Received his nickname of "Possum John Bamburg" after he was sleeping on his front porch and awoke to find o'possums in his field eating his corn. He jumped up and killed every single one of them and the name "Possum John" began.
John's granddaughter remembers her Grandpa Bamburg as a good old man who loved playing magic tricks and making silver dollars appear from behind her ear, and as a man who loved taking naps on his front porch, but getting worked up when his grandson Virgil would poke him with a broom handle.
Received his nickname of "Possum John Bamburg" after he was sleeping on his front porch and awoke to find o'possums in his field eating his corn. He jumped up and killed every single one of them and the name "Possum John" began.
John's granddaughter remembers her Grandpa Bamburg as a good old man who loved playing magic tricks and making silver dollars appear from behind her ear, and as a man who loved taking naps on his front porch, but getting worked up when his grandson Virgil would poke him with a broom handle.
Family Members
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Martha Elizabeth Bamburg
1902–1903
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Aratha Bamburg Wren
1904–2000
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John Edward Bamburg
1906–1909
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Annie Mae BAMBURG Bamburg
1908–1974
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Mamie Edna Bamburg Evans
1910–1984
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Sallie Lou Bamburg Hester
1912–1986
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Joseph Leon Bamburg
1915–1997
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Liddie Ann Bamburg Bamburg
1917–1973
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Self Napolian "Uncle Self" Bamburg
1919–1993
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Addie Lee Bamburg Layfield
1921–1998
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Claudia Dee Bamburg Maloch
1924–2005
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