Thanks Ida and Gil. I live in Chattanooga, so I can look through the one there. Thanks so much. Michaele ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Heritage Book > Yes, several years ago, but it is sold out, out of print and no plans for > another printing. You can use a copy at the county libraries in Marion > County > and at the Bicentennial Library in Chattanooga. It is probably at several > other > libraries. Personally, I would love to have a copy, but I don't. Maybe > someday someone will sell one. > > Ida > > > ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== > *********************************************************************** > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no > soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. > Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ > *********************************************************************** > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 2/17/2006 > >

Yes, several years ago, but it is sold out, out of print and no plans for another printing. You can use a copy at the county libraries in Marion County and at the Bicentennial Library in Chattanooga. It is probably at several other libraries. Personally, I would love to have a copy, but I don't. Maybe someday someone will sell one. Ida

Reader's of the list who often search for books such as this might try, www.abebooks.com I have found a couple of things I wanted which were no longer in print, the site has new, used, and rare books. $$$$ to a dollar. This site lists booksellers all over the country, you can search for a title and then sort by price. Pretty interesting. Gil

Has Marion County ever done a HeritageBook? I have one from Grundy and Lincoln County, but was curious if one had ever been done for Marion? Michaele

Maybe he work for a dairy elsewhere and was just driving the truck that day to visit. My grandfather delivered flour for the Ruby Flour Company and I have a picture of him in So. Pitts when he took my aunt (named Ruby, but not for the flour company lol) to get a new dress in Chattanooga and stopped by to see an aunt that lived there. Of course, flour doesn't have to be kept cool. Michaele ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Donna OBrien" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Dairy > Do you know, did Dietzens have trucks? This picture is probably from > about 1948, but no later than 1950. Do you think it could have been in > Jasper and not So. Pittsburg? My Dad says he doesn't remember any dairy > in So. Pittsburg either Bill. This is one of my mother's uncles and my > Dad said he didn't even know he worked for a dairy...but there he is in > the picture wearing a uniform in front of the truck. > > Hey, maybe it was one of those amusement park deals where you get to > dress up as whatever you want and they take your picture! LOL! > > We'll probably find out later that it was some Dairy in Wisconsin and not > even in Tenn. LOL! I guess this is why we should all be writing on the > backs of our old photos, huh? > > Donna > > [email protected] wrote: > Dietzens had a dairy in South Pittsburg. > > > ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== > *********************************************************************** > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no > soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. > Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ > *********************************************************************** > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== > *********************************************************************** > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no > soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. > Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ > *********************************************************************** > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.11/264 - Release Date: 2/17/2006 > >

Donna, My grandfather, Alfred Philip Anderson ( also known as "A.P." & "Uncle P" ) was first married to Sarah Harris. They lived in the Gizzard. They had either 2 or 3 children. I have info for some of their descendants. Would like to see something written about them. My mother was born in the Gizzard in 1902. The only story I ever heard was the one about the Indian chief, and the turkey gizzard being thrown into the creek. I have called around about the dairy truck. There was a Loyd's Dairy in Stevenson, AL. I spoke with Pat Guess whose husband George was a plant manager. He can only remember one driver's name, Talley, and remembers there were 2 or 3 others but not their names. Mr. Gonce had a dairy farm in So. Pittsburg, but did not have a processing plant, or trucks. Hope this helps. You can contact me directly if you wish. [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Donna OBrien" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 11:32 AM Subject: [TNMARION] Fiery Gizzard > Hello All.... > > I'm putting together a book on my mother's family (Harris) and I wanted > to include some history of the Fiery Gizzard. > > Does anyone know the story of how it got it's name? Thanks! > > Donna > > > ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== > *********************************************************************** > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no > soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. > Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ > *********************************************************************** > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

Dietzens had a dairy in South Pittsburg.

