Stories & Recollections of Etowah . . .
as told by    ~    Patricia  Bell Cantrell
" Orr Cabin Homeplace "
Orr, Weese, Cantrell
 Sara (aka Sally) Orr Weese, the daughter of Jason and Miriam Orr, married George Weese and lived at the Orr homeplace.  Sara and George had six children - Felix, Guy, Gerald, Addie, Miriam and Nannie.

Sara broke her hip and was disabled for sometime.  Sara passed away January 8, 1937. She is buried at Oak Forest Cemetery near her parents.

Daughter Nannie Weese Cantrell and her family came to live at the homeplace to be with her father George Weese.  Nannie and Carl moved from Big Willow with their three boys - Douglas (called D C), Jimmie and Bobbie.

The Orr house had a large two-sided fireplace that opened into two rooms.  The boys' room was upstairs.  Allen Cantrell can remember sleeping upstairs with the boys on a rope bed.

This was a working farm with fields of hay and corn to feed the animals.  A large garden to can and store potatoes and apples for the winter.  The potatoes was stored under the house at the back where a root cellar was made to keep them from freezing.

Close to the back door was a spring house with water running through.  The children would be sent to get butter and milk where it was kept cool with the running water.

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