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"Old Lace"
By Gladys Stewart Bennion
Yellowed
with years, and musty,
A bit of rare old lace!
Nobody knew its history,
Nor had found its hiding place.
'Til
deep in the darkest corner
Of a battered oaken chest,
Wrapped in a silken kerchief,
It had secretly taken rest.
Among
sassafras and lavender,
And daguerreotype of old,
This tiny scrap of ancient lace
Had a story to unfold.
Great-great-grandmother,
now a memory,
Had silently laid it there,
With dreams and reminiscences,
With heart aches and with prayer..
She
had journeyed from her England,
To that land of the pilgrim band,
Enduring all the hardships
Of sailing-boat, and land.
Later
her daughter had traveled
By ox team and hand cart, too,
Across the burning desert,
And the plains where the blue sage grew.
Times
had been hard on the desert,
Over segos they said their grace,
So she gave in return for a pan of shorts
This piece of rare old lace.
She
dreamed, as she turned it over
For grain to make them bread;
But silent tears on her lashes,
Were the only words she said.
The
man had a sense of pity,
A heart not wholly cold,
So he snipped in two the bit of lace,
And handed it back unrolled.
Take
this, as a memory, will you?
He gazed at the wrinkled face,
And placed in the hand of the lady
Half of that rare old lace,
A
trimming, perhaps, for a garment,
A baby's frock to grace,
So she's cherished in eager longing
This remnant of rare old lace.
Folded
it up long years ago,
And with tears had tucked it away;
Until we had opened that sacred chest
It had lain as she wished it to stay.
Some
people laugh at the memories
That cling, though the centuries roll,
But some there are who yet believe
That old lace has a soul.
Sandy City Cemetery Transcriptions
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Names I am
currently researching:
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Note: an * by a surname are my surnames. The rest belong to my husband. Click on letter that corresponds with surname you are interested in or scroll down to see all surnames.
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
*AIKEN
*ANDERSON
*ARDEN
*ATHANASACOS
BACKSTANDEINE
BACKSTONDEN
BAXENDEN
BAXENDINE
BAXSTENDEYN
England
BALDWIN/BAULDWIN
BARTLETT
BELCHER
England/MA
BELL
England/PA/CA
*BETZ
Bavaria
BLACKBURN
England
*BOTELER
England
*BOWEN
MA/CT
*BOWKER
England
*BREARLEY
England
*BURCHARD
Germany/NY
*BUTLER
England
CALL
England/MA/VT/
OH/ILL
*CHILD
CT
CLAESEN
Netherland/NY
*CLAIBORNE
England/VA
*CLEYBOURNE
England/VA
CLAESSEN
Netherland/NY
CLAWSON
Netherland/NY
*CLODSHALE
England
COOL
NY
COOPER
England
CORNELISE
Netherland/NY
CRAWFORD
MA
*CUTTER
Collateral line
*DALTON
NC/VA
*DANDRIDGE
England/VA
*DAVIS
England/MA
*DE AYLESBURY
England
*DE CLODSHALE
England
*DE GRENVILLE
England
*DE HAMPDEN
England
*DE RALEIGH
England
*DICKSON
DIXON
England
DORRIS
KY/TN
*DOXEY
England/UT
*DURRETT
VA
*DURST
MD
Collateral line
*DUTTON
*ELLSWORTH
*FILLANS
Scotland
*FLEMING
Scotland
FREAK
England
FREEMAN
England
*GOODWIN
England
*HALL
HAWES
HAYNES
HEARTLEY
*HEATH
HENDRICKS
HENDRICKSON
*HOTCHKISS
KITT
KNOWLEY
England>PA>AL>UT>CO>CA
*LAING
*LEES
*MACKAY
Scotland
*MUIR
Scotland
NOWLEY
England>PA>AL>UT>CO>CA
*OGDEN
*PAGE
PARKE
*PARTRIDGE
PENGELLY
*POOLE
*PRENTICE
*RALEIGH
*REDD
*RHODES
*RICHMOND
RIGBY
ROSKELLEY
*SACOS
SANDERSON
SCHENCK
*SIMM
*SMEDLEY
*SOUTER
*SOWTER
*SPOTTSWOOD
SPRAGUE
*STARK My STARK GEDCOM
MD>PA>UT
My STARK SRC (Surname Resource Center)
*Other STARK stuff I have collected (not related to my STARK line so far)*
*STEELE
Scotland>MD>PA>WV
*STEWART
Scotland>MD
STRATTON
*SUTZ
SYMSON
*TAIT
*TERRELL
*THACHER
THAYER
THOMPSON
THYBERG
TIFFANY
*TRACY
TRETHAKE
TUPPER
*VAN DEN BURCHGRAEF
VAN NES
VAN PELT
W
*WALRATH
*WATERS
*WATERSTON
Scotland
*WEBB
WEEDEN
WEEDON
*WHALESBOROUGH
*WILLIAMS
WILLS
*WINCHESTER
*WOODSON
WYCOFF