FYI... My dairy mystery has been solved. I called one of my aunts and asked her about it. She said it was Mayfield Dairy out of Chattanooga. The picture was from 1954 when my uncle started working at the new distribution facility there. She said it was still ice trucks then, but a year or two later they converted to refrigerated trucks and my uncle was given a delivery route in So. Pittsburg. Thanks for the help! Donna Researching in Marion/Grundy/Warren/Franklin - TN: White, Thompson, Harris, Patrick, Slaughter, Lockhart, Walker, Anderson, Bess, Hargis, Murray, Troy, Powell, Floyd, Rawlings, Richmond, Robertson, Smith, Havner

Maybe it was the Dairy Queen truck? LOL Seriously, though I don't remember any dairy being in So Pitt or ever heard stories of one. But having said that, I bet there was a dairy in about every medium size town in the early 1900's. Milk would have been hard to transport cold from say Chattanooga. Another possibility is that we're thinking in terms of a milk processing plant but many dairy farms were considered "dairies". There were lots of those around. I can think of two on Battle Creek alone. I don't think there would have been much processing done until the 1930's or 40's and what we would call a dairy today. -----Original Message----- From: Mike & Donna OBrien <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, February 18, 2006 2:04 PM Subject: [TNMARION] Dairy >Ok, got another question for you.... > > I've got another old picture of my uncle standing in front of a Dairy truck (he used to drive one). My mother told me years ago that he worked for a Dairy in So. Pittsburg. Anyone have any ideas what the name of the dairy might have been? You can only see the words "Dairy" on the side of the truck and it's a B&W so I can't even tell you what color the truck was. > > My brother said he thought it was Mayfield or Purity Dairy, but I thought they were out of Athens and Purity was out of Chattanooga. > > Thanks again... > > Donna > > >==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== >*********************************************************************** > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no >soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. >Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ >*********************************************************************** > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

In a message dated 2/18/2006 12:53:23 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: The one I like best is that the indian tribes had a big meeting in the Gizzard and were roasting some turkey's. The big chief got the choice of the first piece and he reached in and grabbed a gizzard. He took a big bite and it burned his mouth severely. He tossed it to the ground yelling "damn this fiery gizzard" No, Bill, he threw it into the creek, thus the name of the creek. ;) I don't remember it being a chief, but in my mind's picture of it, it was a young man. This is my favorite version too. In fact, it is the only one I ever heard until just a few years ago when someone put David Crockett in the story.

Melissa: What do you charge for look ups? "If you ain't my cousin you ort to be" El Gringo Viejo the Transplanted Okie Paul R. L. Vance ----- Original Message ----- From: kaitysmom<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Aprons Betty, Thanks for this, I am only 37 and I wear an apron when cooking. I guess because I am a messy cook!!! LOL!! In Christ, Melissa Barker Genealogy Researcher/Family Historian RAOGK Volunteer Have Access to Tennessee Death Certificates for Years 1908-1954 for ALL Counties Have Access to Tennessee Birth Certificates for Years 1908-1912 for ALL Counties Have Access to Tons of Tennessee Books at My Local Library WILL DO LOOK UPS!! ----- Original Message ----- From: macbetty To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 8:48 AM Subject: [TNMARION] Aprons This is a wee bit off topic but who doesn't remember our Moms or Grandma's wearing one-- It brought back and invoked so many memories, I just had to share with all of you -- Betty Aprons I don't think our kids know what an apron is. The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven. It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. >From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. >From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls. In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees. When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner. It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that "old-time apron" that served so many purposes. REMEMBER Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw. ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/<http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/> *********************************************************************** ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx> ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/<http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/> *********************************************************************** ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx>

