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Oct 24, 2017
9 min

Mom's adoption story taught me that every trial happens for a reason

I suppose that when you come right down to it, the story of how I became Linda Kidd's son explains everything about me that is worth know...

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It's Thanksgiving. Can I watch you butcher your hog?

By JEFF KIDD

Nov 22, 2016
7 min

It's Thanksgiving. Can I watch you butcher your hog?

(Note: This blog post is adapted from "Wilson Grub," a family cookbook I wrote in 2015. I'm sharing it here because, well, it's Thanksgiv...

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By JEFF KIDD

Nov 18, 2016
2 min

This photo warmed my heart; here's why

The G.W. Hall family. Pictured, from left, are: SON- Bethel George Hall (BORN December 26, 1893) MOTHER- Nancy Abigail Quisenberry (BORN ...

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Honoring my family's fallen warriors on Memorial Day

thatsbug2u

May 29, 2016
7 min

Honoring my family's fallen warriors on Memorial Day

Paper flowers began blooming in late February in the front room of the farmhouse where my mother grew up. By April, it could be difficult...

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The improbable, fantastic, (somewhat) true life of Jilson Setters

Jeff Kidd

Mar 29, 2016
4 min

The improbable, fantastic, (somewhat) true life of Jilson Setters

“In a windowless cabin, hidden away in a high cranny of the Kentucky mountains, lived Jilson Setters, who, for all his sixty-five years, ...

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Friends to the end: The story of David Kendall and Lewis Frank Templeman

Jeff Kidd

Dec 29, 2015
2 min

Friends to the end: The story of David Kendall and Lewis Frank Templeman

I'm not sure how David Kendall and Lewis Frank Templeman met, only that they grew up only a few miles apart in rural Rowan County, Ky. Ne...

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thatsbug2u

Nov 21, 2015
4 min

Family cookbook aims to explain how folks of modest means ate like kings

My Uncle Kenny Wilson is fond of saying that, until someone told him otherwise, he never realized he grew up poor. "I figure there were a...

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Murder victim, self-made mechanic among those in my family tree with birthdays week of Nov. 16

thatsbug2u

Nov 14, 2015
7 min

Murder victim, self-made mechanic among those in my family tree with birthdays week of Nov. 16

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Nov. 16: Nov. 16 Nancy Davis Wilson, (my 5G aunt-in-law on my mother's side) b. 1804 in Ken...

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Twins who married twins ... and had twin brothers ... among those in my family tree with birthdays w

thatsbug2u

Nov 7, 2015
7 min

Twins who married twins ... and had twin brothers ... among those in my family tree with birthdays w

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Nov. 9: Nov. 9 Samuel Webb Caudill and Sarah Maggard Caudill, his wife. Sarah Maggard Caudi...

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Irish immigrants, frontiersman who settled Kentucky with Daniel Boone among this week's family-t

thatsbug2u

Oct 31, 2015
8 min

Irish immigrants, frontiersman who settled Kentucky with Daniel Boone among this week's family-t

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Nov. 2: Nov. 2 Levi Alfrey, (my first cousin three times removed on my mother's side), b. 1...

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Happy birthday to the best mom a little orphan boy could have asked for

thatsbug2u

Oct 24, 2015
6 min

Happy birthday to the best mom a little orphan boy could have asked for

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Oct. 26: Oct. 26 Nancy Frances Wilson Williamson, (my first cousin three times removed on m...

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Several children of a prominent relative celebrated October birthdays ... and died young

thatsbug2u

Oct 17, 2015
5 min

Several children of a prominent relative celebrated October birthdays ... and died young

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Oct. 19: Oct. 19 John Wilson, (my first cousin three times removed on my mother's side), b....

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My great-grandfather, several members of prominent Ohio family — all Wilsons — among family-tree bir

thatsbug2u

Oct 10, 2015
6 min

My great-grandfather, several members of prominent Ohio family — all Wilsons — among family-tree bir

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Oct. 12: Oct. 12 Matilda Wilson, (my first cousin three times removed on my mother's side),...

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Great uncle among those in my family tree with birthdays week of Oct. 5

thatsbug2u

Oct 4, 2015
3 min

Great uncle among those in my family tree with birthdays week of Oct. 5

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Oct. 5: Oct. 5 Mary Abigail Banks Quesenberry, (wife of Andrew Quesenberry, my 3G uncle on ...

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Prolific moonshiner, wealthy Ohio landowner among those in family tree with birthdays this week

thatsbug2u

Sep 26, 2015
9 min

Prolific moonshiner, wealthy Ohio landowner among those in family tree with birthdays this week

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Sept. 28: Sept. 28 Myrtle Kidd, (my first cousin once removed on my father's side), b. 1917...

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Mystery relative(?) is among those in my family tree with birthdays this week

thatsbug2u

Sep 19, 2015
10 min

Mystery relative(?) is among those in my family tree with birthdays this week

Birthdays in my family tree from the week of Sept. 21: Sept. 21 Anna Martin, (my 4G grandmother on my mother's side), b. 1801 in Morgan (...

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Uncle Trace among many Lamberts in my family tree with birthdays this week

thatsbug2u

Sep 12, 2015
8 min

Uncle Trace among many Lamberts in my family tree with birthdays this week

Birthdays in my family tree for the week of Sept. 14: Sept. 14 Wayne Monroe Wilson, (my second cousin three times removed on my mother's ...

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Leona's lesson: Life's tough; that's no reason not to smile

thatsbug2u

Sep 6, 2015
4 min

Leona's lesson: Life's tough; that's no reason not to smile

I've spent quite a bit of time in the past year combing through my genealogical records and stitching together little biographies to coin...

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My papaw, presidential namesakes among those in family tree with birthdays week of Sept. 7

thatsbug2u

Sep 5, 2015
10 min

My papaw, presidential namesakes among those in family tree with birthdays week of Sept. 7

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Sept. 7: Sept. 7 Washington Wilson, (my first cousin three times removed on my mother's sid...

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Fondly remembered 2nd cousin and his mother among those with birthdays week of Aug. 31

thatsbug2u

Aug 29, 2015
5 min

Fondly remembered 2nd cousin and his mother among those with birthdays week of Aug. 31

Birthdays from my family tree for the week of Aug. 31: Aug. 31 Clarence Wills, (my second cousin three times removed on my mother's side)...

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