Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Love and romance

They courted for 7 years, going places together with the crowd

Jordan and Augusta set up housekeeping 2 weeks after they got married in Longdale Furnace, VA (shown here) where they lived for 13 months.

Verna Mae Slone (1914-2009) relates the story of how her father Isom ‘Kitteneye’ Slone proposed to her mother, Sarah Owens Slone.

Your affinity is your mate, but unless you know the six types of happy married folks on Olympus, up to date, you may miss yours.

From the 1927 divorce case filed by James R. Seawall against Dorothy Elizabeth Seawall in Knox County Fourth Circuit Court, Knoxville, TN.

Walter M. Gibson lived near Sandy Springs, SC. He was an adventurer, and it is said was once prime minister of the Sandwich Islands.

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