52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 – Week 42: Fire

NOTE: I accepted the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge headed by fellow genealogy blogger Amy Johnson Crow. The idea behind this challenge is that you will receive email prompts, a word or phrase, every week, and you find something about your research or family history to write about.  Click HERE to read my first 52 Ancestors blog post in 2019.

A devastating fire in in my hometown, Newport, Jackson County on March 1, 1926, destroyed some thirty city blocks and caused significant damage, and one life was lost. The memory of this fire became knowns as “The Fire” for many of Newport’s older residents throughout the years.