[Dixielandjazz] FW: [78-l] Ezra Wickemeyer, Fred Wiggins + Gennett

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

Hi Ron and all,  would not be fair to claim Fred as my true Rich uncle, unless of course he actually was or had a suitcase full of money that he bequeathed to me and no one ever told me about. :))    Not likely given the nature of his proffesion unless he sold lots and lots of pianos. :))

I keep looking for some Wigginses to claim but none seem to fit the bill, and the others that are true relatives I am trying to unload.   The ones before my father were row farmers sent out to teach the Cherokee how to farm crops or so I have heard.   My Great Grandfather was one of those farmers in and around Texas and Louisiana.   He married a Cherokee woman but none of the family in the Texas area will admit it since it was not politically correct to do such thngs in those days and have a house full of half breed kids.   They told all their kids that great gramma was a Jew and that there wernn't no durned Indian blood in our family.

That is why I don't own a chain of Indian Casinos today :))

However I do know a few Mardi Gras Indians who run a dice game out back of  Ruby Tuesday's joint. 

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins