What Happen in BENGHAZI?

 

Protesters attacked the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya on Tuesday night and killed four Americans, including the US ambassador, Chris Stevens. At first, we were told the attacks were triggered by rage over an amateurish and deeply hateful film about Islam that depicted the Prophet Muhammad as, among other things, a child molester advocate, a bloodthirsty goon, a bumbling idiot, and a promiscuous, philandering leech. Yesterday we were told something different, and we may never know the truth about the incident.

The US consulate had very little security. It look more like a house, although it had a wall surrounding the facility. There are no Marines guarding consulates, Marines are only stationed at US Embassy's. Even though the locals had told Stevens he needed more security, it was never increase at the facility. It was very clear that this was not an attack over a film. The terrorist came to the consulate with Grenade launchers, and no intention of protesting. You don't bring genade launchers to a protest. Theses people attacked the consulate intent on killing those inside.

Besides the US Ambassodor, there was another diplomat and two security people who were killed. The two security people were Navy Seals. I have said this before, I don't want to know what our Navy Seals do, I know they do our governments work, and kill bad guys. Those Navy seals were there for a reason. The first report I read was they were there to help the Ambassodor disarm some of the more radical tribes surrounding Benghazi. Let me make this clear, it was no accident that these Navy Seals were there. I am thinking they pissed somebody off. The locals knew what their mission was, and did not like it. No matter how you spin it, we will never know the truth.

It is too bad we loss these people, two Navy seals and two diplomats that had many years of foriegn service. Things are never what they seem.

Katy Perry...Wide Awake

The New Veterans Administration

 
I want to talk about the Veterans Administration, our newVA. Obama has increase spending in to VA about 20%, or about 60 billion dollars since 2009. Just this year they have completed digitizing all of thier medical records. I now have a personal dashboard for all of my medical. MyVET dashboard holds all of my vitals, blood test, medications, entire medical history including my military record. It has a history of all of my medications, where these medicines are ordered online and then mail to me. I have assigned to me a Doctor, RN, and a LPN. I can email them anytime, day or night, through MyVet dashboard. I have check ups every 4 months. I am tested on every visit, for among other things, prostate cancer and kidney cancer, as this is what Mom and Dad died of. I am not going to wake up one day and find out I am in stage 4 cancer. I am diebetic, which requires you to really take care of yourself. I wish I would have quit smoking sooner, my lungs are scarred from the smoking, but the lungs are still working ok. I am well taken care of at VA, and I am very thankful for this.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Is something that is most talked about these days within VA, and military families. It is about those returning from war, with mental disorders. Suicide among our active duty and veterans are at and all time high. VA now have a PTSD phone app for PTSD patients, I find this very high tech for VA to have such a wonderful app to help these veterans. Families are now trained and prepared for their family members coming home from war.

PTSD is not new. When Vietnam Veterans returned home, they were alienated. This was a unpopular war. Most families were not trained in PTSD. People thought those vets were crazy. Long hair, smoke pot, I am sure that was to sedate themselves......hahaha!!...When I came home from the Marines, or made my way back to Springfield, MO, what family that was left there, left within a week. I still had a few friends left in Springfield, and I did what I was trained to do. Get a job, try to stay out of trouble, and live my life day by day, try to fit in.

Here is what happens. Once you are touched by the complexities of war, things seem to intensify in your life. You walk around like a short fuse on a firecracker. This intensity is something that most veterans have to live with all their lives. Your not going to like this monster I have become, I am not nice anymore, I find it hard to love another, I am selfish, and at times I don't care about you, or me anymore. There are some grey areas here, that you may have to fill in. I used to say, like a dog that kills another animal, he becomes rabid.

If you know a Veteran or have a family member in the military. Reach out to them. When they come home, hug them, engage with them, care for them, let them know you love them, help them fit back in and live a productive life after the war.

"Breathless".....Better Than Ezra

Burps This Week

Just a few burps this week about whats happening........

The Democratic convention was very good this week. I did not watch the other one.

Have you heard that song by Taylor Swift------->We are never ever getting back together.

Let's hope the Hurricanes stay away from New Orleans. Our family there was lucky this last time with Isaac.

18 Facebook users you should subscribe too

 
Some amazing pictures from the past, that I can not believe are in one place(300 photos)

Michael Clarke...Green Mile Movie Star died this week. He was only 54, died of heart attack complications. May he rest in peace.


I had my VA check up this week. Now that I quit smoking they have changed all my medicines. The side effects are not as I suspected.


I am not sure we should be getting in to other peoples war's. The Syrians may have to take care of there own. Now Iran is another story, we do not have a good history with this country, a madman with Nuke capability.


Has anyone tried the new Google TV box by Visio, it cost around $99.


