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-- A.W. [strikethrough]Canty[/strikethrough] ^[Cantey], my mother; S.L.  [strikethrough]Canty[/strikethrough] ^[Cantey], my Aunt Sally; A.B.  [strikethrough]Canty[/strikethrough] ^[Cantey], Aunt  [strikethrough]Manie[/strikethrough] ^[Mannie], E.J.  [strikethrough]Canty[/strikethrough] ^[Cantey], Aunt Emma; and W.S.  [strikethrough]Canty[/strikethrough] ^[Cantey], Uncle Willie. Also there is an invitation to my mother to attend a social function at the residence of Mrs. L. Jones, Thursday evening, July 2, 1885. It was written on a little calling card and that said "over". It stated that Mr. W. D. Reeves will call for you.

On June 21, 1888, my mother and father married. [strikethrough]They married[/strikethrough]^[Their marriage] in the home of Mr. [strikethrough]Cherry. Their[/strikethrough] ^[Terry. Father's] house was built about a year or two after they were married. At that day and time, the men had the sense of accumulating something before they married. I understand that my father had a very good bank account -- in the neighbourhood of about $10,000. he had his own business until 1894^[,] when they would not renew his saloon license because [strikethrough]he had[/strikethrough]^[of his] Negro blood [strikethrough]in him[/strikethrough]. [strikethrough]Momma[/strikethrough]^[Mamma] and [strikethrough]Poppa[/strikethrough]^[Papa] lost quite a bit of money because of this licence business. [strikethrough]Poppa was a[/strikethrough]^[After Father lost his license he became the] bartender for the [strikethrough]Biscovy[/strikethrough]^[mucogie?] Club ^[located] on Broad Street. It was a club of the very wealthy Whites in Columbus. He was very friendly with quite a few of the rich White people -- Rose Brown; Rothschilds (I think Rothschilds was a jeweler); Ed Bradley, from whom grandfather had bought his plantation; W.C. Bradley, who had a cotton warehouse in Columbus (now a historical landmark); Peter [strikethrough]Pray[/strikethrough]^[Prayer] with whom [strikethrough]poppa[/strikethrough]^[Papa] hunted; the Kirbys, and others.

^[When Father built his house on Rose Hill] the original Columbus [strikethrough]was then[/strikethrough]^[extended] only up to the railroad track. All beyond ^[the railroad] that was suburbs. There was [strikethrough]Winton (sp?)[/strikethrough]^[Wynnton] and Rose Hill ^[and other suburbs] [strikethrough]Poppa bought his land in Rose Hill.[/strikethrough] They did not

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