Royal Rosamond and Thomas Benton

With brush and typewriter, my grandfather, and Thomas Hart Benton, rendered a Country Masterpiece that many claim as their own – especially some politians who claim for your vote they will take you back to the good old days. They preach about Family Values, but, they can’t play the fiddle and do a square dance. One of my Rosamond kinfolk could play a mean saw.

John ‘The Highwayman’ Rosamond and the Delta Clodhoppers
Name: John ROSAMOND “The Highwayman” – Surname: Rosamond · Given
Name: John · Suffix: “The Highwayman”

“Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highwaymen_(country_supergroup)

“In 1724, my ancestor John ROSAMOND and his friend William Ray were
arrested in Abingdon, Berkshire, England for stealing a hat, periwig,
30 pounds British sterling, five pairs of shoes, and a brown gelding.
They were held in the gaol in Reading, Berkshire, after their trial
where they were sentenced…