Family Skeletons

The purpose of this blog is quite simple. I hope that by sharing stories and personal essays about my family –and perhaps yours if you care to participate- we can all learn more about where we came from. By doing that, maybe we handle our present day problems in a manner that will enable us to become better people.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Was It Murder? revisited.

For those of you who read my original post concerning the questions surrounding my Great-grandfather's death in 1916 and want more information, that is now available.  It takes the form of a new ebook, available here in your choice of formats.  Titled "Was It Murder?  The Life And Mysterious Death of John Thomas Wacaster (1848 - 1916)", it contains almost 5,500 words, photos of John Thomas and his first wife, Caroline Millaway, along with images of both his and his second wife's death certificates, marriage license and affidavits to the Confederate Pension Board.

There's also a fascinating period photo of a group of two-story buildings that may be the boarding house (and possible bordello) where John Thomas died.  There is, of course, no way to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that John Thomas Wacaster was shot and killed by his second wife.  Or that she was a Madam.  Or that the boarding house they owned (that is a documented fact) also functioned as a bordello.

All I can suggest is that you read the ebook and reach your own conclusion as a jury of one.