August 3, 2004

Aunt Jane wrote:
Easley7, our two stories don't jibe about the clock. I think the clock came straight from Virginia to Port Gibson. We had a letter from Gran's Uncle telling the history of the clock, and that was what I was looking for. The French Revolution was in 1776, along with our Revolution, and lots of Frenchman came to the United States, and brought with them their valuables. After they got here they had to sell their things to get food to eat, and our family in Virginia bought the clock. It came to Gran from Aunt Mamie, who was Gran's mothers sister. Aunt Mamie was married to Uncle Clarence, and the never did have any children. Aunt Mamie use to send us the most exciting Christmas box when we were children. She would go to the Dime Store and buy all these little gifts, wrap each one, and put them in a large box and send them to us. That was the most exciting part of our Christmas during the Depression. When Aunt Mamie died Gran inherited the clock from her, and Uncle Clarence sent the history of the clock with it. We never were sure if Uncle Clarence made up the story or if it is really true. He said there are only two others like it in the world. One is at the Vatican, and the other is the Smithsonian Institute. (This does make a good story, and am not sure if it is true or not.)

Childhood Memory: Connie, am not sure how old you were, but George had not lost any of his baby teeth, yet. George and Oby were playing with a set of golf clubs, and Oby made a swing and came on around and over his shoulder and hit George in the mouth, who was standing behind him and knocked out either one tooth or two teeth. He ran in the house with blood all on his face, and it scared us to death. We always had one or two disasters each summer when Martha would bring her family for a two week visit.