Football season has kicked off, and Tim and I watch it all weekend....sorry but we are big fans of some more than others.




Taylor Swift

Can We Shake Some Cousins

Many of you may know Clarice Gaddy Cook, and Dave Gaddy. They are our cousins who descend from Nancy Caroline Gaddy's sister, Susan Alice Gaddy. Clarice sent me some pictures to post, maybe we can shake up more cousins. Thank you Clarice.

By attachment I'm sending pictures to you of four of Gramma's kids.  Perhaps this will shake some of our cousins loose!

1.  Clarence Cook c 1940
2.  Ernest Cook & wife Ada, c1946
3.  Florence Cook & husband Roy Wilson
4.  Grandma . . .
     back row:  Mary Cook, husband Lewis Smith, Susan A. Gaddy Cook, Kathleen Dandrew (daughter of Lena Cook, Pearl Cook (my mother)
      middle row:  Jack Williams (son of Kathleen), Clarence Cook
      front row:  George Cook, Clarice Cook (kids of Clarence Cook & wife Pearl)
      1938 . . . I believe this was taken Mother's Day
5.  Susan A Gaddy Cook, husband John H, daughter Mary Cook
6.  Mary Cook

Cousin Clarice Gaddy Cook

 

Max Marker and Clarice Cook Marker

 

Some Comments from The Blog

Some of the comments that have been made on this blog since 2006 are fun, some are down right nasty, and some of them are a great surprise. Here is a sampling.

I remember when we lived on the cul-de-sac on Springdale off of Bee Street in Farmers Branch. Mom and Dad had a "new" green Plymouth stationwagon. The plymouth would vapor-lock in the Texas heat everytime we went anywhere. We all had the mumps. I was sicker than a dog. By the way, the dog was a black spaniel named Inky. Mom and I still laugh at the time we didn't have much money and said we could either have dinner or a payday candybar and go to the drive-in. We voted for the drive-in.


http://anothersaturdaynightstory.blogspot.com/2006/04/mumps-epidemic.html?showComment=1144072920000#c114407296702210109



Thank You John Fox.......TAPSCOTT "The Emigrant"Hello Dan,

The reason that your Henry Tapscott reached Rockingham County, NC was since he was of marriageable age,and since his first cousin, once removed, had not married, he seized the opportunity to visit and make his intentions known. The Tapscotts were not immune to nor unresponsive to marrying their cousins, as they were a known entity. My general take on this, what better way to keep the looks, the money and the land in the family! This same concept applied when Henry and Nancy Tapscott's son, Samuel became of marriageable age and married a young cousin of his mother, Winifred Hill, of Franklin County, Virginia. He did not reside in Franklin County, but he certainly knew that Winifred did.

Cousin John Fox
Winston Salem, NC
Grandson of Frances O'Reta Tapscott
and GGGGgrandson of Henry Tapscott of Caswell County, NC and grandfather of Isabel Tapscott-McCauley Engel


　

John Fox said...

Your comments about Samuel and Winifred Hill Tapscott's lacking the skills of reading and writing are really poignant when one reads the listing of the family in Rockingham in the 1850 Census. What they had lacked in their education, must have made them more acutely aware of the necessity of a good education and preparation for life:

Lived in Rockingham County, North Carolina. 1850 US Census NC Rockingham Co page 40B:
Samuel Tabscott 59 b VA farmer unable to read and write
Winfred Tabscoot 52 b VA unable to read and write
George Tabscoot 27 b VA laborer
James Tabscoot 20 b NC teacher
S. T. Tabscoot 17 b NC laborer male
A. B. Tabscoot 14 b NC male attended school
Amanda Tabscoot 12 b NC attended school

All of the above children were literate

Their other children, John Hill Tapscott and H. C.(Henry Conway) Tapscott were found in the Surry County, NC Census for 1850; both were listed as Ironmasters, and were able to read and write.

All of the above represents the high degree of consideration that Samuel and Winifred had in the education of their children. That is most remarkable, considering that a free, public education had really not come into being by 1850. Most education was conducted in church schools or private academies.


http://anothersaturdaynightstory.blogspot.com/2007/02/tapscottthe-emigrantpart-1.html?showComment=1172407440000#c7000402073731256798

　

Thank you to all of the Gaddy and Wallis decendents. so many have written comments here.

Daniel,
I'd like to get hold of you. You are my cousin. Nancy Caroline Gaddy Word is my aunt. Her brother, John H Gaddy, is my great grandfather.
Dave Gaddy-Cox

I, too, would like to contact you. My gramma was Susan Alice Gaddy, sister of Nancy Caroline Gaddy. I have the full record of all correspondence re Sarah Snead's widow's pension application which was declined as there is no evidence of Mathew Wallis being in Rev. War. From Footnote. Nat'l Archives tells me this is probably because Mathew's commanding officer didn't do his paperwork; that Mathew's Amelia Co militia group was not federalized.
Clarice Gaddy Cook Marker

shirleyb123 said...

