WOMAN, BORN SLAVE IN MISSOURI, DIES HERE AT AGE OF 82
Lucy Young, 82, who was born a slave in Missouri, died Friday at the home of Mrs. Mary Wright, 518 East Ninth street, where she had lived since 1936. Mrs. young was born on Jan. 19, 1858 at Liberty, Missouri.
She remembered vividly the days of the Civil War, when ol' Mistress Mrs. Fox tried to prevent the soldiers - "or maybe they were bushwackers" - from ransacking the Fox estate, but failed. She told how the sodiers took Mrs. Fox's sons with them and when one refused to go, shot him.
"Slave times was bad for some folks, but not for us," she told a reporter who interviewed her here in 1937. "Our mistress loved our mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do."
When her father, Wallace Arthur, came home, she said that her mother "cooked all night and the next morning we left for Kansas City in a wagon." She was married to Albert Young, a grain sacker, in Kansas City, and lived there till she came to Scottsbluff.
Her husband died in 1903, and her brothers and sisters and one child were dead in 1937, when she told her interviewer that she was "ripe for the grave." Physically incapacitated, she sat and rocked at Mrs. Wright's home, contentedly puffing on her pipe.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at the Read funeral home at 2 p.m.
Scottsbluff Star-Herald, Feb. 6, 1944, Vol 53, #186, p16
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NEGRO WOMAN RECALLS DAYS OF BONDAGE AND HARD WORK
Aunt Lucy Happy
Far happier recollections are those of "Aunt Lucy" Young, who remembers "Old Mistress" Mrs. Fox, a widow who "wore a little cap with lace on it," sho loved her slaves and wept when they left.
"Lan' sakes, chile, I never had to work," Aunt Lucy said yesterday. "I was too young to. All I had to do was take care of my brother and sisters." She remembers when she moved with her family from the Fox farm in Clay county, Missouri to Kansas City that she ran to the arms of her former mistress. . "I felt right sorry for her. I said "don't cry, Mistress, I'm going to come back and bring you an apple."
Aunt Lucy who is physically disabled, is taking it easy now. She spends much of her time "just sitting," smoking her pipe.
"Slave times were bad for some folks, but not for us. Our mistress loved my mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do."
Her father was taken into the army, "I don't know which one."
She remembers vividlly the privations of war times, when the Fox farm was often devastated by "soldiers, or maybe they were bushwhackers." She remembers when the soldiers forced their way into the Fox farm, ransacked the house to find anything of value and compelled her mother tocook for them.
"But Old Mistress had hidden all the goods under the rug so they didn't get much," she said.
Mrs. Young remembers vividly when "soldiers or buswhackers," forced Mrs. Fox's sons to go with them. When one of them refused to go they shot him in his mother's arms.
When her father, Wallace Arthur, returned after the close of the war, "I saw him but I didn't know him and I wondered why that man wanted to hold me in his arms. That night my mother cooked all night and in the morning my papa got a covered wagon and we left for Kansas City."
At that time, Kansas City had only two houses, she said. "We've been there since Hec' was a pup." Mrs. Young lived in Kansas City most of her life, marrying Albert Young, who was employed as a grain-sacker. After his death in 1903 she "did some washing, then I got some of this goverment aid." When her brother, Bishop Arthur of Scottsbluff, died about a year ago, she moved to Scottsbluff.
Mrs. Young is all alone now. Her brothers and sisters and her one child are all dead, "and I'm ripe for the grave." she said, pointing to her snow-white head.
Scottsbluff Star Herald, Dec. 5, 1937
Lucy Young, 82, who was born a slave in Missouri, died Friday at the home of Mrs. Mary Wright, 518 East Ninth street, where she had lived since 1936. Mrs. young was born on Jan. 19, 1858 at Liberty, Missouri.
She remembered vividly the days of the Civil War, when ol' Mistress Mrs. Fox tried to prevent the soldiers - "or maybe they were bushwackers" - from ransacking the Fox estate, but failed. She told how the sodiers took Mrs. Fox's sons with them and when one refused to go, shot him.
"Slave times was bad for some folks, but not for us," she told a reporter who interviewed her here in 1937. "Our mistress loved our mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do."
When her father, Wallace Arthur, came home, she said that her mother "cooked all night and the next morning we left for Kansas City in a wagon." She was married to Albert Young, a grain sacker, in Kansas City, and lived there till she came to Scottsbluff.
Her husband died in 1903, and her brothers and sisters and one child were dead in 1937, when she told her interviewer that she was "ripe for the grave." Physically incapacitated, she sat and rocked at Mrs. Wright's home, contentedly puffing on her pipe.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at the Read funeral home at 2 p.m.
