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Note: r dated January 6, 1997):
"How did Harry get to Texas?? Well, he finished seventh grade at Marlbrook school and to further his schooling, he was sent to Raphine, VA to attend high school and to live with cousins the Gibbs (inventor of the sewing machine)*. The circus was in the area, so Harry joined the circus, and from time to time sent cards from different cities back home to let them know he was okay and ended up in Texas (San Antonio). He went to work in a 5 and 10 cent store which was owned by Aunt Maybell�s (Harry's wife) father. There they met and married. He had three sons, Clinton, Ray and John, all now residing in Texas."
* In an earlier, undated letter (probably mid 1990�s), Mrs. Carey says that Harry went to Raphine �. . . to live with cousins by the name of Bell�, so there is confusion as to with which family Harry resided at the time. As to Mrs. Carey�s memory of a Gibb being the inventor of the sewing machine, Frances Dennison Custard Howell has the same memory: "I saw one of the Gibbs sewing machines. A friend had it -- It had no bobbin and the thread from the top someway made the stitch - I wish I had paid closer attention." While history does not include a Gibb as being the inventor of the sewing machine, nearly all of what these two women have related as oral history has been proven, so there must be some validity to this claim.
Note: Letter Correspondence from Gennivee Dennison Carey to Marian Scott (Scottie) Dennison, lette
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