David E Martin III MD FACS

MarkSiebert // November 26 // 0 Comments

The last time I saw my Uncle David was Feburary 26, 2022. It was a blustry Saturday morning when I arrived at his home on Main Street of Abbleyville, SC. I had arrived the night before, after attending my brother Dana's memorial serice in Mrytle Beach SC,

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Bay of pigs


Arriving as darkness fell at Big Majors spot, a cay in the Exumas with my golden retriever, who would not empty his bowels on board the sailboat. I said to my sailing crew-friend: "I need to get the dog ashore. I'll take him in the dinghy while younuse spot liight to show the way to the beach".

The moving shadows we saw, we considered to be wave action. The dog jumped out of dinghy just as we realized the shadowy figures were feral pig residents of the Cay.


The pig ran, with the dog in hot pursuit. Next thing I heard was loud sqeeling and yelping and then the sound of rapid contact of paws and beach sand .

The Dog jumped in dinghy with a pig snout cheek and jowel close to the golden retriever's tail. I swang a paddle at the snout, pushed off with the pig swimming after us.
The dog jumps back aboard the boat and immediatly, and for first time, empties bowel on deck.
And the porcine swims wee wee wee back to beach

Grandparents


Fred and Ellen Sharron were Mary Rosemon Sharron Martin, his Mom's folks. She called her dad Pa. He owned and was CEO of the Otter River Foundry, which made cast iron products, especially the large black kitchen stoves. Fred Sharron lost the busineness to the depression. They had an integral water tank to draw for Saturday nite baths so everybody would be clean on Sunday for church. 

Parents


David's father was David Enos Martin and his Mother was Mary Rosemon Sharron. His father who was a Police man died when he was about 11 in the line of duty.  His mom, known as Nana to all 12 of her grandchilden. She was born on 1911 and passed way on April 15th, 2004.  

His mother, Mary Martin, poor struggling widow (Nana) convinced an Ivy league prep school to admit her son, David, who was good student and baseball pitcher on a scholarship. David became the top student in his class and maintained the highest grade point average in the entire school, for the four years he attended. David Martin graduated at the top in his class as a valedictorian. He applied to only two colleges: Harvard and Yale.  He was accepted by both on full scholarship and chose Yale, were he graduated with ' highest orations' and then was accepted at Yale Medical School on a full scholarship.  David was later accepted for a residency in surgery at Tufts Surgical Service in Boston. He spent six years there. One of the years was in lab developing techniques to do liver transplants in dogs.  David went in to earn his post Doctorate Master Surgeons Degree and qualifified for board certification in Surgery.

Mary Sharron Martin

David “Mike” Enos Martin JR, Our grandfather

Notes from Uncle David about his mom
Nana was an incredible women. My Dad, David jr died Dec 17,1941. In spite of the reasons , there was no insurance, soc security ,or compensation for the widow. We had nothing no car, rented house, zero income. Some county welfare was available. She would not consider accepting charity she thought it was degrading,embarrassing, and contemptable. She refused all!


She worked am to pm on several menial jobs....Janitor at the winchendon weekly, waitressing (we got a discount for food).

Then the draft of young men forced the hiring of women to fill their shoes. Really the beginning of feminism, which got another boost when solders came home to reclaim their prewar in the workplace.

Notes from Uncle David about his dad
Short digression :I listened to pres FDR's speech about the day in infamy and declaration of war with my DAd on Dec, 8,1941. He was determined to volunteer to join up and kill some Japs. An angered violated American response!

My Last FB Chat with Uncle David


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Jan 25, 2022, 6:58 AM

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Good morning Uncle David. I was doing some research on something and I was trying to figure out when your mother was born and when she passed

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Jan 25, 2022, 8:18 AM

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This is Sharon - Unsure of the dates Tried to do a search online born 1910-1911? Died early to mid 2000- like 2003 or 2004?

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Jan 25, 2022, 10:06 AM

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She was about 20 when i was born... so about 1911

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My mom was born in 1930

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Jan 25, 2022, 10:37 AM

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Jan 25, 2022, 11:01 AM

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Uncle David, do you remember the year that she passed away?

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You sentNana

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No sorry

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I likely can find out through the agency responsable for death certification. I will find out

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Jan 25, 2022, 12:04 PM

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That would be nice. I'm trying to put some narrative together on my life per my daughter's request and one of the things you wanted to know about was your grandparents.

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You sentI can share the text I have so far with you. Maybe you can check it for accuracy

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Jan 25, 2022, 12:33 PM

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4/15/04

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From local news paper obituary

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Jan 25, 2022, 1:08 PM

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Thanks. Can you send me the link?

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Sharon got it . 8643780930

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If you need any info about your great grand parents , I can recall quite a bit from when I was about seven

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Your cousin lisa st pierre of winchendon has a pic of me and jackie on a pony when I was about 6. And other relevent stuff. Also Leslie Martin may have some stuff

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Jan 25, 2022, 5:17 PM

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Here is what I have so far

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Jan 25, 2022, 5:51 PM

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My grandparents were Fred and Ellen Sharron Nanas folks. She called him Pa. He owned and was ceo of the Otter River foundry, which made cast jron products, especially the large black kitchen stoves. They had an integral water tank to draw for Saturday nite baths to ne clean on Sunday for church . After my Dad died, my sisters And i lived in Otter River . Aunt Nelly , NAnas sister lived Across the rode grom the famiy house

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a large slantback zinc tub was placed next to the stove for heated water. We bathed there .,girls first then me all using the same water

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Thanks for sharing

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Grand father lost the business in the depression

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More to come another day if you wish

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Jan 26, 2022, 10:17 AM

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Hey Uncle check this out - https://footlockertales.com/uncle-david/ If you want to collaborate send me some pictures and more tales! Whatever you would like! My email address is MarkSiebert.KS@gmail.com or you can text them to 913-631-0100Uncle David | Tales from the Footlocker

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Do have a picture of your father? Mom had some - but I dont

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Therebare two sports pics basketball and baseball teams and one with him in police uniform. I gave them to Ieslie I think.

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Can you ask her to send them to me?

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Jan 26, 2022, 11:59 AM

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Nana was an incredible women. David jr died dec 17,1941. In spite of the reasons , there was no insurance, soc security ,or compensation for the widow. We had nothing no car, rented house , zero income.some county welfare was available. She considered accepting charity degrading and embarrassing and contemptable. She refused all! She worked am to pm on several menial jobs....Janitor at the winchendon weekly , waitress(we got a discount for food). Then the draft of young men forced the hiring of women to fill their shoes. More about her career from there later. Really the beginning of feminism, which got another boost when solders came home to reclaim their prewar in the workplace.

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Short digression :I listened to pres FDR ,s speech about the day in infamy and declaration of war with my DAd onDec, 8,1941. He was determined to volunteer to join up and kill some Japs. An angered violated American response!

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More later .I will try to find answers to suit your program.atrophying body , but mind still working ,perhaps even improved with fewer utilization requirements🙂

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Jan 26, 2022, 6:15 PM

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I updated the pagehttps://footlockertales.com/uncle-david/#Update-NanaUncle David | Tales from the Footlocker

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Jan 26, 2022, 7:52 PM

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Leslie said... I don’t remember any pony pic or any of him as a boy.

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Jan 26, 2022, 8:31 PM

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Not leslie on that. Your cousin lisa Robichaud St Pierre who lives im Winchendon

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Aunt Jackies daughter

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Jan 27, 2022, 3:07 PM

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Icon for this messageLisa St PierreFacebookProfileMessage

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Jan 27, 2022, 4:52 PM

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See you have located the pic. Jacky was called Weeny un those days and I was called brother boy or brother🤗

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Jan 29, 2022, 10:22 AM

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She sent me a bunch of photos

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Were getting er done. Did leslie volunteer any? Sure shes got some

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Jan 29, 2022, 10:44 AM

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I posted them herehttps://footlockertales.com/uncle-david/#PhotosUncle David | Tales from the Footlocker

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You sentDo you still have that cool picture of you on your boat with your dog hanging on your wall?

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Dog hanging on wall? More detail?

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I thinl you are sailing

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Jan 29, 2022, 1:52 PM

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Do you have a picture of your Dad?

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Jan 29, 2022, 3:00 PM

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HAd one of him in police hAt and uniform will look.When I get home(im in l GA)

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Jan 29, 2022, 3:23 PM

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There are two team pictures of him, baseball and basketball in hands of Leslie, Davy? Check with them

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Eta Jacksonville?Icon for this messageElan SimckesFacebookProfileMessage

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I updated this page with pics that Lisa sent

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Great those are the ones I had in mind

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Nice. Can you give me milestones - dates When and where you gradusated

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Yale med school grad picture age 26 tha pic??

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Jan 29, 2022, 5:12 PM

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updated

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I guess I belong in a locker. Do you want to know some details about me?

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Jan 29, 2022, 5:33 PM

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Anything you want to say put i will put up there

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You sentSo the answer is yes.

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Jan 29, 2022, 5:56 PM

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👍 Medical and /or nautical items might be aPproriate to consider I will think about some stuff. Could do a Book on sailing experiences ( Over 50000 miles on salt waTer) lots of adventures in ports as well as out there

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Jan 30, 2022, 9:48 AM

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Brief me: poor struggling widow (nana) convinced Ivy league prep school to admit her son good student and baseball pitcher to admit on scholarship. Top student in class and highest grade point average in entire school entire four years. Validictorian . Applied to only two colleges : Harvard and Yale. Accepted both on full scholarship. Chose Yale. Graduated with ' highest orations' and then accepted at Yale Med. school on full scholarship. Accepted for residency in surgery at Tufts surgical service in Boston. Six years there with one year in lab developing techniques to do liver transplants in dogs. Post doctorate Master surgeons degree from that. Qualifified now for board certification in Surgery.

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Nana didnt disapprove of private scholarships not welfare !

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Jan 30, 2022, 10:26 AM

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Nice. I will add it when I can

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Jan 31, 2022, 10:51 AM

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Updated https://footlockertales.com/uncle-david/David-E-Martin-My-Uncle

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You sentI feel a road trip coming on...

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Jan 31, 2022, 11:39 AM

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Bring it on⚓️👍

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Jan 31, 2022, 3:50 PM

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Doggy story: Bay of pigs : arriving as darkness fell at Big Majors spot, an cay in the Exumas with golden retriever , who would not empty his bowels on board . To my sailing crew-friend: need to get dog ashore. I, ll take him in the dinghy while younuse spot liight to show the way to the beach. Moving shadows there considered wave action. Dog jumped out of dinghy just as we realized the shadowy figures were feral pig residents of the Cay. Pig ran with the dog in hot pursuit. Next loud sqeeling and yelping and and sound of rapid contact of paws and beach sand . Dog jumped in dinghy wuth pig snout cheek and jowel close to golden retriever tail . Swing of paddle at snout , push off , pig swimming after. Dog jumps back aboard , and immediatly , and for first time, empties bowel on deck. And porcine swims wee wee wee back to beach

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Feb 3, 2022, 9:44 AM

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Lisa help me with thus pagehttps://footlockertales.com/aunt-jackie/My Aunt Jackie

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You sentI need to do one for Marianne

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You sentAnd my Mom

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You sentShe lived a pretty interesting life. Is it true she lived or went to school at a convent

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No your mom and Jacky went to our lady of the mountains Academy im Gorham NH. Marianne Stayed with Nana and attended the school of hard knock.

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Feb 3, 2022, 4:01 PM

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Feb 3, 2022, 4:24 PM

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I added pics of the school to Jackie's Post. But what do mean by "Marianne Stayed with Nana and attended the school of hard knocks"

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Feb 3, 2022, 5:02 PM

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I don't know that much about Aunt Mary Ann

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You sentUncle David, what year did you graduate from high school and what was the name of the school?

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Feb 3, 2022, 5:17 PM

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Westminster School, Simsbury , Conn. Class of '49.

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Dont think this the proper forum to discuss Marianne

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Feb 4, 2022, 4:22 PM

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Great picture

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Call sometime about the previous inquiry .

