daughter of William Henry and Malinda Britt Brummett; never married
Barbara Teaster notes:
"Sarah Brummett-born 1840 died 1927. This name is probably not correct since they already had a daughter named Sarah, but she was known as "Lou" apparently the census taker made a mistake with this name."
Sarah Louise never married and after her father's death she and her nephew Thomas Y. Brummett lived at the home place. She was a tiny woman with blue eyes, and snow white curly hair. She spent many hours at her spinning wheel. Her nephew, Aaron Brummett, remember hearing Indian coming around the house and his Aunt Lou bravely going out to grumble at them for scaring her chickens. She told Aaron about the slaves she and her parents hid in their house as the slaves escaped to the North.
Notes from Barbara Teaster:
" Sarah Louise "Aunt Lou" Brummett who was born 9 Aug, 1840 in
Emeryville, and died of "Hemiplegia" with contributory factors of
"Heepatis Torpor and Congestion" at 1:30 AM 2 February 1927, at her home
on Sciota. She was treated by Dr.C.M.Wilcox. Sam Brummett signed her
death certificate. She was buried on 23 February 1927 in an unmarked
grave in the Brummett Cemetery, Sciota, Unicoi County, Tennessee. Her
nephew, Thomas Yancy Brummett was later buried beside her.
Aunt Lou was a tiny little woman with big blue eyes, and snow white
curly hair that she kept rolled up in a bun. She smoked a pipe, and
spent a lot of her time at the spinning wheel. She made many quilts,
and seemed to have spent her time creating items for the home. Her
nephew, Aaron, used to visit her house often. He walked over the hill
through the Britt Grindstaff Cemetery on the way. He told about finding
Indian arrow-heads and spear-tops in such a large supply that he would
fill his pockets, then throw them like a rock, to see how far he could
throw.
Aunt Lou spent hours talking to Aaron, and the other children, and
told them about the escaping slaves she and her parents hid in a
cellar-like closet in their house. This was probably during the Civil
War time. Aaron also remembered her talking about the Indians coming
around and scaring her chickens, so she went outside and told them to
get away from her house, and to leave the chickens alone. They left!
This was during the time when Indians still attacked homes, and caused a
lot of trouble in the area.
Aunt Lou never married. The story has come to us that when her
sister Mary Emmaline got pregnant with her son George, Lou got so mad at
the man (Sam Brummett whoever that was) that she said all men were
rotten and she would never marry one of the sorry things. One of the
neighbor boys was unlucky enough to fall in love with Aunt Lou. He
tried for years and years to get her to marry him. She was willing to
be friends, but would never marry him.
We don't know if he ever married, but if there was a wife she was
no longer in the picture when he was on his death bed. He got pretty
wealthy, and as he was dying he sent for Lou and begged her to marry him
while he was on his death bed. He wanted to leave everything he owned to
her. However, she refused. Nellie Grindstaff Britt laughed when she
told this story and we agreed that Aunt Lou may have been stubborn, but
she wasn't greedy.
Barbara Teaster notes:
"Sarah Brummett-born 1840 died 1927. This name is probably not correct since they already had a daughter named Sarah, but she was known as "Lou" apparently the census taker made a mistake with this name."
Sarah Louise never married and after her father's death she and her nephew Thomas Y. Brummett lived at the home place. She was a tiny woman with blue eyes, and snow white curly hair. She spent many hours at her spinning wheel. Her nephew, Aaron Brummett, remember hearing Indian coming around the house and his Aunt Lou bravely going out to grumble at them for scaring her chickens. She told Aaron about the slaves she and her parents hid in their house as the slaves escaped to the North.
Notes from Barbara Teaster:
" Sarah Louise "Aunt Lou" Brummett who was born 9 Aug, 1840 in
Emeryville, and died of "Hemiplegia" with contributory factors of
"Heepatis Torpor and Congestion" at 1:30 AM 2 February 1927, at her home
on Sciota. She was treated by Dr.C.M.Wilcox. Sam Brummett signed her
death certificate. She was buried on 23 February 1927 in an unmarked
grave in the Brummett Cemetery, Sciota, Unicoi County, Tennessee. Her
nephew, Thomas Yancy Brummett was later buried beside her.
