Generations Impacted Over a Two-Dollar Bet
DGS 2022 Writing Contest Submission: Your family’s black sheep
by Dr. Terry M. Turner, Genealogist
An exploration of the impact of family trauma associated with an ancestor’s senseless act that led to separation and dysfunction in the family’s structures.
The second smallest pistol ever made, the 25 Caliber Czechoslovakian Z Automatic Pistol, would be the instrument used to impact the lives of two families through two men: Will Turner and Leonard Washington. Unfortunately, one man was dead, and the other was confined to an insane asylum and later a jail cell.
©2022 Dr. Terry M. Turner
Published by Dallas Genealogical Society with the author’s permission
