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To: LindyBill who wrote (16764)11/19/2003 12:07:56 PM
From: mistermj  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793698
 
Son has a Civil War story to tell about dad
[Simply remarkable]

>>People are always trying to correct Bill Upham.

"You mean your grandfather fought in the Civil War," they insist.

"It would seem more true if it was my grandfather. But it was my father," the Milwaukee man says right back.

When you hear Bill Upham's story, the first thing you do is the math. His father, William Henry Upham Sr., was born in 1841. That was 162 years ago.


My brother is always saying we should be on'Good Morning America' telling our story.

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Bill and his brother, Frederick, both very much alive, were born in 1916 and 1921 respectively.

"My brother is always saying we should be on 'Good Morning America' telling our story,"<<
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