My grandfather, John Bunyan Placker lived in Brady, Texas.
I recall he mentioned that a great grandfather came from Germany with his brother. They were stoways on the ship.
When they settled in Arkansas, the story goes that one of the brothers was killed back in the early 1800s by a man with an ax.
John lived for many years in Brady, Texas.
John married Elizabeth Helms and had eight children.
John had sons Bill, Jake, Joe. He had daughters Ruth and Ruby.
Very interesting. Could this be from the same string of plackers?
My name is Tommy Wright and he was my grandfather.
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