The Joseph F. Farmer familial line

 Born December 2, 1900 (1901 written in over the 1900 on death cert)

Parents: Joseph F. Farmer Sr. and Amanda Anna McBrayer

DOA Union Hospital  

Joseph F. Farmer died September 22, 1965.

 

He was a Locomotive Engineer

I knew very little about him. My grandmother and he were divorced early in their marriage, after my mother was born. He later married Mary Jane Kensell and adopted a little girl.

I would like to list his ancestors, as far as I know them. 

If you want further details, you will have to contact me. 

Calloway Farmer b. abt. 1813

Married Malinda  about 1840:

Their children:

John b.1839

Alexander b. 1841 Greene, TN

William b. 1844

Mary b. 1846

Jane b. 1848

Alexander Farmer b. 24 Sep 1841

married Luticia Lane 14 Oct 1861

Their children:

Joseph Franklin b.10 Oct 1872

Joseph Franklin Farmer

Married Amanda Anna McBrayer 22 Mar 1900

Their children:

Joseph Franklin b. 2 Dec. 1900

Edith Lucille b. 1902

Carl E. b. 1904

Frederick H. b. 1910 

Clara Jessie b 1911

If anyone knows any more about these individuals or has pictures of them--please let me know. I have a great deal of research on the McBrayer line .

I have also done research on Mary Jane Kensell and her family line too.

Melvin Hunter Phillips

The men in the above pictures is my great grandfather Melvin Hunter Phillips. The woman is his second wife Louise Ripsch. His first wife is my great grandmother Loucinda Hunnicutt.

Melvin was born 8 July 1877 in Johnson City, Tennessee.His parents were Charles Green Phillips and Delilah Jane McInturff. He was one of 10 Children: Melvin, William H., Annis, Anna, Charles, Sarah, Mary, Hugh, Alta, Mallie.

He died 5 May 1947 in St. Bernice, Indiana. @ 69 years old. Retired from Chicago, Milwaukee, St.Paul, & Pacific Railroad as an engineer.

Lucinda Hunnicutt, Loucinda Hunnicutt

These 3 pictures  are all I have of my great grandmother Lucinda. The first picture is of her as the mom with her 3 girls at the time: Ollie, Hazel and Edith abt 1905. The second is of her abt 1930. The last is her death certificate, she died in St. Bernice April 11, 1940. Lucinda was born 15 September 1875 to her parents Robert Honeycutt and Nancy A. Miller in Elizabethton, Tennessee. She was one of 12 children-they are as follows:
 Lucinda, Sam, Tom, Frank(b.1892), Bill, Matt, Jane, Nathaniel, twins that died @birth, Nell, Rufus. At the time of her death, she was survived by her husband, Melvin, her daughters: Ollie, Edith and Genevive, her brothers: Tom, Frank, and Sam.

Lucinda married Melvin Hunter Phillips 14 January 1898 in Unicoi, Tennessee.

A favorite story of my mother's  as she lived with Lucinda her grandma ( she called her Mom Mom) was sitting outside on the back steps of the house eating strawberries from the garden while Mom Mom took laundry off the clothesline.

If anyone has additional stories -I would love to hear them or I'd love to see additional pictures and post them here!

Robert R. Wayne in Kokomo, Indiana

Robert R. Wayne is my grandmother's 2nd husband.They are the second set of pictures in front of this house  in South Bend. She loved him very much and for the few years they were married -they were very happy! Pictured here in the first set of pictures is their lake house in Kokomo, Indiana and the car they drove. I wish I knew which lake- but I do not. The third set of pictures was his birthday in 1949( he is holding the cake!) and people from South Bend came to visit and obviously had a great time. I would love to know who they are, please post if you do. I do assume that they were some of his family.
Robert and Edith were married  64 years ago today! 21 August 1947 in North Canaan, Connecticutt
Robert R. Wayne was born: 4 Aug 1896 most likely in South Bend, IN, died:4 April 1951, South  Bend, IN
His parents were Herman G. Woyahn b. 27 Oct 1862  Wanatah, IN d. 16 June 1912 South Bend,IN
Minnie Joers b. 25 Jan 1869 Chicago, Cook, IL, died 20 July 1928 South Bend, IN
They are all buried in Riverview Cemetery in South Bend.

 

family names mentioned are : Claude Reed, a stepson

Mary Lou Downs, my mother, stepdaughter

Mrs. Noble Miller, his sister

Weeding Through the Generations

My thoughts have drifted to my front lily garden the past few days. The weeds overtook my garden in the top picture-there are beautiful lilies there! I need to find them again. In the picture on the bottom left, is an established garden of lilies that just needs cleaning up-it will take some time! Finally, in the picture on the right, on may be able to see that I've weeded and cut back and cleaned up my garden path! I know exactly what is there and now desperately need some pine straw to keep the weeds down.
I love analogies, and this one seems to fit: my garden is like my long arduous efforts in genealogy -family history-in which I search for my ancestors. Sometimes there is not enough information to prove the ancestor is mine (maybe too many weeds!) Sometimes I have the ancestor and I just need to get the rest of his or her information-marriage date, ALL the children etc. And finally, a garden of ancestors that I can see clearly and want to protect and provide a way that my family will bloom forever!

