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June 21, 2020
A Descendant of Jefferson Davis?
When I was a child, I found a history of the Davis family in my mother's den.
The book recounted stories of several generations of the Davis family. It included pictures.
The book culminated in a discussion of Jefferson Davis, who was President of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
Was my father a descendant of Jefferson Davis?
I plan to do his genealogy this year to find out for sure.
Newsie in New Jersey
My father told me in 2000, when I was doing a life history interview with my mother, that he delivered newspapers in the Quincy Street neighborhood where he lived with his mother and stepfather.
When he was 12, he won a trip to New Jersey from his employer. He traveled alone on a train to Philadelphia, then to New Jersey. I believe he said he went to Atlantic City.