Henrietta Lea Eskey was born Aug. 8, 1887, and died Nov. 8, 1948. She was the daughter of John Wesley Eskey and Ann Jane (Jenny) McCaffery. She married Clyde Atkinson Orum. They had one daughter, Ruth Eskey Orum, my mother. They had a farm in West Virginia, main home in Pittsburgh, and a vacation home in Wildcrest Beach, NJ. She was a school teacher until she married. I never knew my grandfather, but I lived with my grandmother, "Dommie", my mother and my great uncle Arthur at the Westchester in Washington, DC during WWII. She was a wonderful person and a perfect grandmother. She had a very happy and interesting life. She went to tea and lunch at the White House under both Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. She was a master gardener. During WWII, the Westchester, in Washington, DC, had a contest to see who could produce the best Victory Garden. She won. She loved hats. I remember having her old hat boxes, made of silk in the closet. They were beautiful. She wrote me letters on special cards with fairies on them. She told lots of family stories, which, through my mother, I became interested in family history and ancestry. Wish I'd had her longer.
Henrietta Lea Eskey was born Aug. 8, 1887, and died Nov. 8, 1948. She was the daughter of John Wesley Eskey and Ann Jane (Jenny) McCaffery. She married Clyde Atkinson Orum. They had one daughter, Ruth Eskey Orum, my mother. They had a farm in West Virginia, main home in Pittsburgh, and a vacation home in Wildcrest Beach, NJ. She was a school teacher until she married. I never knew my grandfather, but I lived with my grandmother, "Dommie", my mother and my great uncle Arthur at the Westchester in Washington, DC during WWII. She was a wonderful person and a perfect grandmother. She had a very happy and interesting life. She went to tea and lunch at the White House under both Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. She was a master gardener. During WWII, the Westchester, in Washington, DC, had a contest to see who could produce the best Victory Garden. She won. She loved hats. I remember having her old hat boxes, made of silk in the closet. They were beautiful. She wrote me letters on special cards with fairies on them. She told lots of family stories, which, through my mother, I became interested in family history and ancestry. Wish I'd had her longer.
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