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Feb 4, 2022, 4:46 PM

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Audio Call17 mins

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Feb 5, 2022, 8:10 AM

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Looking forward to hearing your story about the goat and when the dog had its first date

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Feb 5, 2022, 10:02 AM

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We sailed from Charleston to Bermuda around Thanksgiving and left forr the Virgin Islands New Years eve. The crew included our Siberian Husky, sky. He was adamant about not emptying his bladder and bowel on board. the leg to Bermuda took seven and that to the Islands ten. Went thru a violent winter storm on leg down to the Islands. Skybdid not pee until it just started to leak reluctantly after about three days en route to Bermuda and no bm until landfall tthere. Miserably tossed about the boat During the storm. Leaked some urine but again no BM for ten days! Dropped the anchor at a small uninhabited Rocky , cactus Island named mosquito island on the chart. Dinghyed the dog ashore with all dispatch urgently. Sky bounded off up a rocky ,cactus overgrown hillock. Next came loud yipping and unfamiliar squeeling cacaphony. Thinking the dog was caught im something or being attacked, Scratched by Cactus and sharp bolders ,I rushed to the top of the hill. Met by the astonishing site of a dog humping a feral goat. Then back down to the beach for a satisfying , leisurely bowel evacuation. My friend said give Sky a new moniker. Like what? HLGF. Whats that ? Horny Little Goat Fu--er❤️

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Feb 5, 2022, 12:13 PM

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Where,s the presentation you Are building with this stuff?

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Feb 5, 2022, 12:42 PM

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Feb 5, 2022, 1:16 PM

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Where in hell did you find this👏

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Feb 5, 2022, 1:37 PM

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I googled it

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Feb 5, 2022, 1:57 PM

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Did you click on the link I sent you?

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Can we get more info? Saw the google which mentioned ither skillets etc plus a comment about down the street from someones house(granpa,s?). Plus reference to deastroyed... maybe a Flooding of the otter river?can we get more info? Your mother by the way enherited aunt Nellies house when our cousin Helen Gambel died

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When did Nelly die

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She was ninetysix with brain intact and had copious info on family history. When I moved to SC in 1984, she informed me it eas appropriate because I was part Cherokee Indian native to SC.so mid eighties.

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My sister is sending me a book that somebody wrote about the martins

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You sentDid Nelly write a book?

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Wish she had . She would do Sharrons if she had, not Martins

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Nana had a brother , my Uncle Fred , a great guy and a father figure for me after my father died. He died of coronary while I was in college. He was in the scrap metal business, did well collecting and selling during WW2

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What was his name?

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Fred J Sharron. I and my cousin Fred jr worked for him picking up the metals and trucking them to the junk yard

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What do you know about Fred J. Sharon? Think I could Google it and find some information about him? Do you think anybody has a picture?

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His three sons Neil, Jr(Buddy), and Charley all deceased, Not sure about Charly though.. he would be a Navy Vet now about 88 if still alive.

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Feb 5, 2022, 9:28 PM

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If you are getting deeper into famiLy history, you may want to include your great aunt Ruth Sharron Horrigan, Nanas other sister And family , all deceased except Ruth,s grand Children about Whom I know nothing.

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I can also give you more about the Martins of Whinchendon . Another day

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Feb 6, 2022, 6:59 AM

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What can you tell me about Ruth Sharon Horrigan

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Feb 6, 2022, 7:49 AM

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I your Nan,s younger sister. Married to John Horrigan. Believe he smoked camels for about two dollars/ carton , 20 cents a pack from machine.he worked for Heyward Wakefield furniture Co out of gardner. Came from fitchburg or Leominster. Lived with gramma and grampa in the house acccross from St MArtins church next to the priests house and accross from aunt Nellies.and north of the Otter River foundry., which made cast iron skillets as well S kitchen stoves.! Two progeny from Ruth and John: JAcky and Peter. Jacky was a school principal or Administrator in Newton or Welsley or Shirly MAss. He had nine kids, the last Nona. Never met any of them . Younger brother was Peter who was an oil company executive. Last heard from living in Annapolis MD. He may be still alive. Jacky deceised. Never met any progeny of either. Ruth, John and their kids lved on Long island and ultimately Penn

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On the Sharron side, there was another Branch living in Troy - Scenectady(?) New york Francy his name.

