They worried a lot I'm sure. But the death of a child was not unusual then. If they were farmers, kids started working earlier and it had it's dangers too. Disease took many as well.
My grandparents worked in the mills down here. Both grandfathers were in the military when old enough. I don't know much about my mother's mother's background, which is odd because she lived the longest of the 4. She was sickly from as far back as I could remember. Granddaddy was from a family that the little town I grew up in was named after. He owned a lot of land and had a lot of businesses after he got out of the service. From the grocery stor, to a laundry mat to a family style restaurant and a hamburger joint and a ice house and a gas station all across the street from his house or a block down the street. I loved to go from door to door looking for him. When his 2 youngest boys were in high school he had a go cart track behind his house that the older kids could pay to ride around and had a pony ring with 8 ponies for the smaller kids to ride. I loved those days. He died when I was 9. He was a very creative man and had farm animals and chickens there at the old house. He had a huge garden further away that he tended and harvested. I spent many a day sitting on the screened porch shelling beans and shucking corn. I loved eating that stuff and was so happy when momma got to take bags home! LOL HUGS~Donna
Shelling beans and shucking corn on the back porch, ha The details differ but the fond memories of those days with our grandparents are the same. The mills in the south, coal mines in the mts, glass and tile factories to the north. It seems they lived under constant threat of disaster. I wonder what will be said about us a 100 yrs from now?
I'm not sure if you can anymore. The govt bulldozes any places that have managed to come close to the surface now. Thats a great question and I'm going to ask my neighbor who grew up here. Thanks for your comment.
As a mother I cannot imagine sending a young son off to work in the mines.
I appreciate your research and sharing this history with us.
They worried a lot I'm sure. But the death of a child was not unusual then. If they were farmers, kids started working earlier and it had it's dangers too. Disease took many as well.
My grandparents worked in the mills down here. Both grandfathers were in the military when old enough. I don't know much about my mother's mother's background, which is odd because she lived the longest of the 4. She was sickly from as far back as I could remember. Granddaddy was from a family that the little town I grew up in was named after. He owned a lot of land and had a lot of businesses after he got out of the service. From the grocery stor, to a laundry mat to a family style restaurant and a hamburger joint and a ice house and a gas station all across the street from his house or a block down the street. I loved to go from door to door looking for him. When his 2 youngest boys were in high school he had a go cart track behind his house that the older kids could pay to ride around and had a pony ring with 8 ponies for the smaller kids to ride. I loved those days. He died when I was 9. He was a very creative man and had farm animals and chickens there at the old house. He had a huge garden further away that he tended and harvested. I spent many a day sitting on the screened porch shelling beans and shucking corn. I loved eating that stuff and was so happy when momma got to take bags home! LOL HUGS~Donna
Shelling beans and shucking corn on the back porch, ha The details differ but the fond memories of those days with our grandparents are the same. The mills in the south, coal mines in the mts, glass and tile factories to the north. It seems they lived under constant threat of disaster. I wonder what will be said about us a 100 yrs from now?
I wonder if you can see smoke there from it
Sometimes in the right locations in Winter you could see the steam rising when I was growing up. Born in 1977 here. My hometown.
I'm not sure if you can anymore. The govt bulldozes any places that have managed to come close to the surface now. Thats a great question and I'm going to ask my neighbor who grew up here. Thanks for your comment.