Week 1 of 52 ancestors in 52 weeks. Lillie Weatherspoon was a woman who was willing to make a fresh start in life so that is why my paternal great grandmother is my fresh start ancestor.
A gunsmith, soldier, photographer, attorney, and a skunk farmer – it sounds like the start of a joke where the next line should be they walked into the bar. Interestingly enough those are all job titles held at various times by Daniel E. Adams.