CHARACTER SKETCH

NAME UNKNOWN. WE DON’T KNOW WHO HE IS REALLY OR HOW HE’S RELATED BUT THE SKETCH WAS WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER FAMILY STUFF STORED IN THE ATTIC. WE FOUND HIM WHEN MY MOTHER WAS LOOKING FOR THINGS TO TAKE TO A JUMBLE SALE. SHE SAID I WAS PROBABLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE HIM WHEN I GREW UP. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD THING, TO LOOK LIKE A HERO. AFTER ALL, HE’S WEARING A REVOLUTIONARY NAVAL UNIFORM. BUT I’VE ALWAYS WONDERED, WHOEVER HE WAS, WAS HE ALWAYS SOUR FACED OR WAS HE SKETCHED ON THE EVE OF A GREAT BATTLE? WE’LL NEVER KNOW.

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APPEARANCE

HAIR –STYLE-COLOR-TYPE-TEXTURE LOOKS A TAD REDDISH.

EYES –GLASSES-CONTACTS- HARD TO TELL FROM THE SKETCH.

WEIGHT UNKNOWN

COLORING LIKE MINE

HEIGHT UNKONWN

BUILD LOOKS STOCKY

FACIAL FEATURES –LIPS, EYEBROWS, LASHES, JAW LINE, NOSE

WHAT CAN I SAY. HE LOOKS LIKE ME, OR I LOOK LIKE HIM. NOTHING REALLY OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

VOICE –ACCENT – WAY OF TALKING UNLESS HE VISITS FROM THE GRAVE WE’LL NEVER KNOW.

FAMILY UNKOWN

CONNECTION TO ME UNKOWN BUT DEFINITELY A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.

BEST FRIENDS/ENEMIES I’D LIKE TO THINK OF HIM AS A BONE FIDE HERO, SO I GUESS YOU’D SAY ‘FRIEND’.

ETHNIC/CULTURAL BACKGROUND UNKNOWN, BUT PROB NORTHERN EUROPEAN, POSSIBLY ENGLISH, SCOT, OR IRISH.

SCHOOLING HAD TO HAVE HAD SOME SERIOUS EDUCATION. YOU DIDN’T GET TO BE A NAVAL OFFICER WITHOUT SOME. CERTAINLY HAD TO BE GOOD WITH ARITHMETIC CALCULATIONS. NO DOUBT COULD READ AND WRITE, WHICH WAS A VALUED SKILL BACK THEN THAT A LOT OF FOLKS DIDN’T HAVE.

OCUPATIONS PRESENT-PREVIOUS NAVAL OFFICER.

HOBBIES UNKNOWN

POLITICAL PREFERENCES WELL, HE CERTAINLY WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE YANKEES REGARDING THAT LITTLE ARGUMENT WE HAD WITH THE KING ACROSS THE POND.

LIKES UNKONW, BUT PROBABY HARD RUM.OR MAYBE WHISKEY.

DISLIKES CERTAINLY MUST HAVE HATED HARD TACK.

MOVIES/BOOKS/PLAYS PROBABLY THE ONLY BOOK HE HAD WAS A BIBLE. I SEARCHED THE OLDEST ONE IN THE FAMILY FOR ANY KIND OF REFERENCE TO HIM,YOU KNOW, IN THE PAGES YOU CAN WRITE IN YOUR FAMILY HISTORY, BUT NO LUCK.

FOODS PROBABLY STEW.

SPORTS DID THEY HAVE SPORTS BACK THEN?

FEARS/PHOBIAS WELL, JUDGING FROM THE PICTURE, PROBABLY WORRIED ABOUT THE BATTLES TO COME.

QUIRKS NO IDEA

CHARACTER FLAWS NO IDEA

FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS/ TYPICAL GESTURES NO IDEA

CHILDHOOD/TEEN MEMORY NEVER MET THE MAN.

ROLE MODEL PROBABLY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, ONE OF OUR UNKONWN HERO’S.

TEN WORDS TO SUM UP WHAT I THINK OF THIS PERSON

VENERABLE, HEROIC, GLAD THERE’S SOMEONE ELSE IN THE FAMILY THAT KNOWS WHAT’S IT’S LIKE TO DO ONE’S DUTY.

TEN WORDS HOW THIS PERSON AFFECTED MY LIFE

WELL, IN A LIMITED WAY, I GUESS HE DID HIS OWN PART IN THAT I LEANED TOWARD THE NAVY.

WHAT I’D SAY TO THIS PERSON IF WE MET TODAY

WERE YOU STUCK WITH A NAME YOU DIDN’T’ LIKE, TOO? I MIGHT NOT REALLY MIND ‘HARRIMAN’, AFTER ALL IT CAN BE SHORTENED TO HARRY. BUT I SURE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO SUGGESTED ‘HORATIO’ TO MY PARENTS FOR MY MIDDLE NAME. ESP. SINCE THAT VENERABLE LORD NELSON’S FROM ACROSS THE POND. OKAY SO IT WASN’T OUR ‘LITTLE TANTRUM’ THAT MADE HIM FAMOUS, BUT EVERYONE THINKS WE ‘RE RELATED! SURE HAVEN’T FOUND ANYTHING TO PROVE THAT LINE OF THINKING.

WHAT I WISH I HADN’T SAID /DONE TO THIS PERSON

WISH I HADN’T PLAYED MARBLES ON TOP OF YOU WHEN MY MOTHER WASN’T LOOKING.