The Life & Death of Hiram Gregg Smith
Hiram Gregg Smith was born in New York State circa 1864 to Caroline E. and Benjamin H. Smith. He was one of 10 children. Somewhere between 1873 and 1878, the family picked up and moved out to the Humboldt, Iowa area. On December 17, 1884, Hiram Gregg Smith married Julia Geeslin in Rutland, Iowa. There
Henry William Lewis Witnesses The Start Of The Civil War
Many years ago, my Uncle told me a story of my Great, Great Grandfather Henry William Lewis and how he had witnessed the beginning of the Civil War. This story was always very interesting to me so I decided to do some research into the events of that day. There are actually many
John L. Tierney and Wife Isabella Survived The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
On April 18, 1906 San Francisco was wrecked by a Great Earthquake at 5:13 a.m.. The subsequent seventh Great Fire burned for four days. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of trapped persons died when South-of-Market tenements collapsed as the ground liquefied beneath them. Most of those buildings immediately caught fire, and trapped victims could not be rescued.
