tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767645903956507509.post6899987043543262681..comments2023-07-04T07:24:42.948-04:00Comments on Paula Goff Christy's Blog: Is There Such a Thing As Revisionist History?Paula Goff Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13835936966635922391noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1767645903956507509.post-33558085526284331322015-02-09T15:28:54.908-05:002015-02-09T15:28:54.908-05:00Hello,
My grandmother was Alta Poe Osborne, one of...Hello,<br />My grandmother was Alta Poe Osborne, one of Etta Poe's younger sisters. Although Alta died when I was only 22, I remember her discussing her sister, Etta's family. My grandmother in 1930 had a new baby and barely enough money to buy milk for their child. My grandparents and other family members tried to help Etta and her children as much as they could. Uncle Oakley and Aunt Pauline were better off and were able to take Patsy, and a cousin adopted one of the other siblings. My grandmother told me that Worthy Christy went out for a loaf of bread and never came back, sending a postcard from Florida. My grandmother's opinion was that Etta starved to death, giving what little she had to her children and denying herself. I have a picture of the Poe family on my wall taken about 1905, and Etta has the most beautiful eyes. I have visited the Poe homestead many times through the 1980's, and never knew them to have wealth of any kind. The main room of the house was a general store, and my great-grandfather, Harvey Poe, drove a huckster wagon in addition to being a farmer. Thanks again for your information and interesting blog.poe descendenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744513678050292646noreply@blogger.com