Edith Hyde was born in England in 1965. Her family came to the US on the Manchester in 1866, arriving at New York Harbor. She grew up in New London, CT, where she met and married Lewis Clark Atwood.
After the death of her son-in-law, George Davenport, she and Lewis Atwood helped their daughter, May Davenport, raise her four sons in St. Petersburg, Florida.
After World War II, they moved to Sweet Valley, PA, where she died in 1957.
Her grandson, Whit Davenport, told the following about his grandmother:
On a fair day, Grammer Atwood would stand on the porch and say, "It's a breeder" - meaning that the nice weather was just the forerunner of storms later on. She evidently leaned toward a pessimistic view of life.
After the death of her son-in-law, George Davenport, she and Lewis Atwood helped their daughter, May Davenport, raise her four sons in St. Petersburg, Florida.
After World War II, they moved to Sweet Valley, PA, where she died in 1957.
Her grandson, Whit Davenport, told the following about his grandmother:
On a fair day, Grammer Atwood would stand on the porch and say, "It's a breeder" - meaning that the nice weather was just the forerunner of storms later on. She evidently leaned toward a pessimistic view of life.
Edith Hyde was born in England in 1965. Her family came to the US on the Manchester in 1866, arriving at New York Harbor. She grew up in New London, CT, where she met and married Lewis Clark Atwood.
After the death of her son-in-law, George Davenport, she and Lewis Atwood helped their daughter, May Davenport, raise her four sons in St. Petersburg, Florida.
After World War II, they moved to Sweet Valley, PA, where she died in 1957.
Her grandson, Whit Davenport, told the following about his grandmother:
On a fair day, Grammer Atwood would stand on the porch and say, "It's a breeder" - meaning that the nice weather was just the forerunner of storms later on. She evidently leaned toward a pessimistic view of life.
After the death of her son-in-law, George Davenport, she and Lewis Atwood helped their daughter, May Davenport, raise her four sons in St. Petersburg, Florida.
After World War II, they moved to Sweet Valley, PA, where she died in 1957.
Her grandson, Whit Davenport, told the following about his grandmother:
On a fair day, Grammer Atwood would stand on the porch and say, "It's a breeder" - meaning that the nice weather was just the forerunner of storms later on. She evidently leaned toward a pessimistic view of life.
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