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Feb 7, 2022, 1:29 PM

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Sharron and one of the "locals" on the Chasse Maree, Dad's sailboatSharron Porter

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Sharron and one of the "locals" on the Chasse Maree, Dad's sailboatSharron Porter

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Feb 7, 2022, 5:27 PM

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Love it. I added it to your gallery on your page

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Feb 9, 2022, 11:14 AM

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Open photo❤️

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Today

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Feb 9, 2022, 12:49 PM

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Patsy sent this to me

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You sentAs well as Ruth's wriiten notes

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Feb 9, 2022, 3:27 PM

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Meme and Pepe Martin. U look like your great granpaw

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He was a general handy man for the wealthy White family of winchendon ... cutting grass, driving their cars ,etc. One of his duties was making ice cream for family every Sunday after church. Made in wooden bucket from Alaska Freezer , a Winchendon company. A large spoon was used in the process. I got to lick the spoon.

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Feb 9, 2022, 4:09 PM

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Before he got on the police force, my father was the Whites chaufeur

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Feb 9, 2022, 7:18 PM

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Missed video call7:18 PM

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My nurse

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Feb 10, 2022, 3:36 PM

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The winchendon men were contractors and builders. Wasnt pepe,s job, but he built his own house.

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Pepe,s brother, uncle George was was a real craftsman as stone mason. Instead of brick he built stone houses including his own. Also fire places, chimneys, New England stone walls, etc.He hauled the rocks and motor and tools in a model T flatbed truck well into his eighties. People would get off the road when seeing him coming with a load of granite stone since in later years he required nmore than his share if the road firing up his corn cob pipe.

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Feb 11, 2022, 5:02 PM

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Missed audio call5:02 PM

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Feb 11, 2022, 6:16 PM

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You sentI still have some to scan, Let me know if you can read it

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Feb 12, 2022, 12:07 AM

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Great stuff ! Can we get it typed and distrubuted or just copied and mailed.? Brother Francis and the New York were not much seen in otter River. Ruth,s sons and grandchildren ----Oldest son,JohnJr is dead . Last i heard of peter, he was in the oil business and lived in Annapolis, retired. Never met any of their children.

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Feb 12, 2022, 10:32 AM

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Feb 12, 2022, 11:22 AM

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here is Nellie - Nor sure I have the details right...do have anything to add? https://footlockertales.com/great-aunt-nellie/Great Aunt Nellie - Nana's Sister

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With Jackie

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Feb 12, 2022, 11:42 AM

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oh i thought is was Lisa

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You sentHere is Fred Sharron No pictures

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Feb 12, 2022, 1:36 PM

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In Otter River there was a small funky hotel. Dont know where it served any businesses And never saw a guest. It was Owned By resident mother and daughter. Both tall, rotund and white haired. Elegant dressed and bejeweled.smoked cigarettes ,chesterfields with long cigarette holders.mother called Bell , daughter Margaret. There was a small lobby bar which always smelled of stale bee Of stale beer and a guy named Tommy, who I suspected saw to

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Feb 12, 2022, 1:55 PM

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Tomies elbow usually rested on the bar. I suspected he was a Margaret courtisan as he stood alert to light her cigarettes. For some reason , my cousin ,Helen seemed to be a protege of the dowagers.I was always curious why. Accross the street was the general store which also Served as post office. Run by another older lady surnamed Kenny. Upstairs was the community center where holidays were celebrated with feasting and Poker dancing.

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The Otter River school was a small one story building with one teacher who taught all six grammer school grades. The teacher was 20ish. I suspected she did private tutoring to a precosious local teenage dropout who was always hanging around.

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Feb 12, 2022, 4:44 PM

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Feb 12, 2022, 7:53 PM

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Nana commented pn that . But I think it had to do with the French side and Canadian providences?

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Feb 13, 2022, 12:07 PM

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According to this family tree by Aunt Ruth my family, on Sharron's side, are descendants of Louis Riel. Fred B. Sharron's mother was Mary Reil and she Married John Sharron, but his real name was Charron. It was changed when he was in the Civil War. Enrolled 7/9/1862, Wounded 5/1/1863, discharged 7/9/1865. Married Marie Reil 9/26/1865. Their son was Fred B. Sharron

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Louis Riel is probably one of the most controversial figures in Canadian history, and depending on your point of view, he is often considered either a traitor or a patriot.. He was a political leader of the Métis people in Canada and is often referred to as the founder of Manitoba. After leading a rebellion against the Canadian government in 1885, Louis Riel was hanged for treason in what is probably the most famous trial in Canada.

