Comments on: Without Purse or Scrip in Texas: 15 January – 4 February 1900

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:09:32 +0000

I think you have the right ones. Lorenzo did not marry his first wife until 1882, which would have made it almost impossible for them to be father & son. Uncle & nephew makes sense. Thanks

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:24:56 +0000

We’ll put you down for a log-rolling mission, then, Jeff, instead of a singing one!

Bruce, you’ve got a real eye for those names. Willard Jones’s companion was Edgar Hunsaker; there are a couple of possibilities for both Edgar and Lorenzo D. in New Family Search, but if I’ve found the right ones, they are uncle and nephew.

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:54:49 +0000

It being the first Sunday in the month, we all observed the fast. The people all thought it very funny to see us fast.

The change from Thursday to Sunday wasn't too much earlier than 1900, right? Hunsaker is not a common name. I'm guessing his new companion is somehow related to Elder Lorenzo D. Hunsaker who served in Tennessee from 1879-1881.

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:11:17 +0000

All that singing–I could have never served a mission during those times. My singing is very bad.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:50:19 +0000

That wasn’t on the list of activities I was asked to engage in as a missionary.

By: WVS

WVS — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:26:47 +0000

Another great installment, Ardis. Thanks. “Rolling logs.”