From Menifee To Ohio - The Ginter Family

<p><strong><em><u>From Menifee to Ohio - The Ginter Family</u></em></strong> is a first-person memoir that chronicles the life of Otto Fleenor Ginter born in 1915 in the rugged mountains of Menifee County Kentucky. Told in his own voice the book captures the realities of Appalachian life in the early twentieth century-hard work close-knit families and the skills required to survive without modern conveniences.</p><p>Through vivid memories and detailed storytelling Ginter recounts childhood in a rural mountain community where farming hunting and neighborly cooperation defined daily life. He describes family traditions schooling in one-room schoolhouses local folklore and the challenges faced during the Great Depression. The narrative follows the Ginter family's pivotal migration from Kentucky to Ohio in 1929 marking a transition from mountain life to new opportunities in the industrial Midwest.</p><p>Spanning the years 1915 to 1995 this memoir offers more than personal recollection; it serves as a historical record of a disappearing way of life. The book also includes genealogical elements such as an ancestral fan chart connecting individual memory to family history.</p><p>Honest unpolished and deeply human <em>From Menifee to Ohio - The Ginter Family</em> preserves the voice of a generation shaped by resilience community and perseverance in the face of hardship.</p>