When my folks finally moved to Marion co, they stayed there. They ran a sawmill on Battle Creek and depended on other to do the logging. Below is an exerpt from a letter which I find fascinating and can only be appreciated by those with Scot-Irish ancestors in re the potatoes. It's from my great grandmother to my great grandfather's sister. My great grand parents were living near McMinniville at the time (May 1885). The recipient lived in Michigan. “We are getting a good many strawberries. We have not tried to put them up eny only what are left over that we could not sell. We have them 3 times a day with a shortcake for dinner every day so you need not wonder what we will have for dinner. We got tired of lettuce and onions so do not care so much for them as we did but have them on the table for dinner and supper every day. Don’t you believe father eats onions and drinks buttermilk for dinner and supper every day? We get it fresh every day. We pay 10 cts per gallon for buttermilk and five cts for sweet milk. Butter is twenty-five cts per pound. Our potatoes did not get here until last Tuesday. We done without several days. You’d better believe they tasted good when they did come. We cooked some for supper that night and filled up” -----Original Message----- From: Mike & Donna OBrien <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Log Camp School >LOL! That's for sure. I can remember when I first learned how to drive, being scared to death of the log trucks that used to fly up and down the mountain constantly. Now it's the nursery trucks you have to watch out for! > > Donna > >wmcconne <[email protected]> wrote: > My family were sawmill people and I can only pinpoint them at the census >dates. But I know from family records that they lived all over that area - >White, Warren, Grundy and Franklin for short periods of time. When they cut >down all the good trees they moved to another spot. If they had been >equipped with chainsaws, Tennessee would now look like Nebraska or Oklahoma. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mike & Donna OBrien >To: [email protected] >Date: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:43 PM >Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Log Camp School > > >>I know #108 is still there, but I'm not sure about #399. I only go out to >Gruetli to Fall Creek Cemetery and that's about it. Long way from the other >side of Beersheba Mountain, so they must have been living out that way >during that time. >> >>wmcconne wrote: Looks like it's near where hwy >#399 intersects with hwy#108 assuming they >>haven't renumbered the highways since 1992. >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Mike & Donna OBrien >>To: [email protected] >>Date: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:32 PM >>Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Log Camp School >> >> >>>Bill: >>> >>> Thanks...Gee, I never thought of looking on USGS. I assumed Werner was a >>person's name. Good thinking! I would have never guessed it was all the >>way out near Gruetli-Laager and Palmer, so I'll take a look at it on the >>map. >>> >>> Thanks again... >>> >>> Donna >>> >>> >>>wmcconne wrote: >>> Donna, >>>According to USGS, Werner was in Grundy and was also known as Collins and >>>Camp Four. It was/is about 4 miles ENE of Grutli and about 2 1/2 miles >>north >>>of Palmer. >>> >>>Bill Mc >>> >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Mike & Donna OBrien >>>To: [email protected] >>>Date: Thursday, February 16, 2006 1:18 PM >>>Subject: [TNMARION] Log Camp School >>> >>> >>>>Okay, this is probably a long shot, but I'm trying to figure out the >>>details of an old photo. >>>> >>>> My grandmother wrote on the back what looks like "Werners Log Camp >>>School" -- Mr. Gilbert Shely. The front of the picture looks like a school >>>group and she marked it "Shely's Best" -- In the picture are children with >>>these surnames: Patrick, Harris, Sherman and King. I'm guessing the date >>>to be about 1928. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know if this school was in Warren or Marion Co? I tried >>>Grundy first because that seemed most logical, but nobody seemed to know >>>where it is. >>>> >>>> Thanks... >>>> >>>> Donna O'Brien >>>> >>>> >>>>==== 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. 