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This is a story about family, my family. Beginning in the distant past with great grandparents and tracing their descendants to the present great grandchildren, I've documented my family history including my brother, myself, and our wives. It's a thorough genealogical family tree featuring numerous illustrations and photographs. Primarily written to preserve my family history, it can be enjoyed by others wishing to learn how the Leighton and Vernon families emigrated from England to the United States.

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Dr. Richard F. Leighton, MD, is a cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine (Savannah, Georgia campus). A native of Oakland, Maryland, he holds a BA from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) and an MD from the University of Maryland. Following an internship at University Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, he served as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon with Airborne Early Warning Squadron One which is based in Hawaii and Guam. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at Ohio State University where he served as a faculty member for nine years. In 1974, he was appointed Chief of Cardiology and in 1990, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine at the Medical College of Ohio (now the University of Toledo College of Medicine). He currently resides in Savannah, Georgia. Dr. Leighton is the author or co-author of over ninety publications in the field of cardiovascular medicine including five recent books: Dear Folks: A Memoir from 500 Letters (2016); From Guam and Beyond: Stories of the Men of VW-1 (2018); Reflections of a Hessian (2019); 80 Poems by Two Octogenarians (2020); and Elder Verse (2021). His family includes three children, three grandchildren and one great grandchild.

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