child raising Archives - Appalachian History

Mailing babies via Parcel Post

Parcel Post Service became available to Americans on January 1, 1913. It didn’t take long for citizens to get creative on what to send.

“Cornbread and Beans for Breakfast,” published 1995, portrays the Depression era scene from James Milton Hanna’s childhood in Cherokee, AL.

There is something about the movement of rocking that will often tempt the sick, overwrought child to slumber.

When I told him who I was, he exhibited that same kindly expression of countenance & benevolent disposition that characterized his whole life.

Elizabeth Gerding Hannah raised orphaned Cuban girl Lorena Maria Lacarada Paidrone, whom she brought home following the Spanish-American War.