Henry Clay McGaughy Revisited

In the past, I have written about my Great Great Grandfather, Henry Clay McGaughy. You can see what I wrote about him here and here.

I didn't have a very good photo of him at the time, but through my correspondence with Bob McGaughy, I received the following photo:

This was a very exciting find for me. It was the only clear photo of him I have been able to find. However, in April, my father went to attend the wedding of Ian Svajda, my second cousin. There, he received a thumb drive with more photos from his double second cousin, Rhonda Ferguson. She looks like a nice lady (pictured below on the left).

He also got a picture of my Great Uncle Tince (William Baxter McGaughy, seen right) who we named my son, Baxter McGaughy, after.

That thumb drive was a literal treasure trove. The photos it had on it were amazing. I really cannot thank Rhonda enough for getting those photos to me.

 Here, you can see my Great Grandfather, William Beall McGaughy, sitting on the left side of the gate. His brother, Henry Walden McGaughy, is sitting on the right side of the gate, and Henry Clay McGaughy is standing to the right of him. My Great Grandmother, Minnie McGaughy, is sitting in a chair off to the left. It's a great photo! I'd love to get a higher resolution version of it so I could do some restoration on it.

 This is a photo of Minnie McGaughy looking down at the hogs.

 Here is a really nice portrait of Minnie McGaughy.

And here is a photo of Minnie McMillian, after Henry Clay passed she remarried but had no issue.

Reverse Genealogy

My son, Baxter Cornelius McGaughy, was born January 23, 2014. This event is a sort of "Reverse Genealogy" in that I am working on my family tree going forward instead of backwards. Well, at least that's one way of looking at it. Honestly, "Reverse Genealogy" is much harder and much more expensive than the normal kind, and comes with a whole new meaning to the phrase "Sleep Deprived".

I am still working on my application to the Sons of the American Revolution. There may be some difficulty in my application, as the McGaughy book by Polly Sutton may not be a source I can use to document my lineage. I haven't heard back on that yet, but they did say it might be a problem. At any rate, I made a ridiculous American-Themed Birth Announcement to send to them:

I am hoping that it goes over well at the next meeting. I have a feeling that it may.