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Mary Edna Caldwell - Fry

The true fragility of life became very apparent this week with the death of my 3rd cousin, Trinity Liebhaber who was only 2 months old.  Her family was involved in a very horrible car accident on Mother's Day.  So many times I have added my standard cherub icon to those family members in my tree who died as a child.  Even though my curiosity wanted more information, so often, there is just a blank space in that family line without explanation.  I thought about Trinity today.  A hundred years from now when someone is looking backward to figure out family histories, will information be available documenting the reason for her short life?  My work on the sixth of my 2nd great grandmothers has finally materialized into something comprehensible enough to document. Mary Edna Caldwell (Turner / Fry) was born February 28, 1846 in  Ouachita County, Arkansas.  She was the daughter of George Washington Caldwell and Elizabeth Shipp.  Mary Edna's mother...