In any case the Gizzard is damned forever to be know nas the Fiery Gizzard until someday when they build a shopping mall and condo's there and name it after the builders granddaughter. :o) Bill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, February 18, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Fiery Gizzard >In a message dated 2/18/2006 12:53:23 PM Central Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: >The one I like best is that the >indian tribes had a big meeting in the Gizzard and were roasting some >turkey's. The big chief got the choice of the first piece and he reached in >and grabbed a gizzard. He took a big bite and it burned his mouth severely. >He tossed it to the ground yelling "damn this fiery gizzard" >No, Bill, he threw it into the creek, thus the name of the creek. ;) I >don't remember it being a chief, but in my mind's picture of it, it was a young >man. This is my favorite version too. In fact, it is the only one I ever >heard until just a few years ago when someone put David Crockett in the story. > > >==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== >*********************************************************************** > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no >soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. >Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ >*********************************************************************** > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

I'm not sure Davy Crockett was ever in the Gizzard. Davy would have had to flown a helicopter to have been all the places he's been reported to have been. He was also born in several places and died in several places and lived in at least 1000 locales. He is also probably buried in several places. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Mike & Donna OBrien <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, February 18, 2006 11:33 AM Subject: [TNMARION] Fiery Gizzard >Hello All.... > > I'm putting together a book on my mother's family (Harris) and I wanted to include some history of the Fiery Gizzard. > > Does anyone know the story of how it got it's name? Thanks! > > Donna > > >==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== >*********************************************************************** > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no >soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. >Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ >*********************************************************************** > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 >

Donna, there's at least three versions. The one I like best is that the indian tribes had a big meeting in the Gizzard and were roasting some turkey's. The big chief got the choice of the first piece and he reached in and grabbed a gizzard. He took a big bite and it burned his mouth severely. He tossed it to the ground yelling "damn this fiery gizzard" He probaly didn't actually say damn - I'm sure he had a stronger work in mind at the time. This has also been told as happening to Davy Crockett and others. Bill Mc -----Original Message----- From: Mike & Donna OBrien <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, February 18, 2006 11:33 AM Subject: [TNMARION] Fiery Gizzard >Hello All.... > > I'm putting together a book on my mother's family (Harris) and I wanted to include some history of the Fiery Gizzard. > > Does anyone know the story of how it got it's name? Thanks! > > Donna > > >==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== >*********************************************************************** > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no >soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. >Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ >*********************************************************************** > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 >

Do you know, did Dietzens have trucks? This picture is probably from about 1948, but no later than 1950. Do you think it could have been in Jasper and not So. Pittsburg? My Dad says he doesn't remember any dairy in So. Pittsburg either Bill. This is one of my mother's uncles and my Dad said he didn't even know he worked for a dairy...but there he is in the picture wearing a uniform in front of the truck. Hey, maybe it was one of those amusement park deals where you get to dress up as whatever you want and they take your picture! LOL! We'll probably find out later that it was some Dairy in Wisconsin and not even in Tenn. LOL! I guess this is why we should all be writing on the backs of our old photos, huh? Donna [email protected] wrote: Dietzens had a dairy in South Pittsburg. ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

Does anyone know if there is a will or any other records in Marion Co. TN which might indicate when the John Pittman listed in the household of Alfred Parker died? By the 1870 Census Elizabeth Parker is shown as head of household with neither Alfred nor John Pittman listed within her household. 1860 Marion Co. TN Twp Dist 6 Crown Point Dwelling 345 Family 317 Alfred Parker 52 M Farmer NC Elizabeth Parker 47 F TN Margaret Parker 27 F TN George W. Parker 22 M Farmer TN Sarah Parker 20 F TN John Parker 18 M TN Ester Parker 14 F TN Mathew Parker 11 M TN John Pittman 96 M Retired Shoemaker NC Any help would be greatly appreciated as I believe that this John Pittman was the father of my Daniel Pit(t)man(b. abt 1803) see my webpages at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rmbeckman/pitman/study.html & http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rmbeckman/pitman/ I would be interested in comparing notes with any Pittman(any spelling) Rice/Ross and Hatfield researcher whose lines were in Marion Co. TN. Thanks --Marie Beckman

