Our ancestor Wallace Fitzgerald Beery, famous movie actor, born April 1, 1886; nicknamed jumbo by his childhood playmates. Wally worked as elephant tender with Ringling Bros. Circus, he became the "bull man" in charge of all elephants and developed the trick of teaching elephants to stay in line in parades by holding trunk-to-tail.
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Thanks for the family trivia.
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