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    1. [TXREDRIV] Floods and rambling.
    2. Jim Giddens
    3. I am reading my RRCoGenSociety Quarterly. I see the Red River was flooded big time in 1908, probably higher water than the 2 floods in 1866 and 1892. I now understand a little bit better when my Dad told me some people that lived near the Red River would bring the people to Concord for burial because of the flood of the river. There are several things that my Dad would tell me that sometimes I would wonder if he knew what he was talking about, but I trusted him and at a later point in time, I would find a article or writing that would confirm what he was saying. Such as him telling me that my GGGG GF Reuben Giddens was buried in a lost grave at Lone Star Cemetery southeast of Clarksville about 6 miles, when his children and grandchildren were buried at Concord 7 miles northeast of Clarksville. Later I ran across document showing that the Lone Star cemetery is on land that was Reuben's land as one of the original land owners of Red River Co. Reuben Giddens died in 1853 and was probably buried in his own pasture. The land for the cemetery was purchase for the cemetery association about 17 years later. Jim Giddens Paris, Tx p.s. Sharon, thanks so much for the quarterly, you do a great job.

    03/17/2003 02:37:05