[Genealib] 1898: "What have I done I asked myself, to deserve to be remembered by strangers in a town in which I had never been...”

[Tom Kemp]

William M. Osbon wrote in 1898 -
"What have I done I asked myself, to deserve to be remembered by
strangers in a town in which I had never been..."

He was writing in gratitude for a Christmas bundle of food sent to him
and the troops in the Philippines stationed there with the Spanish American War.

He died just a few weeks later.

I found his last letter with the above quote - and blogged about it today.
Read the entire story: http://blog.genealogybank.com/

That quote struck me as a question our ancestors and relatives might
ask when they learn that we've included them in the family tree.