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From: "Ernie and Pat Brown" <>
Subject: Re: [OHBELMON-L] Fw: Creative genealogy
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 09:54:13 -0500


Carol,

I think this sounds like a real great idea. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

Thanks, Pat
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From: Carol Montrose <>
To: <>
Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 9:14 AM
Subject: [OHBELMON-L] Fw: Creative genealogy


>----- Original Message -----
>From: Dorothy Nanninga Sewell <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 12:53 PM
>Subject: Creative genealogy
>
>
>> A cousin sent this and thought it was worth sending to
>> the list as to how we need to be aware of how some wish
>> to skue the actual facts.
>>
>> An amateur genealogical researcher discovered that his
>> great-great uncle,
>> Remus Starr, a fellow lacking in character, was hanged
>> for horse stealing and
>> train robbery in Montana in 1889. The only known
>> photograph of Remus shows
>> him standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture
>> is this inscription:
>>
>> "Remus Starr; horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial
>> Prison 1885, escaped
>> 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by
>> Pinkerton detectives,
>> convicted and hanged in 1889."
>>
>> In a Family History subsequently written by his
>> descendant, Remus's picture
>> is cropped, scanned in as an enlarged image, and edited
>> with image processing
>> software so that all that's seen is a head shot. The
>> accompanying
>> biographical sketch is as follows:
>>
>> "Remus Starr was a famous cowboy in the Montana
>> Territory. His business
>> empire grew to include acquisition of valuable
>> equestrian assets and intimate
>> dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883,
>> he devoted several
>> years of his life to service at a government facility,
>> finally taking leave
>> to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he
>> was a key player in a
>> vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton
>> Detective Agency. In 1889,
>> Remus passed away during an important civic function
>> held in his honor when
>> the platform upon which he was standing collapsed."
>>
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