A photo of Rebecca Barker Rodgers. My Aunt Lou said that her Aunt Becky use to get out & dig in the soil and said 'that was the closest a person could get to God.' She had 2 sons, Mack and Ross. Ross went to Oregon. Aunt Becky fell off a wagon & hit her head, afterwards living with Uncle Thomas.
Member Bethel (who has since passed away) shared this photo of Rebecca Barker Rodgers in 2002. She also shared a family story about Rebecca:
"My Aunt Lou said that her Aunt Becky used to get out & dig in the soil and said 'that was the closest a person could get to God.' "
She also shared that Aunt Becky "fell off a wagon & hit her head, afterwards living with Uncle Thomas." Those are the kinds of details we only know from family stories!
Makes you wonder if Aunt Becky was married to Uncle Thomas? 😂 Rather frowned upon in those days, but commented on so…maybe Uncle Thomas took care of her after the fall? So many scenarios that could have been! She was a beautiful young lady, her dress is beautiful, and she was very right about fresh dirt and God. ❤️ Lot’s of food to think about on this very interesting woman and what happened to her. Curiosity has me!
Digging in the dirt, growing a garden, is a holy endeavor. SAD that the huge "factory farm" (industrial farming) has nearly eliminated the family farm!
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Bethel Nadine Holmes of the gold dredging town of Hammonton, Calif. Author of "Peeks Into Sierra Pantries" & "Wood Chips To Game Chips, History of North Lake Tahoe Casinos." Retired from Univ of Nevada Library. Grandaughter of Samuel Jackson Lewis & Martha Love Barker and John Hughes Holmes & Clarissa Angella Laine. Descendant of Wm Braden & Euphemia Jackson, Van Rensselaer Holmes & Elizabeth Ross (dau of Ignatius), Melissa Sheral, Casandra Le Sueur, and James Barker & Martha Patsie Love Emmitt.