I shared with you over the last few weeks how I’ve broken through one of my brick walls.
While traveling to another part of the state, I stopped to retrieve an obituary I needed. Was this truly my great-great grandfather?
This obituary unlocked a lot of answers and questions. The obituary unlocked the past.
Well, I had both good news and well MORE news.
The good news:
- This was him
- His name was also John {as I’d been told and then came to question} and Ario. {Both names were listed}
- I was able to read more information on the tragedy in which he died
So what is the MORE news?
Well, I guess it’s more: more questions and more mysteries to be solved.
- I discovered that he was killed in the 1891 Stateville {NC} train accident.
More pictures of the wreck - So why was he on a train at midnight headed to Asheville? What was his business?
- Why had he moved to Statesville? {He was listed as a resident}
- Is he buried in Statesville, NC instead of Spartanburg, SC as we’d always figured?
Then in the records, I discovered: Mr. Davis {the one legged man}.
He’s the only Mr. Davis in all the records of this crash. How did he lose a leg?
I may never know all of the questions but now I have more mysteries to solve. I also have more information to tell me about his life.
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