My Ancestor of Choice

In our FYE class we are beginning a Personal Ancestor Research project. I have chosen to write about my great grandfather on my mothers side, William Benjamin Durm. I chose to write my project on William because I currently only have one living grandparent, my moms father. My moms father is a wealth of knowledge about his father and I am still able to talk to him about it. William was also a prominent businessman so there are far more records on his life than my great grandmothers.