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    Man's fate is wrought in the loom of years,
    To pattern traced by an unseen hand
    The shuttle flies and the weaver sighs,
    For the work is slow and tragic and grand.
    Some shuttles are filled with golden thread
    For the few great souls who march in the van,
    But most are filled with the thread used for
    The warp and woof of the average man.

    Stuart F. Reed

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    Mr. Davy's Three Brass Buttons
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Nov 3, 2020
    • 4 min

    Mr. Davy's Three Brass Buttons

    Sure, it's after Halloween. But it's never too late for a spooky dooky story. I had a few to choose from, but I decided this year to...
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    Jeremiah Cruse (1836-1918), possible grandson of Jeremiah Crews & Elizabeth Harland
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 5 min

    Jeremiah Cruse (1836-1918), possible grandson of Jeremiah Crews & Elizabeth Harland

    I will be continuing my series on the possible grandchildren of Jeremiah Crews and Elizabeth Harland. Currently I am detailing these...
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    A Trip to Madison County
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    A Trip to Madison County

    I must apologize for my long absence this summer from my blog. I was given the wrong dosage of medicine from the local pharmacy for my...
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    Laeticia Nelson, Possible granddaughter of Jeremiah Crews
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Laeticia Nelson, Possible granddaughter of Jeremiah Crews

    Laeticia Nelson was born to James Nelson and Susannah Crews, and Susannah was probably the daughter of Jeremiah Crews and Elizabeth...
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    Josiah Cruse (1834-   ), grandson of Jeremiah Cruse & Elizabeth Harland
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    Josiah Cruse (1834- ), grandson of Jeremiah Cruse & Elizabeth Harland

    The past few weeks, thanks to the research of Marian Kay Cruse Abbott, I have been able to post up-to-date information on Jeremiah Cruse...
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    Jeremiah Crews, Possible Children, Part Six: David Crews
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 21, 2020
    • 5 min

    Jeremiah Crews, Possible Children, Part Six: David Crews

    Another possible child of Jeremiah Crews/Cruse and Elizabeth Harland was David Cruse who was, according to the 1840 Sullivan County,...
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    Jeremiah Crews, Possible Children, Part 4: Nancy Crews Adams
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    Jeremiah Crews, Possible Children, Part 4: Nancy Crews Adams

    Unlike her sisters Susanna Crews Nelson who I wrote of here and Elizabeth Crews Boone who I wrote about here, little information is...
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    Jeremiah Crews, Possible Children, Part 3: Elizabeth Crews Boon
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    Jeremiah Crews, Possible Children, Part 3: Elizabeth Crews Boon

    This is the third installment in a continuing series detailing the possible children of Jeremiah Crews and Elizabeth Harland/Harlan. This...
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    Jeremiah Crews, Possible Children, Part 2
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    Jeremiah Crews, Possible Children, Part 2

    Another possible child for Jeremiah Cruse (Crews) is a daughter by the name of Susannah. The website www.findagrave.com shows a burial...
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    Jeremiah Crews, Possible Children, Part 1
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    Jeremiah Crews, Possible Children, Part 1

    One of the long standing mysteries in the Crews family, if you define a mystery as "without proof," is what happened to Jeremiah Crews,...
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    Elijah Crews Update
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    Elijah Crews Update

    Elijah Crews was one of the older sons born to David Crews and Annie Magee. He was born in about 1765 in either Hanover or Bedford...
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    Cruse Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas, Part 4
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    Cruse Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas, Part 4

    There are three more graves in the Cruse Cemetery with connections to the Cruse Family. The first is Clementine "Clem" Cruse. She was was...
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    Cruse Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas Part 3
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    Cruse Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas Part 3

    Usually family cemeteries are not confined to just family members. The Cruse Cemetery is no exception. Buried alongside the John and...
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    Cruse Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas, Part 2
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    Cruse Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas, Part 2

    I have been deep in the throes of the last editing for my novel, Breaking Promises, so it has been difficult to get to genealogy for the...
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    Cruse Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 9, 2020
    • 1 min

    Cruse Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas

    One of the neat things about getting the book on David Crews into a second edition is the finding of new cousins. Michael Harris, a...
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    Mary F. Newland & John Graves
    Donna Hechler Porter
    • Apr 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    Mary F. Newland & John Graves

    One of the frustrating things about publishing a genealogy book, especially one the size of Metes & Bounds II: David Crews, Ancestors &...
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