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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Daddy and Annie Bell exchanged marriage vows in Granddaddy’s front yard and the wedding was the most joyful occasion in the Shaw family

Posted Nov 18, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
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Because Granddaddy started the  Read More 
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

The guests dressed up to attend Daddy’s and Annie Bell’s wedding

Posted Nov 17, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

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Daddy went in style, driving Granddaddy’s Model-T Ford to escort Mama to their wedding.
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Granddaddy Adam and Grand Mama Courtney gave Daddy and Mama a beautiful wedding in their acre front yard lined with trees and hitching posts for their visiting friends’ mules

Posted Nov 16, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Daddy proposed marriage to Annie Bell

Posted Nov15, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

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After Daddy and Annie Bell courted eight months, one night, they were especially happy.

When Uncle Sam and Mama Sarah didn’t  Read More 
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

After Daddy turned 21 years old, Annie Bell was the woman he set his eyes and heart on for marriage

Posted Nov 7, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
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Daddy didn’t ever take his eyes and heart  Read More 
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Annie Bell Rutherford’s work life in Cohassett, Alabama

Posted Nov 4, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

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Annie Bell did not ever forget the eight years in Uncle Sam's house.

They did not have children. Annie  Read More 
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Annie Bell Rutherford, my mama, when she was twelve-years-old, started a new life in a new place, Cohassett, Alabama, where Daddy lived

Posted Nov 3, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
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Annie Bell turned twelve years old  Read More 
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Annie Bell was tossed around, until Catholic Sisters in Macon, Georgia, saw her in the yard and visited her and their family and made her a promise

Posted Nov 2, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
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Cultural Anthropologist
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Grand Mama Alice Rutherford 1880s Photo
Daddy eyed the daughter of my Grand Mama Alice

Posted Nov 1, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
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This is my grandmother Alice Rutherford who was impregnated, by a white medical doctor, and nine months later birthed  Read More 
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My Alabama Shaw Family on My Father’s Side From 1861-2014

Annie Bell Rutherford’s history was plain and extended

Posted Oct 31, 2016

Annie Shaw-Barnes, Ph.D.
Author and Speaker
Cultural Anthropologist
Family Specialist
Family Education Specialist
Spousal Abuse Specialist
Christian Church Specialist
Racism Specialist

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Who was the woman my daddy eyed?

She was Annie Bell born in 1908 to Miss Alice Rutherford in Culloden,  Read More 
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