This picture of me with Jude is in front of a glass case holding the walking stick of my ancestor Jude (Markham) was named after, Stephen Markham. It's in the church history museum and it was pretty cool to see it in person! The display case said, "Cane used by John Taylor at Carthage- Both John Taylor and Willard Richards used canes to beat down the guns that the attackers thrust through the jail-room door. John Taylor used this knotted hickory cane to fend off the assassins until he was seriously wounded. The cane belonged to Stephen Markham." The family records refer to this can as his "rascal beater" lol.
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