Recent content by Granddaughter

A belated Merry Christmas to all, and thanks to Shadow205 for reposting the article from the Charleston Gazette. I'm sorry I haven't visited the website in a while. It has been a very busy and difficult year for my family. My mom is still interested, of course, and we'll do our best to answer...

Falcon500, If you read earlier in the Board, there are many posts on my mother's behalf that were made. My mom is now the only surviving of the Sodder children. She personally saw the grief of her parents, which I remember too. I don't recall my grandfather, because I was too young when he...

Hello all - Thanks for the messages over the holidays, and sorry for the long absence. With deep sympathy for his beloved family, Mom asked that I inform you of the passing this morning of her dear brother Joe, the second oldest of the Sodder children, who was returning from World War...

Thanks to all who are still checking the board. My mom asks frequently whether anyone has posted something new. The property is a couple of miles to the north of Fayetteville on Route 16. Please remember that the property isn't owned by the Sodders any longer, and we should all be very...

There are so many details on this site, it's easy to get confused. I think this is one of those instances. Two brothers had been away at war, not one. John returned before Christmas, and he was home and asleep upstairs when the fire occurred. Joe had not yet been released from service. He...

I think a car was parked across the road when the children got off the school bus several times. I'll ask Mom what she recalls.

Concerning the photo of the young man believed to be Louis, the fact that the photo was mailed from Central City, Kentucky, does not necessarily mean that it originated there. My mom and dad went to Central City the following weekend after my grandparents received the photo. They drove though...

Mom has been working her way through the posts and is developing answers to the questions that have been presented. Some of the past posts asked about coal mines in the area where the children might have gone that night. There were no coal mines that were within walking distance, even for an...

Raf and Laura Bean - We don't have the photo any longer. My grandmother lived with us for a number of years before she died, and it was not among her things that we brought with her to our house. We checked with my uncles in the past, and unfortunately none of us knows what happened to the...

Hello all - Just wanted to stop in and let you know that I continue to print your postings for my mom. She wants me to let you know that, although she has not had any recent input, she has been reading the current and past posts and trying to make some connections. She appreciates your...

Ack. Should have been "... the references to hauling coal are an anachronism." My English teacher just rolled over in her grave.

Mom recalls that Jimmy Cipriani married, but she doesn't think he had any children. He may have adopted a child later in life. As far as the trucking business, I think the references to hauling coal is an anachronism. By the time most of the articles were written, he was hauling coal. I...

Hi all - Mom looked at the photo of the ballet class, and she does not believe it to be the right one. She recalls a barre, as in the photo, but she also remembers that the girl had Betty's shy posture. I tried to locate the photo through magazines, but also have had no luck.

Shoot ... just typed a big, long message and lost it. I think I timed out taking a phone call. Here's the short version. Sorry I've been absent for so long. As Birdie said, I 've been swamped with my business and family stuff. We recently added two very young foster children to our home, so...

Also, my dad found some papers from when my grandfather was still alive. One is a simple sketch of the house before it burned. It's not very legible, but we can make out the handwriting. I'll re-draw it over the weekend and scan both versions and post them.