1. Martha Jane Ross “Rogers” 2. Ratcliff, Ark 3. Retired 4. Housewife 5. 1853 Aug 26 6. Franklin County 7. J. W. Ross, Oct. 28, 1886, Franklin County 8. None 9. Life 10. Native 11. -- 12. Log houses built of hewn logs, oak plank floor 13. Grease Lamps, and tallow candles poured at home 14. 1929 15. Wood was the only fuel 16. Pork, cornbread, turkey, venison, butter & milk 17. Spun thread and wove cloth all of our clothes were made at home 18. -- 19. Just after the war we paid 50 cents per yard for calico, salt was very high 20. People were very neighborly, any neighbor in need was looked after, and often a neighbor would live 8 or 9 miles away 21. Corn and wheat were principal crops 22. All farm tools were homemade, called stock plows 23. None 24. Poke salit, sassafras and spice wood tea, wild grapes, wild current berries 25. Hog killings, log rollings, house raisings and quilting bees, also preaching once a month by circuit rider, at my Grandfather's house 26. -- 27. -- 28. Father was postmaster at Subrosa in Franklin Co. a stage coach came by there each day. The route was from Roseville to Charleston 29. --A little log hut with split log benches 30. -- 31. Professor Waddel 32. Subscription 33. Blue Back Speller, Webster's, McGuffey's Readers 34. Don’t remember 35. Branch Depot 1899 36. Not used in my community 37. Ft. Smith 1898 38. Ft. Smith 1882 39. 1914 Branch, Ark. It just passed over 40. Not used here for that 41. None 42. Celebration held at James Rogers Sr. at the Declaration of the Civil War, a barbecue was given for the soldiers that were leaving 43-47. None 48. Were bothered some by the northern soldiers, they took all of our corn, but didn’t treat us very badly. They also took our horses 49. In Franklin County at Peter Pender a skirmish occurred between stragglers of the Southern and Northern soldiers several men were killed on each side. James Rogers Jr., my uncle was killed in that skirmish. I was within hearing distance of that battle. 50. Don’t recall any incidents 51. Don’t recall 52-55. None 56. 26 57. Mrs. A. J. Blythe, Dumas, Tex.; Mrs. J. R. Maxfield, Branch, Ark.; J. R. Ross, Charleston; Mrs. J. L. Day, Macon, Ga.; Mrs. Earnest Orillion, Dallas, Texas. 58. Grandchildren Mrs. T. C. Page, J. R. Blythe; Great Grandchildren Margaret Page, Donald Blythe 59. None
Transcribed by Alisha Carey, GHS Class of 2007
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