07 Friday Mar 2014
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Appalachia, Ben France, Cabell County, civil war, Confederate Army, fiddler, fiddling, Fred B. Lambert, genealogy, history, music, photos, West Virginia
Ben France, fiddler and Confederate veteran, Cabell County, West Virginia. From the Fred B. Lambert Papers at Special Collections Department, Morrow Library, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
Writings from my travels and experiences. High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water. Mark Twain
This site is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and promotion of history and culture in Appalachia.
Genealogy and History in North Carolina and Beyond
A site about one of the most beautiful, interesting, tallented, outrageous and colorful personalities of the 20th Century
Brandon Ray Kirk 
I can remember Bernie coming to the home of my uncle, George Thompson. And, he seemed to be drunk every time he would visit. Bernie lived up in Hoover, but can’t remember where. Do you know if he was a brother to Bob Adams? Bob was married to Garnet, which was one of the sweetest ladies, and always was a great cook. Uncle George love music and would often try to play the banjo. And I remember the beer garden that Earl run, think his younger brother was shot and killed inside or near the building. Thinking back, seem that fights occurred there every weekend.