So Henry was in Texas City during the great ship explosion. Was he old enough to remember and tell about his experiences? Glad to have another Texan Kilgore connected to the list. Linda Kilgore Zeigler in Tyler, Smith County, Texas >>> gkilgore@primenet.com - 8/1/01 5:58 PM >>> Tom Cozz has been corresponding with Henry Hill so today we add Henry to our group of members. Henry lives just up the road apiece from me here in AZ. Henry says, "My great grandfather was Joseph Kilgore, born March 9, 1849, died July 21, 1927 and my grandfather was Henry U. Kilgore, born Jan. 7, 1880, died June 10, 1958. Joseph Kilgore was born in Ireland and Henry Kilgore was born in Chambers Co., Texas. I lived with my grandparents in Texas City, TX from 1943 to 1951. Welcome to the list Henry and it looks like your Kilgore's are more recent to the States than a lot of ours. Do you know where in Ireland your line came from? Gail ==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== Check out the Kilgore boards at: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/kil/KilgoreDeed http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/kil/KilgoreObits http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/kil/KilgorePens http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/kil/KilgoreWill

Hi Linda, Yes, I was in Texas City at the time of the great ship explosion and have very vivid memories of the event. My grandfather's house was in the older part of Texas City placing it relatively close to the explosion site. Henry -----Original Message----- From: Linda Zeigler [mailto:lzei@tjc.tyler.cc.tx.us] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 4:03 PM To: KILGORE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KILGORE] New Member So Henry was in Texas City during the great ship explosion. Was he old enough to remember and tell about his experiences? Glad to have another Texan Kilgore connected to the list. Linda Kilgore Zeigler in Tyler, Smith County, Texas >>> gkilgore@primenet.com - 8/1/01 5:58 PM >>> Tom Cozz has been corresponding with Henry Hill so today we add Henry to our group of members. Henry lives just up the road apiece from me here in AZ. Henry says, "My great grandfather was Joseph Kilgore, born March 9, 1849, died July 21, 1927 and my grandfather was Henry U. Kilgore, born Jan. 7, 1880, died June 10, 1958. Joseph Kilgore was born in Ireland and Henry Kilgore was born in Chambers Co., Texas. I lived with my grandparents in Texas City, TX from 1943 to 1951. Welcome to the list Henry and it looks like your Kilgore's are more recent to the States than a lot of ours. Do you know where in Ireland your line came from? Gail ==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== Check out the Kilgore boards at: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/kil/KilgoreDeed http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/kil/KilgoreObits http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/kil/KilgorePens http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/kil/KilgoreWill ==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== The Kilgore Logbook can be viewed from the Kilgore ARCHIVES at the address of http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl