Melody Sunday, February 3, 2008 The e-mail arrived in my on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008. It was straightforward, businesslike, and to the point. It said: My name is Melody Ethington Olson. My father Ronald Gene Ethington never knew much about his father James Robert (Jimmie) Ethington. He died when he was very young. Can't find anything on your web-site linking us to the Ethington Family, but he knew his father was from the Kentucky area and had family from Ireland? Any link that you know of?. Melody Ethington Father - Ronald Gene Ethington born 12/14/1938 living Father - James Robert (Jimmie) Ethington born 6/7/1912 died 11/15/1947 Father - William Harm Ethington born 12/25/87 and died 2/9/20 Married to Alice Stevenson? Father James Harm Ethington born 5/15/1862 and died 5/2/1928 – Thanks. At this time, I knew nothing about the trouble at the Lexington courthouse. I didn’t know anything about young Willy Ethington, or his father Jim Harm. The next day I answered Melody, telling her that I knew of one James Hiram Ethington who may have had a son named William Hiram, but I could not be sure if it was her grandfather or not, as I did not have dates to compare with hers. I asked her to review what I had, and I would work with her to find answers. I was not to hear from Melody for another 6 months, and after a few weeks, I placed a printed copy of her original e-mail in my be filed” stack, where it was soon forgotten, and gradually “to sank lower, and lower in the pile, sitting there, forgotten, on the corner of my desk.
Melody Sunday, February 3, 2008 The e-mail arrived in my on Sunday, February 3rd, 2008. It was straightforward, businesslike, and to the point. It said: My name is Melody Ethington Olson. My father Ronald Gene Ethington never knew much about his father James Robert (Jimmie) Ethington. He died when he was very young. Can't find anything on your web-site linking us to the Ethington Family, but he knew his father was from the Kentucky area and had family from Ireland? Any link that you know of?. Melody Ethington Father - Ronald Gene Ethington born 12/14/1938 living Father - James Robert (Jimmie) Ethington born 6/7/1912 died 11/15/1947 Father - William Harm Ethington born 12/25/87 and died 2/9/20 Married to Alice Stevenson? Father – James Harm Ethington born 5/15/1862 and died 5/2/1928 Thanks. At this time, I knew nothing about the trouble at the Lexington courthouse. I didn’t know anything about young Willy Ethington, or his father Jim Harm. The next day I answered Melody, telling her that I knew of one James Hiram Ethington who may have had a son named William Hiram, but I could not be sure if it was her grandfather or not, as I did not have dates to compare with hers. I asked her to review what I had, and I would work with her to find answers. I was not to hear from Melody for another 6 months, and after a few weeks, I placed a printed copy of her original e-mail in my “to be filed” stack, where it was soon forgotten, and gradually sank lower, and lower in the pile, sitting there, forgotten, on the corner of my desk.
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