HUH, I CAN'T ABIDE LYING PREACHERS
I suppose it is about time I let some of my ancestors out of the bag as I so enjoyed Taps and others who have written of them. I do not have such an acute mind as our Taps has nor am I such an exciting writer but here goes anyway. This happened some sixty five or so years ago and the old man was eighty or so at the time. His name was James Henry Mayes, Jr and his father had been killed at Gettysburg without ever having seen his son Henry. He had been a wild child so the stories, and there were... Sign in to see full entry.