Extra Credit Questions

[Gene C]

Wasn't her first husband the jailer and the local jail was also their home.

It's no wonder that she told Herndon that Abraham never gave her any trouble growing up. All the kids were probably scared half to death what she'd do to them if they caused her any grief.

Which reminds me, my dad grew up on a farm in Oklahoma during the depression. He said his brothers and sisters always obeyed their mom. They'd seen her ring a chicken's neck and chop off it's head.
He has six brothers and sisters. Who among the neighbors was gonna notice one fewer kid?