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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412869967860456694.post-54717888288808489162009-09-09T16:57:00.000-05:002009-09-09T16:57:00.054-05:00Annabelle Lee Proctor Dow - early 1940s<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wn4P7LIf2cU/Sqgkk_EK-tI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/GX-f8swPfIE/s1600-h/Anniebelle%26Dows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wn4P7LIf2cU/Sqgkk_EK-tI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/GX-f8swPfIE/s400/Anniebelle%26Dows.jpg" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412869967860456694.post-17140161183633689732009-09-07T20:36:00.000-05:002009-09-07T20:36:23.173-05:00Jack Jones and Sid Proctor Families<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wn4P7LIf2cU/SqW08EHtJrI/AAAAAAAAAjw/kTpLJxIwBk8/s1600-h/Jack%26SidFall,1905.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wn4P7LIf2cU/SqW08EHtJrI/AAAAAAAAAjw/kTpLJxIwBk8/s400/Jack%26SidFall,1905.png" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412869967860456694.post-12320446549371851472009-09-07T13:42:00.002-05:002009-09-07T13:42:41.193-05:00Beth and the Kids - Karen B., BETH, Moma, Denise and Karen S.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wn4P7LIf2cU/SqVUCc32a1I/AAAAAAAAAjg/rg0k4ObTB9o/s1600-h/Beth+%26+Children.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wn4P7LIf2cU/SqVUCc32a1I/AAAAAAAAAjg/rg0k4ObTB9o/s320/Beth+%26+Children.jpg" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412869967860456694.post-4860228946904623052009-09-04T08:52:00.003-05:002009-09-04T08:55:38.058-05:00THE FAMILY OF JOHN "JACK" DANIEL JONES, SR and HIS TWO WIVES: BEATY TREVATHAN and MARTHA ANN PEEBLES<h2 class="date-header">Sunday, August 30, 2009</h2><a href="" name="8437014397658201484"></a> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="http://thenashcountyncproctorfamily.blogspot.com/2009/08/family-of-john-jack-daniel-jones-and.html">Family of John "Jack" Daniel Jones and his two wives: Beady Trevathan and Martha Peebles</a> </h3><b>JOHN "JACK" DANIEL JONES</b><br />
Born: 24 November 1856<br />
Where: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA<br />
Married: 3 Sepember 1881<br />
Where: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA <br />
Died: 22 October 1925<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina, USA<br />
Buried: Wells Cemetery, off of NC Rural Road #1703, Nash County, NC, reinterned: Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Nash County, NC<br />
[In 1902, JOHN DANIEL JONES, at the age of 45, identifies CALVIN JONES as his father] <br />
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<b>FIRST WIFE: BEADY [or Bedie] TREVATHAN*</b><br />
Born: 1860<br />
Where: Black Creek Township, Wilson County, North Carolina, USA<br />
Married: 3 September 1881<br />
Where: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA<br />
Died: 26 May 1882<br />
Where: Cooper's Township, Nash County, North Carolina, USA<br />
[* daughter of <b>BENJAMIN TREVATHAN [1822 - July, 1887] and SARAH "SALLIE" ELIZABETH WILLIAMS.</b> They married in Edgecombe County, NC on 20 May 1846]<br />
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<b>DAUGHTER OF JACK AND BEADY TREVATHAN JONES:</b><br />
<b>1. MARY ELIZABETH JONES*</b><br />
Born: 26 May 1882<br />
Where: Cooper's Township, Nash County, North Carolina, USA<br />
Married: 1 February 1899<br />
Where: Methodist Church, Sandy Cross, Cooper's Township, Nash County, North Carolina, USA<br />
Died: 17 June 1957<br />
Where: 12 Rutledge Road, Newport News, Virginia<br />
Buried: Pincview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, NC<br />
<b>Husband: JOHN SIDNEY PROCTOR</b><br />
Born: 23 September 1872<br />
Where: Cooper's Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Died: 4 May 1934<br />
Where: 412 Thomas Street, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina<br />
Buried: Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina<br />
[* SID and MARY JONES PROCTOR are buried in Pineview Cemetery in Rocky Mount, NC with her oldest daughter MATTIE LEE PROCTOR [1900 - 1978] COWAN and MATTIE'S husband GEORGE FRANKLIN COWAN [1899 - 1935]<br />
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<b>JACK JONES' SECOND WIFE: MARTHA ANN PEEBLES </b><br />
Born: 4 June 1861<br />
Where: Pitt County, North Carolina<br />
Married: 31 December 1884<br />
Where: Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Died: 28 February 1940<br />
Where: Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina<br />
[at the time of her death she was living with her son CALVIN MARTIN JONES, SR. and his wife LILLIE BELLE JOYNER. Also, it is reported in the census and marriage records that between 1884 and 1900, JACK and MARTHA ANN PEEBLES JONES had six children born and four survived (as of 1900). Thus, they had four children born who did not survive until adulthood.]<br />