Ok, got another question for you.... I've got another old picture of my uncle standing in front of a Dairy truck (he used to drive one). My mother told me years ago that he worked for a Dairy in So. Pittsburg. Anyone have any ideas what the name of the dairy might have been? You can only see the words "Dairy" on the side of the truck and it's a B&W so I can't even tell you what color the truck was. My brother said he thought it was Mayfield or Purity Dairy, but I thought they were out of Athens and Purity was out of Chattanooga. Thanks again... Donna

Heaven forbid! The world has enough empty malls as it is! I miss the old store on Hwy. 56 with the screen door and rockers on the porch. I can remember going in there to get candy out of jars on the counter and the hum of the old coke machine.... the kind with the glass bottles. It was a real treat one year when the owner got a freezer and stocked it with Ice Cream Sandwiches and Fudgecicles! wmcconne <[email protected]> wrote: In any case the Gizzard is damned forever to be know nas the Fiery Gizzard until someday when they build a shopping mall and condo's there and name it after the builders granddaughter. :o) Bill -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 18, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Fiery Gizzard >In a message dated 2/18/2006 12:53:23 PM Central Standard Time, >[email protected] writes: >The one I like best is that the >indian tribes had a big meeting in the Gizzard and were roasting some >turkey's. The big chief got the choice of the first piece and he reached in >and grabbed a gizzard. He took a big bite and it burned his mouth severely. >He tossed it to the ground yelling "damn this fiery gizzard" >No, Bill, he threw it into the creek, thus the name of the creek. ;) I >don't remember it being a chief, but in my mind's picture of it, it was a young >man. This is my favorite version too. In fact, it is the only one I ever >heard until just a few years ago when someone put David Crockett in the story. > > >==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== >*********************************************************************** > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no >soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. >Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ >*********************************************************************** > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

AAH, the memories. I recall my Mother, was never without her apron, accept maybe when we went to church. I wear my apron, very proudly. Sandra A. Turner ----- Original Message ----- From: "macbetty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 8:48 AM Subject: [TNMARION] Aprons > This is a wee bit off topic but who doesn't remember our Moms or > Grandma's wearing one-- It brought back and invoked so many memories, > I > just had to share with all of you -- > Betty > > > Aprons > > I don't think our kids know what an apron is. > > The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect > the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for > removing hot pans from the oven. > > It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on > occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. > >>From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying > eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in > the > warming oven. > > When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding > places for shy kids. > > And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it > around her arms. > > Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, > bent over the hot wood stove. > > Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen > in that apron. > >>From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had > been shelled, it carried out the hulls. > > In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples > that had fallen from the trees. > > When unexpected company drove up the road, it was > surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of > seconds. > > When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the > porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the > fields to dinner. > > It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace > that "old-time apron" that served so many purposes. > > > REMEMBER > > Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the > window sill to cool. > > Her granddaughters set theirs on the > window sill to thaw. > > > ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== > *********************************************************************** > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no > soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. > Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . > Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ > *********************************************************************** > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

Betty, Thanks for this, I am only 37 and I wear an apron when cooking. I guess because I am a messy cook!!! LOL!! In Christ, Melissa Barker Genealogy Researcher/Family Historian RAOGK Volunteer Have Access to Tennessee Death Certificates for Years 1908-1954 for ALL Counties Have Access to Tennessee Birth Certificates for Years 1908-1912 for ALL Counties Have Access to Tons of Tennessee Books at My Local Library WILL DO LOOK UPS!! ----- Original Message ----- From: macbetty To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 8:48 AM Subject: [TNMARION] Aprons This is a wee bit off topic but who doesn't remember our Moms or Grandma's wearing one-- It brought back and invoked so many memories, I just had to share with all of you -- Betty Aprons I don't think our kids know what an apron is. The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven. It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. >From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids. And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. >From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls. In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees. When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner. It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that "old-time apron" that served so many purposes. REMEMBER Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw. ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx