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'I ems berm Meeker SI. Leta. .-areaf eowsip, temmessee, is it wee't be len( until
my 90166 birthday. Mr. ONissiel premised te sat timer with ne is sly Math. birthdays and is
1111 have Bill BM, biesults. madx emir tsilsI Its* ts mos that dare
*There were sight Of we ehllArna mid a hemw4 melita€ ism* is sere to., I can
remember the Civil Aer vividly. were so them I is renniber thing, that happened only a to.
dors sCe. The day we heard Abe Womanises sleeted president. I thread my beet in Sup sir
azd hellerod merke.h.,' There roust he another president like George Aaehiagten and be Lismiele6
40 were I 41.0 uorthorn side but there were people who lived eloae to ue that monad gloves.
Some wurc,ox thom and some trentod them awful. I renewher one man that weed salves,
told uo olk!-no;To rlui it owould pick se maw pounds of mouton one day he equail nlVe hie 4
dollar. I don't r000mber how muoh it wee. but it is. a pretty deed esaust. U. old moo
wOrkenl
rj hard and Aoked a few pounds over
he areuvet 00, and the white men not only would fiat
p:Ive i.in h,t, dollar 1,vit tole "I', 1-A rw.r,' .1.."1049.14 AfrOn...V Aim I hove sees Negro
women ut on a
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a. vein 4awan •t.r.m.rlit lots ef
money In tholm days.
wane day we were °lose to the batiole, about 12 miles 1 lelak• IS hear the
little they were just pop, pep, pep, just like pepper*, aid every is.. le awhile the
beam of the cannon." Iles Nanis faoe °lauded ae the resells* these Weigle dep. 'This were
terrible times all the man emd boys that wore large elm& mere Milled into marelse, mad it
gee surly hard oa we womenfolks. Memo VOUld eeMearmd and 'eke everything they Name&
411e tie they eame and tank all eur bedding, and even tore up the Li or to see if is had ear.
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thing tild under tho floor. They out one old maa's ears off, that lived near we, and another
old gentleman Lhat lived close by, they made him cot down on hie Mande and knees and spurred
hin juo,, limit a horse. Toe were terrible days. Os had another seighbeli that had three boys
that were too small to Go to war, two rebels Game and snot then dose like doge just because
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they were too young to light. to their funeral, one of the widest fUnerals I ever
attneded. Those bees little sister just went from one coffin to another o again I say those
were terrible days.
INV brother was captured in the battle of Corinth he wee fighting an ti o northern
side and whOlt isP was oaptured on tho southern side he wen place in a prison in Virgisla, and
he starved to dasta theme. Tue uortharn army 'cold gaud feed through to be fed to the north
n the rtsoos but they never did get any of it. LA lived in the prism until the
war (mead and my father wont to get hiss, but he was in atm& a weakened oondition that lived
only a few months.
hip war left Ito almwat wy estop.' t* Twee to %sae. ft
had a tpother la .4kaneasii so os stopped (Ivor tiler* add stftyed tan 'oars. ,0 weds Vas by
train and icon we lett Amemeas we eawe to £024441. Ai44 rign$ to 6041110%0111 abcput 52 or 53 years
ge.
"Corsloena leaked quite different then, net a single sidewalk, now even a _wpard
walk. There wer* no o:orehes here at all, when we oaf* to church it was tn the old 4pars
house.
Stout.
",e went to a fair ot sone kind right attar wo we hero, and then we met Judge
A. rented a pleas free hist.
I do not remember anythinc about the fair, but it must
hav* been troo first fair artier the war.
neWor wet anywhere mush and I ain't toil you very muoh of oarly bkvenlings.
I always had work to du, and Z mover run around aqv. i have wow a xv lit. and I never
have had a vacation.
"The Jr -phew IloWD was "e”flt us -re ms -4, tot rforeleana. I maw the land
lord* and made read%!
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finished Iwiis 4 in ad t aoko ht I 4A1L- to t As Witf sirst (or me.
liven% to work before tnere was a est iu the uaiwoo ould the everintendent and his wrift*
began doing the amities., washing and gleaning. ,trot I wee emik. then Imo towbars and
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later a nurse.. and some of the tine I was all three. 4.0e didn't have mush help in those days.
had only two buildings, one ewe for classrooms and the other was a dormitory. They were
brisk and wwre sot out In a field that old get very Ruddy with the least bit of in. There
was nh faedera convenienees like they hEetie uner, ao running weter or etems heats
The first two orphans to be provided for by the Amite of Texas cams to her in 1880.
Ae first ehild was %lin Ac nald. Cho mooed was aeorge Illiott. Au was adopted bv a family
trua 6alakeft. e ie an old man am mr.tn ,ruudo,iildrna, but he hasn't forgotten me as he cane
tt, see se the other day and brought me a budbet of honey. glees their Martel Z have *hadn't
ull over Tesas. ot Aethere Jey, orirtmes, and birthday cards frau everywhimits. I treasure
each one of them. They were all kids, and
lame lb.S0444 T 110,14pr 418 was:treat air of
them, I was the only :whew they ,item *vile 4r.41 ',14 4 1ker t---5 thee. -he 4514r•lia to
nO *nee they were hurt or iu irouble,
*04 ;:,t tusir mutron. aliid had a-Axse at
the little 00014 mhos first woot to work the suiperendaut esomi.ed as ftaaup et little
ohildren to take oar* of as soon as there was enough shildren, and he did this toe.
The noet trying days were durimg the epideads. it:t was moselee and mumps and mumps
and measlee„ butI was prepared ss I had overyth44 that could be caught when I was a child in
Tennessee. T had to sleep in the room with tie ohildrwo is ewe of then were contlnually harClg
neaslesesumps. whoopng cou411 and mush th'ings. looe when eo many were hevtng whooping eolith, I
had to iek up the little ones and _it then in the bed with me so J- otaiAld reise lien op when
they started cooliKhing so they would ot strangle.
