excerpt from "My Life Story" by Missouri Brady Smithson
"About 1858, previous to the Civil War, Aunt Martha McGrath, Mama's sister had been left a widow with one small son. She was living in Atlanta, Georgia at the time- his name was Alonzo- and as she had no means of taking care of him and Pa and Mama had no children and were living out in the country, she sent him to live with them. They raised him as their own until he was eighteen years of age. He was six years old when they took him. When he was eighteen he went back to live with his mother in Atlanta. Years later and after us children came along, we always called him Uncle Alonzo, so when I mention him later you will know that he was Mama's nephew."
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