My grandfather, Joseph Baxter Lovelace, was a subsistence farmer in rural Rutherford County, North Carolina. He died 27 June 1949, about 10 … Continue reading →

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Bourbon for Barton?

Posted on December 2, 2018 by greg

For all us descendants of ol’  Barton the horse thief…  a holiday gift from Larry Loveless via the Lovelace List on Rootsweb.

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Molasses Making Time

Posted on January 29, 2014 by greg

“Molasses Making Time” [circa 1935] By Edith Inez (Lovelace) Jenkins and used with her permission Molasses making was a time to look forward to.  People tried to grow enough cane and make enough molasses to last from one year to … Continue reading →

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