Buried: Wells Cemetery, off of NC Rural Road 1703; reinterned Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina] <br />
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<b>CHILDREN OF JACK AND MARTHA PEEBLES JONES [Half Brothers and Sisters of MARY ELIZABETH JONES PROCTOR [1882 - 1957]:</b><br />
<b>1. CALVIN MARTIN JONES, SR.</b><br />
Born: 13 June 1888<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC<br />
Married: 16 December 1909<br />
Where: Nash County, NC<br />
Died: 3 February 1948<br />
Where: Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina<br />
[At the time of his death, living at: 1103 Sauls Street, Wilson, Wilson County, NC ]<br />
Buried: Wells Cemetery, off NC Rural Road #1703, Nash County, NC; reinterned: Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
<b>WIFE: LILLIE BELLE JOYNER</b><br />
Born: 10 October 1891<br />
Where: Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Died: 16 September 1975<br />
Where: Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina<br />
[At the time of her death, living at: 1103 Sauls Street, Wilson, Wilson County, NC ] <br />
Buried: Wells Cemetery, off of NC Rural Road #1703; reinterned: Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Nash County, NC.<br />
<b>[The children of CALVIN MARTIN and LILLIE BELLE JOYNER were: [1] Bertha Ann (1910 - 1981); [2] Johnnie Daniel "Ben" (1912 - 1973); [3] Calvin Martin, Jr. "Monk" (1914 - 1987); [4] Richard Howard (1916 - 1979); [5] Bausey Washington (1918 - 1920); [6] Fannie Mae (1921 - 2009); [7] Mary Magalene (1923 - 1925) and [8] Thelma (1925 - 1982)].</b><br />
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<b>2. MAGGIE JONES</b><br />
Born: 24 October 1890<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Married:<br />
Where:<br />
Died: 14 February 1966<br />
Address at the time of Death: 712 South Tillary, Rocky Mt., NC<br />
Where: Park View Hospital, Rocky Mount, Nash County, NC<br />
<b>Husband: W. FRANK DAUGHTRIDGE</b><br />
Born: 18 July 1888<br />
Died: 18 June 1963<br />
Buried: Daughtridge Family Cemetery, Nash County, North Carolina, USA<br />
<b>Daughter: RUTH DAUGHTRIDGE WINSTEAD </b><br />
Born: 23 December 1909<br />
Where: Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Died: 22 May 1994<br />
Where: Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Husband: SELBY C. WINSTEAD<br />
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<b>3. FANNIE PEARL JONES</b><br />
Born: 17 June 1893<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina, USA<br />
Married:<br />
Where:<br />
Died: 4 February 1966<br />
Where: Park View Hospital, Rocky Mount, Nash County, NC<br />
Address at the time of her death: Route 4, Rocky Mount, NC <br />
Buried: Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina USA <br />
<b>Husband: CALLIE FLOYD BOTTOMS</b><b> </b><br />
Born: 21 September 1910<br />
Where: Edgecombe County, North Carolina<br />
Died: 3 December 1963<br />
Where: 1018 Friend Street, Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Buried: Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina<b> </b><br />
<b>[CALLIE FLOYD BOTTOMS' </b>parents were WILLIAM R. BOTTOMS and KATIE ELIZABETH TAYLOR; his second wife, after the death of FANNIE PEARL JONES IN 1966, was: ANN LASSITER]<b> </b> <br />
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<b>4. JAMES "JIM or JIMMIE" EDWARD JONES</b><br />
Born: 1 January 1900<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Died: 14 July 1946<br />
<b>Wife: MARY M.</b><br />
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<b>5. NANNIE JONES </b><br />
Born: 15 November 1904<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina, USA<br />
Married:<br />
Where:<br />
Died: 23 September 1990 [85 years old]<br />
Where: Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
<b>Husband: JESSE LEE TOLER</b><br />
Born: 16 February 1894<br />
<b> </b>Where: Sampson County, North Carolina, USA<br />
Died: 21 June 1971<br />
Where: Veteran's Hospital, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina<br />
Residence at the Time of His Death: 1027 Nashville Road, Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Buried: Both <b>JESSE LEE and NANNIE JONES TOLER</b> are buried in Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA<br />
[JESSE LEE TOLER'S parents were RICHARD TOLER, JR. Iborn: 1866. Died: 23 January 1938. Where: Route 4, Snow Hill, Sampson County, NC] and his wife NANNIE COOK. His paternal grandparents were: RICHARD TOLER, SR. and MARIAH HARP].<br />
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<b>CHILDREN OF CALVIN MARTIN JONES, SR. and LILLIE BELLE JOYNER WERE:</b><br />
<b>1. BERTHA ANN JONES</b><br />
Born: 3 November 1910<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Married:<br />
Where:<br />
Died: 15 January 1981<br />
Where: Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Buried: <br />
<b>HUSBAND: OLIVER GARLAND BARNES</b><br />
