One of the attributes of being a family historian is a knack for remembering birthdays. My brother, Jeff, and my niece, Jessica, share the same birthday today. Jeff in 1963 and Jessica (my sister, Julie's daughter) in 1985. What makes it even more interesting is that they share that birthday with our great (great) grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Coleman Wills Free who was born on this date in 1885! Now, what are the odds of that? Notice any other coincidences? Happy birthday, Jeff, Jessica and Grandmother Free. Here are some pictures of Grandmother Free.
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| With her second husband, William Jefferson Napoleon Bonaparte Free |
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| In her yard in Ninety-Six, S.C. |
I'd like to thank Gerry Coleman for the scanned images of these pictures. He has shared so much of what he knows about our Coleman and Wills families and one day I will have pieced it all together.
