Just wanted to say "Hi" to you, Bonnie. I'm originally from Clarksdale, MS, up in the Delta. I graduated from Delta State College (now University) in Cleveland, MS in 1959. I now live way up in New Hampshire, so I'm a long ways from home, but still trying to find out more about my ancestors who were in Jefferson County very early - like 1816 - my ggg grandfather, Duncan Johnson, who was there then and on the census for Monroe County, which apparently included Jefferson and most of Alabama at that time. Anyway, where is Gary? I've been gone so long, I've forgotten where a lot of the smaller towns are. By the way, the names I'm searching in Jefferson are Johnson/Johnston, Ashby and possibly Cunningham. Sue (Johnson) Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bonniesfarley@aol.com> To: <aljeffer@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [ALJEFF] What did you get from your parents? > My parents were newly married in January, 1930, and their first child, my > brother Fred, was born in late October of that year. Nineteen months > later > another brother, Jimmy, was born. Then, a whole four years went by > before I > came along. My birth took place in a "shotgun" house, on the banks of > Mile > Branch (an historic creek, so named over a hundred years before due to > its being > a mile from the then-courthouse of the territory, which was the starting > place for horseraces). My delivery was an in-home affair, with an old > country > doctor doing the honors. From these post-depression humble beginnings my > parents gave their children unconditional love, tempered by appropriate > discipline > and role-models of honest, God-fearing/loving, simple country folk. > Accordingly, thru the storms of my life, I've never felt alone because of > the > lessons we learned as we watched their faith at work. I was 9 years old > before my > daddy could scrape up enough money to buy money to even buy my mother a > wedding ring. (She had used one worn by someone else in the family.) I > never > heard her say an unkind word about anyone, and both she and my dad were > the most > unselfish people I've ever known. We were poor in material things, but > rich > in our love for one another. It was a great shock to me when I found > everyone was not raised in this way. I now own the land on which I was > born, and > it will be passed on to my daughter, and then to my 3 grandchildren. > > Thank God for staunch, unpretentious country folk, the backbone of our > nation. > > Bonnie Farley Gary, Ms > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message