Appalachian Families

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Appalachian Families
Past and Present
Family History Of Janice Harburn
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When I was young, there were only trees on the
mountains and a few logging roads. Now, it is
very common to see whole communities on a
mountain side.
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These are the mountains I grew up in and still
live in today.
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This is the house I was born in and grew up in.
It was built in the late 1800s and is over 100
years old
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Do you know what this little building is? We had
one for a while when I was a little girl.
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When I was growing up, everybody I knew had a
barn. Do you know why?
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We had buildings for everything, not just for
cows. We had chickens, pigs and lots of other
animals and food that needed cover and shelter.
We had can houses, well houses, smoke houses,
corn cribs and chicken coops, just to name a few.
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This is my mom and dad when they were first
married. Their names are Mozelle and Virgil
Coker. My mothers maiden name was McDonald.
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I am the baby in this picture. The other
children are my brothers and sister and cousins.
There were three children born after me. There
were seven children in my family counting
myself.
Im standing by my mom in this picture.
I grew and grew and grew I am the middle child
here.
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This is all seven of us. We all grew up in
these Mountains.
We could never all get together to have one big
family picture made.
Our names are Leroy, Sue, Gene, Janice, Ronnie,
(top picture) and Brenda and Jimmy in the (bottom
picture).
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This is my first grade picture
This is my high school Senior picture
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These are my grandparents on my fathers side.
Their names are Virge and Cora Coker. We called
them Ma and Pa Coker.
These are my grandparents on my Mothers side.
Their names are Nathan and Della McDonald. I
never knew my grandmother McDonald. She died
when I was a baby. We called my grandfather,
Papaw Donald.
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This is what Hayesville Elementary School looked
like when I went to school. You may recognize it
as the same building where you have art and
music.
There wasnt a middle School when I grew up.
This is what Hayesville High School looked like
when I graduated. It is now Hayesville Middle
School.
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This is Hayesville Elementary School today.
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This is Hayesville Middle School today.
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This is Hayesville High School today.
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We even have an outdoor classroom now.
Dont you think we have a beautiful school?
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I have deep roots in these Appalachian Mountains.
I am very proud of my heritage.
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When I grew up, I had a family of my own. This
is my husband, Richard, and my two sons, Jeremy
and Benjamin.
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My two sons grew up also. This picture was taken
the last day they played together in the snow at
our home. They now have homes of their own. They
are a very big part in my Appalachian family
history. I hope is that someday they will
have children to carry on this history.

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I now live in this house. It is just two miles
from the house I grew up in. This is also where
my children grew up. I have lived in the
mountains all my life.
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This is my school picture this year. I have been
teaching in kindergarten for eight years. Before
that I worked In the high school for five years.
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Do you think I have changed since I was a little
girl? How? How is my family like yours? How is
my family different from yours? How did my
family change over the years? What are some of
the things that families needed a long time ago
that we still need today? What are some of the
things families have today that we didnt have
long ago? How have the mountains changed since I
was a little girl? How has Hayesville School
changed? What is an outhouse? Almost everyone
used to live on a farm. Why do we not all live
on farms now? How many of you live on farms?
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Now tell me about you and your family history.