This is the second half of Boyhood, Vol. II. Our protagonist, Sam Carter, takes a trip to Boston with his Aunt Anne and her husband, Minor Harris; stopping to visit Uncle Lee on their way through Philadelphia. He describes seeing the Red Sox play the White Sox at Fenway. Back in The Plains, he starts…… Continue reading Boyhood, Vol. II, Part II
Boyhood, Vol. II, by Sam Carter
Beverley Carter Coffman discovered a series of small handwritten books that her father, Sam Carter, had written in his youth. They are all dated 1934 when Sam would have been almost 13 years old. Since this one book, Boyhood ,Volume II, covers events that happened as many as 2 or 3 years prior to 1934,…… Continue reading Boyhood, Vol. II, by Sam Carter
Old Man River
I found this hand written and illustrated story of Clarissa Fleming’s favorite horse of all time among the valuable papers in her Homewood desk, right next to all the other original manuscripts that she prized. There is no indication of the authorship of this piece. Perhaps someone will recognize their work and come forward and…… Continue reading Old Man River
Mary Fleming’s Garden
The Flower Garden My father told me that his mother, Mary Fleming, had been “in love” with her cousin, Irwin Fleming. I don’t know if he had discerned this or whether his mother or one of her sisters had told him. It never seemed to cause him any concern. He, I think quite to the…… Continue reading Mary Fleming’s Garden
Jane Rust Cox
Jane Rust Cox, as remembered by Henry Rust. Jane Rust Cox was Mary Elizabeth Lee Fleming Rust’s middle child. My earliest memory of her was that she maintained a room at my Grandmother’s house on Wirt St. although she was rarely there. I think she was mostly working in and around DC by the late…… Continue reading Jane Rust Cox
The Labor Book
One of the the many treasures that I found among Clarissa’s papers that were left at Homewood was her father’s farm labor log covering the years 1912 through his death in 1929. This book is a fascinating and revealing look into all that went into operating a farm of this nature; from cutting ice to…… Continue reading The Labor Book
Standing in the Shadows
Note: When I had this picture scanned in July 2017 in preparation for the reunion, I realized that there were more than just “a couple” standing at the corner of the house. It might have been the entire “staff” lined up there, standing just outside the frame. Black History Month February 2017 In honor of…… Continue reading Standing in the Shadows
Alec Green
Memories of Alec Green by Robin Brundage I spent a good amount of time with Alec (Alexander Hamilton Green) in my early years. My memory is that his wife was Viola (maybe?) and they had three sons – in order of birth (I think) – they are Joe, Duty and Harry. They lived 4 blocks…… Continue reading Alec Green
Robert Fleming Fleming II
Robert Fleming Fleming ll, Uncle Rob as he was later known to the Fleming children, was 19 at the time the family moved to The Plains. In 1885, when he was 27, Mary Fleming bought another neighboring farm known as The O’Bannon Tract. This was for Rob. Uncle Rob never married. I was told he…… Continue reading Robert Fleming Fleming II
Frances Lee Fleming Carter Allen Boswell
Frances Lee Fleming Carter Allen Boswell as remembered by Beverley Carter Coffman The photo above is of Frances in her early twenties My grandmother, known to all of her grandchildren as Mamere, was born on January 30, 1883 in The Plains, Virginia. She was the first child of Richard Bland Lee Fleming and Harriot Jane…… Continue reading Frances Lee Fleming Carter Allen Boswell