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Lake Mathews (Perris), CA, United States
Born in Illinois, I grew up in Wilmette, a northern suburb of Chicago. I have one sibling, an older brother. I am married, for the 2nd time now, to Butch & got 4 children in the deal. They have gone on to make me grandmother 25 times over & great-grandmother to over 20!. After many years working in industry, I got my bachelors and masters degrees in speech communication, & was a professor in that field for 13 years. I retired in 2001 & returned to school & got my doctorate in folklore. Now I meld my two interests - folklore & genealogy - & add my teaching background, resulting in my current profession: speaker/author/entertainer of genealogically-related topics. I play many folk instruments, but my preference is guitar, which I have been playing since 1963. I write the "Aunty Jeff" column for the Informer, newsletter of the Jefferson County NY Gen. Soc. I work in partnership with Gena Philibert-Ortega & Sara Cochran as Genealogy Journeys® where we focus on educating folks about Social History. More about that: genaandjean.blogspot.com. More on our podcasts: genjourneys.podbean.com. More about my own projects: Circlemending.org.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Wordless Wednesday, 9 September 2009


Captain Nathan W. WILCOX, Union Army, Col. Bissell's Engineering Regiment of the West out of Missouri. Enlisted 13 August 1861, New London, Henry, Iowa; Appointed 2nd Lt. Co. K, 1 September 1861, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa; Mustered in 31 October 1861, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; Promoted to 1st Lt. Co. I, 14 July 1862; Promoted to Captain Co. D, 17 October 1863, Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi; Discharged 28 December 1863, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee.

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