"Loving Grandmother Of Bonnie Weese"
∼Mary Elizabeth Brandon and her sister Nancy Jane Brandon are both my 3rd great grandmothers.
Logan County Resident Bids Fair To Live To Ripe Old Age of 100 - Five Generations Now Living
by Dr. J. W. Pennington
Prairie View, Ark. February 4 --- Mrs. Mary Johnson, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Josh Parker at Shoal Creek, four miles south of Prairie View, was ninety-three years old, December 12, 1930.
Her maiden name was Brandon and she was born at Lebanow (sic), Ala., coming to Delaware, Arkansas when she was fifteen, making the trip in a tarpole wagon drawn by oxen. There were three other families in the wagon and they were some six weeks on the road.
There were only a few homes in the Delaware community when they landed.
When twenty-one years of age she married Robert Suter (sic), of Delaware and to them were born two children, Mrs. Josh Parker of Shoal Creek and Mrs. Mary Graves of Delaware. Her husband went to war and died from an attack of pneumonia at Cornitte (sic; probably Corinth), Miss. in 1862 leaving her and little ones to make a living as best they could.
It is truly interesting to hear her tell of the hardships during these strenuous days. She recalls making crops with one horse, which she plowed without feed all day and then turned him out to rustle grass at night. Early in the mornings she would go all over the hills and woods barefooted to catch him. Sometimes he would be with other stock and hard to catch an (sic) at these times she would take a little salt or a few grains of corn in her hand to coax him until she could get hold of him and when she did not have these she would pluck a few white blossoms from the woods and one time when he was particularly hard to catch, taking a piece off her white underskirt, tearing it in little pieces and holding it in her hand to coax him.
One time there was scarcely anything made for five years and they had nothing much to eat but bread. A lot of the time she wouldn't sift the meal for fear of wasting it and when she did she'd make coffee out of the bran. Salt was obtained, when there was a scarcity of it, by digging up the smoke house floor and boiling the dirt.
The community had a little fare yard and made their own shoes also. She remembers during the war some bush-whackers killed four men near her home and she tore out a partition in the house and made boxes out of it to bury them in and they carried them half a mile and buried them near where the little Jacoway R. R. station now stands. Once some scouts from Kansas threatened to burn all the houses in the community so she had carried all her household goods a half mile up the hollow and hid them, leaving only enough to make them think she was destitute and they did not burn her home.
She thinks people shouldn't talk about hard times now. After the war was over she married Josh Johnson of Delaware and to them were born five children. They are Mrs. Martha Johnson (sic; should be Cox) of Dardanelle, Mrs. Vinie Johnson (sic; should probably be Poynter) of Oklahoma, Dan Johnson, who died in Oklahoma eighteen years ago, Josh Johnson of Dyer, Arkansas and Tom Johnson of Henryetta, Oklahoma.
There are five generations now living. She is truly a great old lady with brilliant intellect, and regardless of the fact that her long life has been full of extreme hardships, bids fair to live to the ripe old age of one hundred years. She has been drawing a state pension for the past eighteen years and beleives (sic) in simple living. When we called on her to get the facts in the little sketch, she was sitting in a straight backed chair eating a bowl of post-toasties and thoroughly enjoying them.
∼Mary Elizabeth Brandon and her sister Nancy Jane Brandon are both my 3rd great grandmothers.
Logan County Resident Bids Fair To Live To Ripe Old Age of 100 - Five Generations Now Living
by Dr. J. W. Pennington
Prairie View, Ark. February 4 --- Mrs. Mary Johnson, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Josh Parker at Shoal Creek, four miles south of Prairie View, was ninety-three years old, December 12, 1930.
Her maiden name was Brandon and she was born at Lebanow (sic), Ala., coming to Delaware, Arkansas when she was fifteen, making the trip in a tarpole wagon drawn by oxen. There were three other families in the wagon and they were some six weeks on the road.
There were only a few homes in the Delaware community when they landed.
When twenty-one years of age she married Robert Suter (sic), of Delaware and to them were born two children, Mrs. Josh Parker of Shoal Creek and Mrs. Mary Graves of Delaware. Her husband went to war and died from an attack of pneumonia at Cornitte (sic; probably Corinth), Miss. in 1862 leaving her and little ones to make a living as best they could.
