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toral vote, but in the ultimate smoke-filled room, the Democrats agreed to give the Presi- dency to Republican Hayes. In exchange Re- publicans agreed to remove the occupying Yankee troops from the South.
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Daddy was christened Edgar Watterson
Branyon in 1890, and was the oldest of three siblings: Mattie Ruth, Sallie Eva and Jeptha Serephthka. All became teachers. When you add it all up, they taught for 184 years, or an average of 46 years each. Sisters Sallie and Mattie Ruth never married and lived together almost all of their lives.
Daddy wrote:
Divorces were practically unknown and one would go a long ways to see a divorced person. Some of the sins of the day were dancing, playing cards, gam- bling, drinking whiskey and cussing. The preachers were all against these and if they wanted to be especially popular with their congregation they would preach against Catholics and Jews, which neither they nor their congregation had ever
