I had no idea that he was born in Ohio. Where?
Does the family on that side go back far?
I knew about the Arkansas bit.
That such an incredible comp teacher could arise from Ohio is a little less miraculous than Arkansas. That said, my Grandad’s family is from the Joplin area, going back in part to the 1830’s, which is roughly all the same kettle of fish.
He was an Army Air Corp/Air Force brat. The city in Ohio escapes me at the moment. He spent some of his early years in Okinawa, post-war. Some time in the 90’s I was helping the neighbor across the street clean up. They threw some magazines on the pile, and the word Okinawa jumped out at me. It was a military phone book from 1952 that had my grandfather in it. He retired to Arkansas and dad went to college there.
I’m not sure if any geneological stuff was compiled. He made mention of looking into it, once, but never got into the Internet.