75 yrs., 6 da.
Samuel Cornwall was a man of more than ordinary judgement. He was uneducated --
did not a letter in the book, but was a good farmer, a successful trader, and was always pleasant. His house was always open to friends and company and he was always delighted to entertain them at his bountiful table.---He took great interest in raising fine stock at the time of the late war. At that time he owned two fine stallions -- the Rattler and the Hornet. The Yankees took one of them and the Southern men the other. A fine Hornet mare was saved by hiding her. He regretted the loss of his stock and, it is thought, this, with the loss of his negroes, shortened his days.---At his death, he left his children all a good landed estate, and his grand children following his steps are making good use of their property.---After his death, money was found in different buildings where he had stored it away. He being a large land owner, he went with his two boys to every corner and made them bump their heads against each tree, or corner, believing they would never forget it by the impression made on their memory.---He once owned an educated gander that would follow him over his plantation, and he would often amuse himself with the boys by letting the gander hiss and fly at them.---from "Sketches of the Life of J. T. Beam, and his Fifteen Children"
by A. R. Beam
Samuel Cornwall was a man of more than ordinary judgement. He was uneducated --
did not a letter in the book, but was a good farmer, a successful trader, and was always pleasant. His house was always open to friends and company and he was always delighted to entertain them at his bountiful table.---He took great interest in raising fine stock at the time of the late war. At that time he owned two fine stallions -- the Rattler and the Hornet. The Yankees took one of them and the Southern men the other. A fine Hornet mare was saved by hiding her. He regretted the loss of his stock and, it is thought, this, with the loss of his negroes, shortened his days.---At his death, he left his children all a good landed estate, and his grand children following his steps are making good use of their property.---After his death, money was found in different buildings where he had stored it away. He being a large land owner, he went with his two boys to every corner and made them bump their heads against each tree, or corner, believing they would never forget it by the impression made on their memory.---He once owned an educated gander that would follow him over his plantation, and he would often amuse himself with the boys by letting the gander hiss and fly at them.---from "Sketches of the Life of J. T. Beam, and his Fifteen Children"
by A. R. Beam
75 yrs., 6 da.
Samuel Cornwall was a man of more than ordinary judgement. He was uneducated --
did not a letter in the book, but was a good farmer, a successful trader, and was always pleasant. His house was always open to friends and company and he was always delighted to entertain them at his bountiful table.---He took great interest in raising fine stock at the time of the late war. At that time he owned two fine stallions -- the Rattler and the Hornet. The Yankees took one of them and the Southern men the other. A fine Hornet mare was saved by hiding her. He regretted the loss of his stock and, it is thought, this, with the loss of his negroes, shortened his days.---At his death, he left his children all a good landed estate, and his grand children following his steps are making good use of their property.---After his death, money was found in different buildings where he had stored it away. He being a large land owner, he went with his two boys to every corner and made them bump their heads against each tree, or corner, believing they would never forget it by the impression made on their memory.---He once owned an educated gander that would follow him over his plantation, and he would often amuse himself with the boys by letting the gander hiss and fly at them.---from "Sketches of the Life of J. T. Beam, and his Fifteen Children"
by A. R. Beam
Samuel Cornwall was a man of more than ordinary judgement. He was uneducated --
did not a letter in the book, but was a good farmer, a successful trader, and was always pleasant. His house was always open to friends and company and he was always delighted to entertain them at his bountiful table.---He took great interest in raising fine stock at the time of the late war. At that time he owned two fine stallions -- the Rattler and the Hornet. The Yankees took one of them and the Southern men the other. A fine Hornet mare was saved by hiding her. He regretted the loss of his stock and, it is thought, this, with the loss of his negroes, shortened his days.---At his death, he left his children all a good landed estate, and his grand children following his steps are making good use of their property.---After his death, money was found in different buildings where he had stored it away. He being a large land owner, he went with his two boys to every corner and made them bump their heads against each tree, or corner, believing they would never forget it by the impression made on their memory.---He once owned an educated gander that would follow him over his plantation, and he would often amuse himself with the boys by letting the gander hiss and fly at them.---from "Sketches of the Life of J. T. Beam, and his Fifteen Children"
by A. R. Beam
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