Aunt Lou was a tiny little woman with big blue eyes, and snow white
curly hair that she kept rolled up in a bun. She smoked a pipe, and
spent a lot of her time at the spinning wheel. She made many quilts,
and seemed to have spent her time creating items for the home. Her
nephew, Aaron, used to visit her house often. He walked over the hill
through the Britt Grindstaff Cemetery on the way. He told about finding
Indian arrow-heads and spear-tops in such a large supply that he would
fill his pockets, then throw them like a rock, to see how far he could
throw.
Aunt Lou spent hours talking to Aaron, and the other children, and
told them about the escaping slaves she and her parents hid in a
cellar-like closet in their house. This was probably during the Civil
War time. Aaron also remembered her talking about the Indians coming
around and scaring her chickens, so she went outside and told them to
get away from her house, and to leave the chickens alone. They left!
This was during the time when Indians still attacked homes, and caused a
lot of trouble in the area.
Aunt Lou never married. The story has come to us that when her
sister Mary Emmaline got pregnant with her son George, Lou got so mad at
the man (Sam Brummett whoever that was) that she said all men were
rotten and she would never marry one of the sorry things. One of the
neighbor boys was unlucky enough to fall in love with Aunt Lou. He
tried for years and years to get her to marry him. She was willing to
be friends, but would never marry him.
We don't know if he ever married, but if there was a wife she was
no longer in the picture when he was on his death bed. He got pretty
wealthy, and as he was dying he sent for Lou and begged her to marry him
while he was on his death bed. He wanted to leave everything he owned to
her. However, she refused. Nellie Grindstaff Britt laughed when she
told this story and we agreed that Aunt Lou may have been stubborn, but
she wasn't greedy.
daughter of William Henry and Malinda Britt Brummett; never married
Barbara Teaster notes:
"Sarah Brummett-born 1840 died 1927. This name is probably not correct since they already had a daughter named Sarah, but she was known as "Lou" apparently the census taker made a mistake with this name."
Sarah Louise never married and after her father's death she and her nephew Thomas Y. Brummett lived at the home place. She was a tiny woman with blue eyes, and snow white curly hair. She spent many hours at her spinning wheel. Her nephew, Aaron Brummett, remember hearing Indian coming around the house and his Aunt Lou bravely going out to grumble at them for scaring her chickens. She told Aaron about the slaves she and her parents hid in their house as the slaves escaped to the North.
Notes from Barbara Teaster:
" Sarah Louise "Aunt Lou" Brummett who was born 9 Aug, 1840 in
Emeryville, and died of "Hemiplegia" with contributory factors of
"Heepatis Torpor and Congestion" at 1:30 AM 2 February 1927, at her home
on Sciota. She was treated by Dr.C.M.Wilcox. Sam Brummett signed her
death certificate. She was buried on 23 February 1927 in an unmarked
grave in the Brummett Cemetery, Sciota, Unicoi County, Tennessee. Her
nephew, Thomas Yancy Brummett was later buried beside her.
Aunt Lou was a tiny little woman with big blue eyes, and snow white
curly hair that she kept rolled up in a bun. She smoked a pipe, and
spent a lot of her time at the spinning wheel. She made many quilts,
and seemed to have spent her time creating items for the home. Her
nephew, Aaron, used to visit her house often. He walked over the hill
through the Britt Grindstaff Cemetery on the way. He told about finding
Indian arrow-heads and spear-tops in such a large supply that he would
fill his pockets, then throw them like a rock, to see how far he could
throw.
Aunt Lou spent hours talking to Aaron, and the other children, and
told them about the escaping slaves she and her parents hid in a
cellar-like closet in their house. This was probably during the Civil
War time. Aaron also remembered her talking about the Indians coming
around and scaring her chickens, so she went outside and told them to
get away from her house, and to leave the chickens alone. They left!
