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Thread #52845 Message #817549
Posted By: GUEST
03-Nov-02 - 02:02 PM
Thread Name: Looking for Irish in Tex/Mex Music/Lore
Subject: RE: Looking for Irish in Tex/Mex Music/Lore
Family folklore has it that my Irish ancestor settled in Tennessee, became a Tennessee Volunteer and went to the Mexican War, leaving his bride and 3 kids in Chattanooga. He never came back: he died of disease in 1847 and his surviving family then moved to Missouri where his son became a Confederate soldier.