I found several pictures of her in my mother's things.. I think her mother was Bessie Wiseman who marr. Luther Greene Dodd in 1912 Talcott, WV, according to my informatioin. A note on the back of one picture says "dedicated school teacher/principal" Her Uncle William Paxton Wiseman was my ggrandpa. And I am wondering who this "Pappy Dodd" was.. Thanx -----Original Message----- From: JeanB [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 8:24 AM To: Marilee Jolliff Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [WVSUMMER] Re: WVSUMMER-D Digest V05 #23 Jean, are you related to Mae Dodd? I think she was a teacher there, some years ago. Yes, in fact I have a letter from her written a few years before she died. It's a long story, but I was adopted as a little kid..and in 1992 I found my siblings and aunts, cousins, etc. But no one was into genealogy or knew anything about the family. What I did find was that my mother was born in Hinton...so my friend who was helping me find everyone, made some calls there and was given the name of Mae as the "town historian'...and I wrote to her and she sent me the nicest letter...told me she was a cousin...but I don't know who her father was, never got to that.. In 1999, my daughter and I went to a reunion there, and I met some of my kin and had a wonderful time getting to know them. It's funny, we were at a restaurant, and a guy came over to my daughter and said something about not seeing her in so many years since high school..LOL...she told him she wasn't even from WV, but RI and he said..well isn't your name ..Dodd??? She had to tell him NO, but we were there for a Dodd reunion. Everyone thought it was just amazing. Another thing was, when my Lori got out of high school, she went to work at a nursing home. Her 1sst patient, was a man called Pappy Dodd, and she never knew he was her own great grandfather until years later when I found the family... And Mae told me what her hobbies were, and they were the same as mine.. including writing.. ceramics, etc. so see, some things DO stay with the adoptee. I should write a book I guess. Have a nice day...Jean