Born: 1855-06-28 Madison Co, Arkansas USA
Died: 1936-04-16 Dallas, Dallas Co, Texas USA
Marriages:
1. 1878-00-00 George Washington "Coot" Todd Children of Narcissus Hinds and George Todd:
information on husband and children from one of their descendents, who emailed me
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from a tree that no longer exists:
From the memories of Ruth Mae MOORELAND BOYD HAYES;
My Grandmother Todd.
To her grand children and great grand children she was Granny Todd.
Born Narcessus Clementine Hinds June 28, 1850 in Hindsville, Arkansas, a small cummunity named for the Hinds family, hard working pioneer farmers/ She was the youngest of 16 children.
They raised their own food, cattle and horses, chickens, duck and geese and milked cows, churned made butter and cottage cheese.
They canned vegatables and fruits, made preserves and jellies and dried some fruits, especially apples and peaches. The process of drying fruits was called evaporated fruits.
They milled corn for corn meal.
They carded cotton and wool which was a process of combing to fir of seeds and dirt and to fluff the cotton and wool up. The combs were hand made with wires fastened to two boards while they rubbed together, Then the clean cotton and wool was spun into thread which in turn was loomed into cloth from which they made all their clothing, and sheets and other materials and mattresses for their beds. They also made ticking for feather beds, feathers from geese and ducks.
They made dye from the indigo plant, a blue color, so much of their cloth was a variation of shades of blue. Too, some other colors were made from bark and roots of trees and plants.
I saw a pitcher of my great grand father in a dark blue suit hand made by my great grand mother and it looked as tailored as men's suits of today - made by hand as they had no sewing machine.
They knitted, by hand, stockings, sweaters, hoods, toboggens, scarfs and shawls. From the wool thread they made from the wool from the sheep.
They made their own lye soap used to wash their clothes on a rub board and heated wash water in a large iron pot, outside and boiled all white clothes. Too, the lye soap was their only toilet soap except castile soap for babies.
Granny Todd told me she had 20 dresses when she married all made by hand, full skirted, ruffled and tucked as of the style in those days. I've seen some of the tiny rolled hems with beautiful small tiny stitches.
They made all their quilts from the materials they made their selves.
Granny Todd learned many things at an early age, not much schooling. (Who had time for school?) Schools were far apart and they had to walk long distances, as much as three, four or 5 miles.
During the Civil War there were rumors that the Yankees were going to kill the old men when they passed through that way so they hid my great grand father in the loft of their house so saved his life. The Yankees helped themselves to all the food they wanted and every thing in sight when they passed through.
Granny Todd's mother and father, through necessity, set the pattern for our heritage, for making the most of our endowments, by using our hands and initiative and ingenuity - The Lessons of Life
She was a christian from early childhood and taught us about Christ. She was a "Mighty Big Person" and did more with her life than whole groups of people do. She left her imprint in lots of lives. She did it all for her loved ones.
My grand father abandoned his young family so Granny Todd had a hard time making a living, for her self and her children, for in those days there were not many jobs available for women except memial jobs like washing and ironing for others and keeping house and nursing the elderly, and picking fruits and berries in season. She worked for $0.25 per day - Imagine!
Both her children worked at any job they could soon as old enough starting at 8 and 10 years of age.
Granny Todd was crippled while still a young woman but soon my mother was able to keep clothe and feed her etc. Granny Todd in turn taught my sister and me to read by first teaching us our alphabet. Later she was blind so we'd spell the words to her so thats how she knew of some of the things that were happening in the out side world. She spent the remaining years of her life with my mother and us. (Wrong - She lived with us for about six yrs. before she died about 1936 or 37. Mama took care of her until she died. Note entered by Dorothy POOLE NORRELL CHAMBERS)
A most wonderful woman. She taught us all the Right ways to live - What a Heritage.
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1900 census Benton Co AR p257b
Nettie Morland household
mother Narc C Todd 44 1855-06 AR/TN/TN
1880 census Madison Co AR p482b
George Todd 22 AR/AR/AR
wife Clem 24 AR/TN/TN
son Benj 1 AR
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 578
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