Daniel Rice,
Re: Mathew Wallis, who died 9/25/1821: wife Sarah died in Greene county MO in 1847. She was 86 when she applied for widower's pension on 9/30/1845. Is Mathew in any way connected to Mansfield Wallis? Mansfield came to MO (from Limestone county AL) as an indentured blacksmith apprentice of Joseph H Ball who moved to Polk county, MO in about 1833 and died in Dade county about 9 or 10 years later. According to census, Mansfield was born in TN. He was in Ray county, MO in 1870. He had a son, Mansfield and a son, Washington and daughters Martha & Mina ( and maybe others). He was married at least 2 times, Delpha Lee & Elizabeth ?...



Daniel,
Matthew Wallis was also my 4th great grandfather.
My tree goes:
Matthew .. Sarah Crenshaw
Matthew .. Sarah Sneed
Jeptha .. Nancy Stevenson
Matthew .. Sarah J. Alsup
George C. .. Cordelia C. Tuck

I would love to compare notes with you.

I am the direct decendent of Matthew Franklin Wallis - patriot - American Revolutionary War - Fifer. He is my great,great,great,great,great,greatgrandfather. I have applied for Daughter of American Refolution enabling all ancestors to know the "rest of the story".......of course, we are hitting a few bumps in the road.........the DAR has requested proof of parentage for Matthew Franlin Wallis, with proof of dates and location of both Matthew and Elizabeth. Sarah's estate/probate of Mathew's estate/probate record, land deeds of Bible records. We need to provide another source confirming Matthew's service which will support the data from the pension filed (Sarah's letter). We need documentation to show that Mathew actually lived in Amelia County, NC at the time of the war and that he served as stated in the pension application. The Bible record will be very HELPFUL - any suggestions, or information will finally get Matthew's name on record. Lynne Wallis

Have you done any other research on Matthew?

Anonymous said...

I am sorry to say I have not. I seem to run into a brick wall at every turn. Please keep me posted if you should happen to discover any pertinent information.

Carolyn Wheeler
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Re: MATTHEW F. WALLIS/SNEED/CRENSHAW
Posted by: Robert Clark (ID *****3985) Date: March 30, 2009 at 11:06:17
In Reply to: MATTHEW F. WALLIS/SNEED/CRENSHAW by Kathryn Lee of 1746

I have been researching the Wallace/Wallis families in Amelia and Nottoway counties. (Matthew is not in my direct line of Wallaces, but is closely related.) Here is some of what I have gleaned.

John Wallice Sr. left a will in Amelia dated 2 Jan 1754. He named 3 sons--John Jr., Jeff and Matthew (along with several daughters). Matthew died before 19 May 1759, the date recorded for the inventory and appraisal of his estate.

Matthew had a son named Matthew. This is proven by a court case "Jeff Wallace vs. Matthew Wallace son & heir of Matthew Wallace Decd." dated 25 Jul 1760. (Amelia Co. Order Book 6, pp. 18 and 32). I can explain the issue involved in this case if anyone is interested, but the court gave Matthew the right to contest its judgment within 6 months after his turning 21 years of age.

The younger Matthew had several land transactions in the 1780s and 1790s. Before 1789, his land was in Amelia County, but that year the southern part of Amelia was split off as a new county, Nottoway, and this was where the Wallaces lived. Thus, Matthew shows up in Nottoway county land records in 1789 and the 1790s, even though he was in North Carolina by then.

When he sold land in 1785 and 1786, the record says that his wife was Mary. However, there is a Nottoway deed dated 31 Dec 1789 where Matthew is said to be from Wake, NC, and his wife is Anne. Adding more confusion is the Revolutionary War Pension application filed by his widow, Sarah, who said her maiden name was Sneed. The date of their marriage in Wake Co. is listed in different places as Jan. 1787, and in 1792.

That's enough for one response. I have more on this family during their Amelia/Nottoway years if anyone is interested.


http://anothersaturdaynightstory.blogspot.com/2007/06/mathew-wallis-was-fifer.html?showComment=1211337900000#c2747319942314772701

A email I recieved on July 31st, 2012

Please email me for Ryan's address. he is looking for more information on Mathew Wallis.

I hope my e-mail finds you well. My name is Ryan and I live in Manor, Texas. I saw some of your posts on your blog. My 6th Great Grandfather was Fifer Matthew F. Wallis. Do you have anymore information on him? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and I look forward to your reply.