Born: 17 October 1908<br />
Where:<br />
Died: July, 1978<br />
Where: 608 Beal Street, Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina<br />
Buried:<br />
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<b>2. JOHNNIE DANIEL "BEN" JONES</b><br />
Born: 4 March 1912<br />
<b> </b>Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Married:<br />
Where:<br />
Died: 17 February 1973<br />
Where: Cherry Hospital, Goldsboro, North Carolina<br />
Address at the time of death: 1103 Sauls Street, Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina<br />
<b>WIFE: NAVADA EDWARDS</b><br />
Born: 16 November 1912<br />
<b> </b>Where:<br />
Died: 4 July 1978<br />
Where: Durham, North Carolina (probably at Duke Hospital)<br />
Buried: Both Ben and Navada are buried in Evergreem Memorial Garden, Wilson, North Carolina<br />
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<b>3. CALVIN MARTIN "MONK" JONES, JR.</b><br />
Born: 15 July 1914<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Married:<br />
Where:<br />
Died: 18 November 1987 [MONK JONES, in his last years of life, moved from Portsmouth, Virginia to Wilson, North Carolina to be near his sister FANNIE MAE JONES BAKER because of his poor health]<br />
Where: Wilson, Wilson County, N.C.<br />
Buried:<br />
<b>WIFE: BIRDIE (divorced)</b><br />
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<b>4. RICHARD HOWARD JONES </b><br />
Born: 27 February 1916<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Married:<br />
Where:<br />
Died: 28 March 1979<br />
Where: 1306 Hargrove Street, Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Buried:<br />
<b>Wife: EVA WEBB</b><br />
Born: 15 January 1916<br />
<b> </b>Where: Edgecombe County, North Carolina<br />
Died: 28 April 1997<br />
Where: Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina<br />
Buried:<br />
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<b>5. BAUSEY WASHINGTON JONES</b><br />
Born: 4 June 1918<br />
<b> </b>Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Died: 12 March 1920<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
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<b>6. FANNIE MAE JONES</b><br />
Born: 13 March 1921<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Married:<br />
Where:<br />
Died: 11 July 2009<br />
Where: Route 1, Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina (New Hope area)<br />
Buried:<br />
<b>Husband: WILTON ROY BAKER</b><br />
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<b>7. MARY MAGALENE JONES</b><br />
<b> </b>Born: 19 June 1923<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Died: 1 May 1925<br />
Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
<b>[JACK JONES died in November, 1925, thus, he knew the fate of his granddaughters MARY, who died in May, and THELMA, who was born in September of the same year].</b><br />
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<b>8. THELMA JONES</b><br />
Born: 1 September 1925<br />
<b> </b>Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, North Carolina<br />
Married:<br />
Where:<br />
Died: February, 1982<br />
Where: Dahlgren, King George County, Virginia<br />
Buried:<br />
<b>Husband: LEWIS F. RINEHART</b><br />
Born:<br />
<b> </b>Where: Elkins, West Virginia<br />
Died:<br />
Where:<br />
Buried:Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412869967860456694.post-38543906971807947012009-08-28T11:00:00.003-05:002009-08-28T11:02:44.561-05:00Etta Lee Proctor with George Franklin Cowan and his wife and her sister Mattie Lee Proctor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wn4P7LIf2cU/Spf_Dw_F6kI/AAAAAAAAAjA/QbBGQK3RJL8/s1600-h/Etta-George-Maddie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wn4P7LIf2cU/Spf_Dw_F6kI/AAAAAAAAAjA/QbBGQK3RJL8/s400/Etta-George-Maddie.jpg" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7412869967860456694.post-47964143064800256762009-08-27T16:46:00.000-05:002009-08-27T16:46:53.925-05:00William Hansel Proctor and his oldest daughter Barrett<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wn4P7LIf2cU/Spb-ur2pCtI/AAAAAAAAAiA/Lbd9Bvn3sD8/s1600-h/Bill+%26+Barrett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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son of World War I veteran Nathan Alonzo Price, Sr. and Bertha Virginia Proctor.<span style=""> </span>Nathan Alonzo Price, Sr. received sever permanent damage to his nervous system from mustard gas in World War I.<span style=""> </span>Henry Proctor’s oldest son Homer Stonewall Proctor, born:<span style=""> </span>2 October 1894 in Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC and died of pneumonia on <span style=""></span>10 October 1918 in France during World War I.<span style=""> </span>Henry blamed Woodrow Wilson personally for his son’s death and switched political parties from Democrat to Republican.<span style=""> </span>During the period, he was one of the few elected Republican officials in the South.<span style=""> </span>He was a farmer, saw mill owner and politican in Nash County, NC.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">typed and edited by:<span style=""> </span>Earl P. Bell, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">posted on this website: 19 August 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">comments, questions and corrections to:<span style=""> </span>earl.bell3@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">WILLIAM HENRY PROCTOR [1867 - 1951],
