Author: Jamie Richards

    A year ago in 2023, a simple question from my sister has taken me to places I could not have imagined. Why exactly, did our grandfather Mathew Bell have Pinkerton for a middle name asked my sister Jennifer. Mom had little to say to Jen other than “it was a family name.” When…

  I do not know how old I was, but I remember wondering if anyone was important in my family, had we done something significant? My childhood answer to myself was a resounding no. It was not something we talked about when our family met for celebrations, and it was not something that was part…