Interviewer
Shirley McCoy
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Description
This interview is one of a series conducted with West Virginia farmers about growing up on farms and about the farming business. Mr. Messer was born at Jenny's Creek, West virginia in 1874. Mr. Messer discusses school life, his family, his father's work as a logger, and work on a farm. He was jailer in Mingo County for several years, and discusses this position, dealing with a cousin who was involved in the Hatfield-McCoy Feud. Mr. Messer also worked in the mines. Travel, food, clothes, church, marriage, moonshine, a flood in the late Ninieteenth Century, and travel in general are topics also covered. Midwives, horse trading, medical care, funerals and a word on his wife closes the interview.
Publication Date
1974
Identifier
OH64-147
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-147.
Rights
Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.
Recommended Citation
Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-147, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Messer, Bryant, 1874- -- Autobiography.
Farm life -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Travel -- Oral histories.
Clothing and dress -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Family -- Virginia -- Oral histories.