Ryan

7th Great Grandfather: Matthew Wallis

6th Great Grandfather: Matthew F. Wallis

5th Great Grandfather: Matthew Wallis

4th Great Grandfather: John Gillum Wallis

3rd Great Grandfather: John Clark Wallis

2nd Great Grandfather: Alvin Clark Wallis

Great Grandfather: Charles E. Wallis


Kelly Clarkson....Stronger

Have a Good Week
Dan

Happy Summer

I hope everyone has had a great summer. I know I have had a great summer, had a great vacation with Amy and the kids. Even though the trout fishing was bad in Branson, we still had fun. It seems that July 4th week is really the only time for me to take off during the summer. That is when manufacturing closes down for the entire week.

I have decided to start this blog back up again. I have had request from others to start it back up again.....another saturday night story. This blog has been around since 2006. It is about family roots, a bit of history, and about anything else that could be of valuable news at the time. I have had thousands who have come to this blog, read the thoughts and musings. Many email me with family questions, some questions I know, and some I don't. This blog is for family and friends. If you frequent this blog and want to join, please send me an email, and I will put you on the mailing list. I found a lot of emails from a old list I had. I can't find Trey's email, and a few more.

I have been working on my Flickr page. I have all of the old family pictures of Tapscott, Rice, Gentry, McMehen, Gaddy, Word, pictures from this blog, and pictures that have been sent to me over the years. I am in the process of tagging them with comments. If anyone wants a digital copy of the picture, email me the name of the picture/pictures and I will send them back to you. If you have questions about the pictures, I will also try to answer. The Flickr page is located here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danoh1952

There is also family pictures there, of all of you. Some of these pictures are old, and you will want to see them. I don't know where I got these pictures, but I went through all of Tim and I hard drive backups for the last 10 years.

I am also working on getting our family tree in a software that is in the cloud. That way all of the family can have access to it, and for those get married can add to the tree as you see fit. It will always be there, in the cloud, access from anywhere, from any device.

This blog is now a part of Google, and has an amazing dashboard, and I can do many things with it. If you search Google for Boone C. Rice, you will find many readings from this blog, and the same is true of other surnames within this blog. If you don't have a google gmail account, you should have one. By having a email it ties you to other blogs, images, videos on You Tube, shopping, finance, music, and the cloud on Google drive, Google+, and many other friends. Please join me by becoming a Google friend with the friend button on the right of this blog. You will see you can share these post with most of the popular social media sites, and please join me on Facebook, LinkedIn, or follow me on Twitter.

Tim and I love this song, please enjoy!....Flo Rida with Sia...Wild One......

Have a Good Week

Dan

King Kong in Branson

Uncle Tim ,Amy ,Kayla, and Conner.

Conner Is 4 Years Old Today

My Grandson Conner turn 4 years old today. He has been a party animal all day, according to his Mother. He opened his gifts this morning and is doing second round of cake in a bit. He kept asking if it would be his birthday "all day, or just for a little bit" this morning. It was hilarious!

Have a Good Week
Daniel

Hell On The Border

Orville Crawford Word , my Great Grandfather, owned Trading Post up and along the Santa Fe Trail, first in St. Louis, then later in Fort Smith. Fort Smith was the last stop before entering Indian Territory(Oklahoma), it was along the Trail of Tears, and was a main route for the Butterfield Stage Co. between the east and west.

My father is buried not far from Fort Smith, maybe fifty miles as the Crow flies. Odd that my father, and my Great Grandfather buried so close to each other. Maybe just by chance.


‘Hell on the Border”, Ft. Smith, Arkansas

The scrappy border town of Fort Smith grew up slowly around the walls of a small fort established in late 1817 on a high bluff overlooking the junction of the Arkansas and Poteau rivers. The site was familiar to hunters and trappers because it was the location for annual trade rendezvous' between frontiersmen and Native Americans. Named for General Thomas Smith at the federal garrison in St. Louis, the tiny outpost was originally built to promote peace between the warring Osage and Cherokee Indian tribes.
Because of its unique geographical position - straddling the border between what became the state of Arkansas and what was known then as "Indian Territory" in present-day Oklahoma - Fort Smith by the mid-19th century was feared as "Hell on the Border," the gateway between "civilization" and the untamed West. Through this gate passed trappers canoeing upriver; Cherokee Indians on their fateful "Trail of Tears" journey; Forty-Niners seeking gold in California; the Butterfield stagecoaches linking St. Louis to Santa Fe; Confederate and Union troops skirmishing in the Civil War; outlaws seeking freedom across the border; and even cowboys and ranchers headed for Texas.
During this period, bustling Fort Smith attracted people who later made brief marks on the pages of history - future president Zachary Taylor; Civil War general Benjamin Bonneville; "Hangin' Judge" Isaac C. Parker, the man credited with restoring law and order to the area; his feared hangman George Maledon; outlaws Cherokee Bill, Belle Starr and the Rufus Buck gang; and "Miss Laura" Ziegler, an enterprising frontier "madame."