<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">son of HANSEL HARRISON "HARRY" PROCTOR, JR. and SARAH JANE VAUGHN</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Henry Proctor had three brothers: [1] Isaac; [2] Joseph and [3] John Sidney "Sid" Proctor [1873 - 1934]. Joseph Proctor died before the age of 10.
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<br /><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Born:<span style=""> </span>9 September 1867. Where:<span style=""> </span>between Barnes Hill Church and Sandy Cross, Cooper's Township, Nash County, NC.<span style=""> </span>Married:<span style=""> </span>27 December 1893 to MARY JANE [MINNIE] MOORE.<span style=""> </span>Where:<span style=""> </span>Nash County, NC.<span style=""> </span>Died:<span style=""> </span>1 September 1951.<span style=""> </span>Where: Oak Level Township, Nash County, NC. Both HENRY and MINNIE MOORE PROCTOR are buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville, Nash County, NC<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">THE CHILDREN OF HENRY AND MINNIE MOORE PROCTOR WERE:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">HOMER STONEWALL PROCTOR.<span style=""> </span>b. 2 October 1894.<span style=""> </span>d.<span style=""> </span>10 October 1918.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">JOHN HANSEL PROCTOR.<span style=""> </span>b.<span style=""> </span>17 February 1897.<span style=""> </span>m.<span style=""> </span>Gertrude Joyner on 25 December 1926.<span style=""> </span>d. November 1982.<span style=""> </span>Scotland Neck, Halifax County, NC.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">HENRY CLAY PROCTOR.<span style=""> </span>b.<span style=""> </span>6 July 1899.<span style=""> </span>m.<span style=""> </span>Lucille Farmer on 15 March 1924.<span style=""> </span>d.<span style=""> </span>24 April 1965.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">BERTHA VIRGINIA PROCTOR.<span style=""> </span>b. 21 September 1901.<span style=""> </span>m.<span style=""> </span>Nathan Alonzo Price on 18 January 1922.<span style=""> </span>d.<span style=""> </span>May, 1985.<span style=""> </span>w. Greenville, SC<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">MAMIE LEE PROCTOR.<span style=""> </span>b. 30 April 1905.<span style=""> </span>m. Oscar Sermons on 29 April 1927.<span style=""> </span>d.<span style=""> </span>10 June 1993.<span style=""> </span>w.<span style=""> </span>Craven County, NC<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MINNIE MOORE PROCTOR. b. 31 July 1912. m. Eddie Strickland on 12 July 1944. d. November, 1993. w. Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">[SOURCE:<span style=""> </span>all information from John Hansel Proctor, Scotland Neck, North Carolina, except the dates for the death of a family member listed in the Social Security Death Index]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">This farm is located in Nash County, North Carolina near Sandy Run. Henry Proctor was the brother of my grandfather, my mother's father, John Sidney Proctor; N. A. Price's mother was the daughter of Henry Proctor; my grandfather John Sidney [Sid] Proctor owned a country store at Westry's Siding [typed by Earl Pendleton Bell, Jr., 6 August 1998 from a personal correspondence from Bill Price, now deceased.]</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /><span style="font-size:10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MY GRANDFATHER'S EMPIRE [or Henry Proctor's empire] written by N. A. "Bill" Price of Greenville, South Carolina. It describes his grandfather's farm in the first decades of the twentieth century.</span><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b><u><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">When I refer to my grandfather, I always mean my maternal grandfather.<span style=""> </span>My paternal grandfather died when I was barely four, and I have no memories of him.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">My maternal grandfather whom I called "Papa' owned a tobacco farm of some forty acres.<span style=""> </span>This spot was his world, his wealth and his capital.<span style=""> </span>All he owned excepting a bank balance and a cemetery lot was here within sight of his front porch.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Although forty acres is a small farm, it was adequate for him and his family in his lifetime.