My great-grandfather, my grandmother Smith’s father, was called “Pomp” by all of the great-grandchildren—no idea where it came from, but it was unique. His real name was William Joel Franklin Dwiggins, and he was born right after the Civil War in 1866. He lived until March of 1952, when I…
We all called my mother’s father Papa Smith. I grew up across the street from my grandparents, and even though he worked almost all of the time, he spent a lot of time with me and the other cousins and family members who lived nearby. Papa was a large man…
My grandmother, Blanche Genetta Dwiggins Smith, was born on a farm out in the country in Davie County in 1891. The Dwiggins land was close to and part of the original Granville grant of 640 acres of land to Daniel Boone’s father in 1753. Squire Boone sold this land to…
