Sentimental Sunday - Ode To Family

SNGF - Image Caption Time!

Randy Seaver from GeneaMusings brings us yet again another great Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge. Thanks Randy for another great challenge!

"Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:


1) Look at this image:

2) What is a funny, or serious, Title for this book, if it was a genealogy book (yours, or someone else's)?

3) Tell us about it in a blog post of your own, in a comment to this post, in a Facebook status post, or a Google+ stream post.
a] Funny: The Big Book of Brick Wall Dynamite: Answers To All Your Brickwall Questions

b] Serious: The Bean Family Ancestry: Current Beans of North America and Their Scotch-Irish Ancestors

Surname Saturday - Pettie

Generation1

1. Johnnie Lee HENRY son of Joseph Wright HENRY and Betty Louise Rotge was born in San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX.

Cynthia Ann BEANE daughter of Walter Maxwell BEANE and Lois Velleda DREHER was born in New Albany, Floyd Co., IN.

Johnnie Lee HENRY and Cynthia Ann BEANE were married in Covington, Alleghany Co., VA.

Generation2

2. Joseph Wright HENRY son of William Lee HENRY and Emma Louise PETTIE was born on 20 Sep

1927 in Fulton County, KY. He died on 16 Nov 1993 in Batesville, Panola, Mississippi.

3. Betty Louise Rotge daughter of John Cornelius ROTGE and Ora Lee Sparks was born on 30 Aug

1930 in Kerrville, Kerr, Texas. She died on 05 Jul 2003 in Jourdanton, Atascosa, Texas.

Joseph Wright HENRY and Betty Louise Rotge were married on 30 Jul 1947.

Generation3

4. William Lee HENRY son of Sterling Price HENRY and Fannie UNKNOWN was born on 17 Jul 1892

in Cayce, Fulton, Kentucky. He died on 24 Jan 1965 in Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky.

5. Emma Louise PETTIE daughter of Timothy Martin PETTIE and Elizabeth Ann WILLIAMS was born

on 16 Jun 1895 in Columbus, Hickman, Kentucky. She died in Aug 1985 in Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky.

Generation4

10. Timothy Martin PETTIE son of Balaam Baldwin PETTY and Amanda Rachel McKEE was born on 01

Jul 1854 in Smith County, Tennessee. He died on 02 Apr 1928 in Obion County, Tennessee.

11. Elizabeth Ann WILLIAMS daughter of Jessie H. WILLIAMS and Rebecca Cook was born on 24 Feb

1854 in Cordie County, Kentucky. She died on 23 Dec 1933 in South Fulton, Obion, Tennessee, USA.

Timothy Martin PETTIE and Elizabeth Ann WILLIAMS were married in 1883.

Generation5

20. Balaam Baldwin PETTY son of Thomas PETTY and Lydia MAYNARD was born in May 1816 in

North Carolina. He died after 1900 in Kentucky.

21. Amanda Rachel McKEE daughter of Elizabeth UNKNOWN was born in 1819 in North Carolina.

Generation5

40. Thomas PETTY son of John PETTY and Unknown was born in 1787 in Chatham County, North

Carolina. He died in 1863 in Stonewall, Smith, Tennessee.

41. Lydia MAYNARD was born in 1795 in North Carolina. She died about 1862 in Stonewall, Smith,

Tennessee.

Thomas PETTY and Lydia MAYNARD were married on 11 Feb 1811 in Wake County, North Carolina.

Family Recipe Friday - Corn Pone

I have often been asking quite silly questions from individuals about what we eat in West Virginia. You know what I mean, those stereotypical ideas that we all haven’t any teeth, and we eat opossum and hog jowls, etc.

However, there are some of those stereotypical food questions that aren’t far the truth. And which I can tell you are some “good eats”.

One of them that I am asked about is “corn pone”.

What is it. Does it taste good? How do you make it?

First of all, corn pone is a basic cornbread recipe, made without using eggs, so there is no loft to it. It also doesn’t utilize baking powder for rise. So it is flat.

Does it taste good? It has been my experience that individuals either love it; or hate it. Seldom an in-between.

How do you make it?

The way my grandmother used to make corn pone [which she called skillet bread] was as follows:

Ingredients:

2-cups stone ground cornmeal

1-teaspoon salt

1-1/2 cups cold water

4-tablespoons lard [I use vegetable oil when I make it today]

 

Directions:

In a medium mixing bowl mix all ingredients until blended together well.

Get your cast iron skillet hot over medium heat, add enough lard to keep cakes from sticking, you want to cook them…not fry them.

Drop batter using a large spoon [about the size of a large table serving spoon] into the skillet. [A 9-inch skillet usually only cooks one at a time.]

Cook until golden brown, then turn over and cook other side until same.

Serve while hot.

These can be served with butter, jelly or jam, syrup, or my favorite – molasses.

These are excellent paired with pinto beans. Or greens of any kind.

Any Ideas? - Answer

Yesterday I asked of anyone could tell me where this photograph was taken...

...did you get it?

The answer is......

The Aztec Theater located on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.

We consider two places "home" to us. Southern Texas, and West Virginia. So... this is a place we dearly miss.

Treasure Chest Thursday - Any Ideas?

I have travelled quite a bit in my lifetime.  These were times that I truly enjoyed and have such fond memories of. Moments that I absolutely treasure.

So I decided that I would share these treasures here, on Treasure Chest Thursday’s.

For now, I will share places that I think are fairly well known, and you can try to guess where they are. [I’ll post the answers on the following day from the post.]

And with that, let’s begin.

Who can tell me where this landmark is located? Be as specific as possible You can leave your answers below in the comments.

Wordless Wednesday - A Visitor In The Cemetery

 

I took this photo from the Mt. Vernon ME Church cemetery at Ft. Spring, Greenbrier, WV. The lovely deer was simply standing there the entire time we traipsed through the cemetery, watching quietly.