I was an ungrateful daughter
She was a young widow at 41 years old. She was working an unbelievably difficult job in a textile mill and had an ungrateful teen daughter.
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Yvonne Mashburn Schmidt
- Jan 27
It's hard to mourn when you think they might drop the casket
"Everything will be fine." Famous last words.
Yvonne Mashburn Schmidt
- Jan 26
"This is the only way I know to make you happy. This is Good By."
For Emily, Katie, and Emma Grace... My grandmother Maude Chollita Fulton Mashburn named both of her sons Benjamin. The oldest son was...
Yvonne Mashburn Schmidt
- Jan 26
My BigMama would hate that I'm a genealogist.
For Emilie, Katie, and Emma Grace...
Yvonne Mashburn Schmidt
- Jan 19
The Tangled Web
Identities of Rev. Elizur Butler – physician and minister to the Cherokee Indians, a member of the Creek Indian Sam Moniac family of Alabama
Yvonne Mashburn Schmidt
- Jan 17
Forget the sledgehammer. Find the drill for your brick walls.
In my quest to join the DAR, my one identified and proven Patriot (so far) required a 90+ page proof argument to connect him to his...