James Harvey Drewry, a remarkable man that lived to be 101 years and 7 da ys old. He was born in 1863, during the Civil War. While he was sti ll a single man he moved with his parents to the Ozark Mountains in Iron C ounty, Missouri. This trip was made in covered wagons pulled by oxen, a nd they were on the road over a month. This trip was supposed to have be en made for the sake of his mothers health, and his mother did get bette r, after a few years they moved back to their home in Tennessee. Harvey Dr ewry taught school in Missouri. His teachers certificate and contract f or the year 1886 states he is to be paid $35.00 per month when there is a ny money on hand to do so. The next year he married one of those Missou ri Bells. Shortly thereafter he returned to Weakley County, Tennessee, br inging with him his Ozark Mt. bride (Nannie Green Bell). In 1902 Harvey b ought his fathers homeplace, where he was born in a log cabin, this cab in still standing today.
Harve Drewry was a strong man physically. He was engaged in farming all h is life. He could and did grow just about everything that was good to ea t. His love of life was almost equal to his love of good food. Had he ea ten like the dietitions tell us to eat today he might have lived to be O LD MAN. His good humor and optomistic out-look on life, made him a j oy to be around. When we were baling hay in 100 degree weather he would s ay "It's getting cooler boys".
Besides being a hard working man, Harve Drewry enjoyed having some of t he better things of life. He had a Delco elictric light plant, running wa ter and electric washing machine long before the days of T.V.A. He boug ht one of the early model Fordson tractors, had the first radio in the com munity and drove a 1930 Model A Ford until he was 90 years old. He was a w alking history, as he had seen much progress take place during his lifetim e. He told me that when he was a boy the slave cabins were still standi ng on Richard Drewry's homeplace, he said he could remember when the railr oad was built from Cairo, Illinois to Jackson, Tennessee and the town of G reenfield didn't exist. Harve Drewry called many people cousin, my moth er doubted that he was kin to all those people, but after some resear ch we find that he was correct. (By Gene Rogers)
Harve Drewry was a strong man physically. He was engaged in farming all h is life. He could and did grow just about everything that was good to ea t. His love of life was almost equal to his love of good food. Had he ea ten like the dietitions tell us to eat today he might have lived to be O LD MAN. His good humor and optomistic out-look on life, made him a j oy to be around. When we were baling hay in 100 degree weather he would s ay "It's getting cooler boys".
Besides being a hard working man, Harve Drewry enjoyed having some of t he better things of life. He had a Delco elictric light plant, running wa ter and electric washing machine long before the days of T.V.A. He boug ht one of the early model Fordson tractors, had the first radio in the com munity and drove a 1930 Model A Ford until he was 90 years old. He was a w alking history, as he had seen much progress take place during his lifetim e. He told me that when he was a boy the slave cabins were still standi ng on Richard Drewry's homeplace, he said he could remember when the railr oad was built from Cairo, Illinois to Jackson, Tennessee and the town of G reenfield didn't exist. Harve Drewry called many people cousin, my moth er doubted that he was kin to all those people, but after some resear ch we find that he was correct. (By Gene Rogers)
James Harvey Drewry, a remarkable man that lived to be 101 years and 7 da ys old. He was born in 1863, during the Civil War. While he was sti ll a single man he moved with his parents to the Ozark Mountains in Iron C ounty, Missouri. This trip was made in covered wagons pulled by oxen, a nd they were on the road over a month. This trip was supposed to have be en made for the sake of his mothers health, and his mother did get bette r, after a few years they moved back to their home in Tennessee. Harvey Dr ewry taught school in Missouri. His teachers certificate and contract f or the year 1886 states he is to be paid $35.00 per month when there is a ny money on hand to do so. The next year he married one of those Missou ri Bells. Shortly thereafter he returned to Weakley County, Tennessee, br inging with him his Ozark Mt. bride (Nannie Green Bell). In 1902 Harvey b ought his fathers homeplace, where he was born in a log cabin, this cab in still standing today.
Harve Drewry was a strong man physically. He was engaged in farming all h is life. He could and did grow just about everything that was good to ea t. His love of life was almost equal to his love of good food. Had he ea ten like the dietitions tell us to eat today he might have lived to be O LD MAN. His good humor and optomistic out-look on life, made him a j oy to be around. When we were baling hay in 100 degree weather he would s ay "It's getting cooler boys".
Besides being a hard working man, Harve Drewry enjoyed having some of t he better things of life. He had a Delco elictric light plant, running wa ter and electric washing machine long before the days of T.V.A. He boug ht one of the early model Fordson tractors, had the first radio in the com munity and drove a 1930 Model A Ford until he was 90 years old. He was a w alking history, as he had seen much progress take place during his lifetim e. He told me that when he was a boy the slave cabins were still standi ng on Richard Drewry's homeplace, he said he could remember when the railr oad was built from Cairo, Illinois to Jackson, Tennessee and the town of G reenfield didn't exist. Harve Drewry called many people cousin, my moth er doubted that he was kin to all those people, but after some resear ch we find that he was correct. (By Gene Rogers)
Harve Drewry was a strong man physically. He was engaged in farming all h is life. He could and did grow just about everything that was good to ea t. His love of life was almost equal to his love of good food. Had he ea ten like the dietitions tell us to eat today he might have lived to be O LD MAN. His good humor and optomistic out-look on life, made him a j oy to be around. When we were baling hay in 100 degree weather he would s ay "It's getting cooler boys".
Besides being a hard working man, Harve Drewry enjoyed having some of t he better things of life. He had a Delco elictric light plant, running wa ter and electric washing machine long before the days of T.V.A. He boug ht one of the early model Fordson tractors, had the first radio in the com munity and drove a 1930 Model A Ford until he was 90 years old. He was a w alking history, as he had seen much progress take place during his lifetim e. He told me that when he was a boy the slave cabins were still standi ng on Richard Drewry's homeplace, he said he could remember when the railr oad was built from Cairo, Illinois to Jackson, Tennessee and the town of G reenfield didn't exist. Harve Drewry called many people cousin, my moth er doubted that he was kin to all those people, but after some resear ch we find that he was correct. (By Gene Rogers)
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