LN: Madigan
DH:
Samuel Thomas "
Sam" (35) [November 3, 1885]
DW:
Elizabeth Amelia [
Harper] (34) [
May 16, 1886]
-DD:
Rose Amelia (15) [March 21, 1905]
-DD:
Gwendolyn Hope "
Gwen" (13) [
September 24, 1907]
-DS/DD:
Thomas Warren /
Belle Sophia (10) [February 27, 1910]
-DD:
Lily Evangeline (7) [
April 14, 1913]
-DS: Joseph Gilbert (1) [September 5, 1919]
As soon as the States got sucked into war, so did
Sam. He was assigned to a field hospital in
France, where he saw many terrible things and suffered through several attacks himself. For the year and a half he was gone, all he could think about was
Elizabeth and their children. He kept a photograph of them in his office, wrote them weekly letters, and missed them like crazy. He made it through the war, and was able to get home for
Christmas that year. It was the absolute best
Christmas any of them could have imagined. And about nine months after he returned, baby
Joseph was born! He was named for a fellow doctor at
Sam's hospital, one who wasn't able to make it home.
Sam and
Elizabeth have been talking and think their family may be complete, but they may consider one more child within another year or two. With their oldest two girls teenagers now, they are beginning to think they have theri hands full enough!