Reasons to Get up in the Morning

Reasons to get up in the morning: Exploration!

In this instance:my dad's old files, both genealogical and historical. Wiley Benjamin Hill, Jr. was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1913. As a baby, he slept in the same bedroom as his aging and sick, maternal grandfather, Samuel Richard Tucker, who was born in 1845 in Sumter, South Carolina.

Our Heritage Part I: For us, it began with being descended from Opal Givens Hill

1.  Samuel William Settles, born in 1812 in Laurens County, (established in 1807), Georgia, is my 3rd great grandfather on my mother's line.  He and his wife, Martha Rebecca Rabb Settles had nine children.  Remind me to share with you the marriage record for this couple!  In 1812, Samuel William Settles' birth, coincided with an important historical event, the War of 1812.  We know that, according to one census, he made his living as a schoolteacher.  He is buried in Crestview in the Mason-Olive Cemetery off Hwy 90 East. 

2.  Their youngest child was Lucian Milledge Barron Settles, "L.M.B." or "Luke".  Lucian was born in Coffee County, Alabama, possibly at a place known as "Batten's Crossroads".  He is my second great grandfather in this line.  He married Mary McCurley and they had four children.

3.  Luke's oldest child was Samuel George "Cap" Settles, my great grandfather.  "Cap" was born in or near Crestview, Florida.  At that time (13 March, 1884), this area was still Walton County.  It didn't become Okaloosa County until 1915.  Mr. Settles married Lula Mae Barks in 1903. They had six children, one of whom was my grandmother, Alice.

4.  Alice Settles, my grandmother, was born in 1906, in or near Crestview, Florida.  She died on the 13th of January of 1956, when I was just 9 and 1/2 years old. She is buried at the Early Cemetery, off Hwy 20 in Niceville, Florida.  My grandmother had one daughter, my mother Opal Givens.

(To Be Continued)

BYU-TV has been doing a super job!

Brigham Young University TV is doing a great job with their programming right now.  I have been able to get my mind off my troubles and some of the bad stuff that has been going on in our country right now.  Everyone needs a place to run when things get bad.  Running to BYU-TV is a great choice.  Uplifting movies and shows are their specialty.

I don't go for all of their programming but there are some shows I really enjoy.  

For my own information and yours!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)

I remember the sixties.  

Today, in New York, Howard Safir (Former NYPD and FDNY commissioner), what is happening there, in his words, is "Insane".  The Mayor is giving the wrong signals, he says.  The NYPD is the best, but they are getting mixed messages from DeBlasio.  Very little policing is happening, or he says "very proactive" policing, rather.

Are we living in the "last days"?

If you would have told me a week ago that Covid-19 was not going to be the worst calamity of the year, I wouldn't have believed it.  So many lives lost, cut short, and threatened during this past three months!

We may not expect calamity, but historically it has happened and become the shaping and destructive experience of our history.  What has transpired the past week, shakes me to the core and I fear for the survival of our country, now, as we face a "man-made" threat.  Rioting and looting have, in many cities, overshadowed the threat of the corona virus!

This is a corrupting and corruption of the soul of our nation that we are witnessing.  Depravity.   Who knew?!!  Maintaining order has become essential to protect lives and property.   It is essential to the life of our constitution, also.