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Feb 14, 2022, 8:14 AM

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What is that boat's name and where is it?

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Feb 14, 2022, 2:47 PM

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My boat Chasse Maree. Pic taken in Wacamaw River marina, near Merles Inlet SC. Just sold the boat last week after sailing it for forty years and over 50000 miles. 🤗👀

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Feb 14, 2022, 8:16 PM

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Murells Inlet

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Feb 15, 2022, 10:41 AM

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Feb 21, 2022, 8:11 PM

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🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸

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Presume alone . Derick Ok? Sad thoughts about this. If you are coming to S C come see us. Wish I had known he was in SC andd hsd opportunity to make contact.

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You sentI'm leaving tomorrow morning for Myrtle Beach

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Feb 21, 2022, 9:08 PM

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Suspect autopsy will be an issue. Stay in touch

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Feb 21, 2022, 9:48 PM

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There won't be an autopsy. They're saying it's just natural cause of death. From a broken heart

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Feb 21, 2022, 11:33 PM

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Good .sad😢

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Feb 23, 2022, 7:06 AM

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You at the beach?

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Feb 23, 2022, 7:48 AM

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100 mi west of Asheville heading to the beach

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Feb 23, 2022, 9:51 AM

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If it works in your time frame or itinerary, Ashville is 200mi from Abbeville

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Feb 23, 2022, 10:10 AM

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You sentIt's funny you should mention Asheville because I just drove past Asheville. I'm about 130 mi outside of Myrtle Beach

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Feb 23, 2022, 11:20 AM

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Come see us if feasable❤️

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Feb 24, 2022, 7:57 AM

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Whats happening?

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Feb 24, 2022, 8:44 AM

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Meeting with people from Dana's church to arrange a service

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Feb 25, 2022, 4:24 PM

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The memorial service is complete was very nice. And I thought I'd head up to Abbeville. Maybe stop by tomorrow and say hello

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David Martin

👏👍

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I'll give you a call in the morning. What time do you get up? Maybe we can have some coffee

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Feb 26, 2022, 8:02 AM

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Good morning.

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Feb 26, 2022, 8:49 AM

David

David Martin

Audio Call12 secs

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For some reason Facebook Calls don't seem to work great

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Feb 26, 2022, 9:19 AM

David

David Martin

Come on here

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Now?

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You sentI'm in greenwood and I'll head towards Abbeville now

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Feb 26, 2022, 10:03 AM

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I'm outside

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Feb 26, 2022, 11:38 AM

David

David Martin

Missed audio call11:38 AM👍

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Feb 27, 2022, 7:32 AM

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Uncle David, thanks for yesterday. It was a great spending time with you and your wife. Sharon is very nice person. I really enjoyed getting to know her a little bit better. On my way to Charleston. Love you, Mark

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David Martin

Y'all come back,hear! Enjoyed our time together immensly🕺

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👍🏻😎

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David Martin

☃️ thinking homeward bound soon☃️

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Understood

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You sentI will always cherish our time yesterday. Thank you so much

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Open photo

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You sentI loved hearing the story about this picture and that you've always had a dog and love water fishing. It's like you almost force all your future and I think it's amazing you still have that picture

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Feb 27, 2022, 2:58 PM

David

David Martin

Dog,s name was toby

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Mar 1, 2022, 5:41 PM

David

David Martin

Video chat2 mins

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Mar 2, 2022, 9:10 AM

David

David Martin

Ggdxdddrrrr

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Mar 7, 2022, 2:21 PM

David

David Martin

Video chat22 secs

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Mar 8, 2022, 12:55 AM

David

David Martin

👋 David's roomVideo chat with David MartinView room

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Mar 8, 2022, 7:42 AM

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Good morning Uncle David, how are you today. I saw that you called yesterday but I was in the middle of a meeting in Dallas

Seen by David Martin at March 8, 2022 at 8:42 AM

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10:15 AM

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God Speed Uncle David. I will miss you
About the Author MarkSiebert

Hi, I'm Mark. The Teller of Tales Spawned from the Footlocker. Join me on a journey from the stories that have been curating for over fifty years. I hope you will enjoy reading them as much as I have written them.

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