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The Flying Shuttle
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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Amanda Cruse, possible grandchild of Jeremiah Cruse & Elizabeth Harland
This was part of a continuing series on the grandchildren of Jeremiah Crews and Elizabeth Harland that was published first on my original...
Donna Hechler Porter
Sep 27, 20223 min read
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Edward Cruse, possible grandchild of Jeremiah Cruse & Elizabeth Harland
I previously posted some information on my old blog pertaining to the children and grandchildren of Jeremiah Crews/Cruse and Elizabeth...
Donna Hechler Porter
Aug 23, 20225 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Nov 3, 20204 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 29, 20205 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 29, 20202 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 21, 20203 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 21, 20202 min read
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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,...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 21, 20205 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 15, 20203 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 15, 20203 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 14, 20202 min read
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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,...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 14, 20203 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 14, 20202 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 14, 20201 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 14, 20201 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 14, 20202 min read
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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...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 9, 20201 min read
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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 &...
Donna Hechler Porter
Apr 7, 20202 min read
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