Sarah was instructing Josphine on why there are rules to follow in life.
"Josie, You follow our rules because you are the child and that's just the way it is!Children follow their parents' and God's rules."
"Just wait until I tell daddy!" The 9 year old screamed out. Josie rushed outside planning on finding her father and let him know what his wife is up to. (When Josie was in the mitts of a temper tantrum, she could care less that his wife was also her mother)
"Harriet and Mary Minerva can you finish supper while I calm Josie?" Harriet and Mary Minerva both chorused "Yes Mam" Both were such pleasant girls. They had grown up together since the threadways' farm was located between the Beasley and Lindsay's farm.
The Threadways family consisted of Mary Minerva's mother and eilderly grandmother. The father and grandfather had passed on years ago and all of the neighbors had a fondness for and kept an eye on this family. Sarah pleasantly recall while watching the 15 year old best friends. But enough time for pleasantries and back to Josie.....
Sarah always tried to calm herself before addressing on of Josie's outbursts. Josie was the ill tempered child , since the accident. Before, Josie was a high spirited 6 year old. A little Sarah everybody had called her. The Lord always has the plan but the reason for the riding accident and the total change in Josie was hard to reason.
Sarah saw that Josie was strongly relaying the earlier events to her father.
"Josie, You don't talk to your momma like that" Her daddy reassured her"You have rules to follow just like everyone else" Why don't we go for a walk N talk?
Walking with her daddy by the creek was her favorite thing in the world! It always made her feel like the princess of the world. Today was the same, both were singing at the top of their lungs when the neared home. Reuben leaned down to Josie to remind her she owed her ma an apology.
"I am sorry Ma" "Alright Josie, supper's ready let's get to it"
The next morning brought a busy day. After the morning chores, Sarah turned to icing the cake for today's big celebration. To have the chance to celebrate a 100th bithday is not a normal thing. Which made it even more special!
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The Lindsays pulled into The Beasley farm in a traffic jam. Everybody and their cousin was here to celebrate.
Never seen so many people in my life" whistling Jim exclaimed. Jim took the crate of food off of the wagon. With his 6 ft lanky frame, he was all country boy. Happier soul you never met! His twin sister Mary was tiny and barely 4' 6". But she was the prettiest little thang, Lewis Sawyer had ever saw in his life. The 16 year old Lewis was totin the crate his Ma had packed for this event when his eyes saw the prettiest thang he ever saw. Mary Lindsay!
" Lewis ifin you don't watch where ya agoin, I'l tan your hide" Lewis's attentions jump right up when his pa yelled. Thomas Sawyer was a mean man, most days didn't end without Mrs. Sawyer and her kids getting the blunt end of his temper. He planned on being the jolliest, friendliest man in the mits of his neighbors. "Never knowed what could come out of the special day."he thought to himself.
Make do tables were piled with every kind of food you could think of and lines and lines of them! Every family brought a full meal and a birthday cake to share with neighbors. Everyone had a full belly as the last of the cakes were finished off.
The music was playing and dancing was full force until Julia Hubbard thanked everyone for making her 100th Birthday so special.
Julia was born in the year of 1778 in Lincoln County NC. Seems like a lifetime since she was widowed in 1815 in Haywood County NC. Her beloved husband died at the young age of 26. Right after the birth of their daughter Jane. 100 years holds a lifetime and a half of memories, good and bad , happy and sad and of course sometimes you just hold on!
Mom are you ready to go to bed? Jane asked her Mom.Reuben Beasley was watching his wife and mother in law. He was such a caring son in law and just a plain good man!
"No, I want to watch awhile longer." Julia watched Sarah and Reuben Lindsay dancing. For a minute she say them as her and her husband John. "Life is Good!"
Looking around the room: Mary Minerva and Harriet were laughing so hard at a young girl's joke. Josie was even in good spirits on her great grandmother's 100th. But if a soul had looked at Lewis Sawyer, they would have seen an evil grin directed at Mary Minerva's Mother Martha Threadaway.
