William Larkin Roberson STEWART
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WILLIAM LARKIN,WAS BORN OCT. 13,1871,IN PUTMAN CO. TN. HE CAME FROM A LARGE FAMILY (9)TOTAL 1 BROTHER 7 SISTERS. HIS FATHER JESSE PAYTON STEWART, GAVE THE LAND FOR THE STEWART CEMETARY, WHERE MANY OF THE RELATIVES ARE BURIED. WILLIAM LARKIN HAS DONE MANY THINGS IN HIS
LIFE TIME AS DID ALL MEN IN THOSE TIMES,HE WAS A JACK OF ALL TRADES
BUT MAINLY FARMING AND BRICK MASON. HE DID HIS LAST BRICK JOB AT THE AGE OF 82 YRS.HE OWNED 190 ACRES OF LAND AT ONE TIME,ABOUT 25 ACRES NOW
REMAIN OF THE OLD FARM,RUFUS AND EDNA BARLOW,HIS DAUGHTER, NOW LIVE
THERE, WILLIAM LARKIN STEWART WAS A VERY HONEST MAN.I RECALL GRANDPA
GAVE ME A COIN OF SOME KIND AND MY SISTER HENERITTA TOOK IT OR PERSUADED
ME TO SPEND IT ON CANDY FROM A PEDELER THAT CAME AROUND [MAYBE OLA CRONK]
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He died of pneumonia.
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She never married.
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She never married.
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MARRIED CLAY FARMER,THEY HAD 2 CHILDREN,FRANCIS FARMER,SCOTT FARMER
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HENRY AND MINNIE HAWKINS WERE MARRIED DEC.24,1920 IN COOKEVILLE TN.
THEY LIVED ON THE STEWART FARM FOR A WHILE.THEY WENT TO DETROIT MICHIGAN
WHERE HENRY WENT TO BRICK MASON TRADE SCHOOL,THEY WENT TO CANADA ON
TRIPS.WE HAVE PICTURES OF THEM MADE IN THE PARK THERE I ALSO HAVE A POCKETWATCH THAT DAD BOUGHT THERE,ORGINALBOX THAT IT CAME IN,DAD KEPT EVERY THING AND IN GOOD CONDITION ALSO. AFTER THEY MOVED BACK TO COOKEVILLE TN.
THERE FIRST BORN HENERITTA WAS BORN .DAD BOUGHT A SMALL FARM 50 ACRES ON THE NASHVILLE HIGHWAY ABOUT 4 MILES OUT OF TOWN,THERE
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CHILDREN WERE BORN SUE BILL AND BOB.I CAN RECALL SOME THINGS ABOUT THE FARM,WE HAD A SPRING HOUSE WHERE WE KEPT MILK,BUTTER,ECT.,A BARN AND A POND IN THE BACK,WE SKATED ON THE POND WHEN IT WAS FROZEN OVER, ITHINK WE
HAD AN UPSTAIRS. I REMBER MOTHER FEEDING MEN THAT WOULD COME TO THE BACK
DOOR ,THE DEPRESSION WAS IN FULL SWING,DAD HAD GONE TO MURFREESBORO TN. TO WORK.BOB AND MOTHER WENT DOWN TO SEE HIM ONE DAY SOME FRIENDS TOOK THEM.HENRY WAS STAYING AT A BORDING HOUSE.THIS WAS ABOUT 1937-38.
I HAVE PICTURES MADE AT THE FARM IN 1937.SHORTLY AFTER,ABOUT 1937
WE
ALL MOVED TO MURFREESBORO TN.DAD HAD LOST THE FARM [TAXES] HE TRADEDOR SOME PROPERTY OUT IN THE COUNTRY,WHAT THE CHILDREN LATER CALLED THE BLUE DOORED MANSION [IT HAD A BLUE FRONT DOOR].HE LATER SOLD THAT.
WE MOVED TO MURFREESBORO IN A GREEN MODEL A FORD,4 DOORS. WE RENTED A PLACE ON THE FRANKLIN PIKE, ABOUT 3-4 MILES OUT,THERE THE KIDS WENT TO
McFADDEN SCHOOL.BOB DIDN'T LIKE SCHOOL SO ONE DAY HE TOOK OFF,WALKED HOME
AND HENERITTA BORROWED A BICYCLE TO GO SEE ABOUT HIM.THEY LATER MOVED
TO A PLACE ON THE WOODBURY PIKE ,ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MURFREESBORO.
