Name: earl60 -- EARL AND HAZELS FAMILY

Updated: 09-06-2019 01:09:72. Owner: EARL STRICKLAND


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  1. JOHNNY THOMAS RATHBONE: Birth: 13 JUL 1913 in JOE MADISON CO. N. C.. Death: 14 MAR 1956

  2. HAZEL RATHBONE: Birth: 6 NOV 1917. Death: 31 AUG 1975

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  4. TROY RATHBONE: Birth: ABT 1922 in HAYWOOD CO N. C.. Death: 13 NOV 1922 in HAYWOOD CO N. C.

  5. JOSEPH W. RATHBONE: Birth: ABT 1922 in HAYWOOD CO N. C.. Death: 13 NOV 1922 in HAYWOOD CO N. C.

  6. HOLLIS RATHBONE: Birth: 6 FEB 1927. Death: 29 MAY 1968 in HARMON DEN REFUGE TENN

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Family
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  1. LOUISA ADELINE (EFFIE RATHBONE: Birth: 1904. Death: 10 OCT 1982

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Notes
a. Note:   SCOCIAL SEC.# 240 22 6466HOT SPRINGS MADISON CO. N. C. 28743BURIED AT KEENERSVILLE CHURCH CEMETARY MEADOW FORK MADISON CO. N. C.SOURCES MOSTLY OLD FAMILY RECORDMY GREAT UNCLETHR FOLLOWING IS AN INTERVIEW BY JOHN PARRIS IN ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TIMES SWAMP SUCKED UP LIKKER VETERAN MOONSHINER HIDMAPLE SPRINGS GAPIN MY TIME SAID THE OLD MOUNTAINEER (ARTHUR RATHBONE) IVE RUN OFF A HEAP OF BLOCKADE LIKKER. WHY BEFORE THE LORD SAVED ME I LOST MORE LIKKER IN THE SWAMP OVER THERE THAN MOST OF THESE MOONSHINERS AROUND HERE HAS MADE IN THEIR LIFETIME. HE GRINNEDA TOOTHLESSGRIN THERE WAS A TWINKLE IN HIS SMOKY BLUE EYES . THEN HE STRAIGHTENED HIS GRIZZLED FACE AND SHIFTED THE CUD OF TOBACCO IN HIS JAW. AS TRUE AS MY NAME IS ARTHUR RATHBONE HE SAID I MADE LOTS OF IT MISTER. I FOLLOWED THE TRADE FOR NIGH ON TO FIFTYYEARS. NEVER ONCE GOT CAUGHT. AND I NEVER WAS AWITNESS AGAINST A MAN. I WANT TO TELL YOU I HID A LOT OF WHISKEY BUDDY. LOST A HEAP TOO HIDING IT FROM THE REVENOOERS. SEE THAT LOW PLACE DOWN YONDER ACROSS THE ROAD. DOWN YONDER WHERE ALL THEM FERNSAND WEEDS IS A GROWING.HE PAUSED AND POINTED TO LOW LYING SPOT BACK OF THE SALVATION ARMY MISSION. THATS FERN POND HE SAID. THE GROUND IN THERE ALL SWAMPY. SORT OF LIKE QUICK SAND. IVE HID A LOT OF WHISKEY IN THAT SWAMP. KEPT THE RENENOOERS FROM GETTING IT WHEN WHENTHEY COMS A EASING AROUND HERE. TROUBLE WAS THAT SWAMP JUST SUCKED IT UP AND I COULDNT RECLAIM IT . BUT IT KEPT THE LAW FROM GETTING EVIDENCE AGAINST ME. WHY I RECKON IF I COULD OUTY ALL THE LIKKER I HID AND LOST THERE AND COULD SELL IT . ICOULD BUY MYSELF A MIGHTY GOOD FARM. FIGURE THERES TWO OR THREE HUNDRED GALLONS OF JUGGED LIKKER IN THERE. IVE HIDDEN AS MUCH AS SIX THERE IS MORE TO THIS INTERVIEW HOPE I CAN FIND ITARTHUR RATHBONE IS BURIED AT HAYNES TOP CEMETARY HAYWOOD COUNTY N. C.OCCUPATION FARMER

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