It is truly interesting to hear her tell of the hardships during these strenuous days. She recalls making crops with one horse, which she plowed without feed all day and then turned him out to rustle grass at night. Early in the mornings she would go all over the hills and woods barefooted to catch him. Sometimes he would be with other stock and hard to catch an (sic) at these times she would take a little salt or a few grains of corn in her hand to coax him until she could get hold of him and when she did not have these she would pluck a few white blossoms from the woods and one time when he was particularly hard to catch, taking a piece off her white underskirt, tearing it in little pieces and holding it in her hand to coax him.
One time there was scarcely anything made for five years and they had nothing much to eat but bread. A lot of the time she wouldn't sift the meal for fear of wasting it and when she did she'd make coffee out of the bran. Salt was obtained, when there was a scarcity of it, by digging up the smoke house floor and boiling the dirt.
The community had a little fare yard and made their own shoes also. She remembers during the war some bush-whackers killed four men near her home and she tore out a partition in the house and made boxes out of it to bury them in and they carried them half a mile and buried them near where the little Jacoway R. R. station now stands. Once some scouts from Kansas threatened to burn all the houses in the community so she had carried all her household goods a half mile up the hollow and hid them, leaving only enough to make them think she was destitute and they did not burn her home.
She thinks people shouldn't talk about hard times now. After the war was over she married Josh Johnson of Delaware and to them were born five children. They are Mrs. Martha Johnson (sic; should be Cox) of Dardanelle, Mrs. Vinie Johnson (sic; should probably be Poynter) of Oklahoma, Dan Johnson, who died in Oklahoma eighteen years ago, Josh Johnson of Dyer, Arkansas and Tom Johnson of Henryetta, Oklahoma.
There are five generations now living. She is truly a great old lady with brilliant intellect, and regardless of the fact that her long life has been full of extreme hardships, bids fair to live to the ripe old age of one hundred years. She has been drawing a state pension for the past eighteen years and beleives (sic) in simple living. When we called on her to get the facts in the little sketch, she was sitting in a straight backed chair eating a bowl of post-toasties and thoroughly enjoying them.
"Loving Grandmother Of Bonnie Weese"
∼Mary Elizabeth Brandon and her sister Nancy Jane Brandon are both my 3rd great grandmothers.
Logan County Resident Bids Fair To Live To Ripe Old Age of 100 - Five Generations Now Living
by Dr. J. W. Pennington
Prairie View, Ark. February 4 --- Mrs. Mary Johnson, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Josh Parker at Shoal Creek, four miles south of Prairie View, was ninety-three years old, December 12, 1930.
Her maiden name was Brandon and she was born at Lebanow (sic), Ala., coming to Delaware, Arkansas when she was fifteen, making the trip in a tarpole wagon drawn by oxen. There were three other families in the wagon and they were some six weeks on the road.
There were only a few homes in the Delaware community when they landed.
When twenty-one years of age she married Robert Suter (sic), of Delaware and to them were born two children, Mrs. Josh Parker of Shoal Creek and Mrs. Mary Graves of Delaware. Her husband went to war and died from an attack of pneumonia at Cornitte (sic; probably Corinth), Miss. in 1862 leaving her and little ones to make a living as best they could.
It is truly interesting to hear her tell of the hardships during these strenuous days. She recalls making crops with one horse, which she plowed without feed all day and then turned him out to rustle grass at night. Early in the mornings she would go all over the hills and woods barefooted to catch him. Sometimes he would be with other stock and hard to catch an (sic) at these times she would take a little salt or a few grains of corn in her hand to coax him until she could get hold of him and when she did not have these she would pluck a few white blossoms from the woods and one time when he was particularly hard to catch, taking a piece off her white underskirt, tearing it in little pieces and holding it in her hand to coax him.
One time there was scarcely anything made for five years and they had nothing much to eat but bread. A lot of the time she wouldn't sift the meal for fear of wasting it and when she did she'd make coffee out of the bran. Salt was obtained, when there was a scarcity of it, by digging up the smoke house floor and boiling the dirt.
