Reunion information for folks with Farner connections! This will also be added to the Polk website! Cathy Hall Grand Island, NY > ---------- > > From: Bob <bobchad@ocsonline.com> > > Subject: Fw: Reunion > > Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 7:50 PM > > > > -Dear Kinfolk, > > > > > > Some of us have gotten interested in the Chadwicks and the Rapers > of > > > Farner, Tennessee, and are planning a reunion for folks who would like > to > > > > > meet, get to know cousins, and share information about our ancestors. > > Because > > > some of you come to Farner on Memorial Day, we decided that would be > the > > best > > > time to have this gathering. So please mark your calendars and come > join > > us on > > > Saturday, May 27th. > > > > > > The motel nearest to Farner seems to be the Ducktown Copper > > Inn--formerly > > > the Best Western. It is located at the junction of highways 64 and 68 > in > > > Ducktown. I have spoken with the manager there, and they are willing > for > > us to > > > use their conference room from 11:30 to 1:30 on that Saturday. We will > be > > at > > > the motel on Friday night and will be able to meet with any of you who > > care to > > > join us there that evening. You will need to make reservations early if > > you > > > plan to spend the night. They have 35 rooms and it is a busy place come > > > > Spring. If we have as many as 20 rooms reserved, they will give us a > > discount > > > rate of $67.22; otherwise the rate is $74.69. (Tell them when you make > > your > > > reservation that it is for the Chadwick-Raper reunion.) The number of > > the > > > motel is (423) 496-5541. > > > > > > For those who live nearby--please join us Saturday at 11:30 in the > > > > conference room where we will have a sandwich lunch and share our > > stories. > > > Everyone please bring your own lunch and drinks. After lunch, we will > > visit > > > the cemeteries where our loved ones are buried, and also the Chadwick > > farm. > > > Farner, which was once a thriving community, is like a ghost town. > > > > > > I wrote a brief history of my family (110 pages) which included > some > > > > > stories from the lives of Andrew and Alice Chadwick, and Andrew and > > Adline > > > Chadwick. I had seventy copies printed and they are all gone now. If > any > > of > > > you would like a copy of this narrative, please let me know and I'll > have > > more > > > printed. It will cost $14.00 a copy if I can hand deliver it to you and > > save > > > the postage. I will run off copies of the family tree separately for > > those who > > > are interested in geneaology only and don't want the book. Also, Pat > > Williams > > > has a list of cemeteries and the people who are buried in each, and we > > will > > > have copies to hand out. Bob Chadwick has over 60 pictures which he has > > copied > > > from the Chadwick album which we hope will be on display. > > > > > > I have been unhappy about the fact that there is no information > > concerning > > > Andrew Chadwick's birth or death on the gravestone and that the > > information > > > about Alice Raper Chadwick's birth is incorrect. The stone is so old > that > > it > > > cannot be corrected, so I have taken it upon myself to buy a new double > > stone > > > which will have the correct information on it, and on the back of the > > stone, > > > the names of their nine children will be engraved. It will serve as a > > memorial > > > to that family. If any of you care to contribute to this project, I > will > > be > > > most grateful. Hopefully, it will be in place by Memorial Day weekend. > > > > > > Please let me know that you received this letter. My address is: > > 7366 > > > Manderly Way, Knoxville, TN 37909. E-mail address is: > > frankmaryv@ntown.com > > > and our telephone is (423) [soon to be changed to 865] 692-0912. > > > > > > Love, > > > Mary B. VanDevelder > > > TNGenWeb Bradley County http://www.tngennet.org/bradley Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Bradley Mail List: TNBRADLE-L-request@rootsweb.com TNGenWeb Polk County http://www.tngennet.org/polk Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Polk Mail List TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com