Inċident ta’ Jum il-Ħasil ​​ta’ Mellie Zimmerman

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In-nannu tiegħi Parker L. Zimmerman iżżewweġ tliet darbiet. Wara ftit xhur żwieġ lil Victoria Harris matul 1897 fil-Kontea ta’ Franklin, Missouri, Parker mar fil-Kontea ta' Bollinger, Missouri biex ikun eqreb lejn il-familja tiegħu. Il-ġenituri tiegħu, Samuel u Sarah Zimmerman, għexet f'Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Dwar Marzu 31, 1902, 27-Parker ta’ sena żżewweġ it-tieni mara tiegħu, 22-Mellie Bollinger ta’ sena.

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1909 – Sena Bad Għall Parker Zimmerman

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1909 kienet probabbilment l-agħar sena tal-ħajja Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman tal. Huwa tilef kemm tifla għaxar xahar qadima tiegħu Ida Mejju Zimmerman u tieni mara tiegħu Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Qabel il-mewt Parker fil-Cape Giraurdeau Tornado tal 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909

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Ollie J. Zimmerman (1906 – 1977)

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Ollie J. Zimmerman was the third son born to my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman and his second wife Mollie Bollinger. Ollie and his twin sister Dollie were born on either April 27, 1906 or April 27, 1907. Since Ollie’s headstone says “1906”, I’m going with April 27, 1906 as his birthdate. Fil 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, meta Mellie

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Hattie May Story (1896 – 1917)

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My great grandmother Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story Zimmerman’s youngest sister Hattie May Story was born on August 20, 1896. Hattie was Dollie’s half-sister as she was the daughter of George Washington Story and his second wife Margaret Sweat. Dollie’s mother was George Story’s first wife Malinda Davis. Hattie’s mother Margaret either died in giving birth to Hattie or passed away

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George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

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My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,

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Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Story

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Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. Madankollu, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Story, who was married five times. Mandy was born in Illinois on July 16, 1877 to George Washington Story and Malinda Davis although

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John Riley Collects Poll Tax

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My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. One of the mechanisms governments used to collect fees for road

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