tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8263120411281642209.post2352848407223122205..comments2024-03-28T04:53:24.483-05:00Comments on Thick and Thin : Jesse & The Cookie JarJaney and Co.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14263426600052174272noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8263120411281642209.post-22257985264256428832013-01-30T10:51:45.162-06:002013-01-30T10:51:45.162-06:00Yes, Janey, I did. No hard evidence, just a conver...Yes, Janey, I did. No hard evidence, just a conversation with cousin Jack, from her memories. She asked Jessee about the long history of working for McAfee girls. "Why, honey, we're all Fee(Phea?) N*****s. We come from Mississippi when they did."(the N word is the one Jesse used.Usually she was "colored" and reserved the N word for those she didn't like.Jack wondered how they could afford it.The McAfee's came by train. My guess - Robert McAfee hired a box car and loaded all the household goods,etc. into it. Maybe the blacks rode in the box car. My Dad says that's the way his family moved around in his childhood and youth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8263120411281642209.post-33575624880844801512013-01-29T10:48:58.892-06:002013-01-29T10:48:58.892-06:00 Yes...care and respect...but also LOVE. May be ha... Yes...care and respect...but also LOVE. May be hard to believe, but I knew Jesse, and there was LOVE in that sweet lady.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8263120411281642209.post-74884919979027082402013-01-27T09:58:35.520-06:002013-01-27T09:58:35.520-06:00Milton...I take it you wrote this. I would love to...Milton...I take it you wrote this. I would love to find records of this.<br /><br />My grandmother who Jesse worked for maiden name was McAfee. The McAfee's came to Texas in the 1880's from Mississippi. <br /><br />Records show that Jesse was born in Texas. So it would have been her Mother or Father that came from Miss. I never knew Jesse's maiden name . Phea was her married name.<br /><br />Oh I could spin a historical fiction book out of this story for sure :)Janey and Co.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14263426600052174272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8263120411281642209.post-30260127783838915532013-01-27T09:46:42.506-06:002013-01-27T09:46:42.506-06:00sounds like a long relationship filled with care a...sounds like a long relationship filled with care and respect.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8263120411281642209.post-27956579740103827422013-01-27T09:34:34.850-06:002013-01-27T09:34:34.850-06:00Jesse was a jewel. She also worked for my mother,s...Jesse was a jewel. She also worked for my mother,sister to Janey's gandmaother and sister Aunt Callie. She once told Callkie's daughter that her family were former slaves of the McAfee family, and came from Mississippi to Texas with them .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8263120411281642209.post-23921839868360898432013-01-27T05:56:32.282-06:002013-01-27T05:56:32.282-06:00It is a lovely jar and a very nice story about Jes...It is a lovely jar and a very nice story about Jesse and your grandparents. Keep the jar don't give it away.biebkriebelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01539958495933835606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8263120411281642209.post-11163062380671612382013-01-27T05:48:10.069-06:002013-01-27T05:48:10.069-06:00This is a wonderful story, and I am glad that you ...This is a wonderful story, and I am glad that you have this cookie jar now with so many memories. Memory is an interesting thing, and I am always interested in how it works...what we remember and the selection process. I love the thought of your grandmother turning the tables and giving help and assistance to Jesse. What a life they had together and just think of all that they shared!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223040482420514208noreply@blogger.com