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Mary Jane “Mollie” Lee Barlow with her siblings William E. Lee, Orlando Lee, Joseph N. Lee, and Maggie Lee in a vintage family portrait.

GATHERING MY PEOPLE

Stories, memory, and the search for those who came before me.

I am gathering my people—through memory, story, and research.

Some are known through records.
Some through stories.
Some through what was never said.

This is where I bring them together.

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