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Yes, potatoes played a big part in our family meals too! I love how they always differentiated between Buttermilk and Sweet Milk that must come from the Scots-Irish too as Buttermilk was always in the house. wmcconne <[email protected]> wrote: When my folks finally moved to Marion co, they stayed there. They ran a sawmill on Battle Creek and depended on other to do the logging. Below is an exerpt from a letter which I find fascinating and can only be appreciated by those with Scot-Irish ancestors in re the potatoes. It's from my great grandmother to my great grandfather's sister. My great grand parents were living near McMinniville at the time (May 1885). The recipient lived in Michigan. “We are getting a good many strawberries. We have not tried to put them up eny only what are left over that we could not sell. We have them 3 times a day with a shortcake for dinner every day so you need not wonder what we will have for dinner. We got tired of lettuce and onions so do not care so much for them as we did but have them on the table for dinner and supper every day. Don’t you believe father eats onions and drinks buttermilk for dinner and supper every day? We get it fresh every day. We pay 10 cts per gallon for buttermilk and five cts for sweet milk. Butter is twenty-five cts per pound. Our potatoes did not get here until last Tuesday. We done without several days. You’d better believe they tasted good when they did come. We cooked some for supper that night and filled up” -----Original Message----- From: Mike & Donna OBrien To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Log Camp School >LOL! That's for sure. I can remember when I first learned how to drive, being scared to death of the log trucks that used to fly up and down the mountain constantly. Now it's the nursery trucks you have to watch out for! > > Donna > >wmcconne wrote: > My family were sawmill people and I can only pinpoint them at the census >dates. But I know from family records that they lived all over that area - >White, Warren, Grundy and Franklin for short periods of time. When they cut >down all the good trees they moved to another spot. If they had been >equipped with chainsaws, Tennessee would now look like Nebraska or Oklahoma. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mike & Donna OBrien >To: [email protected] >Date: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:43 PM >Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Log Camp School > > >>I know #108 is still there, but I'm not sure about #399. I only go out to >Gruetli to Fall Creek Cemetery and that's about it. Long way from the other >side of Beersheba Mountain, so they must have been living out that way >during that time. >> >>wmcconne wrote: Looks like it's near where hwy >#399 intersects with hwy#108 assuming they >>haven't renumbered the highways since 1992. >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Mike & Donna OBrien >>To: [email protected] >>Date: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:32 PM >>Subject: Re: [TNMARION] Log Camp School >> >> >>>Bill: >>> >>> Thanks...Gee, I never thought of looking on USGS. I assumed Werner was a >>person's name. Good thinking! I would have never guessed it was all the >>way out near Gruetli-Laager and Palmer, so I'll take a look at it on the >>map. >>> >>> Thanks again... >>> >>> Donna >>> >>> >>>wmcconne wrote: >>> Donna, >>>According to USGS, Werner was in Grundy and was also known as Collins and >>>Camp Four. It was/is about 4 miles ENE of Grutli and about 2 1/2 miles >>north >>>of Palmer. >>> >>>Bill Mc >>> >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Mike & Donna OBrien >>>To: [email protected] >>>Date: Thursday, February 16, 2006 1:18 PM >>>Subject: [TNMARION] Log Camp School >>> >>> >>>>Okay, this is probably a long shot, but I'm trying to figure out the >>>details of an old photo. >>>> >>>> My grandmother wrote on the back what looks like "Werners Log Camp >>>School" -- Mr. Gilbert Shely. The front of the picture looks like a school >>>group and she marked it "Shely's Best" -- In the picture are children with >>>these surnames: Patrick, Harris, Sherman and King. I'm guessing the date >>>to be about 1928. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know if this school was in Warren or Marion Co? I tried >>>Grundy first because that seemed most logical, but nobody seemed to know >>>where it is. >>>> >>>> Thanks... >>>> >>>> Donna O'Brien >>>> >>>> >>>>==== 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. 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Bill I reckon that only thing that beats a pan of fried potatoes,is a bowl of mashed ones with salt,pepper and big pieces of butter in them ----- Original Message ----- From: "wmcconne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:41 PM Our potatoes did not get here until last Tuesday. We done without > several days. You'd better believe they tasted good when they did come. We > cooked some for supper that night and filled up"