From Menifee to Ohio – The Ginter Family is a first-person memoir documenting the life of Otto Fleenor Ginter, born in 1915 in Menifee County, Kentucky. The narrative, told in his own voice, records everyday life in rural Appalachia during the early twentieth century, including farming, hunting, schooling, and the role of extended family in a mountain community.

The memoir provides a firsthand account of the Great Depression as experienced by a working-class American family. In 1929, the Ginter family migrated from Kentucky to Ohio, reflecting a broader pattern of internal migration as families sought industrial employment in the Midwest.

Spanning the years 1915 to 1995, the narrative functions as both personal memoir and historical record. Genealogical elements, including an ancestral fan chart, connect lived experience with documented family lineage.

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