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Last week we meet the new CGS President and Vice President and today we are learning more about our Investment Officer and our Treasurer.
Chris Pattillo is our Investment Officer (and you may remember her from such roles as Past President!). She visited the Mormon temple at it’s opening and now publishes family history books and a blog! She has had several roles with CGS in her time and is a frequent contributor to many genealogical societies.
Chris’ favorite ancestor is William Stover, who was adopted by Abraham Lincoln’s great grandaunt and uncle, Mary (Ward) and Isaac Lincoln. He was the birth son of one of Mary’s sisters and, even though he wasn’t related by blood, the association was close enough to President Abraham Lincoln to have had extensive research completed on this branch of the family. Mary and Isaac, a prominent and comparatively wealthy family in Eastern Tennessee, had a son who drowned as a young boy, leaving them childless. They adopted William and as their only legal child, all was left to him upon their death.
Cindy Kim Thomson is our Treasurer and began her family history listening to family stories. Born in Hawaii and descended from Korean immigrants, her specialty is definitely Hawaii, with annual visits. She has also served CGS in many capacities, including being on different committees and leading events. As a retired Commerce Department economist, we are in great hands with her as our treasurer.
Cindy’s favorite part of genealogy seems to be the LIVE people she finds along the way! She visits Hawaii at least once a year to see family and do research and travels to remote cemeteries and sugar plantations. She always finds (and is touched by) complete strangers who go out of their way to help her and who honor her with their own family stories. She once got into an animated conversation with an Uber driver about how to plant sugar cane. When the ride was over, he hugged her and said he wished she was staying longer to show her the plantation he used to work at. As Cindy says, “Yes, aloha is alive and well in Hawaii.”
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JAN
2025