The First Fort Smith
On Christmas day, 1817, soldiers of the U.S. Army formally established the first Fort Smith. Isolated on the edge of the American Frontier, these men, under the command of Major William Bradford, were charged with keeping the peace between the Cherokee and Osage tribes.
Officially operational for only seven years, the first Fort Smith marked the beginning of Fort Smith's eighty year history as an agent of Federal Indian Policy.

The Second Fort Smith
The second Fort Smith was established by an act of Congress in 1838, two years after Arkansas gained statehood. Unwanted by the army, the fort was initially designed as a massive fortification. Construction of the garrison took eight years due to labor difficulties, budget overruns, and other reasons. When finally completed in 1846, less than half of the original number of structures were built. The fortification wall, intended to be twelve feet high, varied from six to twelve feet in height; cannon platforms at the corners of the fort were never completed, instead several were converted into warehouses.

The second fort gained a purpose in the 1850s as the "Motherpost of the Southwest," supplying military forts further to the West. The fort was a focal point of Civil War operations in the region, as both armies prized the facility and its location.
At the end of the Civil War, the post's operational days were numbered; the facility did not age well, and within five years, both Officer's Quarters were destroyed in fires. In the summer of 1871, U.S. Army troops leave Fort Smith for the final time

The Trail of Tears and Native American History
Fort Smith's history is strongly tied to the history of the removal of the five tribes, better known as "The Trail of Tears." The soldiers of the first Fort Smith were sent West to keep the peace between the incoming Cherokees and the Osage. The stockades fort was abandoned by the army and relocated prior to the forced removal. The second Fort Smith supplied the newly-relocated tribes as well as other military posts in the Indian Territory. The federal court for the Western District of Arkansas had the task of enforcing federal law in the Indian Territory in the decades following the Civil War.

Have a Good Week
Daniel

Song of the Week
You Tube has just become so big. You can get just about anything that has been recorded in the past at the website. Here is a original 1964 appearance of Johnny Rivers, playing "Memphis".

Les Paul dies at age 94

Les Paul passed away this last week. He was by all accounts a music legend. He invented the electric guitar, and the 8 track recording tape, among other things. He later married Mary Ford, and they had several big hits. One song, a number one hit, "How High The Moon", was one of my mother's favorites. You can read more about Les Paul on Yahoo.

Have A Good Week
Daniel


Les Paul and Mary Ford, "How High The Moon".

Dr. Thomas Walker

My Great Grandmother was Nancy Caroline Gaddy, who married Albert Pike Word. Her father was John Price Gaddy, he was the son of Thomas Gaddy and Elizabeth "Betsy" Walker. Elizabeth Walker was the daughter of John Walker, who married Mary Harris.

I have been searching as to whether John Walker was the son of Dr. Thomas Walker of Kentuky. John was afterall, born in Virginia, and married in Kentucky, before moving on to Missouri. Maybe one of our Gaddy family members can put the two together.

Here is the story of Dr. Thomas Walker:

Although Daniel Boone is often remembered as Kentucky's most famous pioneer, Dr. Thomas Walker was actually the first frontiersman in Kentucky, preceding Boone by 17 years.

A physician and surveyor, Walker led the first expedition through Cumberland Gap in 1750. Dr. Walker was an agent for the Loyal Land Company of Virginia and was exploring the western wilderness seeking land for settlement. Near the river, which he named the Cumberland; Dr. Walker built the first cabin in Kentucky, a replica of which stands on the site today. Dr. Walker’s journal, recorded during his four-month exploration, described plentiful wildlife, thickly tangled woods and rugged terrain.

See also Dr. Thomas Walker
State Historic Site

Have a Good Week
Daniel

Song Of The Week
This is another oldie from the seventies. This is some old footage,"Tin Man" America.

Short Snorter During World War I

Allied soldiers would have currency signed by comrades, much like an autograph book. As one note was filled, another would be connected to the first (usually by tape), with more added as needed. A 10 foot long "train" of notes not being uncommon. This tradition began during World War I, heightened during World War II, and was carried on into the Korean War. A "snorter" is a drink of liquor, usually swallowed in one quick gulp. A"shortsnorter" is a drink of liquor that's not quite full. This term was adopted by the soldiers as the nickname for these notes.


This Shortsnorter belong to my Grandfather, Lloyd M. Rice. It is from World War I and list all the guys in his outfit. It is a Silver Certificate dollar bill.















The Japanese Never Got Past Tulsa

Back in the 70's, when you could drink and smoke on TV. This excerpt from Johnny Carson, and the "Rat Pack".

