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I never met any of my grandparents. They had died when my parents were young so my parents did not know a whole lot about family. My mom's mother's name had been either Jones or Parry and that is all she knew about her maternal side. Through a DNA test, I learned that her paternal grandfather had served two tours in the Civil War and was shot in the leg a coupld weeks before the war ended during his second tour. He had a wooden peg leg from the knee down. Further back on his side I have 3 great a couple times back grandfathers that served in the Revolutionery War, one in Valley Forge and the New Jersey campaign after they crossed the river. Unfortunately, my mother died before Ancestry.com was a thing. I have taken the family back to almost the Middle Ages and find it fascinating. You are fortunate that you could even see a picture of one of your ancestors. I have only been able to find a couple of their graves. My great grandfather is in the National Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio so that one was easy. Some, I found out where they were buried but there are no headstones and one I found out where the cemetery is but could not locate any lasting trace of it.