This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CynthiaClarke33 Surnames: Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.general/21699/mb.ashx Message Board Post: MEMORIES OF MY GRANDFATHER BY CYNTHIA LONG This book has genealogy on the Bakers, Walkers, Stacy's and Combs.(LEFT OUT CAMPBELL)There are also pictures and obituaries of the families around Hazard, Ky. http://walkerthewalker.googlepage.com/home <(link to buy) (e-mail me at)[email protected] for questions The story is about a man named John Walker who once lived in Hazard,Kentucky. His father (also John) was the Rev.John Walker who was the first baptist preacher in the area. His father fed, preached, kept up morale and entertained the entire town during the depression, then John's father died from injuries he suffered in an explosion in 1940 from a Virgina coal company while at an Ecology meeting. The town changed after his death, and WWII was brewing. John and many men went into the service, the fun was over, but the towns people started drives and helped one another. This book tells how they managed during WWII. After WWII John Jr. moves his family north to Indiana and that's where his journey begins. His journey starts with the grocery store he bought, to learning to fly a plane,and Walking the Appalachian and Jenny Wiley trail. That's only the beginning. He excavates the body of a former Presidential cabinet member of President Lincolns. When the grave is opened, the body is not there. Find out why in the book. He's invited to the White House for a tour, he had a collection of 8 Truman Scrap books with every article he could find on Truman,and it ends with the marriage of his daughter Margaret Truman Attachments: Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.