1892 Newspaper Article with a Bit of Zumwalt Information
Dallas Morning News, Texas 21 September 1892 (Viewed online at GenealogyBank.) "A Veteran of Sixty Years Mr. Thomas Burgess, of Washington county, Arkansas, a gentleman of portly frame and pleasant address, is at present a sojourner in the family of Mr. Henry Boll, in Dallas...Accidentally meeting John Henry Brown on Sunday last, the interview developed the following facts: That Mr. Burgess was born in Roane county, North Carolina, May 12, 1815...In July 1832, being then by accident in St. Charles county, Mo., he enlisted in a company of twelve-months' "rangers," then

Surname Distribution (Saturday Night Genealogy Fun)
For this week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun, Mr. Randy Seaver sent bloggers on a mission to find out the geographical distribution of a surname using Public Profiler. There were really no surprises for me. The top country for LINCECUM was the United States with 1.3 FPM (frequency per million).

Tragedy & Irony in the Death of Ben Zumwalt
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about Isaac and Elver Zumwalt. They were laid to rest in Nichols Cemetery, Ingram, Kerr County, Texas. Also located in Nichols Cemetery is a granite marker memorializing the son of Isaac and Elver pictured here. His name was Ruben F. Zumwalt. I had found Ruben and his parents in 1920 and 1930

Sam Zumwalt's Death Certificate
I found Sam Zumwalt's death certificate at FamilySearch.org this morning. The only information I had on him prior to finding this was his name as well as the names of his parents (only his mother's first name). Working backwards pays dividends again! Samuel A. Zumwalt died at the Providence Memorial Hospital in El Paso, Texas 21 June 1969. Cause of death was bronchopneumonia. El Paso

Wildy Zumwalt's Hunting Accident
While searching through FindAGrave, I found a memorial (#28962256) for Wildy Zumwalt. He was a son of Thomas Zumwalt and Pauline Paul. Wildy was listed as being buried in Angus Cemetery in Alto, Lincoln County, New Mexico. His death date was 13 December 1914. I knew Wildy was born about 1896, so what caused his life to be cut short? Included on Wildy's memorial was an image of a newspaper article. Neither the name of the newspaper, nor date of the article was given. I'll have to try and locate that information. Nonetheless, here is a transcriptio