Co R. McLean, •	Geo. u. Conn,	page 3
District Supervi5or	  Writer	Diatrict #5
		Sunmiit County
/iilbur C. A~x~n,	June 11, 1937	Folklore, #240
Editor


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	Anna ~n1th‘e parents ~re W11.iam Clarke and Miranda ~U. Her father was a slave belonging to Judge I~11. It was co~n practive for slaves to assume the last name of their owners.

	It waa before war w~a declared between the north and south that she waa married, for she claliis her daughter wae “going on three“ when President Lincoln freed the slaves. lirs. Smith remembers her rather who died at the age of 11? yeera.

	Her o1de~t brother wae bO when he joined the confederate army. Three other brothers were aent to the front. One was an e~bu1anc. attendant ‚ one belonged to the cavalry, one an orderly aeargean.t end the other joined the infantry. All were killed in action. Aima Szntth‘a husband later Joined the war and was reported killed.

	When ehe became old enough for aervice she w as taken into the “Big House“ of her master, where she aerved as kitchen helper, cook and later as nurse, taking care of her mistress‘ second child.

	She learned hsr A.B.C.‘a by listening to the tutor teaching the children of rudge Toll.

	“Grandma“ Smith‘s vision is the wonder o~ hei‘ friends. She has never woni glasses and can distinguish objecta and people at a distance as readily as at close range. She occupies her time by hooking ra~ rugs and doing housework and cooking, She is “on the go“ moat ot the times but when need for rest ovrtakea her, she resorts to her easy chair, a pipeful of tobacco ani a short nap an~ she is ready to carry on.
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