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02
Aug

Tale of Two Basil Lesters

 Sorting the Son of Elisha From the Husband of Crissie Lately, as I have been working on writing my grandmother Liza's story and looking over documents of her family I have noticed many discrepancies all across the internet, confusing her husband Basil Lester with a different man of the same name who lived in a similar area.  Considering that it is quite difficult to...

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02
Aug

Eliza Bell Robinett

 Eliza Bell RobinettHow We ConnectEliza Robinett is the paternal grandmother of my paternal grandfather.  Her son Theodore is the father of Harmon Hopson Sr., my dad's father.Early LifeWhen Eliza Bell Robinett was born on December 16, 1883, in Pike, Kentucky, her father, William, was 33, and her mother, Lou, was 35. Eliza was no stranger to heartache.  The year of 1918  was particularly hard...

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