Most of us have things we treasure that belonged to our Father or Mother, and then we have things that have been handed down through the years and kept in the families such as things that were bought or handmade.This site is dedicated to those ancestors that passed things that meant a lot to them through the years. To perserve them even more Ann and I have created this page to keep the memory alive.
If you have a family treasure that you would like to share with us, please send a picture along with a story that you can share about the treasure to Ann (Jobe) Brown or Freida Wells .
September 1964
This geography book is one that my Grandmother could have used in school, It was purchased at an auction and it came from the Elgin, KS school where she attended before she was married. Copyright date was 1894 when Mary was 10.
For as long as I can remember my grandmother had these dishes. They were her everyday dishes and I have eaten out of them lots. Every week the Jewel Tea man would come to Grandma’s. For those of you who do not know what that is, he sold puddings, spices, flavorings, and household items. Grandma bought a set of these and a lot of what goes with them. The pattern is called Autumn Leaves and today they are quite collectable and date back to the late 1940‘s and early 1950‘s. I am not sure if the glass ware that I have came from Jewel Tea or not, but I have 6 of these glasses and the rims are trimmed in gold.
I am not for certain what all accessories she bought to go with her dishes, but I have most of them. When I got married my Mother passed them on to me and I used them for many years and then put them up to keep. My grandmother passed away September 15, 1964 just after her 80th birthday. I miss her very much.
Crystal dishes are of the prettiest dishes that my grandmother had that I remember part of them. The big bowl in the middle has a grape and leave pattern on it. I remember it well she used it often. The cream and sugar bowl I did not remember nor the other two bowls, but one day my Mother had gotten it out and ask me if I wanted them. The cream and sugar bowl are just beautiful. I love them so much. I am so glad that my Mother saved so many things that was Grandma’s.
My Grandmother belonged to lots of clubs in the 1930's and 40's. Here is her ice cream dishes and snack sets. The angel was her's also, not sure when she got it would have to ask Mom. The other is a compote dish for placing relish or other condiments in.
The white pitcher I think everyone had. They were massed produced so they were found in just about every home. Grandma kept milk in hers. I remember so well when I was old enough I would get me a glass that came from oatmeal or flour those little green ones, you remember them and get me a small glass of milk and drink it. I did not know it was still around when not all that long ago Mother got it out and said it was Grandma’s and did I want it? Well you know what that answer was! It says Weston Hotel in the bottom, have no idea where that is. The tea pot with the boy and girl I did not remember. Mother says they came out in the 1940’s. The other was another pattern that came from Jewel Tea. She had mixing bowls and this tea pot. My Mother still has one of the bowls. She had two but broke one. She uses them all the time. She was very upset when it broke. The milk glass containers with lids, my grandmother kept pickles, celery and carrot sticks in. They are small and do not hold much.
These are my most prized possessions that my Grandmother handmade. Even the tatting around the outside edge she did. When I was about 15 and after my grandfather had died, I spent a lot of time with her as my Mother worked all the time. My grandmother taught me how to embroidery. I could have even helped her on one of these things, but at this time I do not remember. I love the apron, I have worn it many times, but now I keep it in with the many other things that I have.
This scarf with the Doves was used on the back of her rocking chair. It had been made specifically for her rocker.
My grandmother was taught to sew and cook by a lady named Grace Sears in Elgin, Kansas. My great grandmother Sarah Ann (Jobe) Myers was nearly blind by the time my grandmother was old enough to do these things. She made many quilts. Her goal was to make one for every grandchild she had before she died, but she did not get that task done. I am lucky to have these two and one other she worked on.
Here is one of the quilt blocks from the quilt that both my Grandmother and Mother made. My Grandmother made the quilt blocks and my mother put it together. It is a REAL treasure for sure. It is butterflies and is really pretty. (see Freida's mother's site for actual photo of the completed butterfly quilt)Do not know what year these were made but before 1964 when she died. Her goal was to make every grandchild a quilt before she died, but Mother said she did not get them done.
My grandmother also crocheted and embroidered. As you can see here by the pillowcases she made. Again I have several.
The Moden Family Cookbook was given to daughter Mary Alice Puckett Null (when she was married to my Dad) by her mother Mary Myers Puckett in 1948.
Bed Jacket that was bought for my Grandmother by my Grandfather.
My grandmother was a very common woman. She never wore makeup or her teeth (which did not fit) unless she went to town. I can remember seeing her all dressed up and her teeth in and her jewelry on, and she just did not look like grandma to me. Did not see her that way very often, but again when I was 8 years old, she was 73, so by this time she did not get out much.
This wall hanging, which dates back to the 1940's, used to hang in Freida's grandparent's house. The thermomenter still works.
This is a picture light. It was the very first thing that my grandparents bought from Montgomery Ward. You can use for a night light or have both top and bottom on. I can always remember this so must have been bought in the 1940's
The metal tin in the middle with the bog sailing ship was given to my grandparents for their 50th wedding anniversary in 1949 by a local business man Carl Ackerman who liked my grandparents very much. It was also the year I was born. The two smaller picture next to it are called shadow pictures, they are in the original frames and backing and date back to the 1940's also. I always liked them and so did my Mother so I am glad that she kept them and then passed on to me. They are highly collectable now.
September 1959
This math book he used when he attended school in Latham, Kansas in the late 1890’s.
My grandfather was a cowboy, butcher, and an early day interior decorator. He painted the inside and outside of peoples homes and also hung wallpaper for the ladies. He purchased Waggoner’s Paint and Paper store in Sedan, Kansas in 1929. My grandmother would run it during the day while grandpa was out working. Then in 1930 the stock market crashed and his business was very slow. He still did some work for people but had to give up the store.When I was about 7 or 8 he would go to the garage and I would go with him. I would always want to paint. So he would fix me up with a can with a little paint and a brush and give me a board to paint. One day I was not holding the brush properly and he instructed me in no uncertain terms on the proper way to hold one, and you know that has stayed with me to this day. He would be proud.
This is one of the tool boxes that my grandfather carried his paint and papering tools in. There are even paint samples in tubes in this case. My grandfather died in 1959, so just gives you an idea of how old these things are now. When he got to where he could no longer climb ladders, he painted signs for local businessmen and made his own stencils. I would love to have the one sign he painted and that was for Casey’s Barber Shop in Sedan. It was in a basement underneath the Warring Furniture Store on main street.
The ticket book is for his business he had in 1929.
This is a rubber stamp that Freida's grandfather had made for his business.
The glasses he was wearing when he died. He always wore horned rim glasses.
The stone is the one he used to sharpen his knives on. His straight razors which of course he used. I still have the box it came in.
My grandfather was always bartering for goods. Once he traded some wood to the school for an activity ticket book so he could attend the ball games at the school in Sedan where he lived. And some of that wood came back to his house in the form of a footstool that my Mother made in school. This bookcase is just one of many pieces of furniture he built.
Chair Owned by Eddie Puckett
The chair was his dining room chair. My mother said my grandparents had a complete set of them, but she does not know what happened to the rest. This one has bits of paint on it from where he would come in and set at lunch time and eat and then return to work. It even still has the same cover on it from when I got it. Could even be the original cover. 
