"I remember will the morning Abraham was killed. The reason I can always remember the year so well was that was the year our oldest son was born.

"It had been raining hard all night and all morning and Harvey and his Dad were standing on the front porch talking about how fast the creek was getting up. I had picked up the baby to go in and start dinner.

"A back window was up and about the time I got in the kitchen a ball of fire rolled in the window. It rolled around in the kitchen, then into the front bedroom and out the front window to where Abraham was standing. It hit him hard, even knocked the soles off his shoes. Abraham was burned pretty bad. Harvey was hurt the worst I've ever seen. He and his Dad were awful close.

"We buried Abraham at Cox's Chapel there in Grayson County. He is buried next to our daughter that died while we lived there. She died of the fever.

"I don't know where Abraham's wife is buried. She died before I ever married Harvey.

"Harvey came to Danville to work in the Mill. There was nothing for him to do in Grayson County. He came here in the Thirties (1930's). Harvey died here and we buried him at the Schoolfield Cemetery. We have two children buried there."