The Black Tree: John Womack (Wammack) - Clue#9

Saturday, January 18, 2014

John Womack (Wammack) - Clue#9 - Military Record

No matter how hard I tried or I just simply overlooked the military record of my Great, Great Grandfather John Womack (Wammack). I got a call early on in the day from the Marshall, Texas Public Library in which a very sweet young lady assisted me in finding the record. When I called, I kind of dread the moments being that I mailed/emailed the third notice to them on this morning. Anywhoo, she walked me through every step meaning name variations and rather or not it was Confederate or Union. I was literally sweating because every found piece of the puzzle is making my family history more and more of a clear finished puzzle that will turn out to be absolutely beautiful. I have to first give honor to the Man above, without Him, nothing is possible!

Here is the big news, my Great, Great Grandfather's military record...

John Wammack, displayed on the African American Civil War Memorial Wall.

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About Me

Hello Family Tree Researcher, my name is Jacqueline Joyce Thomas (born to Gene E. Thomas and Brendel Joyce Lewis) of Texas in '67 . I began doing my family tree search when my son (C. Hicks) was born. He was unfortunately born with Nephrogenic Insipidus Diabetes. When he was two weeks old I could not get him to take his formula, the only thing he would drink was water. We took him to the local emergency room, where the hospital staff spent hours doing test after test and the end result were "we are still uncertain of what is wrong with your son". My heart fell to pieces. The next few days, still nothing. Finally on the forty-fifth day of his prolonged stay , they decided to care flight him to a Children's Hospital where it still took nineteen days for the final results and even then they were not sure. The doctor came into the room with his long white doctor's coat and his glasses hanging from his nose with the final thought (not answer). Ms. Hicks (at the time), "could you have a seat?" My thought was, okay then comes "is you son mixed with Caucasian?" My reply with anger and confusion in my heart was, mixed, with who?...not what but who! And not that I was cared or anything, I have mixed nieces and nephews. Then he went on to explain to me that "that type of diabetes was uncommon, and that it only occurred in every three thousand children" annnnndddd'ah-Rah...here is the killer..."that it only occurred in Caucasian males." Gathering my thoughts and physical seemed to be out of the question. It was not until he turned four years old that I begin getting more and more curious. So next to my son being born with a rare type of diabetes that only (according the doctor) in Caucasian males and me being adopted, I became one curious Sista'. The search began.