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Bessie Mae Lastinger Peeples-Deckhut

Born1885
Died1966

A Pioneer Memory: Poem by Bessie M. Peeples

This poem was provided to me by Merrilou Joanne Wilder Inks, granddaughter of Fannie Green Lastinger. The Lastinger family was the first to homestead in Lake Placid around 1890. A PIONEER MEMORYBy: Bessie MaeĀ LastingerĀ Peeples-Deckhut(Daughter of Joshua Lastinger, who homesteaded the...
FatherJoshua Berrien Lastinger
MotherLouisa G. Bowden Lastinger
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