Mid 1920s photo, made at Grandfather Farthing's farm in Laurel Creek Township, Watauga County, N.C.
BACK ROW FROM LEFT; MY PARENTS: BENJAMIN and DIXIE GLENN FARTHING. Next is Ray Farthing, Nellie Thomas Tester, (wife of Lee Tester), Herby Thomas, Lee Tester, Hard Thomas, Clydie Glenn Thomas, Hazel Glenn Farthing, Bernice Glenn Trivette, Clyde Tester, Joy Glenn, Eunice Glenn Tester, Ned Glenn. MIDDLE ROW: Grandma and Grandpa Farthing, (Grandma is shielding her eyes from the sun ) Grandpa and Grandma Glenn, Leta Tester and Selma Thomas. NOTE; GRANDPA AND GRANDMA GLENN ARE MY MOTHER'S PARENTS.FRONT ROW: Raymond Farthing, Gladys Tester, Cecil Tester and Wheeler Farthing.
Clydie Thomas, Hazel Farthing, Bernice Trivette, Joy Glenn, Eunice Tester, and Ned Glenn are my mother's siblings. Raymond and Wheeler Farthing are my brothers. Leta Tester, Gladys and Cecil Tester, Selma Thomas, Herby Thomas and Ray Farthing are my cousins.
Grandma Farthing and Grandma Glenn were first cousins, therefore, MY DAD AND MOTHER WERE SECOND COUSINS !!I have already reported in this website, as to Grandfather William Farthing's years as a school teacher in Watauga County. My ( MATERNAL ) Grandfather, Louis Glenn, taught 50 school terms in Watauga, Avery and Mitchell Counties, N.C. His school terms averaged about 3 months each, as was common in this early era. He usually taught 2 terms per year. His teaching career began about 1880 and continued until about 1905, when he retired to his farm in Laurel Creek Township, Watauga County. HE REPORTED IN A 1932 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THAT HE EARNED $18.00 PER MONTH WHEN HE STARTED TEACHING, BUT WAS MAKING $25.00 BY THE TIME HE RETIRED!!
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