Julia Ann Frances (Craddock) Brumfield (1846 - 1939)

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Julia Ann Francis Craddock.^[1]

Born 22 OCT 1846. ^[2]

Died 17 SEP 1939. ^[3]

Buried Brumfield Family Cemetery, Renan, Pittsylvania, VA. ^[4]

Note: #N353.

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Marriage Husband Henry Anderson Brumfield. Wife Julia Ann Francis Craddock. Marriage 21 FEB 1865. ^[5] File Format: jpg. JuliaKateBrumfieldFamily PHOTO SIZE 500.000000 393.000000.

Note: The names and dates were copied in 1934 by Alma Bennett from MaryCraddock Towler's Bible.^[6] Child: Julia Ann Francis Craddock.

My cousin, Ben Brumfield, has transcribed and posted several of Julia Ann Francis Craddock Brumfield's diaries at fromthepage.com. Apparently, Julia enjoyed fishing as it is mentioned frequently in the pages. She is also very distrustful of the new appearance of cars, or perhaps it was the driving of her young offspring. Back then, roads were either plain dirt or "corduroy" - logs run broadside & covered with dirt, there were no rules or signs, and the operation of cars was erratic. The Renan brick house Henry & Julia raised their family in originally belonged to Jeremiah Graves. Julia wanted to be closer to her Craddock family so Henry traded farms. When I began genealogy work, I compared the history of their clearing land and farming (no horses initially, so guess who was pulling the plow?) with the dates of Julia's pregnancies - she was frequently pregnant through much of their endeavors. My maternal line does crochet work that traces back to Julia. Henry chose well! Their granddaughter, my grandmother, Christine Reynolds Stone, said they would have dinner as a family, then retire to their bedroom to quietly read the paper together. Their farm was very self-sufficient. They did their own black-smithing, canning, farming, raising bees and anything else that was needed. Evidence of much of that was still there when I was small. At that time, Mary Acors, second wife of their son, Benjamin Franklin Brumfield, owned it. She was from a generation that did not believe in women driving, so she rode with us to get groceries on Friday & to church at Straightstone on Sundays. Mable & Edna were the last owners, and they sold it to Ben Brumfield, who was kind enough to have a Brumfield reunion and let use see his renovations. During the summers, Henry & Julia would spend more time in the basement where it was cooler, and there was still evidence of ceramic spools nailed into the walls to run in electricity. The Brumfield cemetery is located to the left of the home. Grandmother told me that Julia found out there was a plot by the older children to scare some of the smaller children in the cemetery. Back then, a small bell was set up with a string run into the buried coffin in case the person inside had been buried prematurely. Someone sat nearby for a few days in case the bell rang. The older children had tied a another string to the bell in order to scare the smaller children who had been dared to go out. Julia sent the smaller children out into the dark in sheets and the older children quickly came back in, very chastised. BAC 2-14-2024

Notes

Note N353.

According to several trees in Ancestry.com Middle name is Ann or Ann Frances. Parents John Smith Craddock and Nancy Ardenia Grubb.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S302
2. ↑ Source: #S131
3. ↑ Source: #S131
4. ↑ Source: #S131
5. ↑ Source: #S302
6. ↑ Source: #S302

• Source: S131 Web Site Dianna Find a Grave Memorial# 141912685 URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Craddock&GSiman=1&GSst=48&GRid=141913685& 29 Jan 2015 File Format: pdf Julia A Craddock Brumfield (1846 - 1939) - Find A Grave Memorial PDF 15 APR 2015
• Source: S302 Web Site Familysearch.org Pedigree Resource File for Julia Ann Francis Craddock/Henry Anderson Brumfield URL: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9CZ3-3VK submitted 11 Aug 2002 28 DEC 2015