“Fred”

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This is a True Story regarding my Father at the early age of 11 years old while he and his family were living in the South, farming, working hard to support their family of 9. There were 6 boys and 1 girl ages from 11 to 4 months of age. When suddenly his Father and 10 year old brother passed away from Typhoid Fever, their home burns to the ground. Fred the young son of 11 years is made man of the house over a Widowed Mother and 5 young siblings. The Grandfather is respected with high esteem from his peers and he is well educated and an educator of school system, land owner. But yet he ran a tab of every single item spent on his Daughter and her six children. Fred being the eldest was made to quit school and work in the fields from sun up to sun down and his earnings went straight into the pockets of his grandfather to pay on their debt. Fred never minded hard work since he had learned how and the necessity of it to feed the family. But was robbed of his childhood. A truly touching story.