*(the marriage certificate states that he was 45). She said her family wanted her to marry him because he was a man of means, and she would always own a home, which was true. She did not love him. Sex was ever Saturday night after he took his once a week bath. (according to Effie). Mama said he would not wash out a dirty diaper, he would bring a pan of water to the bed. holding his nose, and she would wash them out. I'd have thrown it in his face. He did not want her to have so many babies, but she thought it a sin to do anything to keep from getting pregnant. She had one about every 2 years; you can check the birth dates in the family bible at Amy's house to verify if this is true. *(George Newberry now has the family bible since Amy's death). My Mother did abort one pregnancy because she was mad at my father for making her walk ahead of him sewing oats, while he was harrowing them in. He was fussing at her all the time because she couldn't go faster. Said she had to walk fast over clods of dirt, sometimes falling down. So she want to the house and took a hand full of quinine, bitter as gall. That night, she went outside the house and aborted. (no bathroom). He took the oil lamp and went outside to see for sure.(no electricity).
They didn't have any screens on the windows and had to burn chips in an old rusty bucket at night to chase the mosquitoes away. She said all the doors were locked at night. He was afraid of something or someone, she never knew what. He kept things to himself. *(she told me that he wouldn't allow he to cook with any spices). .
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All these things she told me over the years as I was growing up. As I don't remember my Father. Some in the family may say it's not true. I only know what she said. I was only 3 when he died.
Dad left $7,500 in trust, to be divided equally among his children and 480 acres of land. I had a half sister, Lucy Pitts, (lived to be 108).