Life was good on that July in 1878 but the wonderful world in Macon county was about to change in many many ways.
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There is a saying that bad things come in threes. Sometimes more!
Name:
Rheuben A. Lindsy
Home in 1880:
Cowee, Macon, North Carolina
Age:
34
Estimated birth year:
abt 1846
Birthplace:
North Carolina
Relation to Head of Household:
Self (Head)
Spouse's name:
Sarah E.
Father's birthplace:
South Carolina
Mother's birthplace:
North Carolina
Neighbors:
View others on page
Occupation:
Farmer
Marital Status:
Married
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Rheuben A. Lindsy
34
Sarah E. Lindsy
35
Harriette E. Lindsy
17
James A. Lindsy
13
Mary E. Lindsy
13
Josephene E. Lindsy
11
William E. Lindsy
9
Nancy C. Lindsy
2
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
This is 1870 Reuben not the 50s!
“This is 1870 Reuben, not the 50s” Sarah was trying to show her husband that she was a modern woman. And a modern woman can drive herself to town.
“Ain’t fit for a woman to seen in town unescorted. No wife of mine is goin be thought a Jezebel” Reuben gently reminded his wife.
“Oh Reuben!”
Sarah stormed out of the barn. Reuben had turned to the side so she didn’t see the grin on his face. He so loved the high spirit Sarah was blessed with even thought she hasn’t tempered it yet. Of course her big heart and seeing good in everyone kept her temper from appearing most of the time….But when it did :.)
Sarah talked herself down while making the biscuits for supper.
“Guess it don’t matter anyway” It really doesn’t sense we are surrounded by family so always somebody to ride with a woman.
The Lindsay house was a small one bedroom old farm house on her father R Beasley’s land.
They moved in it when they married nearly 7 years ago. Reuben had returned from the war right after his brother had died while serving. Reuben was barely alive when his father Larkin went to collect him in Asheville that Feb 1862. The fever had taken a lot out of Reuben and took his ma Rachel and Sarah most of a year to get his strength back to normal.
Reuben worked hard on his father in law farm while farming their own section of land and raise livestock to feed their young family. Wasn’t much money anywhere after the war but they were always fed. That made them blessed when so many had lost so much.
Sarah was the happy homemaker with their own home but surrounded by family and friends. The good Lord blessed them first with a daughter Harriet in 1864. Then 1867 with twins James and Mary. By 3 James was slim but tall for his age while his sister was short and tiny. “ No One would ever think they were twins ifin they they didn’t know.
The baby was one years old now and starting to pull up , ready to take off. Double stockings were used to keep her feet ready for walking. and thick cloth diapers cushioned her bottom if she landed on that part.
Sarah’s younger sister Leticia was a close friend in those days. Leticia was a sturdy hard working girl in her teens. All the farming wives were the same in that respect. Toting big bushels of seed or loading and unloading bales of hay was never given a second thought as during the war women had to do her share and more and no time to figure out how not to. You just did it and got it done.
On Saturday morning The Lindsays loaded in the wagon with Sarah’s special dishes. The Masons had suffered the loss of their barn from a fire the week before. In those days, no insurance was needed. Your neighbors has a barn raising. That was an occasion for neighbors to gather. Build the barn , men socialized, women cooked and discussed life and the children played and had a good time. A happy time by all. What good eating too.
This day was no differ, Plenty of rabbits and squirrels were stewed with potatoes, onions and beans. Finishing off the meals were some of the best breads and pies ever baked.
The barn raising was also a good way for the teenagers to keep in contact. Wasn’t too long ago that one of the neighborhood gatherings was a scene for Sarah and Reuben’s courting or seemed more like “fireworks”
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1870 Census
R A Lindsay
Birth Year:
abt 1843
Age in 1870:
27
Birthplace:
North Carolina
Home in 1870:
Cowee, Macon, North Carolina
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Value of real estate:
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Post Office:
Franklin
R A Lindsay
27
Sarah A Lindsay
27
Harriett A Lindsay
6
James A Lindsay
3
Minetta Lindsay
3
Isabella J Lindsay
1
Reuben Beasley
Birth Year:
abt 1813
Age in 1870:
57
Birthplace:
South Carolina
Home in 1870:
Cowee, Macon, North Carolina
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Value of real estate:
View image
Post Office:
Franklin
Reuben Beasley
57
Jone Beasley
55
Luvada Beasley
34
Letta C Beasley (Leticia)
14
Tolap Hibbard (Jane's Mother Julia Hubbard)
92
T M Beasley
16
“Ain’t fit for a woman to seen in town unescorted. No wife of mine is goin be thought a Jezebel” Reuben gently reminded his wife.
“Oh Reuben!”
Sarah stormed out of the barn. Reuben had turned to the side so she didn’t see the grin on his face. He so loved the high spirit Sarah was blessed with even thought she hasn’t tempered it yet. Of course her big heart and seeing good in everyone kept her temper from appearing most of the time….But when it did :.)
Sarah talked herself down while making the biscuits for supper.
“Guess it don’t matter anyway” It really doesn’t sense we are surrounded by family so always somebody to ride with a woman.
The Lindsay house was a small one bedroom old farm house on her father R Beasley’s land.
They moved in it when they married nearly 7 years ago. Reuben had returned from the war right after his brother had died while serving. Reuben was barely alive when his father Larkin went to collect him in Asheville that Feb 1862. The fever had taken a lot out of Reuben and took his ma Rachel and Sarah most of a year to get his strength back to normal.
Reuben worked hard on his father in law farm while farming their own section of land and raise livestock to feed their young family. Wasn’t much money anywhere after the war but they were always fed. That made them blessed when so many had lost so much.
Sarah was the happy homemaker with their own home but surrounded by family and friends. The good Lord blessed them first with a daughter Harriet in 1864. Then 1867 with twins James and Mary. By 3 James was slim but tall for his age while his sister was short and tiny. “ No One would ever think they were twins ifin they they didn’t know.
The baby was one years old now and starting to pull up , ready to take off. Double stockings were used to keep her feet ready for walking. and thick cloth diapers cushioned her bottom if she landed on that part.
Sarah’s younger sister Leticia was a close friend in those days. Leticia was a sturdy hard working girl in her teens. All the farming wives were the same in that respect. Toting big bushels of seed or loading and unloading bales of hay was never given a second thought as during the war women had to do her share and more and no time to figure out how not to. You just did it and got it done.
On Saturday morning The Lindsays loaded in the wagon with Sarah’s special dishes. The Masons had suffered the loss of their barn from a fire the week before. In those days, no insurance was needed. Your neighbors has a barn raising. That was an occasion for neighbors to gather. Build the barn , men socialized, women cooked and discussed life and the children played and had a good time. A happy time by all. What good eating too.
This day was no differ, Plenty of rabbits and squirrels were stewed with potatoes, onions and beans. Finishing off the meals were some of the best breads and pies ever baked.
The barn raising was also a good way for the teenagers to keep in contact. Wasn’t too long ago that one of the neighborhood gatherings was a scene for Sarah and Reuben’s courting or seemed more like “fireworks”
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1870 Census
R A Lindsay
Birth Year:
abt 1843
Age in 1870:
27
Birthplace:
North Carolina
Home in 1870:
Cowee, Macon, North Carolina
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Value of real estate:
View image
Post Office:
Franklin
R A Lindsay
27
Sarah A Lindsay
27
Harriett A Lindsay
6
James A Lindsay
3
Minetta Lindsay
3
Isabella J Lindsay
1
Reuben Beasley
Birth Year:
abt 1813
Age in 1870:
57
Birthplace:
South Carolina
Home in 1870:
Cowee, Macon, North Carolina
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Value of real estate:
View image
Post Office:
Franklin
Reuben Beasley
57
Jone Beasley
55
Luvada Beasley
34
Letta C Beasley (Leticia)
14
Tolap Hibbard (Jane's Mother Julia Hubbard)
92
T M Beasley
16
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