<span style=""> </span>He was already in his mid-thirties with four children when he acquired the property and built his home in 1902.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">My purpose here is to record a description of his empire for myself for when my memory dims.<span style=""> </span>For small farm though it was, it comprised a large part of my childhood world.<span style=""> </span>My parents lived nearby (nearby by present definitions although two miles was not so near then).<span style=""> </span>Hardly a day passed that I did not spend some time at "Papa's" farm.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">It was a fascinating place for a youngster with all kinds of novel and intriguing buildings and areas.<span style=""> </span>The house started as a square four room structure with a central hall with front and back doors at the ends.<span style=""> </span>It was built of choice lumber from my grandfather's sawmill, and I expect he personally selected each board.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">There were two rooms on each side of the hall with chimneys centered on the common wall of each pair of rooms.<span style=""> </span>There was originally fireplaces in each room.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The roof was of tin and slanted upward from each side pyramid fashion ending with a small spire.<span style=""> </span>This point, as was fashion then, mounted a lighting rod with a blue glass ornament.<span style=""> </span>Each chimney also had a less attractive lightning rod.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The house faced due east.<span style=""> </span>The southeast room was the living room or parlor, and was seldom used.<span style=""> </span>The southwest room was Papa's room during most of my memory although he later moved into and died in the northeast room.<span style=""> </span>The northwest room was my grandmother's bedroom and also a "sitting" room.<span style=""> </span>This room had a closet on the north or outside of its chimney.<span style=""> </span>The northeast room had a closet on the inside of the house both closets opened into the southwest room.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style=""> </span>The hall was fairly [eds. note: I believe he left out the word "long" here] with doors at each end that were relatively formal with sidelights.<span style=""> </span>All of these rooms and the hall were wainscoted with vertical planks topped with ledge molding.<span style=""> </span>The walls were constructed of horizontal boards with decorative grooves about an inch and a half apart.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">An ornate but comfortable porch spanned most of the front of the house complete with the banjo and scroll work rails, posts, and trimmings of the age in which it was built.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The exterior of the house was of clapboard or horizontally applied "weatherboarding" as it was known locally.<span style=""> </span>It was painted white with dark green roof and trim.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">At the back of the house two more rooms had been added with time.<span style=""> </span>A dining room, the largest room in the house and a kitchen.<span style=""> </span>The dining room went straight back westward from the northwest room, the same width as the northwest room but about twice as long.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">A porch the width of the hall ran along the south side of the dining room and terminated the southwest corner of the whole house with a small pantry (which ultimately became a bathroom).<span style=""> </span>At the west end of the dining room was a fireplace, at the east end a door led into the northwest room.<span style=""> </span>The back hall door opened onto the sideporch which had ornate rails, posts and trimmings matching the front porch.<span style=""> </span>The dining room had side doors about midway.<span style=""> </span>The south one leading to the porch, the north one to a set of steps outdoors.<span style=""> </span>Both these doors were plate glass from the waist up.<span style=""> </span>There was also a window on the north side of the dining room chimney.<span style=""> </span>The dining room had at one time been [the] kitchin and dining room.<span style=""> </span>A lightning rod was mounted on the dining room chimney also.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Later, before my memory, a small kitchin was added at the northewestern corner.<span style=""> </span>It was entered through a door just west of the north side dining roon door.<span style=""> </span>On the west side of the kitching there was an outside door leading to a small back porch containing a well.<span style=""> </span>There were windows in the eastern and northern walls of the kitchin.