My Grandma Nellie (Peelle) McCracken’s cousin Charley D. Farmer disappeared in the late 1890s.  Where did he go?  And, what kept him from coming home? It is a story with a twist that begs even more questions.   Who is Charley Farmer? Charles D. “Charley” Farmer was born in Winchester, Indiana about 1877 to John A. and Evaline (Peelle) Farmer.  He joined sister Indianola “Nola,” who had been born two years prior.   Trego County

Three Generations In 1906, three generations of the Peelle family moved to the Fish farm southeast of Hiatville, Kansas.  The two-story house was nestled amongst elm, pear, maple, and catalpa trees atop a hill a mile north of the Bourbon-Crawford county line.  The 190-acre property included a garden, an orchard, fields, a root cellar, an outhouse, and some out buildings.   Early Photo of the home place. It is clear that one of the early

  I don’t know if my Thomas ancestors lived near the most relatives of any of my family lines or not.  However, according to reports my 3g-grandfather Henry Thomas  (shown above) claimed the family left North Carolina because they were related to too many people there! History It is believed that our Thomas family line descended from Josiah and Ruth (Mitchell) Thomas, although this is not 100% proven.  Henry identified some of his siblings in

  Some recipes call for one egg, some for two, sometimes one instead of two will do.  But, sometimes, one will not do if it calls for one or two. And, trouble can arise when one person thinks one will do instead of two. Helping Out When she was a teenager, my Aunt Ester Lucille (McCracken) Fisher helped out at the Harnett household while Nora Hartnett, my Grandma Nellie (Peelle) McCracken’s cousin, was ill.  Nora

    Arthur Reid Thomson was only 16 years of age when he boarded a ship for America.  His grandfather, he claimed, was sending him to his uncle in New York.  However, he never arrived at his uncle’s doorstep.  Had he, his road to a homestead would have taken a very different path.   Canada It was May 1843 when Arthur arrived in Quebec, Canada.  It is hard to imagine what was going through his