tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839551061657279980.post7313555989630876289..comments2024-03-26T10:28:48.252-07:00Comments on The Enthusiastic Genealogist: Bessie Merrill: Child Silk Mill Weaver (#7 of 52 Ancestors)Dana Leedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09387705697369311607noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839551061657279980.post-55725434132745504992015-02-19T08:35:18.895-08:002015-02-19T08:35:18.895-08:00What a great story! My Great-grandfather at age 14...What a great story! My Great-grandfather at age 14 according to the 1880 census worked in a tobacco factory in Quincy, IL and had not attended school during that year. Sure hope he knows that his grandson, my dad, graduated from Annapolis in 1943!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10278216438499785649noreply@blogger.com