Adam Toussaint Artis.
by Lisa Y. Henderson
ADAM TOUSSAINT ARTIS died 94 years ago today. His tombstone tilts, wedged between trees, in a tiny family plot on land still owned by his descendants near Eureka, Wayne County.
[Sidenote: He was my great-great-great-grandfather. — LYH]
Photograph by Lisa Y. Henderson, 2011.
Fourth Generation Inclusive 
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