Kirksville, Missouri - Home of the Petrees: Missouri State Normal School & Former Petree Houses
Kirksville, Petrees, Missouri, Hales, Missouri State Normal School, Adair County Historical Society Tonya Graham McQuade Kirksville, Petrees, Missouri, Hales, Missouri State Normal School, Adair County Historical Society Tonya Graham McQuade

Kirksville, Missouri - Home of the Petrees: Missouri State Normal School & Former Petree Houses

In which I describe my visit to Kirksville, Missouri with my parents in April 2022, as well as my visits to the school my great grandmother, Nora Elma Petree Traughber, attended and the house where she grew up

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How This Journey Began - The Hales & Petrees of Andrew County, Missouri
Hales, Petrees, Missouri Daughter, Civil War Letters, Ancestry.com Tonya Graham McQuade Hales, Petrees, Missouri Daughter, Civil War Letters, Ancestry.com Tonya Graham McQuade

How This Journey Began - The Hales & Petrees of Andrew County, Missouri

In which I discuss how I acquired 50 Civil War letters written by my 3rd Great Grandfather, James Calaway Hale, and 2nd Grand Uncle, Benjamin Petree, as well as other family letters and heirlooms, and started writing a historical fiction novel titled Missouri Daughter

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