Chasing the Past

is for Occupations.

According to census data, most of my family were farmers.  There’s the occasional blacksmith and shoemaker, an even more occasional preacher.

These two pictures belong to a small set that is, I believe, the only pictures I’ve found, so far, showing any of my ancestors working.  My grandfather went to Newport Tennessee to survey in 1934.  The only other fellow I know is Ralph Holt.  C may be Curtis Holt and W may be Walt Morris.  I do wonder how that trip went. They seemed to have an all right time.