Have a Good Week
Daniel

More Missouri History

View of St. Louis. Lithograph by T. Moore's Lithography after E.W. Playter, ca. 1836.





The following is in relation to the Boone, Word, Prewitt, and Henry families.


The following history of Howard County is from The History of Howard and Cooper Counties, St. Louis: National Historical Company, 1883, pp. 88-99.

The French settled Canada and the northwestern part of the United States, as well as the country about the mouths of the Mississippi river. They came into the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys in 1764, under the lead of Pierre Laclede Liguest, who held a charter from the French government, giving him the exclusive right of trade with the Indians in all the country as far north as St. Peter's river. Laclede established his colony in St. Louis in 1764, and from this point they immediately began their trading and trapping excursions into the unbroken wilderness. Their method of proceeding was to penetrate into the interior and establish small local posts for trading with the Indians, whence the trappers and hunters were outfitted and sent out into the adjacent woods. In this way, the country west and northwest of St. Louis was traversed and explored at a very early day, as far west as the Rocky mountains. But of the extent of their operations, but little has been recorded; hence, but little is known of the posts established by them.
That these daring Frenchmen had explored that portion of Howard county lying contiguous to the Missouri river, even prior to the year 1800, there can be no doubt; that there existed within the present limits of the county a trading post, for several years before its settlement proper, there can be no doubt. The names of the streams, such as Bonne Femme, Moniteau, etc., attest the fact that they were of French origin, and had been seen and named by the French pioneers.
Levens and Drake, in their condensed but carefully prepared history of Cooper county, say: "While Nash and his companions were in Howard county (1804), they visited Barclay's and Boone's Licks, also a trading post situated about two miles northwest of Old Franklin, kept by a white man by the name of Prewitt. The existence of this trading post, and the fact that 'Barclay's and Boone's Licks' had already received their names from the white persons who visited them, show conclusively that this portion of the country had been explored, even before this, by Americans. But no history mentions this trading post, nor does any give the name of Prewitt; hence, we are unable to determine when he came to the Boone's Lick country, how long he remained, and where he went; he evidently left before the year 1808, as Benjamin Cooper, who moved to Howard county in that year, said there was then no settlement in this part of the state." Boone's Lick, from which this region of country took its name, is situated about eight miles northwest of New Franklin, in Boone's Lick township, on section 4, T. 49, R. 17, on land owned by William N. Marshall. This place was visited by Daniel Boone at an early date, - the time not known. Here he found several salt springs, and as such places were frequented by deer and other game, he not only often hunted in the neighborhood, but, according to John M. Peck, who visited the old hunter at his home in St. Charles county, a few years prior to his death, pitched his camp there for one winter and put up a cabin. Mr. Peck does not give the date. The presumption is that he got his information from the lips of the old hunter himself, and he would further suppose that he camped there between the years 1795 and 1807.


Ok........keep in mind that Daniel Boone did not go to MO. until 1799. I suspect the Henry's, Word's, and the Prewitt's were right there with him. Later they migrated to Arkansas. The Federal Land Records show John Henry and John Word buying land in 1827, Hempstead County, believe it or not, only 10 days apart in the month of August.

It might be interesting to note that William M. Henry who married Martha Ann Word was a first cousin to Patrick Henry. Patrick Henry was the 4 time elected Governor of the independent Sate of Virginia. William M. Henry's Great Grandfather was Hugh Henry, and his brother John Henries Henry was the father of Patrick Henry. Patrick Henry first married Sarah Shelton and second married Dorothy Dandridge. Dorothy was a first cousin to Martha Washington. Between the two marriages, Patrick Henry had seventeen children. Patrick was named after his Uncle, Rev. Patrck Henry. He was outspoken in his opposition to British policy towards the colonies, particularly on the subject of the Stamp act(1765), and he made the first speech in the Continental Congress (1774). You can read his most famous speech "give me liberty or give me death" at this website.
http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/henry-liberty.html

Song of the Week
It was in 1966, my Dad would listen to Buck Owens. Here is his song
"Tiger By The Tail".

Have a Good Week
Daniel

The Beginning

Many have heard of the hole in one in golf, or you may have hit the lottery, how about finding your ancestry back to Adam and Eve. It is a happy day, after hours and hours of research for the last twenty years. I finally found my ancestry on both my Mother and my fathers side. It seems that Royalty has always kept there ancestry, from the beginning. Once you have tied in to Royalty, the rest is written in the Bible. The Royalty of my family actually comes from Rebacca Byan, who married Daniel Boone, my 5th Great Grandfather. If your family tree ties in to me, I can show you the way to Adam and Eve. I believe this is 95 generations, according to my software. The Following is from my Fathers side.

