I agree completely!! We are getting bombed with politics...we don't
need it on one of the few places we can research OUR ancestors.
Mary Turney
Pat Bezet wrote:
It is such a shame when some of us have nothing better to do
than to spread one more story that will probably get a vote
for our candidate. Let us dig, I am sure we can come up
with something just as bad on the other candidate.
This list if for family searching.
Stop the campaigning
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn & Carol Cannon <gwcannon(a)hotmail.com>
To: <CANNON-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 7:43 AM
Subject: [CANNON] Gore Family HIstory
> Regardless of your political preferences, this story
illustrates to us how
> easy it is to succumb to the temptation to "tweak" or
embelish some facet of
> our own family history, or to fill in the gaps with
stories, rather than
> fact. Lord, lead us not into temptation.
> Glenn W. Cannon
>
>
> >It just keeps pouring in.
> > >
> > > Subject: FW: GORE FAMILY HISTORY
> >"I don't know how you can be in politics and just not get
sick and tired
> >of yourself."
> > > > -- David Letterman
> >
> >GORE FAMILY HISTORY
> >Tipper Gore, an amateur genealogical researcher,
discovered that her
> >husband's great-great uncle, Gunther Gore, a fellow
lacking in
> >character,
> >was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in
Tennessee in 1889.
> > The only known photograph of Gunther shows him standing
on the gallows.
> >
> >On the back of the picture is this inscription: "Gunther
Gore; horse
> >thief, sent to Tennessee Prison 1885, escaped 1887,
robbed the Tennessee
> >
> >Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives,
convicted and hanged
> >in
> >1889."
> >After letting Al Gore and his staff of professional image
consultants
> >peruse the findings, they decided to crop Gunther's
picture, scan
> >it in as an enlarged image, and edited it with image
processing software
> >so
> >that all that's seen is a head shot.
> >The accompanying biographical sketch was sent to the
Associated
> >Press as follows:
> >"Gunther Gore was a famous rancher in early Tennessee
history.
> >His business empire grew to include acquisition of
valuable equestrian
> >assets and intimate dealings with the Tennessee railroad.
> >Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life
to service
> >at a government facility, finally taking leave to resume
his dealings
> > with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a
vital
> >investigation
> >run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889,
Gunther passed
> >
> >away during an important civic function held in his honor
when the
> >platform upon which he was standing collapsed."
> >
>
>
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