Well, I'm going to shake that old family tree and let my readers know what my brother and I have found by just doing a little research and piecing together some historical data and some pieces of actual facts along with a few rumors, and to keep it simple we are going to stay on my Mother's' side of the family; so here goes.

My mother's maiden name is Noggle, which from all indication's links historically to Germanic lineage. But no, I'm not going to venture back any further than the American Civil War in my research. My Grandmother, on my mother's side of my family, is the source of the info from the move from Georgia that ended up in Rosebud, Arkansas. It seems my Great Grandfather was an officer in the Confederate Army, and according to my Grandmother, that is why the family moved to Rosebud, Arkansas. I heard my Grandmother say numerous times that he was mentioned on a Confederate Memorial in Atlanta. I have not been to Atlanta to verify that. In my conversations with Grandmother, I asked her why the family moved to Arkansas, and I quote "The Damn Yankees burned our house down!" That is the only curse word I have ever heard my saintly Grandmother say.

After the Noggles moved to Arkansas, they evidently became fairly successful farmers, and according to my research, they expanded their small farm. However, the extra........

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