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Sandie's Pioneer Ladies
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Meet Hannah Trimble!
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Hannah Trimble was the daughter of James & Grace Trimble who came to America from County Armagh, Ireland. She was a spirited Irish woman who married Major Francis Logan, a Revolutionary War Veteran of Old Ninety Six. The Tories were observed to be headed toward's Hannah's home to harm Major Francis. He hid under a nearby bridge. Hannah invited the Tories into the house to search fo Major Francis & became upset when they began tossing her belongings around and creating a mess. Hannah quietly slipped outside, cut the reins to the Tories horses & set a pack of hounds chasing them. The Tories stopped their destruction of Hannah's home 7 left in pursuit of their horses. Hannah's actions kept her husband from being detected & harmed & kept her house in order!
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Elizabeth Prevatt, French Huguenot & her daughter, Elizabeth Taylor
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Elizabeth Prevatt was the only grand daughter of French Hugenot, Pierre Prevatt, who came to America on the ship "Peter & Anthony" to escape religious persecution in France. She was born about 1738 at Manakin Town, Albemarle County, Virginia, prior to her parents relocation to North Carolina in 1739. Elizabeth was a "settler" woman of the western frontier & settled & later died in Sixes, Indian Camp Creek, Butler County, Kentucky. Though Elizabeth was older when she relocated to the Kentucky Frontier & a settler woman, she kept her habit of wearing make up. She played the piano & liked to sing & it is said that the neighbors loved to visit with her & join in the fun of singing & music. It is said that when angry, Elizabeth would swear like a sailor in French & butcher the englishlanguage, too. Elizabeth also had a daughter, Elizabeth,b.1761, her oldest child, who married William Beasley.
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Meet my grand mother, Iva Mae Zachery
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Iva Mae Zachery was born to Betsy Jane Embry & Norman Zachery in Grayson County, Kentucky. Iva relocated with her parents Norman & Betsy Jane Embry Zachery to Grayson County Texas, where she met & married Mark Kee Logan, son of Reverand James Richard "JD" Logan & Leona Lynden Weeks. Iva had 3 children, Joseph Mark, James Norman & Janie Belle. Iva & family , looking for better fortunes, then migrated to Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Our family tradition claims "The Grapes of Wrath" as telling the story of the migration. Iva spent lots of time with her grandchildren & liked to tell ghost stories. She was an adept seamstress & kept the granddaughters & their dollies well dressed in hand made clothes. Iva made wonderful p nut butter fudge & the best fried chicken ever. She like to bottle her own root beer (a skill learned in Kentucky)& on one occassion put to much yeast in the batch, which caused all the bottles in the garage to explode & set her Boston Bull Terrier, TOPPER running & sc
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