Person:Jane Smith (151)

Below is a portion of an article transcribed by Norma Knotts Shaffer from microfilms of the Calhoun Chronicle dated 6/12/1898. The author of this article in not given, but it was probably written by the newspaper's editor at the time, S.C. Barr. This transcription found at the Hur Herald site. "We called to see Aunt Jane Ferrel, widow of Hiram Ferrel. Her first husband, Thomas J. Rice, with his young wife, added their names to the list of early settlers in 1838, and made their home where Granville Rice now lives, near Mussel Shoals. Aunt Jane is a lady of remarkable energy, strength and agility for one of her years, and her memory seems to be accurate. She can detail many interesting incidents of early life, some of which we will give our readers in a succeeding number of the Chronicle. Aunt Jane wove, on the old hand loom, three hundred yards of carpet and blankets last winter before Christmas. She says: 'In 1838 we had to ask hands all the way from DeKalb, in Gilmer county, to the Sixteen bend to get enough help for a log rolling.'"

Calhoun, VA Marriages Groom: FERREL, HIRAM Age: 48 marital Status: Widowed Birthplace: MONONGALIA/VA Parents: FERREL, ROBERT & RACHAEL Bride: RICE, JANE Age: 38 marital Status: Widowed Birthplace: BATH/VA Parents: SMITH, HENRY & LYDIA Marriage date: 14 Nov 1858 1860 Calhoun, VA FERRIL, 695 Hiram Ferril...50...Monongalia...Farmer Jane...40...Bath Co., VA Rachel...15...Gilmer Hiram...13...Gilmer Robert...11...Gilmer Matilda Q...8...Gilmer Battell B...11/12...Calhoun Granville ROICE...20...Lewis...House Joiner Thomas J. ROICE...16...Lewis...Farmer Alexander ROICE...14...Gilmer...Farmer Maryetta ROICE...9...Gilmer Sarah STUMP...54...Greenbrier

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