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    Mom's adoption story taught me that every trial happens for a reason
    By JEFF KIDD
    • 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...
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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...
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    This photo warmed my heart; here's why
    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....
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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