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Originally Posted by Mills Morrison
Could not resist. Hope you all enjoy. For the record, my ancestors made money off the war and one married a Puritan from Wallingford, CT, so I am not grinding any axes
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I probably shouldn't say this but my maternal grandfathers grandfather , my great great grandfather was in the Union Army during the War for Secession . He got to Virginia became a turncoat and never went back to Maine !
He actually had a complete family up there if my memory of what my grandfather said about him is correct .
To be honest I'm not overly proud of having an ancestor that abandoned a family in Maine or that was a Damn Yankee but it is what it is .
I can say he was a steam engine man and my grandfather always told me when I had several running steam engines that it was passed down from him . As he had 3 or 4 working engines on "Old Rag Mountain" here in central Virginia . I know he had one Peerless Geiser traction engine and then a couple other portables . But as to make he didn't know . Old Rag is now part of the Shennendoah National Park .
He and I were close in brand as he evidently liked the Geiser engine from Waynesboro PA and I was a Frick engine man . For those unaware Frick was also made in Waynesboro PA .
It's my understanding Frick is still in buisness selling some sawmill equipment and if I'm not mistaken they got into refrigeration units I think like one would use in a skating rink .