Since I began my journey down through the branches of my family tree, I've added several locations where my ancestors lived to my genealogy travel bucket list: The Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina; the Outer Banks and Roanoke; Lower Surrounded Hill, AR; Big Cabin, OK; Hancock county, IL; and Jones county, IA [...]
It was a setup, Graves insisted. He was innocent. It was the lawyers who were lying. They were in this thing together. For his part, Ryan had nothing to say. The policeman who had arrested the boys had found two revolvers and a two foot long solder bar in Graves' room at 237 East 18th [...]
Leon Graves was quickly running out of money, but he was determined to see his case to the end. And win. His father kept his attorneys on retainer as Leon wanted to file a suit against the Ogden Loan & Trust Company for false imprisonment. With money provided by his attorneys, Leon Graves was living [...]
The Utah Loan & Trust bank president lied. The chief of police of Ogden, Utah was, in fact, trailing the suspected criminals1. He was angry about the press releasing information about the case, wanting details to be kept secret until the men were captured. He was determined to bring Barton and Graves back to Ogden [...]
My mother and I visited Jones county Iowa this past weekend to walk in our ancestors shoes. I'm working on a post to share but in the meantime, here are some family articles of Jones county from both sides of my family tree. KENNALEY Kennaley Horrible Murder In Jones County Kennaley Farm and Artifacts The [...]
BRIANNA WRIGHT 