This time, I'm highlighting a couple of individuals who came all the way from Indiana to carve their names on the mountain, Clida A. Reed, and Isaac Hawkins, who list their hometown as Bedford, Indiana. These carvings can be found near the top of the mountain. To find them, veer to the left at the … Continue reading The Carvings on Stone Mountain, #5
Category: Genealogy
Reconstructing a Family: Laban Lupo of Robeson County, NC
In putting together a genealogy, knowing who isn't part of a given family is almost as important as knowing who is. In the case of the Lupos in Virginia and the Carolinas, the exasperating naming conventions make it very difficult to identify who belongs where. Between 1780 and 1820 there were at least four men … Continue reading Reconstructing a Family: Laban Lupo of Robeson County, NC
The Carvings on Stone Mountain, #4
W. W. Roark, J. W. Mehaffey, 1879 This carving is located to the left of the railing about two thirds of the way up the mountain, as one is ascending. It's in the cluster that includes the carving for Joe Carter and Annie Logan Anderson, and the carving for the Wells cousins and G. A. … Continue reading The Carvings on Stone Mountain, #4
Talmadge Eugene Lupo, 1933-1995
Remembering my father, Talmadge Eugene Lupo (13 April 1933 - 5 April 1995) on what would have been his 82nd birthday. He was born thirty years and one week before I was. He graduated high school in Homerville, GA in 1951. He served two terms in the U.S. Air Force throughout the 1950s, stationed in … Continue reading Talmadge Eugene Lupo, 1933-1995
Genealogy and Writing
Genealogy is a process akin to assembling a massive jigsaw puzzle that has pieces scattered across multiple locations and times, some of which cannot be found, and with no indication of the picture that's to be assembled. The more pertinent facts one has the better, because that can help establish who an ancestor was, and … Continue reading Genealogy and Writing
James Lupo, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Died 1790
Adapted, with new information, from files at http://www.lupo.org. Almost everyone named Lupo, and many with the common variant Luper, who lived in the Southern United States at the time of the Civil War, descended from one of the three sons of James Lupo, whose will was recorded in Isle of Wight County, Virginia in September … Continue reading James Lupo, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Died 1790
The Metaphysical Why
For as long as I've been around, I've heard people say that things happen for a reason, that there's always a purpose behind what happens to us and those around us, and it's just a matter of sorting out why something has happened and what we're supposed to learn as a result. As I've gotten … Continue reading The Metaphysical Why
Real Bible Studies: Sodom and Gomorrah
So far in Genesis, we've been following the adventures of Biblical patriarch Abraham, but now it's time to return to his ne'er do well nephew Lot. When last we looked in on Lot, he'd just been captured by one of the four powers who fought against a coalition of five nations led by the King … Continue reading Real Bible Studies: Sodom and Gomorrah
Real Bible Studies: Abraham’s Covenant
Genesis 15 through 18 concerns itself with Abram's covenant with YHWH, which is first revealed to Abram in a vision. Abram is skeptical, since he has no sons to inherit anything, and any rewards would need to be bestowed on his distant relatives. In Genesis 15 YHWH spends most of the time convincing Abram that … Continue reading Real Bible Studies: Abraham’s Covenant
A Soldier’s Story
Note: This essay has been updated and expanded in Words Words Words, available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. On the freezing morning of Sunday, 29 November 1863, Union soldiers defending Fort Sanders in Knoxville, Tennessee, leveled their rifles at advancing Confederate soldiers, and fired, killing or wounding more than eight hundred, and thus set … Continue reading A Soldier’s Story