The Dash Between The Dates

The Dash Between The Dates

I begin my posting with an excerpt from a poem by Linda Ellis that I have recently read:

I read of a man who stood to speak at a funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning… to the end.

He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.

For so many of our descendants, we know little about their "dash," but it is my hope to uncover many of their stories that lie between their dates.

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THE DASH BETWEEN THE DATES by Donna AnglinToncic

A NEW ANGLIN AUTHOR!!!

Today we added Donna Anglin Toncic to the blog as a new author, who will develop the story of her own Anglin line.  In the story of William Anglin, we mention his brother, Raburn. They joined their unit, the 58th NC at the same time, along with a brother-in-law, and a multitude of cousins. They suffered together through the sorrows of war together until the Battle Of Chickamauga, where William was wounded, and within 10 days died. Raburn was able to go on, however, and return to family, and help Sally, William's wife, raise the children he left behind.  I am delighted to join forces with her to tell their family stories. She will focus on her line, and I on mine, and her blogs will give a great deal of balance to the overall research.  I value her dedication, and have found her work to be like mine...a work in progress. Neither of us knows it all. We just delight in telling what we've found. I am asking her to handle her blog as she sees fit, where I have chosen the story line and go at it quite slowly, she may chose to post small bits as she finds them, like putting out the puzzle pieces.  I welcome the chance to combine the conversation, and will glean from her publishings as you will.
We still have a good bit of getting it together to open her part of the blog full steam and my health will hinder it getting done more than anything, So until we can publish her pages...I'm looking forward to it. For now she will introduce herself to you next post.

Thank you Donna for this picture-
She shared this to me via Messenger, saying she felt I might like to have it.  It includes my Grandmother - Norah Anglin Roland 34, her sister Vergie Anglin (Ogle) 36, and their brother Willie Anglin 29, the 3 youngest of the Anglin children born to Robert and Katie Anglin. 

She said, I believe that Betsy Styles shared the picture with her, and you can see on the notations it is courtesy of David Horton. 

Thank you soooooo much!


Donna's Blog: The Dash Between The Dates