Life on Mill Creek

by Robert Bryant This is an excerpt from “Bryant, Sullivan, Gossett Family History” written by Robert Bryant. Mill Creek and surrounding communities, such as Rock Valley on the east; Little Rock on the west; Wrigley, Lyle, and Bon Aqua to the North;...

Old Man Davis

I mentioned a while back that one time when we were kids we were shot at. Though I said I’d tell you about it later, I thought I should share it while it was fresh in my mind. Chances are getting increasingly strong that I’d forget it. Anyway, Old Man...

What are Friends For?

My girlfriend Carol and I were very close. We were getting home late from school and we were so worried that we would get in trouble for being late that we decided to take a short cut through a junk yard. I’ll tell you right off the bat that this wasn’t my...

The Jenkins Story

by Sybil Knight Jenkins 
Some time before the Revolutionary War, Jacob and Jerry Jeinins, (half English and half Welsh) came to this country. The chief difference in brothers was their difference in political beliefs. Jacob was a firm believer in the separation from...

Dittys

Ever wonder why I’m so twisted? Take a gander of some of the dittys my ancestor’s passed down to me. from Gramma Glen 
(Agnes Glenavie Sullivan Heath) Listen! Listen!
 The Cat’s Pissin’
 Where? Where?
 Under the chair.
 Run! Run!
 Get the gun!
 Aw, hell
 He’s all...