my badass 3rd great grandmother (see description)
At 21, my third great grandmother (pictured above) fled her home in NC to escape the collapsing confederacy in the 1860s. She fled with her 19-month-old son, her mother (my fourth great grandmother, ~35), and her 8 siblings ranging from 15 y/o to infant. They were sent communications from their husbands that they'd fled to 'Yankeedom' and had hope'd the women and children could come find them.
I am so grateful to know their story through my 3rd great grandmother's incredible memoir she wrote about the whole ordeal. it was the first time any of them had ever seen a train. they were in the wilderness with naught but the clothes on their backs for almost 3 weeks. there's comments in the story that line up with a possible nor'easter they may have survived during their adventure, as well.
i come from pretty bad ass women.
At 21, my third great grandmother (pictured above) fled her home in NC to escape the collapsing confederacy in the 1860s. She fled with her 19-month-old son, her mother (my fourth great grandmother, ~35), and her 8 siblings ranging from 15 y/o to infant. They were sent communications from their husbands that they'd fled to 'Yankeedom' and had hope'd the women and children could come find them.
I am so grateful to know their story through my 3rd great grandmother's incredible memoir she wrote about the whole ordeal. it was the first time any of them had ever seen a train. they were in the wilderness with naught but the clothes on their backs for almost 3 weeks. there's comments in the story that line up with a possible nor'easter they may have survived during their adventure, as well.
i come from pretty bad ass women.