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RUTH'S ROOTS
Ten Years Later:
The Journey Continues
In the ten years after I published my two genealogy e-books, much more information has been digitalized and put online.
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My intent now is to make new discoveries about my family tree. Last time my research was very ordered and systematic; this time it will be much more randomized.

My E-books at Amazon


rewood13
Jan 147 min read
Joshua John Moore: The Traveller's Directory
The Title Page Mathew Carey was a prominent Philadelphia publisher and economist from Dublin, who came to America after fleeing Ireland...
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rewood13
Aug 17, 202411 min read
The Mystery of Mr. Grove's Daughter
Just the other day (August 13, 2024) I read an article in the Asheville Citizen-Times which discussed a 3,000 sq. ft. home made of river...
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rewood13
Aug 12, 20244 min read
Edwin Wiley Grove, Jr.: Breach of Marriage Lawsuit (More Things Nanny Never Told Us)
Edwin Wiley Grove, Jr. The entitled Edwin Wiley Grove, Jr. , was born in 1890 in Paris, Tennessee, the son of E.W. Grove, Sr., and his...
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rewood13
Jul 3, 20249 min read
Clarence Comes to Asheville
When he arrived in Asheville in 1900, Clarence didn't waste any time to begin marketing and promoting himself as an artist. You never...
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rewood13
Jun 30, 20246 min read
A Slight Taint of Insanity
Artist Clarence Augustus Worrall has always intrigued me. He was the nephew of my second great-grandfather, Samuel Miller Moore, the son...
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rewood13
Jun 15, 20244 min read
Tennis Anyone?
Helen "Gram" Margaret Neely was Papa Neely's oldest daughter and my paternal grandmother. I now have a few photographs of Gram's life...
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rewood13
Jun 11, 20248 min read
The Darker Side of Papa Neely
My father's maternal grandfather was John Wesley Neely, known to his grandchildren as "Papa Neely." As I wrote in
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rewood13
May 25, 20246 min read
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze
I'm going to take a little break from Joshua John Moore -- I have found a lot more information about him -- and discuss some newspaper clipp
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rewood13
May 19, 20244 min read
Hearing from the Distaff Side
I know very little about Joshua John's wife, Elizabeth "Eliza" Massey, other than that she was a Quaker who left the Quaker Church to marry
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rewood13
May 7, 202417 min read
An Overview of Joshua John Moore
I believe the above sketch is Joshua John Moore as drawn by his close friend, Nicholas King, in 1795. The other images are of people who...
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rewood13
May 6, 20245 min read
Joshua John Moore Comes to America
I decided to start by Googling my favorite ancestor, my fourth great-grandfather, Joshua John Moore.
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