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Tell about him!! I love to hear ancestor stories!

A lot of my ancestors were fascinating, but not people I can connect emotionally with. Grandfather, the miner, was willing to blow up the tree of birds that attacked his burros. I can't even read that sentence. Great grandfather was brought to D.C. by Stanton to run the investigation for Lincoln's assassination and put together the Library of Congress files. He was one of the special judge advocates at the trial. But he was a strong, stiff man who spent his life fighting for Judge Holt and General Hancock, and I just can't connect to him either. But 5th great grandfather! That's the one.

By the side of a murmuring stream,
Where willows the margin imbrown;
We'll wander, unheeded, unseen,
Nor envy the taste of the town.

In scenes, where confusion and noise
And riots loud voice is unknown;
We'll humbly participate joys,
That ever from greatness have flown.

Let avarice smile o'er its gain,
Ambition exult at its height,
Dissipation unloose every rein,
In pursuit of forbidden delight.

We'll cling to our cottage, my love,
There a meeting with bliss we ensure.
The Seraphs who carol above
Must smile on enjoyments so pure.