In 2017, I had the privilege of serving on a panel discussion with Kent Masterson Brown of KET documentaries, James Prichard research archivist for the Kentucky State Archives, Dr. Tom Sabetta, retired professor from U of K, and Eric James, author of “Jesse James Soul Liberty.” Eric and I became acquainted at the Louisville Genealogical…

Saleda, married my Great uncle Julius Fischer. They were very much in love, Julius dying only three days after Saleda. They were an odd-looking couple. Aunt Saleda was about 4 foot 2 inches tall, weighing maybe eighty pounds, while Uncle Julius was over six feet tall and weighed two-hundred-pounds. He was a Boilermaker for the…

Drake Kentucky was a small community, but now has a population equal to Brandenburg. When I knew it, it was a tiny place located on a north/south line, 18 miles south/west of Franklin, KY and 20 miles Northeast of Bowling Green, Ky. I was born in 1945, but this true story took place in 1933…