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Memories: The Jake Beadle Story
by Jake Beadle.
Read the interesting journey of Jake Beadle from early childhood, to World War II, marriage, work on the railroad, raising a family with his lovely wife, Clara and on to retirement.

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Esther Thymian Brooks: The Early Years
by Esther Thymian Brooks.
From her earliest memory on a western Minnesota farm until she met and married sailor Jim Brooks, Esther reveals her resourcefulness, energy, cowgirl tendencies, delightful humor, leadership skills, and a hundred other wonderful qualities. Enjoy!

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From Lamont to Lamar: A Memoir of the Elrod Family
by Erma Elrod Misemer.
Read of Erma's formative years as one of eight children. Her father was a tough, hard-drinking oil rigger who found the Lord and wound up preaching and pastoring all over southern Missouri. It's not "Gutter to God" but it's close.

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Memories of My West Virginia Childhood
by June Woods Petrie
June is the sister to Avonlea Marvin (College Church member now deceased), thus this West Virginia family history is Lea's also. Download it and print it off because it's four pages long

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My Life and Times During the Depression
by Walt Quanstrom
In thinking back now the Lord was with us during the Depression and we really did better than the average family. Now my wife's situation was a little more devastating. She saw many days where she ate potato soup and that was it, and tomorrow potato soup, and the next day potato soup.

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The Way I Remember Our Ball Family
by Mabel Lorene Ball Sonnevik
Ours was a blended family since my father, W. S. Ball, lost his first wife, Vivian, in childbirth when their third daughter, Ollie, was born. Laura was the oldest daughter and Lenore was the next oldest.

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The Story of My Life
by Clara Mae Burr Beadle
I was born September 9, 1925, in Sublette, Kansas, a small town 50 miles southwest of Dodge City, Kansas. Mother and my father met while Mother was teaching in a small country

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Grandpa Joseph Parts One-Four
by Joan Whittenberger, Louisville, Ohio