R/RFHA Newsletter December 2002

CORRECTIONS

In the Editorial letter please find that I have renamed the prestigious National Geological Society...the National GEOGRAPHICAL Society. Please change it and don’t tell anyone.

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P.40 - the article on Capt. Rodham RAWLINGS and the Revolutionary War...correct the question mark between two of the R spellings to a slash. Doesn’t make sense otherwise.

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And of course you noted I didn’t have the nerve to sign my name to the letter. Talk about forgetful!!!

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In a telephone call from Capt. Ed Wiessing in Korea we,ve been informed of the death of one of our original member/subscribers of the R/RFHA. It was RICHARD BUGG, a great researcher and a marvelous correspondent with your Editor. His sister Anne Mathias contacted Ed’s home in San Antonio, and the information was passed on to Ed from there.

Richard was suffering from a circulatory problem, needed oxygen and went: to the Deaconess Hospital) Huntingsburg, Texas where he passed away December 11th. Anne wanted us to know how much he appreciated the friendships he had made in our group. He descended, along with so many of you, from EZEKIEL RAWLINGS and his wife Agnes "Nancy, Curry.

You can contact his sister Anne by phoning 1-812-683-5614... and ask her about the web site.

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From Lyle RAWLINS, long-time subscriber, a note concerning his trip taken in June last year to North Carolina...just for a few days. LYLE is descended from the famous or infamous JAMES MASON RAWLINS of Tory fame during the Revolutionary War. It seems that there are rumors in Lyle’s family that JAMES was with the British during the Battle of Kings Mountain and supposedly died there. He tells us that in 1815 all the remaining unclaimed casualties were gathered up and buried in a common grave. LYLE had some very interesting experiences there and those with Internet access can access the story and pictures at http://www.rawlins.org.

Did you know you get your inherited characteristics half from you mother, half from your father? Wrong. You get a quarter from each, and a sixteenth from each of your four grandparents, according to the geneticists.