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">A huge pear tree was just a few feet from the north side of the house about even with the chimney.<span style=""> </span>In autumn pears as large as softballs would drop onto the roof and roll to the ground.<span style=""> </span>It was along this side that my grandfather grew roses in his later years.<span style=""> </span>Also, along the drip line of the roof of this side, there was an extremely fine sand deposit of peculiar texture that 'scrunched' when a barefooted lad walked in it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The outside steps from the dining room were in the corner or angle formed by the kitchin and dining room.<span style=""> </span>These steps were unused except for kids at play.<span style=""> </span>Eventhough that door was opened for ventilation in summer, a screen door barred exit, and I don't ever remember the screen door being opened.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">A few feet further north of the pear tree a fence ran parallel to the house.<span style=""> </span>Since the kitchin jutted out on this side, there was only two or three feet clearance between it and the fence.<span style=""> </span>This fence was the south perimeter line of enclosed gardens and chicken yards or "lots' that extended to the property lines in the other three directions, the east and north fences lying parallel to roads and the west lyin along a large drainage ditch which marked the western property boundary.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Enclosed in this area were fine, distinct and separate areas.<span style=""> </span>To the extreme east there was an area that was sometimes pasture and sometimes melon patch, but always an orchard.<span style=""> </span>Just west of this, two enclosures lay side by side, with my grandmother's chicken yard closest to the house and the main vegetable garden beside it next to the road.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">My grandmother and grandfather liked different kinds of chickens, so each had a chicken lot.<span style=""> </span>My grandmother favored Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, and Domineckers.<span style=""> </span>My grandfather raised only Leghorns.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">His chicken lot came next in the series and stretched from the house side fence to the road.<span style=""> </span>Beyond this was another orchard-vineyard- cornfield.<span style=""> </span>The grapevines were located here next to the fence along the drainage ditch.<span style=""> </span>There was a scuppernong, a large "James' grape (big, black, cultivated muscadines), a Catawba pink grape, and a Niagara white grape.<span style=""> </span>The latter vine had climbed a small persimmon tree next to it.<span style=""> </span>The James grapevine surrounded and climbed into a large wild cherry tree.<span style=""> </span>Both the scuppenong and James grape vines had been framed up and both were huge.<span style=""> </span>The other two were summer grapes strung on wires between poles.<span style=""> </span>Underneath the two large vines were cool dark canes six or seven feet in height.<span style=""> </span>Except for the hazard of bees these spots were great for kids to play.<span style=""> </span>Between the house and the grape vines there were apple, peach, plum and cherry trees.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Needless to say the grapevines were one of the favorite locales for youngsters in late summer and early autumn.<span style=""> </span>Another favorite spot in summer was a huge Carolina June apple tree in the vegetable garden near the road on the north edge.<span style=""> </span>I doubt if this apple is grown now.<span style=""> </span>I read in 1970 that where there used to be over three hundred kinds of apples grown, there are now only about a dozen, one half of the apples marketed in this country are delicious, both red and golden.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The Carolina June was a firm white fleshed apple with a dark red peel.<span style=""> </span>As I recall it was a sweet not very acid tasting apple.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The entrance to all of the fenced area except the very easter or front (section) was through gates at the northern end of an alley formed by the back porch and a "smoke house."<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The 'smoke house' was about the size of the kitchin, was windowless, had a single door opening to the south and was the storage place for cured pork raised on the farm.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The huge drainage ditch already mentioned was well-kept and dry most of the time, forming a wonderful trench for kids to play war.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">At the front of the house were two medium size magnolias and an umbrella mulberry.