Re: OT. War?


"Wayne Harrison" <wayno@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Mike Connor" <mike-connor@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Wayno´s forebear went to fight,
>> for what he thought was good and right,
>> left family and friends behind,
>> to save the world he was inclined.
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> great great grandaddy jenkins would be quite pleased to be remembered
> with such kindness by a fellow brit, lo these one hundred and forty years
> later.
> he was from cornwall, iirc--or his father was. they came to supply
> labor for the gold and copper mines that had been opened in the 1830's in
> rowan (specifically, gold hill, north carolina) county. all were
> experienced miners, for coal, i reckon.

Mmmmmm......pasties!

Wolfgang
god bless cornish miners......wherever they may have roamed.


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