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John Thomas Ayers

March 18, 2019

The Ayers family watched America grow. Obadiah Ayers, born in Suffolk, England in 1635, was the first of his family to set foot in the New World. He lived in Woodbridge, New Jersey, when New Jersey was still a Dutch colony. The colony became an English colony in 1664. Obadiah’s son, John Ayers, was born

Pietro and Pietro Bommicino’s Green Hills

February 3, 2019Bommicino, Italy, Jennings Run, Morantown, St. Michael's Cemetery, Union Mine No. 1

Pietro Bommicino was born March 21, 1895, in the small town of Zumpano, Italy. Zumpano is nestled in the verdant mountains of Cosenza Province, on the instep of the boot of Italy, and is surrounded by lush vineyards. Pietro was the first child born of Pasquale Bommicino and his wife, Theresa Imbrogno Bommicino. No one