4 bathed the c-1,iron telee e meek, we 4-.44.11t be-4,e_tewete ifl t4ose days and bath
water came up on the end of a rope'. iihen the bath bib is a nuMber these laundry tub, well•
it wasn't very pleasant. Later the none had a oistene, and still Utter en ertotime well. I
didn't trust the eraldren to got oleos, I bathed ems:-
rk- by the tiles t got the laet orge %04%ggit. 4-)-44 Alr,147
was hard work, but I enjovad eiNTy miuutip
mr114 44k, woo, a Tead half6diye
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fo4r o'clook Amd
had breakfeet by lin for eightnt* shklureu. ootOt. 6684 no ,,Ja I out biseults baked,
I just don't knme. often think about hOW much week I had to do all by myself and wonder how
I ever 414 get through, 'aut I zna,ed to Wane way. jU40 bad to nave breakfamt fron a bottle
,i1lime 4aith
orcoures City gpu do
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and some had to be fed with a spoom. had a big wood eoekstove to do all the eooklog
-e had to drew every drop of water that we used, and that was no Joke either. Today they have
modern gas SUMS water in the kitabea, and all tha ammimdamala that mks. It easier taking,
eare of a big Week.
"Some of the children would ery when they were left there, but they soon got use to
play ng with the other.ohildresA There was one itttle girl four year cold that lived in the
hum*. aer mo.rnr was living end wo-4Id often come to spend the day with her. goo duly she eane
for the day and after dinner the 314tner Game to me and ealid,Nioe Sam, do you know what Mirth's
said to me a minute ar,o1 'he said ehe wished I would go home, sie ehe (mould go (Kitts piey with
the r-ist of the kided Ar you eee the ohildrem Sena pot weaned seep fry, the outside.
"Obie day a walk and viewer os,40
e the first ohild to ooao
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!te stativi Wore
the hors. Ls *fte ell ten hkm. I
need his hair and Gleaned him uk
ail no torme4 to es aun said, don't
want to go, I loves you and i went to stay here with you.' I told him he vieuld have lots of
little pigs, °elves said ehiekees and things that he could pley with. al I said he is new a
grandfather and still liver in Malakoff."
There was a baby nine menthe old brought there, his name was Herman Ales. I tended
to hie all thirties and he was a very sweet ehild. i took °are of him until he was largo enough
to go to the boy's ward, and later he wee adopted. I never knew eamotiy what iieesine of hla6 se
not long age a big oer stopped at the curb, and a man owe to the doer end knocked. went to
the door and there Av.00d a bi6 man, wU dressed who asked ne If i knew him, and 1. told him no.
didn't thine that I did, and hs ssics i remembered UgrianUe5. eU, I was so happy
that just threw qv arms around his neek. a is a banker in Tyler and he ei4d his wits and
children visit me Otilaa.
4y father was ill one tire arA 4-ws -*qv! ‘,11,4r, Alt, motile 2 was
away fr
the home, a baby
bfte 1-46en
t' i2s, ti-ay.*
that operate the big department store. 4, servant unlit ouraa4 1.4a uuola Amamw pad 44404 and left this
baby 00 they brought hie to the Orphan* Mame. ahen I returned to ;lurk tAe balk, oried after no
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:witerhe irojset
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sad I to extra oar* of him. *glum he wee Three ohow*
finally had to quit uert, as raitiorf,
me to raise. im ie WM LLIa s, 4144
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followed me everywhers.
APO. ,A01444 to take him home with
A 4etter boy. at his to sehnel
and as soda as he was large onamgh he bhgaa to weft and hely ha. i made one big mistake*
never did adept him legally, and he passed &why suddenly when he who SO years old, he lots
41600. in the bank, but the state 1,o4k that and I onll had his insuring, policy. When he dim!
all Ulis happineve Iever hadia lite meat with him, never visa there a better son than he,
and my life has been very sad gimpi his going.
I worked la the home tar SD years. The Last few years I had a little cottage all
to myssli wad item' tery esmfortable and nice. Rut my father's health get so had that had
to ewe hone to tabs care Of his. MI has passed amhy and I am the only ono left, I have av
little hone hare boicht 30 years age.
On the 1141 of Ooteber this year 1 4. Lee Onaniel addressed the Dirt timers it
Aavarre eounly. On Sandhi/ Oototor 9th, I made the rework to a friend, 'That if I was able to
mans 1 would station myself In the raverro ArA rAl+ 0,11. 11°. liaaniel to eame in,
wanted to see him just .-me
jo tiw day he maids s _rvits ha V Soitil trio 2r,41a,A4 :icam and the
Superintendont told him I was the tire% LAireoc. 4,419 or there *ad a. OaDaniel teak tine out to
e OMA by tO see me. when I vent to the door all he said was, 'Asa 2ba I aa W. La. O'Daniel.,
That was the bigv-st thrill of hy life. I le -a WI back into my bedrcems, and shamed him his
plotore anti asked hl it he knew that man. HO pointed to a oollar on the shirt at his boyhood
picture, and mild he Gould renenher hell, the dhy his nether pinned that on his shirt* lie told
me be heard that I made the iiret biscuits that was made in the home, he said he knew that the
biteouits were good, but be was sorry that I didn't have Hill Billy flour bemuse he know they
would have bees much better* e had a maim talk and I enjMhied it sesy amoh. have met several
-;;overnars w t le at the hens, L;ut meeting O'Daniol was the 6ramdest thrill of all.