Beautiful beautiful story, and life of Emily, Jess, thank you. And those who catch the stories and share them with us are beautiful stars also. You have enriched our genealogy and our heritage immeasurably by sharing your memories and stories with us all. June In a message dated 2/15/2005 5:00:49 AM Pacific Standard Time, jswlsn@prtcnet.org writes: > Someone told me a beautiful story about that night at the wagon camp on the > road from Virginia to Kentucky. > > How often does it happen that we see in the action of a child the quality of > the adult they will become?. It should have been a revelation to the family > that night that the little girl that traveled with them would grow into the > brave and fearless woman she became. Emily was running around the camp, > holding out her little apron, trying to catch a star. >