Scottsbluff Star-Herald, Feb. 6, 1944, Vol 53, #186, p16
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NEGRO WOMAN RECALLS DAYS OF BONDAGE AND HARD WORK
Aunt Lucy Happy
Far happier recollections are those of "Aunt Lucy" Young, who remembers "Old Mistress" Mrs. Fox, a widow who "wore a little cap with lace on it," sho loved her slaves and wept when they left.
"Lan' sakes, chile, I never had to work," Aunt Lucy said yesterday. "I was too young to. All I had to do was take care of my brother and sisters." She remembers when she moved with her family from the Fox farm in Clay county, Missouri to Kansas City that she ran to the arms of her former mistress. . "I felt right sorry for her. I said "don't cry, Mistress, I'm going to come back and bring you an apple."
Aunt Lucy who is physically disabled, is taking it easy now. She spends much of her time "just sitting," smoking her pipe.
"Slave times were bad for some folks, but not for us. Our mistress loved my mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do."
Her father was taken into the army, "I don't know which one."
She remembers vividlly the privations of war times, when the Fox farm was often devastated by "soldiers, or maybe they were bushwhackers." She remembers when the soldiers forced their way into the Fox farm, ransacked the house to find anything of value and compelled her mother tocook for them.
"But Old Mistress had hidden all the goods under the rug so they didn't get much," she said.
Mrs. Young remembers vividly when "soldiers or buswhackers," forced Mrs. Fox's sons to go with them. When one of them refused to go they shot him in his mother's arms.
When her father, Wallace Arthur, returned after the close of the war, "I saw him but I didn't know him and I wondered why that man wanted to hold me in his arms. That night my mother cooked all night and in the morning my papa got a covered wagon and we left for Kansas City."
At that time, Kansas City had only two houses, she said. "We've been there since Hec' was a pup." Mrs. Young lived in Kansas City most of her life, marrying Albert Young, who was employed as a grain-sacker. After his death in 1903 she "did some washing, then I got some of this goverment aid." When her brother, Bishop Arthur of Scottsbluff, died about a year ago, she moved to Scottsbluff.
Mrs. Young is all alone now. Her brothers and sisters and her one child are all dead, "and I'm ripe for the grave." she said, pointing to her snow-white head.
Scottsbluff Star Herald, Dec. 5, 1937
WOMAN, BORN SLAVE IN MISSOURI, DIES HERE AT AGE OF 82
Lucy Young, 82, who was born a slave in Missouri, died Friday at the home of Mrs. Mary Wright, 518 East Ninth street, where she had lived since 1936. Mrs. young was born on Jan. 19, 1858 at Liberty, Missouri.
She remembered vividly the days of the Civil War, when ol' Mistress Mrs. Fox tried to prevent the soldiers - "or maybe they were bushwackers" - from ransacking the Fox estate, but failed. She told how the sodiers took Mrs. Fox's sons with them and when one refused to go, shot him.
"Slave times was bad for some folks, but not for us," she told a reporter who interviewed her here in 1937. "Our mistress loved our mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do."
When her father, Wallace Arthur, came home, she said that her mother "cooked all night and the next morning we left for Kansas City in a wagon." She was married to Albert Young, a grain sacker, in Kansas City, and lived there till she came to Scottsbluff.
Her husband died in 1903, and her brothers and sisters and one child were dead in 1937, when she told her interviewer that she was "ripe for the grave." Physically incapacitated, she sat and rocked at Mrs. Wright's home, contentedly puffing on her pipe.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at the Read funeral home at 2 p.m.
Scottsbluff Star-Herald, Feb. 6, 1944, Vol 53, #186, p16
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NEGRO WOMAN RECALLS DAYS OF BONDAGE AND HARD WORK
Aunt Lucy Happy
Far happier recollections are those of "Aunt Lucy" Young, who remembers "Old Mistress" Mrs. Fox, a widow who "wore a little cap with lace on it," sho loved her slaves and wept when they left.
"Lan' sakes, chile, I never had to work," Aunt Lucy said yesterday. "I was too young to. All I had to do was take care of my brother and sisters." She remembers when she moved with her family from the Fox farm in Clay county, Missouri to Kansas City that she ran to the arms of her former mistress. . "I felt right sorry for her. I said "don't cry, Mistress, I'm going to come back and bring you an apple."
Aunt Lucy who is physically disabled, is taking it easy now. She spends much of her time "just sitting," smoking her pipe.
"Slave times were bad for some folks, but not for us. Our mistress loved my mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do."
Her father was taken into the army, "I don't know which one."
