Re: [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..."

[Sandy Day]

Tom
This was very good. Maybe if they knew we were going to be searching for 
them centuries later, they would not have "hidden" so well!
Sandy Day
Genealogy Librarian
Schiappa Library
Steubenville, OH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Kemp" <thomas.j.kemp at gmail.com>
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:21 PM
Subject: [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..."


> 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.
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