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Month: July 2018

Emet David Florence and Perl (Curtis) Florence

From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Emet David Florence was born on the family homestead in Mesquite on 22 November 1885.  He was the third child born to David Walker and Julia Savannah (Beaty) Florence. David was born 28 October 1848 in St. Clair County, Alabama, where the Florence family…
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The LaFons: From Tennessee to Texas

From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. L. C. (Leeander Calvin) LaFon rode a horse to Texas from Tennessee, according to a family story my grandfather, Vernie Lee LaFon, related to me several years ago. That journey would have been in the early 1880s, as he married Susan Elizabeth…
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