George McDougald left Arkansas as a young man and found work in the Texas oil industry. He worked at the Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur, until he fell into a boiling vat which almost killed him, and badly scarred his legs for life.
After his injuries, his wife of eight years found their new poverty intolerable and left him and remarried her first husband, J. L. Bering, driving everyone in the family crazy (and confounding future genealogists!). But George set about rehabilitation, and regained the use of his legs and remained popular with his daughters.
Crippled, George eventually recovered somewhat and became a good carpenter. Making himself useful, he built the humble frame home his daughter Nell and her family lived in during the Depression. Later he moved into a guest house they had at their new home on Finlay Street, and from then on was always around to entertain his grandchildren, which suited almost everyone. He was known to test the patience of his son-in-law, but somehow they avoided killing each other, and somewhere along the way he taught his grandsons some rudiments of carpentry, which came in handy later, when they faced hard times. In many ways, his injuries ruined his life, but at the same time made possible rich relationships with his daughter and grandchildren which taught them the value of amiable co-existence, persistence and courage in adversity.
After his injuries, his wife of eight years found their new poverty intolerable and left him and remarried her first husband, J. L. Bering, driving everyone in the family crazy (and confounding future genealogists!). But George set about rehabilitation, and regained the use of his legs and remained popular with his daughters.
Crippled, George eventually recovered somewhat and became a good carpenter. Making himself useful, he built the humble frame home his daughter Nell and her family lived in during the Depression. Later he moved into a guest house they had at their new home on Finlay Street, and from then on was always around to entertain his grandchildren, which suited almost everyone. He was known to test the patience of his son-in-law, but somehow they avoided killing each other, and somewhere along the way he taught his grandsons some rudiments of carpentry, which came in handy later, when they faced hard times. In many ways, his injuries ruined his life, but at the same time made possible rich relationships with his daughter and grandchildren which taught them the value of amiable co-existence, persistence and courage in adversity.
George McDougald left Arkansas as a young man and found work in the Texas oil industry. He worked at the Texaco Refinery in Port Arthur, until he fell into a boiling vat which almost killed him, and badly scarred his legs for life.
After his injuries, his wife of eight years found their new poverty intolerable and left him and remarried her first husband, J. L. Bering, driving everyone in the family crazy (and confounding future genealogists!). But George set about rehabilitation, and regained the use of his legs and remained popular with his daughters.
Crippled, George eventually recovered somewhat and became a good carpenter. Making himself useful, he built the humble frame home his daughter Nell and her family lived in during the Depression. Later he moved into a guest house they had at their new home on Finlay Street, and from then on was always around to entertain his grandchildren, which suited almost everyone. He was known to test the patience of his son-in-law, but somehow they avoided killing each other, and somewhere along the way he taught his grandsons some rudiments of carpentry, which came in handy later, when they faced hard times. In many ways, his injuries ruined his life, but at the same time made possible rich relationships with his daughter and grandchildren which taught them the value of amiable co-existence, persistence and courage in adversity.
After his injuries, his wife of eight years found their new poverty intolerable and left him and remarried her first husband, J. L. Bering, driving everyone in the family crazy (and confounding future genealogists!). But George set about rehabilitation, and regained the use of his legs and remained popular with his daughters.
Crippled, George eventually recovered somewhat and became a good carpenter. Making himself useful, he built the humble frame home his daughter Nell and her family lived in during the Depression. Later he moved into a guest house they had at their new home on Finlay Street, and from then on was always around to entertain his grandchildren, which suited almost everyone. He was known to test the patience of his son-in-law, but somehow they avoided killing each other, and somewhere along the way he taught his grandsons some rudiments of carpentry, which came in handy later, when they faced hard times. In many ways, his injuries ruined his life, but at the same time made possible rich relationships with his daughter and grandchildren which taught them the value of amiable co-existence, persistence and courage in adversity.
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