Tag Archives | Bovard family history

mary-2009-13157-May-2009-Pittsburgh-Bovards-+-Mary-+Sue

Photos of Aunt Mary Bovard Campbell, R.I.P.

Following up on the tribute to my Aunt Mary after her death early last month (reposted below), here are some other photos of her, especially from her early years in Pennsylvania. Mary cornered the market on cuteness in the 1930s.  I used a special scanning setting and then Photoshopped the 1930s and 1940s photos.  (Here’s […]

Continue Reading
Aunt-Mary-1949-or-1950-cropped-for-web-RIP

Aunt Mary Bovard Campbell, R.I.P.

My 86 year-old aunt passed away last night surrounded by her three loving daughters. Mary Bovard Campbell was a tough lady – full of “piss and vinegar,” as she liked to say. She kept her spirits and faith regardless of a lot of trials and tribulations stretching back to the Herbert Hoover era. She married […]

Continue Reading
kenly better version William_L._Kenly

My Grandfather’s Coup in World War One

My grandfather, Paul G. Bovard, was drafted in 1918. He was in the Army but the war ended before he was deployed to France. The following story, written by my father, captures the only story from his military time that I have heard from family. Dad’s Company Commander, in going over the new recruits’ prior […]

Continue Reading