Submitted by Wanda Wilson
Wanda wrote:
My Grandmother, Annie May DRAPER VAUGH MORRIS, wrote a Family
History in 1963 and she included her memories of the 1890's, as she wrote. Thank you Grandmother for leaving your memories where I could find them
in 1996!, Wanda.
I only went to one school, Butterfly. It sat on a little hill. Never had a woman Teacher. There was a Forest/woods across road where we played Ball. All little games there. An Apple Orchard and Hay Meadow too. There was lots of little lizards there. No one ever got bit. I walked mile to school each day, half way was a Blacksmith Shop that had outside toilets.
Where we lived was so many DRAPERS it was called DRAPERTOWN! No stores, we lived 3 miles to Orchardville. Went there for supplies. 10 miles to Xenia, that was quite a bit larger town. We walked to Pleasant Hill to Sunday School and Church. It was 3 miles around woods. We cut across the Hay Meadow then it was 1/2 as far. We kids called it Pleasant Hill, called Kneedmore in Home papers in memory of us wanderers.
In the Fall we went in the Skillet Fork River Bottom and got all the Hickory Nuts, Black Walnuts and Black Walnuts, that we call Filberts, to last all winter. We mostly caught Cat Fish there.
There were the most beautiful flowers, Blue Bells and Violets. We had all Persimmons and Pawpaws, (they are like pears on a small shrub) all kinds of wild grapes, berries, plums, May apples, everything. The wild Cherry Trees were bigger than Oak Trees.
We had flowers all around our propery. Perenials, as winters were not very severe since I can remember a bunch of Fox Hunters with their hounds passed our place every weekend going on a chase to the Skillet Fork Bottoms".
| Visit Our Neighbors | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | Clay | Richland | |
| Jefferson |
 |
Edwards | |
| Franklin | Hamilton | White | |
