By Joanna Newman “It is in the family that we learn to share- meals, space, laughter, tears” Beth Mende Conny Thompson Family Sketches Zoya Fansler’s Interview with her Grandmother, Lillian “Judy” Thompson Hall b. July 7, 1914 An observation before we begin… One of the wonderful things about family stories, is that by reading several […]
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“We CAN go home again, in heart, body, and mind” Beth Mende Conny My name is Joanna Newman. I was born is Ashland, Kentucky, in 1944, to a Dad who was from Berkeley County, South Carolina, who was serving in WWII, and a mother who was from the mountains of Logan County, West Virgina. It
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Route 10 McConnell, West Virginia Not for commercial use. From Logan Courthouse, take Route 10 south, several miles to McConnell. Across from the old former post office [ask someone if you can’t find this] on the east side of RT 10, there is a road that goes up the mountain. This is a steep hill.
© Copyrighted Lorenzo Dow Thompson was born September 10, 1885, in Logan County, West Virginia. He was the second of ten children of James “Jimmy” Thompson & Mary Elizabeth Allen. Dow, as he was known, was a serious minded, and responsible young man. This was demonstrated when his father Jimmy Thompson was killed when Dow
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© Copyrighted The letter below was from Wavolene Blass, written approximately 1981-3, to her cousin, Lillian “Judy” Thompson Hall, describing her mother, Nettie Thompson Curtis’, memories of her childhood. NOTE: The house that burned in this story was on or near the area where McConnell, West Virginia, now stands. My comments are in brackets [