Rumors On Fathers Day

 My stepsister Diane told me that my father told my stepmother that she could be buried under a tree, and no one would ever know it. My stepmother divorced my father, and she remarried and lived a long, good life.

My father told a family member in Berea, Kentucky that you could bury a person under a tree and know one would ever know.  It was not a serious talk it was just a conversation.

A family member living near or in San Gabriel, California told me that there was a rumor that a woman was buried under a tree in San Gabriel, California.

I do not think my father was not capable of doing anything like that, rage and murder yes, but hiding a body under a tree that would not be found, no.

My grandfather Pablo yes, he was capable of something like that and as a responsible father and leader of a large family, he rode with Francisco "Pancho" Villa then moved to San Gabriel and got a job working for Henry E. Huntington at his home in San Marino, California. Now known as the Huntington Library  and Gardens. My Grandfather was an excellent gardener.

I wrote the Huntington Library and asked them if they knew of my grandfather and one man wrote me back and they said my grandfather had a type A personality and they let him do as he pleased in the gardens.

My grandfather sometimes worked at night planting trees at the Huntington Library Gardens, and he hired his crews which was sometimes his sons.

My grandfather also worked at the Mission San Gabriel as a gardener.

Both Gardens are beautiful.