The Rosamond and Witherspoon families lived in North and South Carolina. I love these names! Some of these names belong to blacks who took the name of their master.
This woman is named after the Queen of all the Franks.
Chlotilda Theolia Rosamond 1872
Dottie Witherspoon and I lived in a Victorian in Alameda. One day she wanted a dog. We looked in the paper and found a Blue Tick puppy born on the Fourth of July. We named him Benjamin after another Signer of the Constitution. My lover was kindred to Signer, John Witherspoon.
After Dottie left me, and took our dog, she moved to a Jesus-freak ranch. I got a letter bidding me to join her there – and get with Jesus and God! How about being re-united with my dog?
I wish I had married Dottie and had a big family of radical patriots. We were the…
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