Part 3.
" Ann would never learn to read or write even her own name, said Mrs.
marshall, " she always wore sandals made from the bark of certain trees
Nothing could enduce her to wear shoes. Her eldest son took up the
shoemakers trade. When Ann was very old he made her a pair of shoes made of
leather, but as soon as she went into the house they were taken off, summer
or winter." " When was twenty years old, she married ISSAC MATHEWS, a near
by farmer who had a tract of land granted by King George" " Aunt Ann did not
like the harsh name of Issac, so she called him Zacky. He, in turn was not
captivated by Ann,s personal appearance, for she was awkaed and almost hated
by her family by keeping appearances taught her by the squaws. But her great
strength  and endurance did have charm for for the young farmer as a
possible help-mate, for he was not gifted with industrious habits. Indeed
Ann always said " Zacky is mighty good, but he is lazy". However wuth three
children they were always happy".                          Aunt Ann longed
for her wild indian life, and she would sometimes steal away at early dawn
and spen the whole day in the woods. She would go into the densest forest,
she said, to whisper to the spirits, which one could not see, but she
thought she could hear them gliding from tree to tree. Once her hisband
followed her, and he found her eating lizzadrs and frogs,.She had gone back
to her indian ways". " Aunt Ann, like the Indians, was never emotionalnor
excited. After her husbands death, when she spoke of the event to her
friends she said "I behaved very well, I never laughed or cried" When her
children grew up, they married and left her alone. After Zacky died Aunt Ann
had a desolate life".Herbrother JOSEPH , my grandfather owned Calhoun Mills,
during his life, Aunt Ann was allowed to get anything she wanted from the
Mill. And every week, she could be seen on her old white mare, riding up
with two sacks for flour and meat. After my grandfather's death the same
kindness was always shown Aunt Ann by my father. On one occasion,she rode up
to the mill and handed the miller an exceeding large sack. Supprised, he
asked her if she wanted to fillit with flour." No, indeed she quickly
replied, I have had only one bite of meat for a week. I am meat hungry, I
want a pig, no let it be a shoat, no you just let it be a good size hog".
"  I remember when a big cake , made with a pound of sugar, a pound of
butter, a good round dozen of eggs, would appear on her table and my mother
would began to slice it,  we children would all cry out , give me a good
sizehog".                                            " For many years my
father 's health was not good, When he was depressed he would have a horse
saddled and would send for Aunt Ann to come and stay awhile and cheer him up
with her indian stories.  And these stories he would often tell to the
children lond after Aunt Ann passed away.
Christmas before Aunt Ann's death, my mother made her a muslin cap with
frills on it and also a handkerchief to match. Old Aunt Ann was much pleased
with the present and thanked my mother, but she said, " It is too nice to
wear now, just save it until I die. then put it on, so when Zacky will meet
me in heaven, he will say, Ann, how beautiful ou look".
" Aunt Ann's only son JOSEPH MATHEWS had twelve children, many of those
married and moved west, but some of the grand children are living near
Abbeville today fini.

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