<span style=""> </span>The mulberry was eight or ten feet tall with branches drooping from the top to the ground.<span style=""> </span>This formed a marvelous tent some five or six feet in inside height.<span style=""> </span>The berries that appeared in late summer were considerably larger than borne by the common mulberry trees about the farm.<span style=""> </span>My grandfather must have liked mulberries for there were several large trees around.<span style=""> </span>Or maybe he just liked the birds attracted by the mulberries.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">In front of the magnolias and about midway between the house and the road were two huge pecan trees.<span style=""> </span>These trees bore small spherical nuts in great qantitites.<span style=""> </span>In the back were more pecan trees which had larger oblong nuts.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The drive to the house from the road was along the southern side.<span style=""> </span>To the south of this drive lay cultivated farm land.<span style=""> </span>A front parking area and lane ran between the magnolias and the pecan trees at the front of the house.<span style=""> </span>This land also led to the gate of the very front fenced-in lot previously mentioned.<span style=""> </span>At the other end of this lane between the main drive and the farm land was a large hickory tree.<span style=""> </span>There were always a couple of bricks on the ground beside the trunk for cracking hickory nuts.<span style=""> </span>Did you ever eat hickory nuts sprinkled with brick dust?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The drive continued on beyond the land turn-off, and about opposite the rear of the southwest room there was another parking turn-off.<span style=""> </span>This latter parking area was right at the side porch and was separated into two spaces by a gigantic maple tree.<span style=""> </span>The above ground roots at the base of this maple formed another great play area for children.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">In the right angle formed between the lane and the back turn-off there was a well house.<span style=""> </span>It was a square structure about fifteen feet by fifteen feet.<span style=""> </span>The east and south sides were enclosed to a height of about three feet, the enclosing wall topped by a wide shelf or seat.<span style=""> </span>The other two sides wre open.<span style=""> </span>The well house roof copied the pyramidal style of the main house, ending in a smaller spire.<span style=""> </span>The well itself was in the very center of the well house, and had a terra cotta well pipe.<span style=""> </span>A bucket fastened to a hemp rope which ran through a pulley or tackle suspended from the ceiling provided "running water."<span style=""> </span>Just east of the well house was a large iron wsh pot or kettle.<span style=""> </span>Tin or wood tubs placed on the seat-shelf on this side constituted a wash house where the family laundry was done weekly.<span style=""> </span>I remember a clump of bright red blossomed cannap planted just east of the wsah pot.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The main driveway continued on in a westerly direction to the stable area.<span style=""> </span>On the north side of this drive beyond the rear parking area was first a steel corn crib then a wooden barn equipped on each side with connected open fronted shelters.<span style=""> </span>Finally, the driveway terminated at a mule lot and a stable and hay loft building.<span style=""> </span>A well was located near the lot.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The steel corn crib was most unusual.<span style=""> </span>It was called "the steel crib and was patented.<span style=""> </span>It was cylincrical in shape, about ten feet in diameter and eight feet high with a conical roof.<span style=""> </span>The galvanized sheet steel sides had small sheilded perforations for ventilation.<span style=""> </span>The idea was a rat proof storage area for corn.<span style=""> </span>I guess it worked with rats, but it didn't keep out mice.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The wooden barn known just as "the crib" was a general store at one time and was furnished with counters and shelves.<span style=""> </span>Behind it on the north were several large Brunswick fig bushes.<span style=""> </span>These bore large brown sweet figs that my grandfather liked so well.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The back of "the crib" and the previously described fence on the north side of the house, enclosed a rectangular garden area devoted to vegetable and flowers.<span style=""> </span>This garden was bisected in an east-west direction by a dirt foot path which terminated on the west end of a privy located right on the western boundary of the property.