~x-slave Stories	Page Three
(Texas)
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Dey been immigrate here ‘bout ten year ago. Dey conic ain‘t knowedwhy. Dey never was none here in slavery frogs and ‘gators.

	Is i marry 51 year ago t o ~N1lina Day and I‘ e st 111 marry~ t o her. Us mar~“y in her brudder‘s house with jes‘ homefoiks. Dey~s nine chilien and. eight still livin‘ and most dem farmers, ‘cept two boys in de reg‘lar army. Dey am Doif and Robert. C~ar x~ns de filin‘ stRtion at Double Bayou. Oscar was in France in de World War. I has two rn~r gals with inc here and two grandchillen.

	III	rode de rance till ‘bout 20 year ago ~nd den I start gittin‘ purty old., so I set ties doi‘~n t o far~in‘ . De~r charter a Masonic 1 odge here in 1906, I ‘licite it were number naught 81X, and. dey put me up for ‘~orshipf‘ul i~aster of de bunch. After ~ey vouch for rue I git de chair and I been sitti& in de east for 30 year.
from somewhere but us time but plenty horny