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The Greatness Within

Olds Family Tales wrote 9 months ago: by Kenneth Morgan The young major in charge of the welcoming committee barked out a sharp command as … more →

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The Eyes of the Olds

Olds Family Tales wrote 9 months ago: by Laura Clark Our family comes from a long line of folks who questioned deeply instead of accepting … more →

Tags: Dollie Olds Morgan, Laura Morgan Clark, Wallace Olds, Jane Morse Olds, Gilbert Olds, laura clark

The Virginia Peepers

Olds Family Tales wrote 9 months ago: by Kenneth Morgan I trudged along behind brother Owen through the dark, rain-drenched woods and wish … more →

Tags: Dollie Olds Morgan, Mose Morgan, Owen Morgan, T.C. Chapman, Dollie Morgan

Reflective Mood

Olds Family Tales wrote 10 months ago: by Angeline Fuller Primeaux I guess I am in a reflective mood today.  It has been 2 years since she … more →

Tags: Wallace Olds, Verdie Olds Humphrey, Jane Morse Olds, Lessie Olds Biscamp, Essie Olds Morgan, Harry Morgan, Angeline Fuller Primeaux, Bill Humphrey, David Fuller

The Miracle of the Horn

Olds Family Tales wrote 10 months ago: by Kenneth Morgan John Wiley “Bull” Morse Mama said her grandpa, John Wiley Morse, spoke … more →

Tags: Dollie Olds Morgan, Lettie Crockett Whitmire, John Wiley "Bull" Morse, Jackson Whitmire, Jeremiah "Jerry" Dunn

A Family Tradition

Olds Family Tales wrote 1 year ago: by Kenneth Morgan Since my ancestors began migrating to Texas in the 1840s, most of them hunted wild … more →

Tags: Dollie Olds Morgan, Mose Morgan, Jake Olds, Jane Morse Olds, Ruth Olds Wigley, David Amy Olds, Gilbert Olds, Frances Catherine "Cassie" Morse Wigley, Andrew Jackson Whitmire

Old One Shoot 'Em

Olds Family Tales wrote 1 year ago: by Kenneth Morgan When  my brother and I were small boys, we sometimes stayed overnight with Great U … more →

Tags: Durham Morse, Jane Morse Olds, Gilbert Olds, Walter Cole, Mattie Franklin, Aubrey Cole, Mose Cole

The Letter

Olds Family Tales wrote 1 year ago: by Kenneth Morgan In the late 1800s, when John Henry Kirby pushed northward with his sawmill and rai … more →

Tags: Jane Morse Olds, Frances Catherine "Cassie" Morse Wigley, Dacie Morse Williams, Ruth Morse Franklin, Durham Morse, Ann Morse Foshee, Della Morse Reeves, John Rufus Morse, John Wiley "Bull" Morse

Dipping Days

Olds Family Tales wrote 1 year ago: by Owen Morgan On May 10, 1937, a live stock dipping program was started in Jasper and surrounding c … more →

Tags: Mose Morgan, Owen Morgan, David Dunn, Sarah "Sally" Rayborn Dunn, Sally Dunn

The Great Possum Hunt of 1940

Olds Family Tales wrote 1 year ago: by Kenneth Morgan My brother Owen and I are the only living participants in what we refer to as the … more →

Tags: Mose Morgan, Harry Morgan, Owen Morgan

Cabin of Last Resort

Olds Family Tales wrote 1 year ago: Johnnie Olds with Grandkids in 1967 by Kenneth Morgan It must have been about 1934 when Uncle Johnni … more →

Tags: Mose Morgan, John Olds, Jane Morse Olds

Lucy Jane Angeline Morse Olds1 comment

Olds Family Tales wrote 1 year ago: 1876 – 1969 by Judy Morgan Jane Olds, 1968 My maternal grandmother, “Grandma Olds”, was born i … more →

Tags: Dollie Olds Morgan, Wallace Olds, Mose Morgan, John Olds, Jake Olds, judy morgan, Verdie Olds Humphrey, Jane Morse Olds, Lettie Crockett Whitmire

Rowdy and the Bees

Olds Family Tales wrote 1 year ago: by Kenneth Morgan I answered the knock on my door that Saturday morning, in early summer of 1955, an … more →

Tags: Mose Morgan, Rowdy and the Bees

Alligator Hunting

Olds Family Tales wrote 1 year ago: by Mary Lee When asked about his hobby, my father, Wallace Olds, invariably replied, “Avoiding starv … more →

Tags: Wallace Olds, Mary Olds Lee, Mose Morgan, John Olds, Jake Olds, Lamarr Olds, Curtis Olds, East Texas history, Cleo Morgan


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