Daniel Rice Ancestry

Adam = Eve
Seth
Enosh
Kenan
Mahalaleel
Jared
Enoch
Methuselah
Lamech
Noah
Arphaxad Shem
Cainan
Shelah
Eber
Peleg
Reu
Serug
Nahor
Terah
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob Kingof Goshen
Judah
Zerah
King of Dardania
Erichthonius
Tros King of Trojans
LLus King of Troy
Laomedon King of Troy
Priam King of Troy
Troan
Thor
Loridi
Einridi
Vingethor
Vinginor
Moda
Magi
Sceaf
Bedwig
Hwala
Hrathra
Herman
Heremed
Scealdwea
Beaw
Taetwa
Geat
Godwulf
Fodepaid
Finn
Frithuwulf
Freawine
Frealaf
Frithuwald
Woden (Othid/Odin)
Bældæg
Brand
Frithugar
Freawine
Wig
Gewis
Esla
Elesa
Cerdic, 1ST KING OF WESSEX (d. 534)
Creoda
Cynric
Ceawlin (560-592)
Cuthwine
Ceolwald
Cenred
Ingild (d. 718)
Eoppa
Eafa
Ealhmund, King of Kent (784)
Egbert (802-839) = Raedburh
Ethelwulf (839-858) = Osburh
Alfred the Great (871-899) = Aelhswith (d. 904)
Edward the Elder (899-924) = Edgifu
Edmund I (939-946) = Aelfgifu
Edgar (959-975) = Aelfthryth
Ethelred II the Unraed (979-1016) = Aelfgifu
Edmund II Ironside (d. 1016) = Algitha
Edward the Exile (d. 1057) = Agatha
Margaret Atheling = Malcolm III King of Scots (1058-1093)
Matilda of Scotland = Henry I of England (1100-1135)
Empress Matilda = Geoffrey Plantagenet
Henry II Plantagenet (1154-1189) = Eleanor of Aquitaine
John (1199-1216) = Isabella of Angoulême
Henry III (1216-1272) = Eleanor of Provence
Edward I (1272-1307) = Eleanor of Castile
Edward II (1307-1327) = Isabella of France
Edward III (1327-1377) = Phillipa of Hainult
Thomas Prince of England Eleanor De Bohun
William Bourchier and Anne Plantagenet
John Bourchier
Humphrey Bourchier
Margaret Bourchier
Francis Bryan b. 1490
Francis Bryan b.1549
William Smith Bryan
Francis Bryan
Morgan Bryan
Joseph Bryan
Rebecca Bryan b.1738=Daniel Boone b.1734
Susannah Boone
William Hays Jr.
Eliza Hays
Albert Pike Word
Ira Belle Word
Kenneth Word Rice
Daniel L. Rice

Song of the Week

It seems that Miley Cyrus is not "Just For Kids Anymore". Check out this song "The Climb".

Have a Good Week
Daniel

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson is gone. Dead from Drugs, prescribed by Doctors, and most likely abused by Michael. This doesn't sway my opinion of him. He was a talent which we will all miss, and a talent we will not see come along again for many years. He was surrounded by controversy in his private life, but somehow always prevailed in these matters. He very likely had several health problems. He has been seen in the past years walking with a cane, he had back problems, and had to have severe joint problems. Think about it, he has been busting those joints, dancing, since he was seven years old.

But after all the dust settles, the spotlight, the money, the fame, the drugs, the controversy, the calamity, the bizarre, all of what made Michael......Michael Jackson!............Reality sets in that he was a father of three children, who loved him more than we did, and will miss him forever.

I grew up listening to Michael, I loved the Thriller album. I liked alot of his songs, some songs stood out more than others. My favorite was "I Just Can't Stop Loving You".

Sleep Well Michael...Peace Be With You!

Daniel

Happy 4th of July

I hope everyone has a Happy 4th with your friends and family. My brother and I had a little time to go fishing yesterday. We went to Racoon Lake ,west of Indianapolis. He caught a 3 lb. Indiana Catfish. Stink bait works pretty good!

After so many of you has ask that I bring the blog postings back on Saturday Night, I have decided to make it happen.

"Love is a battlefield", and I have so much to give.

Patriotism

• Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
• Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.
• Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
• Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.
• Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.
• They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
• What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists.
• Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
• Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.
• Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly.
• He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
• Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
• At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
• Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
• John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.
So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots.

It's not much to ask for the price they paid. Remember: freedom is never free!

