After their mother died, Grandfather and his younger sister, Carrie were taken in and raised by the John Driver family, who had lost two children of their own. In October 1900, Willie (as he was called) and Carrie were attending Woodward School.
Willie married Sylvia Ann Hale, and they had five sons: Eugene 1912 (died shortly thereafter), Gilbert Lester 1913, Clifford Owen 1916, Harold 1917, and Warren Dexter 1920.
Grandfather was a strip coal miner, and also operated a Gulf station at his home in Dugger. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was the chief of the Dugger Fire Department, and a member of the Indiana Firemens' Association. The department was volunteer, and for every fire put out, the firemen received $1.00. I am proud that my grandfather was a fireman. I have the medals he won in my genealogy collection.
One thing I remember about him is that he did not like dogs at all.
He had many books, and on his shelves, alongside many religious works, was poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and others. There were also titles like "Gullivers' Travels", "Beverly of Graustark", "Mother Goose", and "Huckleberry Finn".
With his wife, he was a member of Dugger Church of Christ. Both are buried in Woodward Cemetery, near Dugger.
Willie married Sylvia Ann Hale, and they had five sons: Eugene 1912 (died shortly thereafter), Gilbert Lester 1913, Clifford Owen 1916, Harold 1917, and Warren Dexter 1920.
Grandfather was a strip coal miner, and also operated a Gulf station at his home in Dugger. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was the chief of the Dugger Fire Department, and a member of the Indiana Firemens' Association. The department was volunteer, and for every fire put out, the firemen received $1.00. I am proud that my grandfather was a fireman. I have the medals he won in my genealogy collection.
One thing I remember about him is that he did not like dogs at all.
He had many books, and on his shelves, alongside many religious works, was poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and others. There were also titles like "Gullivers' Travels", "Beverly of Graustark", "Mother Goose", and "Huckleberry Finn".
With his wife, he was a member of Dugger Church of Christ. Both are buried in Woodward Cemetery, near Dugger.
After their mother died, Grandfather and his younger sister, Carrie were taken in and raised by the John Driver family, who had lost two children of their own. In October 1900, Willie (as he was called) and Carrie were attending Woodward School.
Willie married Sylvia Ann Hale, and they had five sons: Eugene 1912 (died shortly thereafter), Gilbert Lester 1913, Clifford Owen 1916, Harold 1917, and Warren Dexter 1920.
Grandfather was a strip coal miner, and also operated a Gulf station at his home in Dugger. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was the chief of the Dugger Fire Department, and a member of the Indiana Firemens' Association. The department was volunteer, and for every fire put out, the firemen received $1.00. I am proud that my grandfather was a fireman. I have the medals he won in my genealogy collection.
One thing I remember about him is that he did not like dogs at all.
He had many books, and on his shelves, alongside many religious works, was poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and others. There were also titles like "Gullivers' Travels", "Beverly of Graustark", "Mother Goose", and "Huckleberry Finn".
With his wife, he was a member of Dugger Church of Christ. Both are buried in Woodward Cemetery, near Dugger.
Willie married Sylvia Ann Hale, and they had five sons: Eugene 1912 (died shortly thereafter), Gilbert Lester 1913, Clifford Owen 1916, Harold 1917, and Warren Dexter 1920.
Grandfather was a strip coal miner, and also operated a Gulf station at his home in Dugger. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was the chief of the Dugger Fire Department, and a member of the Indiana Firemens' Association. The department was volunteer, and for every fire put out, the firemen received $1.00. I am proud that my grandfather was a fireman. I have the medals he won in my genealogy collection.
One thing I remember about him is that he did not like dogs at all.
He had many books, and on his shelves, alongside many religious works, was poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and others. There were also titles like "Gullivers' Travels", "Beverly of Graustark", "Mother Goose", and "Huckleberry Finn".
With his wife, he was a member of Dugger Church of Christ. Both are buried in Woodward Cemetery, near Dugger.
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