Interview with Mallie Sizemore, February 18, 1979

Project: Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project

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Mallie Sizemore was born in 1907 at Smilax in Leslie County and tells of her grandparents' experiences with Indian raids in the area. Sizemore also indicates how her family stored vegetables they raised. She relates that at the time she was married she had seen Hyden only twice. Her family had a battery radio about 1935, and she remembers the mail being delivered on horseback. Also mentioned are several doctors who could be summoned by telephone at Wooton's Creek before the FNS came to the area, and a few older women who helped to deliver babies. One man in the neighborhood was reputed to be a witch, and Sizemore recounts his exploits.

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1979oh198_fns097

Interviewee Name

Mallie Sizemore

Interviewer Name

Diane Lewis

Interview Date

1979-02-18

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Sizemore, Mallie Interview by Diane Lewis. 18 Feb. 1979. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Sizemore, M. (1979, February 18). Interview by D. Lewis. Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Sizemore, Mallie, interview by Diane Lewis. February 18, 1979, Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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