This is Agnes Adele Gary Barnes (1868-1955). She was my maternal great-grandmother. Her nickname was "Big Mamma." When I was 12-13 years old, I would sit with her at my grandmother's house in the Summertime. I wish I could remember some of the stories she told.
The second picture of her she is at the well beside their farm house in Wood County, TX. The well was right beside the house and she had a hand pump to get water into the kitchen sink.
Have any of you ever drunk "Clabber?" It was around their huge dining table that I learned about it and to love it. I don't drink Buttermilk very often, but so often it makes me think of clabber when I do.
They settled in Wood County around 1900. Her brother came for a visit from GA/NC?. He became ill and died while visiting. I remember being told his last words were, "Good-bye, Agnes." How sad.



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