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Hiding From History
In January 1970, a man named Ralph Pipes wrote a four-page letter to his cousin Charles Pipes. He certainly could not have known on that day, when he put pen…
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Choosing Sides
Allow me to introduce you to our ancestor Pleasant Hickman, who was born around 1813 into a large family led by his Baptist minister father Jesse Lee Hickman. We know…
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A Civil War Story
James Richard Pipes There is a story told in our family about our ancestor James Richard Pipes. He once received $125 from the federal government as compensation for property that…