This was during the time when Indians still attacked homes, and caused a
lot of trouble in the area.
Aunt Lou never married. The story has come to us that when her
sister Mary Emmaline got pregnant with her son George, Lou got so mad at
the man (Sam Brummett whoever that was) that she said all men were
rotten and she would never marry one of the sorry things. One of the
neighbor boys was unlucky enough to fall in love with Aunt Lou. He
tried for years and years to get her to marry him. She was willing to
be friends, but would never marry him.
We don't know if he ever married, but if there was a wife she was
no longer in the picture when he was on his death bed. He got pretty
wealthy, and as he was dying he sent for Lou and begged her to marry him
while he was on his death bed. He wanted to leave everything he owned to
her. However, she refused. Nellie Grindstaff Britt laughed when she
told this story and we agreed that Aunt Lou may have been stubborn, but
she wasn't greedy.
Barbara Teaster notes:
"Sarah Brummett-born 1840 died 1927. This name is probably not correct since they already had a daughter named Sarah, but she was known as "Lou" apparently the census taker made a mistake with this name."
Sarah Louise never married and after her father's death she and her nephew Thomas Y. Brummett lived at the home place. She was a tiny woman with blue eyes, and snow white curly hair. She spent many hours at her spinning wheel. Her nephew, Aaron Brummett, remember hearing Indian coming around the house and his Aunt Lou bravely going out to grumble at them for scaring her chickens. She told Aaron about the slaves she and her parents hid in their house as the slaves escaped to the North.
Notes from Barbara Teaster:
" Sarah Louise "Aunt Lou" Brummett who was born 9 Aug, 1840 in
Emeryville, and died of "Hemiplegia" with contributory factors of
"Heepatis Torpor and Congestion" at 1:30 AM 2 February 1927, at her home
on Sciota. She was treated by Dr.C.M.Wilcox. Sam Brummett signed her
death certificate. She was buried on 23 February 1927 in an unmarked
grave in the Brummett Cemetery, Sciota, Unicoi County, Tennessee. Her
nephew, Thomas Yancy Brummett was later buried beside her.
Aunt Lou was a tiny little woman with big blue eyes, and snow white
curly hair that she kept rolled up in a bun. She smoked a pipe, and
spent a lot of her time at the spinning wheel. She made many quilts,
and seemed to have spent her time creating items for the home. Her
nephew, Aaron, used to visit her house often. He walked over the hill
through the Britt Grindstaff Cemetery on the way. He told about finding
Indian arrow-heads and spear-tops in such a large supply that he would
fill his pockets, then throw them like a rock, to see how far he could
throw.
Aunt Lou spent hours talking to Aaron, and the other children, and
told them about the escaping slaves she and her parents hid in a
cellar-like closet in their house. This was probably during the Civil
War time. Aaron also remembered her talking about the Indians coming
around and scaring her chickens, so she went outside and told them to
get away from her house, and to leave the chickens alone. They left!
This was during the time when Indians still attacked homes, and caused a
lot of trouble in the area.
Aunt Lou never married. The story has come to us that when her
sister Mary Emmaline got pregnant with her son George, Lou got so mad at
the man (Sam Brummett whoever that was) that she said all men were
rotten and she would never marry one of the sorry things. One of the
neighbor boys was unlucky enough to fall in love with Aunt Lou. He
tried for years and years to get her to marry him. She was willing to
be friends, but would never marry him.
We don't know if he ever married, but if there was a wife she was
no longer in the picture when he was on his death bed. He got pretty
wealthy, and as he was dying he sent for Lou and begged her to marry him
while he was on his death bed. He wanted to leave everything he owned to
her. However, she refused. Nellie Grindstaff Britt laughed when she
told this story and we agreed that Aunt Lou may have been stubborn, but
she wasn't greedy.
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