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A history of the ancestry of Elizabeth Huey Taylor Cook, tracing various genealogical lines more than four hundred years. Individuals and couples are placed in their historical context, showing their participation in the events of their time (Revolutionary War, Civil War, early settlements in Massachusetts, Virginia, and Kentucky). Special attention is given to the role of various ancestors in the Indian wars of the 1600s and 1700s. Many details about the families' ownership of slaves are included. Various indiiduals' participation in church and community activities - from the earliest colonial settlements to and including the 20th century - are also covered. The main surnames which are treated include TAYLOR, HUEY, MOORE, CROUCH, MAYO, BALDWIN, SCOTT, DAWSON, PUTNAM, PORTER, HAWTHORNE, DOYNE, WHARTON, STONE, WINSTON, GAINES, WATTS, GOUGE, GRAVES, WILLIAMS, HUNT, JEWETT/JUETT, MASON, PENDLETON, GAMEWELL, SWAINE, PARSONS, BOOTH, WOODBURY, DWIGHT, WALTON, MAVERICK, HARRISON, LYTTLETON, VALLETTE, MARMADUKE. A total of about 120 surnames are traced.
Newspaper reporter Blake Murphy set out to write a story about a shooting in the small town where he was born and raised. The shooting is the latest episode in a feud between two families that has been going on since the Civil War. With help from an elderly former slave, he learns the root cause of the feud, a tragic event that occurred when the son of each family fought on opposite sides during the Civil War. While learning about the people involved in the feud, and the anguish it brought both families, he also learns a long held secret that could change his life forever.
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"In the 1940s, M.C. Gaines sold his All-American Comics line to his partners at DC Comics. But what if, instead, he had bought out DC? And suppose Green Lantern and The Flash had become the surviving heroes of the Golden Age, with new versions of Superman and Batman launching the Silver Age of Comics? Comic book industry veteran Bob Rozakis delivers a fascinating tale of what might have been, complete with art from the Earth-AA archives!"--Amazon.com.