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John Purcell's avatar

Oooh...!

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Karl Straub's avatar

Once again, I read a Lewis Porter piece and realize that if there were no Lewis Porter I would not ever get anywhere near the information he’s giving us.

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Lewis Porter's avatar

Thank you Karl! More to come!

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Jay Anderson's avatar

I second that statement @

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Lazaro Vega's avatar

Looking forward to this. Played Sarah Vaughn’s “If You Could See Me Now” on the air recently (for Dameron’s birthday) and noticed how big his sound was.

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Attempted and failed flaneur's avatar

According to Wikipedia, in the last two censuses Twinsburg Heights has a majority African-American population, and this website implies it was founded as so: https://twinsburg200.com/history-of-the-heights-2/. Also, it says what was once Richner Road is now named Hadden Road.

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Lewis Porter's avatar

I'll check that and see if it's worth adding that info to the essay. THANK YOU! I always give credit--shall I say Igor?

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Attempted and failed flaneur's avatar

Any name is okay!

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Lewis Porter's avatar

Ha ha--OK--I added it.

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E.J. Callahan's avatar

Thank you so much for this information. Morris Webster is my husband's uncle, whom he never met. Vivian was my mother-in-law.

Morris' youngest sister, Delores, is not mentioned here.

My husband's family here in California, shared very little information with their children about their deceased uncle Morris . When can we expect to recieve more of your wonderful research?

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Lewis Porter's avatar

It's great to hear from you! I have a lot of experience and a little training in genealogy, and still it took something like 10 hours of work over several days to find the info that I shared. I will look again to see if Delores is mentioned, but please understand that it's not my purpose here to construct a complete family tree. As for what's coming up—as my subscribers know, at any given time I am working on about 5 or 6 different research projects, and really it's not possible to know when each one will be ready to post. But as I noted, there will be two more essays on Freddie Webster. I have drafted them but they're not ready yet. THANK YOU FOR WRITING!!

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Lewis Porter's avatar

Hello Again, I have added Delores as well as other info, so please re-read starting from "His father, Fred D. Webster" all the way to "Albert Doll." Also please email me directly at Lrpjazz@gmail.com and I'll send you more Webster family genealogy that i found this morning. As for the trumpeter, I'll have a lot more on him in the next two essays! THANK YOU

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Lewis Porter's avatar

Hello, I have been putting many hours into researching Freddie Webster. I did send you an email but I never received a response. I have a question for you. If you see this please reply. THANK YOU

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Jay Anderson's avatar

Long overdue. This man has always been a mystery to me. I know Miles talked about him alot.

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