In one of her entries in “Reminiscences”, Annie talks about things that happened while Francis was away for one reason or another. Following is the story of Gordon’s birth. Although she doesn’t use those terms, it appears as though Gordon was not only premature but also breach. Read More...

While reading more stories from “Reminiscences of Frant and Annie Esplin”, I came across this story which Frant seems to think caused Gordon’s prematurity and possibly his death. He says this accident occurred in late Autumn 1920, Read More...

We lost our first boy -- he was two and one half years younger than Glenna. He was a premature baby, born February 1, 1921. That year there was a lot of infant flu around. The year before that they’d had such an epidemic, Read More...