<span style=""> </span>The privy was a typical early farm shallow open privy and was later replaced with a pit type privy nearer the house. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Just to the west of the back parking area was an above ground carbide light tank and a coal house.<span style=""> </span>Behind the coal house was a stone wood pile and a kindling chopping area.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">In front of "the crib" and across the driveway were two large pecan trees beneath which farm machinery was usually stored.<span style=""> </span>The left hand or western shelter of the crib was also used to house farm implements such as small plows and hand tools like hoes and rakes.<span style=""> </span>The right hand shelter housed the family automobile.<span style=""> </span>Beyond the pecan trees to the south was a potato storage house built in later years.<span style=""> </span>It also had a shelter which housed the farm wagon.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">A bell tower rose near the steel crib in the juncture of the main drive and the back parking area.<span style=""> </span>This bell was used to waken and summons tenants on the farm, to toll the lunch hour, to signal work resumption after lunch and to end the work day.<span style=""> </span>All the mules and dogs in the neighborhood brayed and yelped when the bell was rung.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The bulk of the farm lay across the road in front of the house.<span style=""> </span>This road was of sand while my grandfather lived, later it was black-topped.<span style=""> </span>Directly opposite the driveway to the house was a farm patch leading to the cow and pig lots located in the edge of a woods about a hundred<span style=""> </span>yards from the road.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">On either side of this path were farm building and an occasional tree.<span style=""> </span>Beginning at the road, on the right side was a huge persimmon tree, then a tobacco barn and shed on the left , another barn and shed on the right, a dry well on the left, a third barn on the left, a large "pack house" on the left, a sweet potato house on the left, a tall hickory tree and another potato house and the right and finally a combination "tobacco stick" shed, feed room and cow shed on the left.<span style=""> </span>The path ended here in a turn around area.<span style=""> </span>The cow pasture was straight ahead at the end of the path and right at the gate stood a large mulberry tree, the trunk worn smooth by cows rubbing their coat<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">I remember getting a splinter deep in my hand from the gate when I was little.<span style=""> </span>My grandfather whittled the splinter out with a pocket knive.<span style=""> </span>Any other time I would have screamed my head off but with him I didn't even whimper.<span style=""> </span>The knife blade wasn't even sterilized by flame because my grandfather didn't smoke and didn't carry matches.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">There was a hawthorne tree near the gate that attracted countless bees in the summer.<span style=""> </span>There was also a well in this location.<span style=""> </span>My grandfather believed in a lot of wells around the place.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">An eternally muddy hog pen was to the right where springs originated a small stream which later became Polecat Branch.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Beyond this section lay several acres of woodland dividing the farmland into a north field and a south field.<span style=""> </span>The north field was bounded on the north side by another farm path leading to a tenant house.<span style=""> </span>An enormous crepe myrtle grew in the north field near the tenant house.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">A second tenant house was on the main road in the south field.<span style=""> </span>In the field back of this house there was an apple orchard containing another persimmon tree also.<span style=""> </span>The only kind of apple I remember was a flat tart York.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The woods between the fields contained mostly hardwoods such as oaks, hickories, populars and hollies.<span style=""> </span>There was a marshy boggy area in the part fartherest east.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">As a youngster I visited these woods with my grandmother and later alone.<span style=""> </span>On my last visit, I killed a single squirrel with a new .22 rifle.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">The next summer my grandfather died and the farm was sold.<span style=""> </span>I haven't been back there.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><span style=""> </span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> 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