Bryan
William dies 10 days after the last letter to Mary which you did not get. In the letters he makes reference to the oath which I found out ment he was the masonic oath. If you read his letter to mary about going after cotton seed he references to mr powell haing taken the oath, General siegel was a mason. and also wasw govnor morton. This proably helped him get his commiaaion. My great grand parents were from grant county so when I waled into william's story it was in marys kitchen. I will try to up load a picture of william. my regular e mail is gaggleone@yahoo.com. Easier to chat with you. Have you been hooded yet? William has helped two0 of us to get degrees. More later.

sincerely

Carol Scott-Simard M.A..