Alfred Richardson Story

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Betty O. "With two jobs, your Mom, and the holidays", What do you do in your spare time? Don't hit me!

Gene "2 AM." I was up late. I didn't find much all evening, then this ....I couldn't stop then. I had to read more and write it up.

This is one of the most convoluted mysteries, I have ever worked on. 1. Alfred R. Story and The Story of Alfred R. are not the same thing.
2. Mr. and Mrs. Story (the Parents) are not married. So, Alfred is sometimes listed as Alfred Story and sometimes as Alfred Brown.
3. I don't care as much about Alfred Story as I do about Leonard Hogan. But if I read on, I might find something about Hogan. SPIES.
Leonard did say "He was a special messenger for the Confederacy," yet I can find nothing to PROVE that. I could not find anything that would PROOVE that such a job even existed. Then Betty O. mentioned that Story and Hogan may have worked in similar jobs.
So, I researched Story. Yipes! what a job. BUT I found this.
" I was on Special Detail as a messenger serving secretly
in Washington D.C. and the State of Maryland, when Lee surrendered and I remained in Maryland until June 1865. I avoided taking the Oath of Allegiance and was never paroled.
I was in Harper's Ferry when General Lee surrendered. I was in civilian clothes and I hunted other members of the Secret Service."
This information was on his application for a Pension in Florida.
That is a Legal Document that requires an oath to its veracity, so I believe him. To me -this confirms that there as such a job and there were others beyond Story and Hogan involved.
I would not disbelieve the information just because Richards was a LIAR.