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mY FATHER WAS hARLAN dAY s/o eWELL dAY s/o lLOYD dAY s/o aLEY lEDFORD AND nANCY dAY....mY MOTHER ,gOD REST HER SOUL, WAS d/O eD nAPIER AND nANNIE nAPIER. eD WAS THE s/O gABRIEL nAPIER aND THE DEVILS aDVOCATE BY THE NAME OF dELIA nEACE. wHY THAT WITCH WAS SO MEAN ONLY god knows. Gabriel Napier was the S/o Jerome Patrick Napier And he was the S/o William Patrick Napier. Back to the witch,Deliah was the D/o Austin Neace and he was S/o Jacob Neace. Austin Neace was married to Catherine Fugate D/o Henley Fugate and Tabitha McIntosh. My grandmother Nannie Napier. was mean as a watersnake but had a heart of gold. She was married at least 5 times, never could get it right, smoked a pipe, Red Ox tobacco, the yellow twist or you was on the way back to the store. Nannie was the D/o McCager/Micager Napier and Harriet Fairchild/McLemore. McCager?Micager Napier was the S/O Hiram McLemore And Margaret Fairchild while Hiram was thre S/O John McLemore and Ruth Steelman. My father was less than 5 feet tall ,had his nose broken long as I could remember. He was a mean man from what my two older brothers tell me. I know he fought a lot, drinked a lot, haD A THIRD GRADE EDUCATION BUT WAS A MACHINE SET UP OPERATOR FOR AMERICAN STANDARD CO. HE HAD TO SET THE NEW MACHINES UP WITH 1/1000 OF A INCH AND COULD NOT READ A SCALE SO DID IT WITH PURE EYE SIGHT. HE WAS ALWAYS DIRTY BUT TOOK OFF 30 MINUTES EARLY TO SHOWER AND PUT ON HIS WHITE SHIRT AND SUIT PANTS. ALWAYS WEAR CLEAN SUITS...ALWAYS. ONCE HE WAS ARRESTED FOR A DRUNK AND DRIVING CHARGE....NEVER HAD A CAR...NEVER KNEW HOW TO DRIVE...WAS ON A BICYCLE. ONCE WHEN I WAS ABOUT 15 I CAME HOME AND TWO COPS HAD DAD,BEATING HIM UP ON THE FRONT PORCH,HE WAS SO TINY, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER SHOT A MAN...THE COP. DAD WAS NEVER BEATEN UP AGAIN BY THE CINCINNATI POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT I HAD A LONG 40 YEARS OF FIGHTING THEM OVER 10 ASSAULTS AND BATTERYS ON POLICE AND I DO NOT RECALL EVER STARTING ONE OF THEM. I GUESS I HAVE A LITTLE BLOOD
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