It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball games.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Have a Good Week!
Daniel

Fishing Fever In 1967

I grew up fishing the rivers and streams of Southwest Missouri. My Dad was a fishing nut! We did not have to go far to catch a good fish. I guess I was about 15 years old, one Saturday morning we got up early, and drove down 4 or 5 miles east of Springfield. This would be the James River, which runs down and empties into Table Rock Lake. We drove down to a bridge, and put the canoe in right below the bridge. It was about 6 am in the morning, I could see the current was strong and steam rising off the fast water. I could also see that on upstream about 200 yards was a old railroad bridge. Dad said we were going to fish between the two bridges. We would paddle upstream and drift back down, then do it all over again. About the third time we paddled up, and drifted back, I thought I had hooked a big log, I was tugging trying to break the the lure loose, before it abruptly would snap my line. I was fishing with a Mepp's spinner, my river favorite, with a brown hackle wooly worm attached to the end. The current was very strong, and I was trying to land this big log, bringing it up across the current. All of the sudden, right in the middle of the river a large fish jumped clearly out of the water. This was no log I had hooked, My Dad was saying, you got a good one, get him in! He was in fact a 4 LB. Smallmouth Bass, which is a good Small mouth by any standards.

That is me, fifteen years old, with the big one that did not get away!............Anybody wanna go Fishin!!

Have a Good Week!
Daniel

Thinking Back Now to the Gulf War in 1991

The six day war. We began by bombing all the military facilities, the roads and bridges leading in and out of Bagdad. We pounded the desert rats with B-52 bombs for hours prior to the invasion. This was a modern military slaughter. Our troops fed warm meals every night. They could sit with their laptop computers and talk to love one's in a chatroom everynite. The war was like a movie that never ended on the news channels. When the tanks started rolling our troops hid behind them for cover. The enemy, surrenders by the thousands. This was no war. The military had war games tougher than this! Most of those killed in this war were from friendly fire. At the end of WW2, General Patton lined himself on the Russian Border, ready to move forward, only to be told by the president to retreat. Our troops had walk their way to the border of Bagdad, ready to move forward, only to be told to retreat. Saddam was a lucky devil!!

Have a Good Week
Daniel

The only thing we have to Fear, is Fear itself!

This was the famous quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt during his first inaugural address in 1933. It was during this time that the "Great Depression" had reached it's peak. Yes...and people were scared, no money, no food, and no work.

Tonight's story is about fear. Not the type of fear, that many Americans were suffering during the "Great Depression". The fear I'm talking about is the fear that wrenches down in your gut, and hangs on like an Alabama tick. You can't shake it off, or wish it away, you can't stop thinking about it, all you can do is face it, and live with the consequences.

It was early in the year of 1971. I was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. Our Marine Company, among other things, was in charge of security for our President at the time, Richard M. Nixon. Our President had a beach home in San Clemente, CA., this was located right outside the gate of Camp Pendleton. The beach home itself was covered with controvery. It was located right on San Onofre Beach, which was one of the best surf beaches in southern California. The local surfing community was not a big fan of Nixon at the time. During Nixon's presidency, this part of the beach was closed to surfers. We watched the compound, and patrolled those beaches, 24/7, during his peresidency.

It was early Saturday morning, about six, when we were awakened, and told we had a Company formation in 5 minutes. Most of us were in such a hurry, we fell out for formation, still standing in our skivvys. Our Captain, a two tour Vietnam veteran, walked slowly across the small parade deck, stopped and called all of us to "Attention". He said "You have fifteen minutes to prepare and be back for departure. You will need full riot gear, M-16 Rifle, and all NCO's will carry a sidearm 45". It was by all definition, hustle time. I grab my gear, and my rifle in record time. Quite amazing was, no one was late. They loaded all of us in eight trucks, and headed into town. Those in the truck with me were still not quite awake, but were asking each other where they thought we were going. Finally the truck stopped, it was a grocery store parking lot, in San Clemente. We all jumped out of the trucks, and began a Company formation. This is when things got a little scary.

After calling us to "Attention", our Captain turned it over to the Battalion Colonel. The Colonel immediately gave us an order to fix bayonet's. He said, " Jane Fonda and a group of anti-war protesters were defacing the American Flag in downtown San Clemente. We intend on marching right through this group, and there may be casualties".
I must confess, I was scared to death. While I was still trying to make some sence out of my Vietnam experience. It was one thing to travel 4000 miles abroad to fight an enemy on foreign soil, but now, I was ask to cause casualty to American citizens. I had horrifying thoughts running through my head. Fear......... Fear........ Fear!........Will this madness ever end?

In riot formation, we went just a couple of blocks. The Colonel then told us the protester's heard the Marines were coming, and they dispursed.

Just another day at the office.

Have a good Week
Daniel

Happy Birthday America

Let's not forget these words written, so long ago. Before roads and bridges, computers, cellphones, McDonalds, and automobiles. If you read this you will hear of the tyranny displayed by the "British Boot". Yes.......they were defeated, not once , but twice.

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.


Have a Happy 4th of July
Daniel