Now and then I post and add photos to this blog, it is just for my own use and to document my life to a very limited extent. Since I don't lead an exciting life it is likely to be very boring to anyone who happens to wander in here for a look. Contact Info: harris2016@aol.com See also: http://harrisfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/, http://harrisphotostorage.blogspot.com/, http://harriscobbcountygeorgia.blogspot.com/
Central Time Zone A narrative by my grandmother, Mable (Kelly) Hunter, typed and commented on by Beverly Elaine (Hunter) Anderson.
Both now passed on, as are almost all of those mentioned herein. 2 poems are by B. E. Anderson and this was put together about 1974 and posted here in Feb. 2006 by C. Harris. In order to see the entire selection of items be sure to click on to "view my complete blog" otherwise you will just see the first half dozen pages. And remember that to see the pages large enough to read you need to double click left mouse.
There are other blogs related to this topic which you may wish to look at: http://Harriscobbcountygeorgia.blogspot.com/, http://HarrisPhotoStorage@blogspot.com, contact information is: legalservicesint@hotmail.com This information is posted online to preserve it for the future and for any family and/or friends who are directed to it. It is not intended to be of any general interest for people who accidently stumble across it, although by it being 'on line' it is of course now public information. If you find it interesting that is great but it isn't posted to provide entertainment.
Shown at their 2nd Floor apartment at 12348 So. Gregory St, Blue Island, Ill. Taken about 1970. My grandfather died of old age a few years later and my grandmother went to live with my mother in Laguna Woods, Orland Park, Ill. but died shortly after moving there.
This Nov 11th (2011) it will be 93 years ago that WW1 ended on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918 and it puts me in mind of this.
Fifty five years ago my grandfather told me a story about World War One. He was in the Illinois National Guard for 3 years 1909-12, and the Guard was for some time chasing Pancho Villa in the Texas borderland and later he was called up for WWI and he served 3 years 3 months (1916-19) in the campaigns of Verdin, Somme, Mosselle and others. http://tinyurl.com/3qmelr6
He spoke only twice that I recall about his service and the one story I still remember was when his unit was relieved at the front and they were returning to the rear after being in the trenches for months.
On their march back they came to an American Red Cross unit who had set up to provide the usual coffee, sandwiches, candy, cigarettes, toiletries, etc to the troops. A few soldiers fell out to get items they had not seen in months. Most just marched on, they had little or no money, those bills they had were long rotted away and only a few had any change to use for such purchases.
The unit continued to march on and before long they came across a very similar set up run by the Salvation Army. There they fell out and picked up coffee, sandwiches and other items, all similar to what the Red Cross had. The difference here was that the Salvation Army provides all its materials at no cost to the troops. Donations of course would be accepted but never ask for nor any payment required.
After the armistice my grandfather left the Guard as a Staff Sgt and only told the story one time. Throughout the rest of his life he never had anything positive to say about the Red Cross. ---------------------------------------------- Probably not a relation, but then you never know:
Charles Harris (pirate)
Charles Harris (pirate)
Charles Harris (1698-1723) was an English pirate active in the 1720s. He is best known for his association with George Lowther and Edward Low.
History
Harris was ship's mate and navigator aboard the logwood hauler Greyhound[1]in January 1722 when it was seized by pirate George Lowther aboard the Happy Delivery between Honduras and Boston.[2] The Greyhound’s captain Benjamin Edward fought Lowther for a time but eventually surrendered. In retaliation for their resistance the pirates killed many of the Greyhound’s crew; the remainder were forced aboard the Happy Delivery.[2] Unlike most of the crew, Charles Harris willingly signed Lowther’s Articles to join his pirates.[2]
Lowther soon gave Harris command of a small prize ship, while granting another captaincy (the brigantine Rebecca) to Lowther’s own lieutenant Edward Low. Harris and Low sailed in concert with Lowther for a time; Harris’s ship was lost at sea and he came aboard Low’s ship. When Low deserted Lowther in May 1722,[1] Harris left with him, along with Lowther’s quartermaster Francis Spriggs. Harris was with Low and Low's new quartermaster John Russell in June 1722 when they forced Philip Ashtoninto service; Ashton would become a famous castaway when he escaped from Low a year later.[3] In July 1722 near Nova Scotia Low captured an 80-ton schooner which he renamed Fancy.[4] Low took command of the Fancy and scuttled the Rebecca.
Soon afterward they sailed for the Azores, where they captured a pinkwhich Low took command of and renamed Rose Pink. While Low had the Rose Pink he gave command of the Fancy to Harris. Inexperience in careening led to the loss of the Rose Pink.[5] Low took back the Fancy, sailing to Grenada and capturing a small ship named Squirrel then a French sloop renamed Ranger. Low gave the Squirrel to Francis Spriggs, who soon quarreled with Low and left the group. Low then gave the Ranger to Harris and they sailed for the Carolinas and up the American coast.
Off Delaware Bay on June 10, 1723 Low and Harris pursued a fleeing merchantman. The vessel turned out to be the British 20-gun Man-of-War Greyhound under Captain Peter Solgard. Low’s 70-man, 10-gun Fancy and Harris’ 50-man, 8-gun Ranger[6][7] fought a lengthy running battle (the “Action of 10 June 1723”) against the man-of-war, which chased them down via sail and oar.[8] When the Ranger became crippled, Low abandoned Harris and escaped.[8] One desperate pirate tried to blow up the Ranger rather than risk capture but was stopped and committed suicide instead.[9]
Harris and the survivors from Ranger were taken to stand trial in Newport, Rhode Island. Most were found guilty; amid a public spectacle,[10] Harris and over 25 others were hanged July 19, 1723 after a lengthy sermon from Cotton Mather.[6] To this day it remains the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history.[2] Low, already notorious for his cruelty, was said to have become even more so after Harris' capture.[1]
“A Day or two after they parted, Spriggs was chose Captain by the rest, and a black Ensign was made, which they called Jolly Roger, with the same Device that Captain Low carried, viz. a white Skeliton in the Middle of it, with a Dart in one Hand striking a bleeding Heart, and in the other, an Hour-Glass; when this was finished and hoisted, they fired all their Guns to salute their Captain and themselves, and then looked out for Prey.”
And from a local newspaper article on execution day:[11]
"Their Black Flag, with the Pourtrature of Death having an Hour-Glass in one Hand, and a Dart in the other, at the end of which was the Form of a Heart with three Drops of Blood, falling from it, was affix’d at one Corner of the Gallows. This Flag they call’d Old Roger, and often used to say they would live and die under it."
Yet another source claims Harris's flag used the same design, but on a blue field instead of black:[12]
"...under their own deep Blew Flagg which was hoisted up on their Gallows, and had pourtraied on the middle of it, an Anatomy with an Hour-Glass in one hand, and a dart in the Heart with 3 drops of blood proceeding from it, in the other."
