1920 Census, Hanover County, Va.
B.A. Fearnow 41 WV
Lillie P. 38 WV
Leslie 13 PA son (Leslie Brady)
M. Catharine 9 PA daughter
H. Clyde 6 VA son
George Nelson 3y 5mos VA son
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1940 Census, Henry District, Hanover County, Va.
Brady Fearnow 62 WV
Lillie 58 WV wife
T. Nelson 23 VA son
Fanilla 22 VA daughter-in-law
(other servants and lodgers listed)
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Lillie came to Mechanicsville, Virginia in 1919 from West Virginia.
She always had a pot of Brunswick stew brewing on the stove for kinfolk who came visiting from across the mountains.
Lillie entered her stew at the State Fair.
She won blue ribbons and found herself packing jars for the food departments in several local department stores.
By 1946 her two sons, Nelson and Clyde joined in turning her stew into a full time business.
Mrs. Fearnow was one of the ones who pulled themselves up by their bootstraps to survive. She worked with family members to provide extra money by selling stew during the Depression.
She won at least 40 Blue Ribbons at the State Fair.
The business quickly grew to be too much for the family kitchen so they purchased a second farm and cannery in Hanover County to harvest vegetables. The property was named "Hope Farm".
Fearnow's children started Fearnow Bros. Inc. at a plant in Mechanicsville that canned the stew.
The stew, found in a bright yellow can in the canned meat section of many grocery stores, is a tasty, stick to your ribs recipe, of tender chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, butter beans, onions, corn, carrots, parsley, special seasonings and spices.
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B.A. Fearnow 41 WV
Lillie P. 38 WV
Leslie 13 PA son (Leslie Brady)
M. Catharine 9 PA daughter
H. Clyde 6 VA son
George Nelson 3y 5mos VA son
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1940 Census, Henry District, Hanover County, Va.
Brady Fearnow 62 WV
Lillie 58 WV wife
T. Nelson 23 VA son
Fanilla 22 VA daughter-in-law
(other servants and lodgers listed)
===
Lillie came to Mechanicsville, Virginia in 1919 from West Virginia.
She always had a pot of Brunswick stew brewing on the stove for kinfolk who came visiting from across the mountains.
Lillie entered her stew at the State Fair.
She won blue ribbons and found herself packing jars for the food departments in several local department stores.
By 1946 her two sons, Nelson and Clyde joined in turning her stew into a full time business.
Mrs. Fearnow was one of the ones who pulled themselves up by their bootstraps to survive. She worked with family members to provide extra money by selling stew during the Depression.
She won at least 40 Blue Ribbons at the State Fair.
The business quickly grew to be too much for the family kitchen so they purchased a second farm and cannery in Hanover County to harvest vegetables. The property was named "Hope Farm".
Fearnow's children started Fearnow Bros. Inc. at a plant in Mechanicsville that canned the stew.
The stew, found in a bright yellow can in the canned meat section of many grocery stores, is a tasty, stick to your ribs recipe, of tender chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, butter beans, onions, corn, carrots, parsley, special seasonings and spices.
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1920 Census, Hanover County, Va.
B.A. Fearnow 41 WV
Lillie P. 38 WV
Leslie 13 PA son (Leslie Brady)
M. Catharine 9 PA daughter
H. Clyde 6 VA son
George Nelson 3y 5mos VA son
===
1940 Census, Henry District, Hanover County, Va.
Brady Fearnow 62 WV
Lillie 58 WV wife
T. Nelson 23 VA son
Fanilla 22 VA daughter-in-law
(other servants and lodgers listed)
===
Lillie came to Mechanicsville, Virginia in 1919 from West Virginia.
She always had a pot of Brunswick stew brewing on the stove for kinfolk who came visiting from across the mountains.
Lillie entered her stew at the State Fair.
She won blue ribbons and found herself packing jars for the food departments in several local department stores.
By 1946 her two sons, Nelson and Clyde joined in turning her stew into a full time business.
Mrs. Fearnow was one of the ones who pulled themselves up by their bootstraps to survive. She worked with family members to provide extra money by selling stew during the Depression.
She won at least 40 Blue Ribbons at the State Fair.
The business quickly grew to be too much for the family kitchen so they purchased a second farm and cannery in Hanover County to harvest vegetables. The property was named "Hope Farm".
Fearnow's children started Fearnow Bros. Inc. at a plant in Mechanicsville that canned the stew.
The stew, found in a bright yellow can in the canned meat section of many grocery stores, is a tasty, stick to your ribs recipe, of tender chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, butter beans, onions, corn, carrots, parsley, special seasonings and spices.
===
B.A. Fearnow 41 WV
Lillie P. 38 WV
Leslie 13 PA son (Leslie Brady)
M. Catharine 9 PA daughter
H. Clyde 6 VA son
George Nelson 3y 5mos VA son
===
1940 Census, Henry District, Hanover County, Va.
Brady Fearnow 62 WV
Lillie 58 WV wife
T. Nelson 23 VA son
Fanilla 22 VA daughter-in-law
(other servants and lodgers listed)
===
Lillie came to Mechanicsville, Virginia in 1919 from West Virginia.
She always had a pot of Brunswick stew brewing on the stove for kinfolk who came visiting from across the mountains.
Lillie entered her stew at the State Fair.
She won blue ribbons and found herself packing jars for the food departments in several local department stores.
By 1946 her two sons, Nelson and Clyde joined in turning her stew into a full time business.
Mrs. Fearnow was one of the ones who pulled themselves up by their bootstraps to survive. She worked with family members to provide extra money by selling stew during the Depression.
She won at least 40 Blue Ribbons at the State Fair.
The business quickly grew to be too much for the family kitchen so they purchased a second farm and cannery in Hanover County to harvest vegetables. The property was named "Hope Farm".
Fearnow's children started Fearnow Bros. Inc. at a plant in Mechanicsville that canned the stew.
The stew, found in a bright yellow can in the canned meat section of many grocery stores, is a tasty, stick to your ribs recipe, of tender chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, butter beans, onions, corn, carrots, parsley, special seasonings and spices.
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