My grandfather. I never actually met him (he died before I was born), but from what I’ve been told, he was a stern and honorable man.

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Born in a Bed and Breakfast in Orlando, Braxton County, WV. Met Ella R. Kraus when he was teaching school in Braxton Co. WV, and she was working for uncle John Riley for the summer. They had a courtship there, but then she went home.

Arizona

Went traveling when his father died. (Do the math to find out how old he was) Got stuck in Wyoming for the winter but it was too cold Went to Oklahoma and met up with his brothers Vincent Vincent was selling “Oklahoma” magazine on the corner yelling “Oklahoma” and that’s how Thomas found him. Finally took the railroad to Arizona Worked in a steel mill during WWI Returned at the age of 33 to Weston to marry Ella R. Kraus, and then came back to Arizona. Worked in the office of a copper mine. “Wobblies” tried to form a union. Management gave him a gun to help break the union.

Weston’s Champion Skeet Team

From the Weston Democrat

Pictured here is the Weston Skeet club team, which won the state championship at Charleston on October 2. Members of the team are: (left to right) John Kafer, Oral Fulks, Thomas Carney, Duff Heater, and Orie Perrine, captain. The Weston Skeet club will hold its annual shoot here May 30 and at that time the state championship will again be shot off.

Mr. Fulks holds the state official long run record for having shot 174 clay pigeons without a miss

Sayings of T. E. Carney

“It would take an Archimedean fulcrum to raise you to the level of total depravity”

“I’ve seen dumb people in my lifetime. Idiots and imbeciles have been my companions. But when it comes to a straight A striped African jackass– you take the cake.”

“You’re a sapheaded, pie faced, liver lipped, knock-kneed, pigeon toed son of a cockeyed Mexican boll weevil.”