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T.H. Bolden Family - Recollections of Thomas Edward Bolden |
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Transcriber Notes:
The following is a transcription of my fathers memories as a boy. He was the
grandson of Thomas Henry Bolden an Lou Ella (Smith).
It was written in his own hand on 24 September 1995. It has been transcribed exactly as
written in order to preserve the integrity of the document.
The only changes I have made are to formatting. I have inserted new paragraphs, and
highlighted names, places and dates to facilitate genealogical research and reference.
Page numbers are typed on the transcription to indicate the actual page breaks in the
original document.
Transcribed by Josephine Bolden-Pani July 1999. Revised 5/14/02.
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According to Alma Rust, Nanie Mae Bouldin used to
date Rafus Childres. Railroad Sta called "Roddy Springs" was near "Flat
Broach" where Nanie Mae family lived. Aunt Nanie Mae was married very young, Alma said she (Alma)
was 10 years old at the time. Aunt Nanie Mae was approx. 2 years older than Alma, so she would only have been
about 12 years old. Mama, Jessie Womack, told me also that Nanie Mae said Grampa Tom
bought her a new
dress but that she Nanie Mae didnt want to marry the man in question, for he was quite a bit older
than her (more nearer her fathers age) but that she felt that Grampa wanted her to marry him. I
dont know the mans name yet, but dont think it lasted too long (the marriage) Aunt
Hattie Mae (Durham) Marlin
said the man was named Jim Pruitt. I did check the Franklin Co. marriage records. (Could find no
record of Pruitt to Nanie Mae Bouldin marriage, but did find record of marriage of Anderton "Dick" Cook
to Annie (Nanie) Mae
Bouldin 15 May - 1923. She was 16 yrs old at time of marriage. Aunt Nanie Mae was a very
small woman but what she lacked in size, she made up for in toughness. She & my mother didnt get
along well. There
was something about my mother that easily activated Aunt Nanie Maes
aggressive streak in "Go To War" mode. I remember one particular incident. In Fall of 1932, we returned from Akron, Ohio
to Tenn. Because as long as we stayed in the Akron area, the long arms of the Law were evidently keeping close tabs
on Daddys moonshining activities. He
decided to go back to Tenn and we went to Grandpa & Grandma's
(Bolden) house.
We enrolled in the local school about 2� mi. thru
the woods on the country roads to school. It
was situated atop a small but very steep hill. At the bottom of the hill was a beautiful
spring with cool, clear water that fed a small
creek, along with other small springs. The
name of the area was referred to as Spring Creek. All 8 grades were taught in a one room school house. If you did well on your
lessons, recitations the teacher might allow
two of the boys to go down the steep hill
& bring a bucket of fresh drinking water back for the class. It was considered a treat to get out of school for |
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