Family, NikNaks, and Work

I figured out how to add more than one pic!
Above my fireplace holds pictures of Stuart's parents: Dottye and Frank and My parents: Mary Lou and Fred. they are held in dearest esteem in our home.
The only real display of NikNaks in our home is a mix of both our family's collection:a sample of my grandmother's cats and some favorites of Stuart's family memories.
Finally, some of what I am working on. I had several pictures that were not labeled nor had a proper home. I am going to place them labeled with the correct family in the right binder!
See my tomatoes in the back corner?? I have canned 31 jars and frozen abt 7 bags of tomatoes!
We are nearing the end of our garden canning. I am very thankful for what we have done!

The Haney Boys

These are my 3 youngest boys. Surprisingly, you might say that they don't look anything alike--but they really do have similarities. Can you find them??
Top pic: Sam is blond on left, Matt above, Mike on the right. They are abt. 14,11,6 yrs Bottom pic: same order: They are 23, 18, 13 yrs.
Right pic: Here L-R: Matt, Sam, Mike. They are 9, 12, 4 yrs
They bring laughter and joy to us and their sisters

The left side of the Hall of Fame

Now this picture is of all my babies and grand-babies at one year old. Everyone enjoys looking at this and guess who is who!

My Hall of Love & Fame

The hall leading to the bedrooms is where I display my sweet babies, most are now grown.
On the right of the hall is Stuart and I and our mothers and our children who have reached 16-18 years old or have graduated. Mike is 16 but still very much on the track to graduation- we will wait for his pic.

More Memories

(I wish I could figure out how to add several pictures at once.)
First, is my China Cabinet from my mother-in-law, it has my grandmother's/mother's china -a yellow and green pattern, A blue patterned set from Stuart's mother(can't see), several antique plates from my grandmother and a few items I've collected from my aunt Shari and my children. My absolute favorite is the Blue and White Currier & Ives pattern of plates in the background on the 2 top shelves.(please ignore the dogfood on the left)

My life in Genealogy!

I am not sure who I would be without my family history. I am a genealogist-part time. The rest I still try to make my home a haven for my family and I . When I started genealogy in 1977, I had little idea who came before me. I now have in some lines 7 or 8 generations. At the very least, I have 4 generations in each of them. They are my family! I feel I know them and enjoy getting to know them. I want to turn this blog to family plus my ancestors! I want everyone to follow along and get the delight of this work. Come along.

My Grandchildren

I wonder if anyone has ever felt the exhilaration or peace in hugging their grandchildren as I do. Sometimes I just need to find them and get a fill-up hug right away! I feel wonderful as they run to see me and practically bury their heads into me.
I have a total of 5 grandbabies, ages: 10, 7, 6, 2 and 1 month! 2 girls and 3 boys. My challenge is to love them and be a good example to them.
Two stories of recent: My Daughter Erin called me one morning and it had snowed beautifully, and snow landscapes were everywhere but the streets were all clear. She said that Emberlii had said how pretty the trees were, and Erin agreed and Emberlii said " Yes, My grandma made them for me!!" Erin called me right away to tell me! The second story was later that week and I came over to see the kids after school, Anabel gave me -not the regular hug, but she leaned on me and sniffed a long time on my sweater , I asked her why and she said" mmmmm-- I smell answers!" I looked at her for a minute and smiled and said are you doing your homework?? She said "I am trying and need your help!"
My grandmother had only one granddaughter, I have been blessed with 2. I am very thankful!

Our 25th Wedding Anniversary!

My grandson Gabe 2010!

Grandpa gave them a great christmas activity! We have Christmased for a couple weeks.

I Got Mail!!!

Most uniquely I received a letter in the mail box yesterday....I was so excited that I wrote right back!!! I realized you get so much from a personally written letter. So much more is communicated I think. Yet, with the computer you get immediacy, I need a message to be delivered now, and I can't get them on the phone.... etc... Again I look forward to Christmas cards for the same reason. Sigh....

Where Am I Going??

It is a unique question to some, I am referring to my earthly life and my profession. I earned a Master of Art of Teaching (MAT) from Brenau University last year. I am certified to teach Middle School Science, Math and Reading in Georgia. I have tried to be in the teaching profession for 10 years, culminating in my MAT and I have no certified job. I am peculiarly perplexed that as soon as I have my certification, the economy falls. Teachers in many counties are cut, or placed somewhere else. For me, they only needed 400 and there were 3000 applicants. Here were some people's suggestions: Why don't you get certified in other areas?, Go back and be certified for Elementary, or High School! Sigh...

I am perplexed. I have a job that makes sure we can keep our house, but loans? NO. Other extraneous credit card bills? NO. I did not go to school to ruin my credit, but that is what I did. I am teaching for a third or fourth of what I could earn, I do not do lesson plans though, I go from class to class all day and coteach. I love working with the students and most of the teachers. I am blessed, I have what I need. Where am I going???