CGGS Family History Stories
A benefit of CGGS membership is the opportunity to use this space to post your family history stories, without having to maintain your own blog. Stories may be any length, and may include photos and other images. To submit stories for inclusion, email the text and images to coastalgagensociety@gmail.com.
Emma Shave Ashmore’s Short Life
Like most people, many of my ancestors had great tragedies in their lives. For some reason, my 2d great-grandmother, Emma Shave Ashmore, is the one whose life most moves me,
The Cycle of Life
On the first day of 1935, in a farmhouse in a rural area of south Georgia, an 83-year-old man died, and within two hours his granddaughter was born in the
Where Did My Ashmores Come From?
My father’s name was George Hudson Ashmore, Jr. His father’s name was…wait for it…George Hudson Ashmore, Sr. Where did the Ashmores come from? For most of my life, I thought
“Intense Application to Study” – Daniel Ashmore
On September 22, 1843, Daniel Ashmore was the eighth person admitted to the new Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, commonly known as the state insane asylum. Daniel was my 3d
Starting Over in 1804 on the Georgia Coast
In 1804, two of my ancestors, John and Sarah Ashmore, were farming on a small island called Moss Island in the South Newport River, just inland from the Georgia coast,
