Today, February 29th would have been Great Grand Mother Jessie Matilda Meek's birthday. Gran C. was born 29 February 1888 and died 16 October 1982. She and Orville Claude Carpenter married 1 March 1905. He was 23 and she was 17 or if you count actual birth days, about 4 yr's old.
I remember Gran C.'s little house in Galt, Grundy County, Missouri. I remember she dipped snuff. I remember she had the most beautiful African Violets growing on her front porch. Today I have two beautiful African Violets growing in my kitchen, they are named Jessie & Jessica. She was our Mom's Maternal Grand Mother.
Family lore has it that her mother Rebecca J. Parmer Meek [22 November 1857-26 September 1932] was one half Native American. However, I've yet to find any verifiable documents.
Happy Birthday Gran. C.
Vicki Sue
I remember Gran C.'s little house in Galt, Grundy County, Missouri. I remember she dipped snuff. I remember she had the most beautiful African Violets growing on her front porch. Today I have two beautiful African Violets growing in my kitchen, they are named Jessie & Jessica. She was our Mom's Maternal Grand Mother.
Family lore has it that her mother Rebecca J. Parmer Meek [22 November 1857-26 September 1932] was one half Native American. However, I've yet to find any verifiable documents.
Happy Birthday Gran. C.
Vicki Sue
thanks for the memories, keep them coming
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I remember Grandma Jessie. She welcomed me to the family the first time Jan took me to Galt to meet her. We had only been dating a few months. She made the best bread pudding and rhubarb cobbler.
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