The community had a little fare yard and made their own shoes also. She remembers during the war some bush-whackers killed four men near her home and she tore out a partition in the house and made boxes out of it to bury them in and they carried them half a mile and buried them near where the little Jacoway R. R. station now stands. Once some scouts from Kansas threatened to burn all the houses in the community so she had carried all her household goods a half mile up the hollow and hid them, leaving only enough to make them think she was destitute and they did not burn her home.
She thinks people shouldn't talk about hard times now. After the war was over she married Josh Johnson of Delaware and to them were born five children. They are Mrs. Martha Johnson (sic; should be Cox) of Dardanelle, Mrs. Vinie Johnson (sic; should probably be Poynter) of Oklahoma, Dan Johnson, who died in Oklahoma eighteen years ago, Josh Johnson of Dyer, Arkansas and Tom Johnson of Henryetta, Oklahoma.
There are five generations now living. She is truly a great old lady with brilliant intellect, and regardless of the fact that her long life has been full of extreme hardships, bids fair to live to the ripe old age of one hundred years. She has been drawing a state pension for the past eighteen years and beleives (sic) in simple living. When we called on her to get the facts in the little sketch, she was sitting in a straight backed chair eating a bowl of post-toasties and thoroughly enjoying them.
∼Mary Elizabeth Brandon and her sister Nancy Jane Brandon are both my 3rd great grandmothers.
Logan County Resident Bids Fair To Live To Ripe Old Age of 100 - Five Generations Now Living
by Dr. J. W. Pennington
Prairie View, Ark. February 4 --- Mrs. Mary Johnson, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Josh Parker at Shoal Creek, four miles south of Prairie View, was ninety-three years old, December 12, 1930.
Her maiden name was Brandon and she was born at Lebanow (sic), Ala., coming to Delaware, Arkansas when she was fifteen, making the trip in a tarpole wagon drawn by oxen. There were three other families in the wagon and they were some six weeks on the road.
There were only a few homes in the Delaware community when they landed.
When twenty-one years of age she married Robert Suter (sic), of Delaware and to them were born two children, Mrs. Josh Parker of Shoal Creek and Mrs. Mary Graves of Delaware. Her husband went to war and died from an attack of pneumonia at Cornitte (sic; probably Corinth), Miss. in 1862 leaving her and little ones to make a living as best they could.
It is truly interesting to hear her tell of the hardships during these strenuous days. She recalls making crops with one horse, which she plowed without feed all day and then turned him out to rustle grass at night. Early in the mornings she would go all over the hills and woods barefooted to catch him. Sometimes he would be with other stock and hard to catch an (sic) at these times she would take a little salt or a few grains of corn in her hand to coax him until she could get hold of him and when she did not have these she would pluck a few white blossoms from the woods and one time when he was particularly hard to catch, taking a piece off her white underskirt, tearing it in little pieces and holding it in her hand to coax him.
One time there was scarcely anything made for five years and they had nothing much to eat but bread. A lot of the time she wouldn't sift the meal for fear of wasting it and when she did she'd make coffee out of the bran. Salt was obtained, when there was a scarcity of it, by digging up the smoke house floor and boiling the dirt.
The community had a little fare yard and made their own shoes also. She remembers during the war some bush-whackers killed four men near her home and she tore out a partition in the house and made boxes out of it to bury them in and they carried them half a mile and buried them near where the little Jacoway R. R. station now stands. Once some scouts from Kansas threatened to burn all the houses in the community so she had carried all her household goods a half mile up the hollow and hid them, leaving only enough to make them think she was destitute and they did not burn her home.
She thinks people shouldn't talk about hard times now. After the war was over she married Josh Johnson of Delaware and to them were born five children. They are Mrs. Martha Johnson (sic; should be Cox) of Dardanelle, Mrs. Vinie Johnson (sic; should probably be Poynter) of Oklahoma, Dan Johnson, who died in Oklahoma eighteen years ago, Josh Johnson of Dyer, Arkansas and Tom Johnson of Henryetta, Oklahoma.
There are five generations now living. She is truly a great old lady with brilliant intellect, and regardless of the fact that her long life has been full of extreme hardships, bids fair to live to the ripe old age of one hundred years. She has been drawing a state pension for the past eighteen years and beleives (sic) in simple living. When we called on her to get the facts in the little sketch, she was sitting in a straight backed chair eating a bowl of post-toasties and thoroughly enjoying them.
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