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Early Settlers Personal
History
- 1. Wafer Jey
Dodson
- 2. Paris, Ark. R-1
- 3. Farming
- 4. Farming active
yet
- 5. July 25th, 1860
- 6. Shelby Co.,
Alabama
- 7. Laura Chesser-
in Nov. 25th
,1881- Weldon Co. ??
- 8. Born in
Alabama
- 9. Dec. 1883
- 10. By Train- Mo.
Pacific
- 11. Seeking land
to homestead
- 12. Log house-
stick and dirt chimneys
- 13. Pine knots
and tallow candles
- 14. None
- 15. Wood
- 16. Corn meal-
Sorghum molasses- game plentiful
- 17. Home spun
homemade shoes, looms spinning wheel
- 18. None
- chiviaries (shivarees) at weddings
- 19.
Clothing was lower in price than today-
- 20.
Eagerly shared food with needy
- 21. Corn
& cotton, wheat, oats, potatoes. Before my day tomatoes were love
apples.
- 22. All
plows used were homemade. Smith’s made them, no factory made
implements
- 23. None
- 24. Most
all mentioned were used
- 25. Most
interesting incident- a group of soldiers stacked arms- 12 or more
were called Home Guards at four years of age
- 26.
Bucket Brigade and back fire. No town fires
- 27. In
Shelby Co.- mountain Double Mts., Red Mtn., Oak Mtn., Coosa River-
Caharber 27. Cont. - Deer, raccoons, turkeys
- 28. None
- 29.
Shelby Co. School - frame building
- 30. Some
30 miles from town - west - Dadeville, Ala.
- 31.
Johnie Lowe- 25 years old
- 32. By
subscription
- 33.
McGuffey Reader- Webster's - Blue Back Speller- Negro school near my
home school
- 34.
County Paper- Shelby Centinal (Sentinel)
- 35. Can't
say
- 36.
Buggies- early travel- Trolley cars, can't
say- Ox carts were used-
- 37. In
1910 - at Paris, Ark-
- 38. L&N
Railroad- in 1868- Louisville & Nashville
- 39. In
1914 at Paris, Ark.
- 40. In
1926- at Fort Smith
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41-47.None
- 48. Can't
say, just a small boy
- 49-50.
None
- 51. Just
after Civil War Ku-Klux organized here
- 52-55.
None
- 56. 11
children
- (56. Cont.)
26 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren
- James
William Dodson Sept. 18 - 1872
- Nancy Dodson
Jan 5th 1885
- 57.
Arthur Dec 23 - 1886
- John W.
Dodson Oct 28 - 1894
- Clark J.
Dodson Feb 28 - 1897
- 58.
Grandchild name - Dorie Dorough- Girl
-
" "
Victor Dorough- Boy
- 59. None
Transcribed by Alisha Carey,
Class of 2007
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