Yes,i'm glad we have the diaries.🙂 My great uncle Charlie,who died in that fire, had a collection of military weapons dating back to the Revolutionary War.It was all destroyed.
I was very young and don't remember him or his house at all.He must have been an interesting guy.He was a dentist and also served as county sheriff for many years.I guess he had some shoot outs with bootleggers during Prohabation.