BILL AND BOB WORKED FOR A MISTER BROWN,HE MADE ICE CREAN AND TRADED IT
FOR FRUIT JARS.MAYBE HE WAS MAKING MOON SHINE.BOB HAD A TRACTOR WITH A
STEEL FRONT WHEEL RUN OVER HIS FOOT.BOB GOT MAD AT HIS DAD ONE DAY AND
PUT 4 NAILS UNDER HIS TIRES ONE UNDER EACH TIRE,OF COURSE HE HAD 4 FLATS,
I DONT THINK DAD DID ANY THING TO ME,I DONT KNOW WHY,OF COURSE NOW I AM
SORRY THAT I DID IT.WE MOVED AGAIN THIS TIME TO TOWN TO A HOUSE ON
TENN.BLVD. CLOSE TO THE STATE COLLEGE,WHERE WE WOULD PLAY SOME TIMES.
WE HAD SIDE WALKS THERE AND WOULD SKATE FOR BLOCKS.WE LIVED IN A HOUSE WITH A WINTERS FAMILY,THEY HAD A BARN OUT IN THE BACK,WHERE WE WOULD PLAY
THINGS WERE GETTING BETTER BY NOW DAD HAD GOTTEN A 1936 CHEVY. I RECALL
CLEANING OUT THE WELL THERE,I WAS THE SMALLEST SO THEY MADE A PULLY OF
SOME KIND AND LOWERED ME INTO THE WELL, IT WAS NOT VERY DEEP,BUT IT WAS VERY WIDE. WE PICKED STRAWBERRYS THERE FOR A MAN NEXT DOOR,I THINK WE GOT
2 CENTS A BASKET PLUS ALL WE COULD EAT.WE MOVED TO THE TODD FARM IN ABOUT
1940 OR SO,THERE SUE MET HER FUTURE HUSBAND ,FLYOD DOUGLAS.THE SECOND WORLD WAR STARTED WHILE WE LIVED THERE AND BILL,BOB, AND E.J. POPE, WOULD GO TO THE STORE FOR THE SOLDIERS,BUY ALL THE CANDY THAT THE LITTLE STORE HAD,AND SELL IT TO THE SOLDIERS,BILL SAID MOTHER WOULD PUT OUR MONEY IN A FLOUR SACK AND SAVE IT FOR US,WE ALSO
SHINED SHOES ON SATURDAY WHEN THE G.I,S WOULD COME TO TOWN. HENERITTA MET
GEORGE WHILE HE WAS ON MANUVERS THERE,THEY WERE LATER MARRIED,GEORGE WENT OVERSEAS TO GERMANY AND WAS WOUNDED THERE,HENERITTA WAS LIVING WITH US,
I REMEMBER WE HAD A BANNER OR STAR ON OUR FRONT DOOR FOR GEORGE. WE MOVED TO TOWN IN ABOUT,1941 THERE DAD BOUGHT A HOUSE ON ACADEMY STREET FOR
$2500.00 DOLLARS,IT HAD OUR FIRST INDOOR PLUMBING,1 BATH AN 2 BEDROOMS.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT DAD EVER MADE PAYMENTS ON,AND HE PAID THAT OFF EARLY.DAD ONLY CHARGED THE PAPER AND GROCERIES AT
SMOTHERMANS GROCERY STORE.BILL DELIVERED GROCERIES FOR A STORE ON A BICYCLE,I THINK HE GOT US OUR FIRST PHONE.WE GOT OUR FIRST T.V. SET ALSO
COURTSEY OF BILL.WE LIVED IN THE HOUSE ON ACADEMY STREET UNTILL THE KIDS
ALL LEFT HOME .DAD AND MOTHER REMAINED THERE UNTILL THEY BOTH PASSED AWAY
THE HOUSE WAS SOLD AFTER THAT.
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MY MOTHER MARRIED HENRY STEWART,HAD 4 CHILDREN,HENERITTA STEWART,
EMMA SUE STEWART,WILLIAM ELROY STEWART,ROBERT ALEX STEWART.
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ALMA LEE STEWART MARRIED JOHN WILLIAM BIRDWELL NOV. 24,1924 IN BAXTER TN.
THEY HAD 3 CHILDRENM, BILLY EDWARD,MARY RUTH, LOUISE