She remembers vividlly the privations of war times, when the Fox farm was often devastated by "soldiers, or maybe they were bushwhackers." She remembers when the soldiers forced their way into the Fox farm, ransacked the house to find anything of value and compelled her mother tocook for them.
"But Old Mistress had hidden all the goods under the rug so they didn't get much," she said.
Mrs. Young remembers vividly when "soldiers or buswhackers," forced Mrs. Fox's sons to go with them. When one of them refused to go they shot him in his mother's arms.
When her father, Wallace Arthur, returned after the close of the war, "I saw him but I didn't know him and I wondered why that man wanted to hold me in his arms. That night my mother cooked all night and in the morning my papa got a covered wagon and we left for Kansas City."
At that time, Kansas City had only two houses, she said. "We've been there since Hec' was a pup." Mrs. Young lived in Kansas City most of her life, marrying Albert Young, who was employed as a grain-sacker. After his death in 1903 she "did some washing, then I got some of this goverment aid." When her brother, Bishop Arthur of Scottsbluff, died about a year ago, she moved to Scottsbluff.
Mrs. Young is all alone now. Her brothers and sisters and her one child are all dead, "and I'm ripe for the grave." she said, pointing to her snow-white head.
Scottsbluff Star Herald, Dec. 5, 1937
Lucy Young, 82, who was born a slave in Missouri, died Friday at the home of Mrs. Mary Wright, 518 East Ninth street, where she had lived since 1936. Mrs. young was born on Jan. 19, 1858 at Liberty, Missouri.
She remembered vividly the days of the Civil War, when ol' Mistress Mrs. Fox tried to prevent the soldiers - "or maybe they were bushwackers" - from ransacking the Fox estate, but failed. She told how the sodiers took Mrs. Fox's sons with them and when one refused to go, shot him.
"Slave times was bad for some folks, but not for us," she told a reporter who interviewed her here in 1937. "Our mistress loved our mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do."
When her father, Wallace Arthur, came home, she said that her mother "cooked all night and the next morning we left for Kansas City in a wagon." She was married to Albert Young, a grain sacker, in Kansas City, and lived there till she came to Scottsbluff.
Her husband died in 1903, and her brothers and sisters and one child were dead in 1937, when she told her interviewer that she was "ripe for the grave." Physically incapacitated, she sat and rocked at Mrs. Wright's home, contentedly puffing on her pipe.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at the Read funeral home at 2 p.m.
Scottsbluff Star-Herald, Feb. 6, 1944, Vol 53, #186, p16
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NEGRO WOMAN RECALLS DAYS OF BONDAGE AND HARD WORK
Aunt Lucy Happy
Far happier recollections are those of "Aunt Lucy" Young, who remembers "Old Mistress" Mrs. Fox, a widow who "wore a little cap with lace on it," sho loved her slaves and wept when they left.
"Lan' sakes, chile, I never had to work," Aunt Lucy said yesterday. "I was too young to. All I had to do was take care of my brother and sisters." She remembers when she moved with her family from the Fox farm in Clay county, Missouri to Kansas City that she ran to the arms of her former mistress. . "I felt right sorry for her. I said "don't cry, Mistress, I'm going to come back and bring you an apple."
Aunt Lucy who is physically disabled, is taking it easy now. She spends much of her time "just sitting," smoking her pipe.
"Slave times were bad for some folks, but not for us. Our mistress loved my mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do."
Her father was taken into the army, "I don't know which one."
She remembers vividlly the privations of war times, when the Fox farm was often devastated by "soldiers, or maybe they were bushwhackers." She remembers when the soldiers forced their way into the Fox farm, ransacked the house to find anything of value and compelled her mother tocook for them.
"But Old Mistress had hidden all the goods under the rug so they didn't get much," she said.
Mrs. Young remembers vividly when "soldiers or buswhackers," forced Mrs. Fox's sons to go with them. When one of them refused to go they shot him in his mother's arms.
When her father, Wallace Arthur, returned after the close of the war, "I saw him but I didn't know him and I wondered why that man wanted to hold me in his arms. That night my mother cooked all night and in the morning my papa got a covered wagon and we left for Kansas City."
At that time, Kansas City had only two houses, she said. "We've been there since Hec' was a pup." Mrs. Young lived in Kansas City most of her life, marrying Albert Young, who was employed as a grain-sacker. After his death in 1903 she "did some washing, then I got some of this goverment aid." When her brother, Bishop Arthur of Scottsbluff, died about a year ago, she moved to Scottsbluff.
Mrs. Young is all alone now. Her brothers and sisters and her one child are all dead, "and I'm ripe for the grave." she said, pointing to her snow-white head.
Scottsbluff Star Herald, Dec. 5, 1937
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