Hi,
I have found in some of my things a copy someone gave me of an article
written by a Durelle LeClair who was the staff writer of what paper and when
I don't know. I am thinking maybe Athens, TN. Need to search for the original
article.
It goes on to say that there were some letters found in an attic (about 40 of
them) from the Jerome (or Joram) Ziegler family. Jerome who married Annabelle
on May 23, 1860. They had a son also named John Jerome Ziegler who was born
ca. 1861.
Does anyone know about this article and the letters? A Dr. Paul Haynie of
Harding University in Searcy, Ark. was the one in possession of these and he
was trying to find family members at that time, which I'm thinking was long
ago. He was doing research on the Civil War at the time when some boys who
found them gave them to him. He had 5 graduate students transcribing them.
If anyone knows anything about this article or the letters, please let me
know. If anyone is interested in the copy I have, I can scan it to you. It
just doesn't have a date or name of the paper. I really believe it was the
Athens newspaper since that is where the boys found the letters and where Dr.
Haynie was trying to find relatives of this particular family but what year,
I don't know.
Thank you,
P. Forister